Enrollment
182
Elementary
DISTRICT 241 · STATE 272
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NORFOLK PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 317443001950
WOODLAND PARK ELEMENTARY SCH
611 MEADOW LN, NORFOLK, NE 68701 · (402) 644-2565 · Stanton County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL182 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 40% of Nebraska 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 Nebraska public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
10.5:1
17 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.2:1 · STATE 21.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
47%
85 students
DISTRICT 54% · STATE 37%
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 | 34 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 33 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 41 | 23% |
| Grade 3 | 39 | 21% |
| Grade 4 | 35 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (34) is about the same size as its 4th grade class (35).
Student demographics
34%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 55% · STATE 57% · 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
Based on grade levels within NORFOLK PUBLIC SCHOOLS. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
QUIET COMMUNITY
Be the first to start a discussion at WOODLAND PARK ELEMENTARY SCH.
START A DISCUSSIONTest scores
NSCAS 2024-25 . % On Track + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
59.3%
NE avg 57.6%
Math
59.8%
NE avg 60.6%
What this means: On the NSCAS, Nebraska's statewide test, about 59 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 60 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Nebraska schools, those numbers are about 58 and 61.
Source: NSCAS. 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
58.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
60.0%
based on NE schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 59% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 60% typical for Nebraska 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 Nebraska'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 PARK ELEMENTARY SCH
WOODLAND PARK ELEMENTARY SCH's state test result (58.8% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| WOODLAND PARK ELEMENTARY SCH this school | 182 | 46.7% | 58.8% |
| RED CLOUD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL RED CLOUD | 187 | 49.2% | N/A |
| SOUTHWEST ELEMENTARY-INDIANOLA INDIANOLA | 172 | 43.6% | 62.9% |
| PENDER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PENDER | 242 | 45.5% | 77.3% |
| AINSWORTH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AINSWORTH | 138 | 45.7% | 70.3% |
| ATKINSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ATKINSON | 189 | 46.0% | 71.6% |
Matched among Nebraska 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 PARK ELEMENTARY SCH ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Nebraska |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 58.8% | #232 of 311 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 59.8% | #266 of 398 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 59.3% | #227 of 438 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 182 | #396 of 587 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 46.7% | #105 of 359 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.6% | #58 of 220 |
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
182
-9 (-5%) vs 2020
-42% since 1990-91, when it was 314
Student : Teacher
10.5:1
was 12.7:1
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 | 182 | 17.3 | 10.5:1 | 47% (85) |
| 2023-24 | 199 | 15.9 | 12.5:1 | 59% (118) |
| 2022-23 | 208 | 15.4 | 13.5:1 | 49% (101) |
| 2020-21 | 191 | 15 | 12.7:1 | 47% (90) |
| 2017-18 | 221 | 15 | 14.7:1 | 43% (95) |
| 2015-16 | 213 | 14 | 15.2:1 | 37% (78) |
| 2010-11 | 227 | 14 | 16.2:1 | 46% (105) |
| 2000-01 | 249 | 18 | 13.8:1 | 32% (79) |
| 1990-91 | 314 | 16 | 19.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for WOODLAND PARK ELEMENTARY SCH.
Since 2017-18: students down 18% (221 to 182); teachers up 15% (15 to 17.3).
About WOODLAND PARK ELEMENTARY SCH
WOODLAND PARK ELEMENTARY SCH is a public elementary school run by NORFOLK PUBLIC SCHOOLS in NORFOLK, Nebraska. Federal data show 182 students enrolled in pre-K through 4 in 2024-25. Elementary schools in Nebraska average about 272 students, which makes this school 33% below average.
WOODLAND PARK ELEMENTARY SCH is part of a district of 11 schools: NORFOLK PUBLIC SCHOOLS, with 4,543 students.
About 80% of the student body at WOODLAND PARK ELEMENTARY SCH is White. Other groups include 15% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. By comparison, Stanton County residents are about 89% White. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 34, compared with 70 nationally.
The school has 17.3 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 10.5 students per teacher. Elementary schools in Nebraska have an average ratio of 21.0:1. The school reported 47% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25.
On the allk12 Grade, WOODLAND PARK ELEMENTARY SCH lands at C+, ahead of 40% of Nebraska public elementary schools.
On BeatsExpectations, WOODLAND PARK ELEMENTARY SCH is 1.2 points below its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Nebraska schools.
In Stanton County, the median household earns about $80,687 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 24%, and about 7% of people live in poverty. Stanton County has 3 public schools with about 559 students, including WOODLAND PARK ELEMENTARY SCH.
WOODLAND PARK ELEMENTARY SCH's closest public school neighbor is JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, about 3.2 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On proficiency, WOODLAND PARK ELEMENTARY SCH is ahead of the 58.1% nearby average, ranking 4th of 8.
In the federal locale system, WOODLAND PARK ELEMENTARY SCH is coded Town: Remote, for schools in a town far from an urbanized area.
In 2020-21, WOODLAND PARK ELEMENTARY SCH enrolled 191 students. By 2024-25, that number had fallen to 182. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (10.5:1) than in 2020-21 (12.7:1).
This page collects posts and questions about WOODLAND PARK ELEMENTARY SCH, such as fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Stanton County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
5,796
Census ACS
Median income
$80,687
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
24%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
3
559 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in NORFOLK PUBLIC SCHOOLS
- NORFOLK SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,359 students
- NORFOLK JR HIGH SCHOOLMiddle · 631 students
- NORFOLK MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 628 students
- BEL AIR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 333 students
- LITTLE PANTHERS PRESCHOOLElementary · 319 students
- JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 256 students
Other schools in NORFOLK
- NORFOLK SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,359 students
- NORFOLK JR HIGH SCHOOLMiddle · 631 students
- NORFOLK MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 628 students
- BEL AIR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 333 students
- LITTLE PANTHERS PRESCHOOLElementary · 319 students
- JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 256 students
Nearby schools
- JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL3.2 mi · 256
- NORFOLK MIDDLE SCHOOL3.2 mi · 628
- NORFOLK SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL3.6 mi · 1,359
- LINCOLN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL3.8 mi · 220
- NORFOLK JR HIGH SCHOOL4.0 mi · 631
- WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL4.1 mi · 227
Frequently asked questions
About WOODLAND PARK ELEMENTARY SCHHow many students attend WOODLAND PARK ELEMENTARY SCH?
WOODLAND PARK ELEMENTARY SCH enrolls approximately 182 students in grades PK-04.
What grades does WOODLAND PARK ELEMENTARY SCH serve?
WOODLAND PARK ELEMENTARY SCH serves grades PK-04.
How many teachers does WOODLAND PARK ELEMENTARY SCH have?
WOODLAND PARK ELEMENTARY SCH employs 17 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.5:1.
How diverse is WOODLAND PARK ELEMENTARY SCH?
WOODLAND PARK ELEMENTARY SCH reports a student body of 80% White, 15% Hispanic, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is WOODLAND PARK ELEMENTARY SCH in?
WOODLAND PARK ELEMENTARY SCH is part of NORFOLK PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.