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Enrollment
609
Elementary
DISTRICT 511 · STATE 344
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·OSSEO PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 272520003186
WOODLAND ELEMENTARY
4501 OAK GROVE PKWY, BROOKLYN PARK, MN 55443 · (763) 315-6400 · Hennepin County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL609 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 38% of Minnesota public elementary schools
- C+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 Minnesota public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
15.2:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.2:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
43%
260 students
DISTRICT 52% · STATE 48%
Community
5
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 | 73 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 117 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 100 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 123 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 96 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 100 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (73) is 27% smaller than its 5th grade class (100).
Student demographics
75%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 75% · STATE 60% · 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
MCA 2024-25 . % Meets or Exceeds StandardsEnglish Language Arts
43.0%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
52.0%
MN avg 45.3%
What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 43 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 52 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Minnesota schools, those numbers are about 50 and 45.
Source: MCA. 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
41.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.1%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 42% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 42% typical for Minnesota 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 Minnesota'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
WOODLAND ELEMENTARY's state test result (41.7% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| WOODLAND ELEMENTARY this school | 609 | 42.7% | 41.7% |
| Monroe Elementary School - MSE BROOKLYN PARK | 553 | 46.8% | 45.6% |
| Seven Hills - Burnsville Elementary BURNSVILLE | 480 | 35.8% | 51.8% |
| Cedar Park Elementary STEM School APPLE VALLEY | 722 | 42.8% | 49.8% |
| Parnassus Prep Sch-Grammar MAPLE GROVE | 623 | 48.8% | 47.6% |
| BRIMHALL ELEMENTARY ROSEVILLE | 569 | 47.6% | 43.1% |
Matched among Minnesota 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 ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Minnesota | In Hennepin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 41.7% | #494 of 844 | #81 of 169 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 52.0% | #404 of 844 | #73 of 169 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 43.0% | #536 of 844 | #85 of 169 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 609 | #152 of 1,130 | #42 of 206 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.2:1 | #557 of 769 | #111 of 164 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 75.0% | #35 of 796 | #13 of 165 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 42.7% | #445 of 942 | #97 of 183 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.3% | #197 of 499 | #44 of 99 |
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
609
+153 (+34%) vs 2020
-40% since 2010-11, when it was 1,007
Student : Teacher
15.2:1
was 14.3:1
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 | 609 | 40.2 | 15.2:1 | 43% (260) |
| 2023-24 | 633 | 41.4 | 15.3:1 | 53% (337) |
| 2022-23 | 636 | 38.2 | 16.6:1 | 51% (327) |
| 2020-21 | 456 | 32 | 14.3:1 | 20% (93) |
| 2017-18 | 728 | 41.1 | 17.7:1 | 33% (238) |
| 2015-16 | 760 | 43 | 17.7:1 | 29% (220) |
| 2010-11 | 1,007 | 50 | 20.1:1 | 19% (196) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for WOODLAND ELEMENTARY.
Since 2017-18: students down 16% (728 to 609); teachers down 2% (41.1 to 40.2).
About WOODLAND ELEMENTARY
WOODLAND ELEMENTARY is a high-enrollment elementary school in BROOKLYN PARK, Minnesota, (ZIP code 55443). A federal count lists 609 students at the school, in pre-K through 5. Average enrollment for elementary schools in Minnesota is about 344, so this school runs 77% bigger than that.
OSSEO PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT, which runs WOODLAND ELEMENTARY, has 31 schools and 21,138 students.
Enrollment at WOODLAND ELEMENTARY is mixed, with Black students the largest group at 34%. Other reported shares: 25% Asian, 24% White, 12% multiracial, and 6% Hispanic. That compares with about 13% Black among all Hennepin County residents. WOODLAND ELEMENTARY has a diversity index of 75%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The teaching staff at WOODLAND ELEMENTARY is 40.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 15.2:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in Minnesota is 13.7:1, lower than at this school. About 43% of students, or 260, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Across public schools in Hennepin County, the average is about the same, 43%.
Measured against Minnesota public elementary schools, WOODLAND ELEMENTARY receives a C+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate on state tests with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For WOODLAND ELEMENTARY, the prediction is 42.1% and the result is 41.7%.
According to the American Community Survey, in Hennepin County, median household income is about $97,653, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 54%, and about 5% of people live in poverty. A total of 496 public schools operate in Hennepin County, serving about 177,509 students.
Athlos Leadership Academy is located about 0.7 miles from WOODLAND ELEMENTARY. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Of 6 schools in the immediate area with test results, WOODLAND ELEMENTARY ranks 2nd on average proficiency.
NCES assigns WOODLAND ELEMENTARY the locale Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count climbed from 456 to 609.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for WOODLAND ELEMENTARY covering things like school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
Hennepin County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,269,496
Census ACS
Median income
$97,653
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
54%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
496
177,509 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in OSSEO PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT
- MAPLE GROVE SENIOR HIGHHigh · 2,453 students
- OSSEO SENIOR HIGHHigh · 2,289 students
- PARK CENTER IB WORLD SCHOOLHigh · 2,061 students
- Maple Grove Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,598 students
- Osseo Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,128 students
- FERNBROOK ELEMENTARYElementary · 952 students
Other schools in BROOKLYN PARK
- PARK CENTER IB WORLD SCHOOLHigh · 2,061 students
- Brooklyn Middle STEAM SchoolMiddle · 931 students
- Athlos Leadership AcademyElementary · 807 students
- EDINBROOK ELEMENTARYElementary · 701 students
- Monroe Elementary School - MSEElementary · 553 students
- EXCELL ACADEMY CHARTERElementary · 548 students
Other Woodland Elementary schools
39 other US public schools in 23 states are named Woodland Elementary. WOODLAND ELEMENTARY is the 7th largest of the 40.
- WOODLAND ELEMENTARYEAGAN, MN · 720 students
- Woodland Elementary SchoolALEXANDRIA, MN · 410 students
- Woodland ElementaryGages Lake, IL · 1,386 students
- Woodland ElementaryGreer, SC · 1,293 students
- Woodland Elementary SchoolAtlanta, GA · 851 students
Nearby schools
- Athlos Leadership Academy0.7 mi · 807
- School #5300.7 mi · 28
- School #5310.8 mi · 33
- EDINBROOK ELEMENTARY1.3 mi · 701
- SAGE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL1.3 mi · 68
- Champlin Park High School1.7 mi · 2,978
Frequently asked questions
About WOODLAND ELEMENTARYHow many students attend WOODLAND ELEMENTARY?
WOODLAND ELEMENTARY enrolls approximately 609 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does WOODLAND ELEMENTARY serve?
WOODLAND ELEMENTARY serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does WOODLAND ELEMENTARY have?
WOODLAND ELEMENTARY employs 40 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.2:1.
What is the student diversity at WOODLAND ELEMENTARY?
Student demographics at WOODLAND ELEMENTARY are roughly 24% White, 6% Hispanic, 34% Black, 25% Asian, 12% Two or more.
What district is WOODLAND ELEMENTARY in?
WOODLAND ELEMENTARY is part of OSSEO PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.