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What's the biggest difference between Woodland Elementary School and what you expected?
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Enrollment
410
Elementary
DISTRICT 257 · STATE 344
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ALEXANDRIA PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 270306000088
Woodland Elementary School
1410 MCKAY AVE S STE #101, ALEXANDRIA, MN 56308 · (320) 762-3300 · Douglas County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL410 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 41% 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.
- C+Beats 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
11.1:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.4:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
42%
171 students
DISTRICT 31% · 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 | 74 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 61 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 65 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 76 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 60 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 74 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (74) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (74).
Student demographics
34%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 21% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Woodland Elementary School→Discovery Middle School
Based on grade levels within Alexandria Public School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MCA 2024-25 . % Meets or Exceeds StandardsEnglish Language Arts
43.8%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
49.8%
MN avg 45.3%
What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 44 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 50 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
42.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.6%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 43% 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 School
Woodland Elementary School's state test result (42.6% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Woodland Elementary School this school | 410 | 41.7% | 42.6% |
| HUTCHINSON WEST ELEMENTARY HUTCHINSON | 431 | 39.9% | N/A |
| Riverside Elementary JACKSON | 350 | 40.0% | 48.9% |
| PARKSIDE ELEMENTARY BUFFALO | 348 | 42.8% | 41.4% |
| NORTHSIDE ELEMENTARY BENSON | 391 | 38.4% | 36.8% |
| Maple River Elementary MAPLETON | 424 | 40.8% | 51.1% |
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 School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Minnesota | In Douglas County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 42.6% | #473 of 844 | #9 of 9 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 49.8% | #441 of 844 | #9 of 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 43.8% | #515 of 844 | #9 of 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 410 | #462 of 1,130 | #4 of 12 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.1:1 | #99 of 769 | N/A |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 34.5% | #523 of 796 | N/A |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 41.7% | #458 of 942 | #2 of 11 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.3% | #317 of 499 | N/A |
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
410
+8 (+2%) vs 2020
-18% since 1990-91, when it was 500
Student : Teacher
11.1:1
was 13.4:1
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 | 410 | 36.9 | 11.1:1 | 42% (171) |
| 2023-24 | 416 | 32.2 | 12.9:1 | 46% (192) |
| 2022-23 | 423 | 34.9 | 12.1:1 | 46% (193) |
| 2020-21 | 402 | 30 | 13.4:1 | 37% (149) |
| 2017-18 | 457 | 32 | 14.3:1 | 40% (183) |
| 2015-16 | 410 | 29 | 14.1:1 | 41% (167) |
| 2010-11 | 516 | 35 | 14.7:1 | 48% (249) |
| 2000-01 | 413 | 28 | 14.8:1 | 46% (192) |
| 1990-91 | 500 | 30 | 16.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Woodland Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 10% (457 to 410); teachers up 15% (32 to 36.9).
About Woodland Elementary School
Woodland Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school in ALEXANDRIA, Minnesota, one of the schools in Alexandria Public School District. Students in kindergarten through 5 make up the school's enrollment of 410 students.
Alexandria Public School District has 4,034 students in 10 schools, and Woodland Elementary School is one of those schools.
Woodland Elementary School is 80% White by enrollment. Beyond that, enrollment is 10% Hispanic and 7% multiracial. In Douglas County overall, about 95% of residents are White. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 34%.
The school's 36.9 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.1:1. The average for elementary schools in Minnesota is 13.7:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. At Woodland Elementary School, 42% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Douglas County is 31%.
Woodland Elementary School holds a C+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 41% of Minnesota public elementary schools.
On BeatsExpectations, Woodland Elementary School is within a point of its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Minnesota schools.
In the wider Douglas County area, median household income comes to about $79,043, 30% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Douglas County counts 22 public schools with about 5,781 students.
Among nearby public schools, Early Education Center is closest at less than a tenth of a mile. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Woodland Elementary School. On state test proficiency, Woodland Elementary School ranks 5th in a group of 6 nearby schools.
Its location is classified as Town: Remote by the National Center for Education Statistics.
There was little change in enrollment from 2020-21 (402) to 2024-25 (410). The ratio of students to teachers went from 13.4:1 to 11.1:1 over the same years.
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Douglas County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
39,575
Census ACS
Median income
$79,043
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
30%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
22
5,781 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Alexandria Public School District
- Alexandria Area High SchoolHigh · 1,315 students
- Discovery Middle SchoolMiddle · 898 students
- Lincoln ElementaryElementary · 481 students
- Voyager ElementaryElementary · 446 students
- Miltona ElementaryElementary · 126 students
- Garfield ElementaryElementary · 117 students
Other schools in ALEXANDRIA
- Alexandria Area High SchoolHigh · 1,315 students
- Discovery Middle SchoolMiddle · 898 students
- Lincoln ElementaryElementary · 481 students
- Voyager ElementaryElementary · 446 students
- Kalon Prep AcademyHigh · 141 students
- Early Education CenterElementary · 114 students
Other Woodland Elementary schools
39 other US public schools in 23 states are named Woodland Elementary. Woodland Elementary School is the 24th largest of the 40.
- WOODLAND ELEMENTARYEAGAN, MN · 720 students
- WOODLAND ELEMENTARYBROOKLYN PARK, MN · 609 students
- Woodland ElementaryGages Lake, IL · 1,386 students
- Woodland ElementaryGreer, SC · 1,293 students
- Woodland Elementary SchoolAtlanta, GA · 851 students
Nearby schools
- Early Education Center0.0 mi · 114
- Kalon Prep Academy1.4 mi · 141
- Discovery Middle School1.4 mi · 898
- Lincoln Elementary1.6 mi · 481
- Alexandria Area High School1.6 mi · 1,315
- Lakes Country Academy - ALEX1.8 mi · 7
Frequently asked questions
About Woodland Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Woodland Elementary School?
Woodland Elementary School enrolls approximately 410 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Woodland Elementary School serve?
Woodland Elementary School serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Woodland Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Woodland Elementary School is approximately 11.1:1 (37 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Woodland Elementary School?
At Woodland Elementary School, the student body is approximately 80% White, 10% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is Woodland Elementary School public or private?
Woodland Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Alexandria Public School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.