Enrollment
348
Elementary
DISTRICT 464 · STATE 369
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PORTAGE PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 262895006495
Woodland Elementary School
1401 WOODLAND DR, PORTAGE, MI 49024 · (269) 323-6600 · Kalamazoo County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL348 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 35% of Michigan public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Michigan public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
13.4:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.3:1 · STATE 15.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
36%
124 students
DISTRICT 27% · STATE 55%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 52 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 66 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 55 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 56 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 61 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 58 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (52) is 10% smaller than its 5th grade class (58).
Student demographics
51%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 52% · STATE 56% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
M-STEP 2024-25 . % Advanced + ProficientEnglish Language Arts
46.8%
MI avg 47.7%
Math
40.6%
MI avg 44.8%
What this means: On the M-STEP, Michigan's statewide test, about 47 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 41 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Michigan schools, those numbers are about 48 and 45.
Source: M-STEP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
44.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.5%
based on MI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 51% typical for Michigan schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Michigan's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Woodland Elementary School
Woodland Elementary School's state test result (44.3% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Woodland Elementary School this school | 348 | 35.6% | 44.3% |
| Yake Elementary School WOODHAVEN | 373 | 34.0% | 68.6% |
| Haverhill Elementary School PORTAGE | 378 | 37.8% | 44.8% |
| Wegienka Elementary School FLAT ROCK | 392 | 37.8% | 51.7% |
| Horizon Elementary School HOLT | 354 | 35.3% | 43.8% |
| Lillian G Mason Elementary School GRAND BLANC | 331 | 38.1% | 59.8% |
Matched among Michigan elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Woodland Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Michigan | In Kalamazoo County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 44.3% | #591 of 1,085 | #18 of 30 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 40.6% | #662 of 1,072 | #20 of 30 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 46.8% | #588 of 1,139 | #21 of 32 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 348 | #895 of 1,630 | #25 of 44 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.4:1 | #180 of 1,424 | #6 of 38 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 51.4% | #442 of 1,424 | #24 of 38 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 35.6% | #1,127 of 1,563 | #25 of 42 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.7% | #631 of 979 | #15 of 24 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
348
-47 (-12%) vs 2020
-35% since 1990-91, when it was 533
Student : Teacher
13.4:1
was 14.1:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 348 | 26 | 13.4:1 | 36% (124) |
| 2023-24 | 370 | 27 | 13.7:1 | 40% (148) |
| 2022-23 | 376 | 27.4 | 13.8:1 | 41% (153) |
| 2020-21 | 395 | 28 | 14.1:1 | 32% (125) |
| 2017-18 | 381 | 29 | 13.2:1 | 38% (146) |
| 2015-16 | 395 | 31 | 12.7:1 | 36% (144) |
| 2010-11 | 351 | 25 | 14.0:1 | 35% (124) |
| 2000-01 | 529 | 27 | 19.6:1 | 7% (39) |
| 1990-91 | 533 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Woodland Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (381 to 348); teachers down 10% (29 to 26).
About Woodland Elementary School
Woodland Elementary School is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as an elementary school in PORTAGE, Michigan. Enrolled students number 348 students, in kindergarten through 5.
Portage Public Schools is made up of 14 schools with 8,479 students in all.
White students are the majority at Woodland Elementary School, with 68% of enrollment. The school is also 10% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 7% Black, and 5% Asian. The White share of the county population is higher, at 76%. Woodland Elementary School's diversity index is 51%, against a US figure of 70%.
Woodland Elementary School's 26 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 13.4:1. That is lower than the 15.8:1 average for elementary schools in Michigan. Eligibility for subsidized school meals is 36%. The average for public schools in Kalamazoo County is 45%.
allk12 grades Woodland Elementary School a C+. The grade compares the school only with Michigan public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Woodland Elementary School would score about 50.5%. It scores 44.3%, 6.2 points below that figure.
Kalamazoo County has these Census figures: the median household income is $72,532, about 41% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 8% of residents are in poverty. In all, Kalamazoo County has 93 public schools and roughly 34,151 students.
The closest public school to Woodland Elementary School is Haverhill Elementary School, about 0.7 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Woodland Elementary School is 7th of 7 on proficiency.
The school's locale code, City: Small, means it is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 47 fewer students in 2024-25.
The Woodland Elementary School community page is open for posts about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Kalamazoo County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
262,375
Census ACS
Median income
$72,532
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
41%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
93
34,151 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Portage Public Schools
- Portage Central High SchoolHigh · 1,391 students
- Portage Northern High SchoolHigh · 1,194 students
- Portage Central Middle SchoolMiddle · 719 students
- Portage West Middle SchoolMiddle · 717 students
- Portage North Middle SchoolMiddle · 609 students
- Moorsbridge Elementary SchoolElementary · 591 students
Other schools in PORTAGE
- Portage Central High SchoolHigh · 1,391 students
- Portage Northern High SchoolHigh · 1,194 students
- Portage Central Middle SchoolMiddle · 719 students
- Portage West Middle SchoolMiddle · 717 students
- Portage North Middle SchoolMiddle · 609 students
- Moorsbridge Elementary SchoolElementary · 591 students
Other Woodland Elementary schools
39 other US public schools in 23 states are named Woodland Elementary. Woodland Elementary School is the 28th largest of the 40.
- Woodland Elementary SchoolKINGSFORD, MI · 771 students
- Woodland Elementary SchoolTROY, MI · 328 students
- Woodland ElementaryGages Lake, IL · 1,386 students
- Woodland ElementaryGreer, SC · 1,293 students
- Woodland Elementary SchoolAtlanta, GA · 851 students
Nearby schools
- Haverhill Elementary School0.7 mi · 378
- Moorsbridge Elementary School1.1 mi · 591
- Oakland Academy1.1 mi · 149
- Portage West Middle School1.1 mi · 717
- Amberly Elementary School1.1 mi · 513
- Portage Central Middle School1.3 mi · 719
Frequently asked questions
About Woodland Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Woodland Elementary School?
Woodland Elementary School enrolls approximately 348 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Woodland Elementary School serve?
Woodland Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Woodland Elementary School?
Approximately 13.4:1 students per teacher at Woodland Elementary School.
How diverse is Woodland Elementary School?
Woodland Elementary School reports a student body of 68% White, 10% Hispanic, 7% Black, 5% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Who oversees Woodland Elementary School?
Woodland Elementary School is overseen by Portage Public Schools in Kalamazoo County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.