GORDON BAILEY ELEMENTARY

Located at 4125 WOODLANE DR, in WOODBURY, Minnesota, GORDON BAILEY ELEMENTARY is a large elementary campus that enrolls 692 students (grades pre-K through 5), operated by South Washington County Schools. Enrollment runs roughly 101% above the state mean of about 344.

Across the 28 schools in South Washington County Schools (19,578 students total), GORDON BAILEY ELEMENTARY accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, GORDON BAILEY ELEMENTARY lists that the largest single group is White, at 61% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school shows 13% Asian, 11% Black, 8% multiracial, 6% Hispanic. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 78%.

On the resource side, On paper, GORDON BAILEY ELEMENTARY has 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.8:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.7:1 average. An estimated 20% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), GORDON BAILEY ELEMENTARY tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 54.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 47.8%.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Washington County put the typical household earns roughly $115,345 per year, about 49% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Washington County runs 103 public schools (combined enrollment of about 46,313 students), of which GORDON BAILEY ELEMENTARY is one.

RED ROCK ELEMENTARY is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.0 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), GORDON BAILEY ELEMENTARY ranks 8th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 59.8%.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count expanded 23%: 564 students in 2018 compared to 692 in 2025. The White share of enrollment declined from 69% to 61% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 13.3:1 in 2018 to 15.8:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the GORDON BAILEY ELEMENTARY community share and discuss sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.