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Woodland Academy
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Woodland Academy
Woodland Academy is a medium-sized K-5 school in Worcester, Massachusetts, operated by Worcester. The school teaches 482 students in grades K through 6. Enrollment runs roughly 27% bigger than the state mean of about 381.
Worcester runs 47 schools in total, collectively educating 24,778 students. Woodland Academy is one of those campuses.
On demographics, Woodland Academy shows that 70% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. The remainder looks like 12% Black, 10% White, 4% Asian, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Worcester County as a whole is about 14% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.
On the resource side, Woodland Academy shows 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.3:1. That tracks the state average closely.
In the broader community, community-level numbers for Worcester County indicate median household income runs about $95,939, roughly 40% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Across Worcester County's 257 public schools (combined enrollment of about 121,490 students), Woodland Academy is one campus in the mix.
Claremont Academy is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.
Woodland Academy operates from an urban location.
Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 20%: 606 students in 2018 compared to 482 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment edged up from 8% to 12% over that span. Class-load math has tightened: from 19.0:1 in 2018 to 12.3:1 in 2025.
On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.
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