Woodland Elementary

Woodland Elementary is a low-enrollment elementary campus in Semora, North Carolina, run under Person County Schools. The school caters to 217 students in grades K through 5. By comparison, North Carolina's public schools average about 467 students each, so Woodland Elementary sits 54% leaner than that benchmark.

Person County Schools runs 12 schools in total, collectively educating 4,497 students. Woodland Elementary is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Woodland Elementary logs that 62% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school shows 24% Black, 7% Hispanic, 7% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

In terms of school funding signals, Woodland Elementary lists 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.9:1. The state averages around 14.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 99% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Woodland Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 48.7%; this one delivers 65.4%.

In the area at large, Person County reports that the typical household earns roughly $63,300 per year, 19% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. Across Person County's 15 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,659 students), Woodland Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Stories Creek Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 5.3 miles from this campus. Within ten miles, there are 8 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Woodland Elementary at 1st of 5; the average score across the group is 46.4%.

The campus sits in a countryside setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Woodland Elementary has expanded 16%, going from 187 students in 2018 to 217 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 67% to 62% across the same window.

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