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Enrollment
720
Elementary
DISTRICT 640 · STATE 344
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ROSEMOUNT-APPLE VALLEY-EAGAN·NCES 273239002216
WOODLAND ELEMENTARY
945 WESCOTT RD, EAGAN, MN 55123 · (651) 683-6990 · Dakota County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL720 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.6:1
43 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.7:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
14%
103 students
DISTRICT 33% · 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 | 110 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 115 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 101 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 139 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 125 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 130 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (110) is 15% smaller than its 5th grade class (130).
Student demographics
44%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · 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
68.3%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
79.1%
MN avg 45.3%
What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 68 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 79 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
66.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.4%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 66% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 57% 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 (66.4% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| WOODLAND ELEMENTARY this school | 720 | 14.3% | 66.4% |
| ROGERS ELEMENTARY ROGERS | 693 | 14.7% | 69.7% |
| GREY CLOUD ELEMENTARY COTTAGE GROVE | 797 | 16.4% | 50.3% |
| HIGHLANDS ELEMENTARY EDINA | 564 | 14.9% | 67.9% |
| CREEK VALLEY ELEMENTARY EDINA | 586 | 16.2% | 65.9% |
| COUNTRYSIDE ELEMENTARY EDINA | 665 | 15.2% | 67.3% |
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 Dakota County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 66.4% | #57 of 844 | #2 of 60 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 79.1% | #40 of 844 | #1 of 60 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 68.3% | #69 of 844 | #5 of 60 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 720 | #69 of 1,130 | #8 of 73 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.6:1 | #678 of 769 | #56 of 58 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 44.5% | #437 of 796 | #50 of 59 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 14.3% | #896 of 942 | #64 of 66 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +14.6% | #84 of 244 | #6 of 19 |
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
720
+21 (+3%) vs 2020
+9% since 1990-91, when it was 660
Student : Teacher
16.6:1
was 16.3:1
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 | 720 | 43.4 | 16.6:1 | 14% (103) |
| 2023-24 | 720 | 45.1 | 15.9:1 | 13% (91) |
| 2022-23 | 754 | 47 | 16.0:1 | 14% (109) |
| 2020-21 | 699 | 43 | 16.3:1 | 9% (66) |
| 2017-18 | 628 | 39.9 | 15.8:1 | 14% (85) |
| 2015-16 | 569 | 35 | 16.3:1 | 16% (91) |
| 2010-11 | 499 | 32 | 15.6:1 | 11% (54) |
| 2000-01 | 732 | 39 | 18.8:1 | 2% (17) |
| 1990-91 | 660 | 36 | 18.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for WOODLAND ELEMENTARY.
Since 2017-18: students up 15% (628 to 720); teachers up 9% (39.9 to 43.4).
About WOODLAND ELEMENTARY
WOODLAND ELEMENTARY is a large elementary school. Its address is in EAGAN, Minnesota. The school offers kindergarten through 5 and enrolls 720 students. The school is 109% above the average for elementary schools in Minnesota.
WOODLAND ELEMENTARY belongs to ROSEMOUNT-APPLE VALLEY-EAGAN, a district of 36 schools and 29,224 students.
About 73% of the student body at WOODLAND ELEMENTARY is White. Other groups include 8% Asian, 6% multiracial, 6% Black, and 5% Hispanic. Dakota County residents are about 74% White, a similar share. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 44, compared with 70 nationally.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 16.6:1. The school has 43.4 full-time-equivalent teachers. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in Minnesota is 13.7:1. In all, 14% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The gap from the 34% average for public schools in Dakota County is 20 points.
On BeatsExpectations, WOODLAND ELEMENTARY is 9.0 points above its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Minnesota schools.
Dakota County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $106,318, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 45%, and roughly 4% of residents are in poverty. There are 170 public schools in the county, enrolling about 74,687, WOODLAND ELEMENTARY among them.
EAGAN SENIOR HIGH is about 0.9 miles from WOODLAND ELEMENTARY, the shortest distance to any other public school. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Among the 9 closest schools with test data, this one included, WOODLAND ELEMENTARY ranks 2nd on average proficiency.
WOODLAND ELEMENTARY falls in the City: Small locale category, used for schools inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
The school's enrollment rose 3% from 2020-21 to 2024-25.
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Dakota County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
445,771
Census ACS
Median income
$106,318
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
45%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
170
74,687 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in ROSEMOUNT-APPLE VALLEY-EAGAN
- ROSEMOUNT SENIOR HIGHHigh · 2,364 students
- EASTVIEW SENIOR HIGHHigh · 2,328 students
- EAGAN SENIOR HIGHHigh · 2,274 students
- APPLE VALLEY SENIOR HIGHHigh · 1,999 students
- SCOTT HIGHLANDS MIDDLEMiddle · 1,228 students
- DAKOTA HILLS MIDDLEMiddle · 1,184 students
Other schools in EAGAN
- EAGAN SENIOR HIGHHigh · 2,274 students
- DAKOTA HILLS MIDDLEMiddle · 1,184 students
- BLACK HAWK MIDDLEMiddle · 889 students
- RED PINE ELEMENTARYElementary · 740 students
- GLACIER HILLS SCHOOL - ARTS/SCIENCEElementary · 707 students
- OAK RIDGE LEADERSHIPENVIRON/HEALTHElementary · 583 students
Other Woodland Elementary schools
39 other US public schools in 23 states are named Woodland Elementary. WOODLAND ELEMENTARY is the 6th largest of the 40.
- WOODLAND ELEMENTARYBROOKLYN PARK, MN · 609 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
- EAGAN SENIOR HIGH0.9 mi · 2,274
- DAKOTA HILLS MIDDLE0.9 mi · 1,184
- GLACIER HILLS SCHOOL - ARTS/SCIENCE1.0 mi · 707
- NORTHVIEW ELEMENTARY1.1 mi · 396
- Pinewood Community Elementary1.7 mi · 519
- DEERWOOD ELEMENTARY2.0 mi · 528
Frequently asked questions
About WOODLAND ELEMENTARYHow large is WOODLAND ELEMENTARY?
WOODLAND ELEMENTARY enrolls approximately 720 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does WOODLAND ELEMENTARY serve?
WOODLAND ELEMENTARY serves grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at WOODLAND ELEMENTARY?
Approximately 16.6:1 students per teacher at WOODLAND ELEMENTARY.
What is the student diversity at WOODLAND ELEMENTARY?
Student demographics at WOODLAND ELEMENTARY are roughly 73% White, 5% Hispanic, 6% Black, 8% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is WOODLAND ELEMENTARY in?
WOODLAND ELEMENTARY is part of ROSEMOUNT-APPLE VALLEY-EAGAN.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.