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How has Woodland Heights Elementary changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
594
Elementary
DISTRICT 527 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·IREDELL-STATESVILLE SCHOOLS·NCES 370231002778
Woodland Heights Elementary
288 Forest Lake Boulevard, Mooresville, NC 28117 · (704) 663-1370 · Iredell County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL594 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 81% of North Carolina public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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 North Carolina public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
15.4:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
17%
99 students
DISTRICT 72% · STATE 82%
Community
1
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 14 | 2% |
| Kindergarten | 78 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 87 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 88 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 98 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 114 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 115 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (78) is 32% smaller than its 5th grade class (115).
Student demographics
30%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 62% · STATE 71% · 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
NC EOG / EOC 2024-25 . % Grade Level Proficient (Level 3+)English Language Arts
76.1%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
81.0%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 76 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 81 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all North Carolina schools, those numbers are about 51 and 52.
Source: NC EOG / EOC. 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
79.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
73.8%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 79% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 74% typical for North Carolina 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 North Carolina'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 Heights Elementary
Woodland Heights Elementary's state test result (79.0% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Woodland Heights Elementary this school | 594 | 16.7% | 79.0% |
| Masonboro Elementary Wilmington | 564 | 20.6% | 87.9% |
| Pinehurst Elementary Pinehurst | 584 | 18.7% | 87.0% |
| Sherwood Forest Elementary Winston Salem | 670 | 19.0% | 87.5% |
| Ogden Elementary Wilmington | 619 | 17.6% | 86.9% |
| Topsail Annandale Elementary School Hampstead | 580 | 19.8% | 77.7% |
Matched among North Carolina 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 Heights Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Iredell County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 79.0% | #88 of 1,297 | #1 of 19 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 81.0% | #108 of 1,296 | #3 of 19 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 76.1% | #78 of 1,300 | #1 of 19 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 594 | #359 of 1,485 | #11 of 25 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.4:1 | #878 of 1,377 | #18 of 24 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 30.3% | #1,285 of 1,379 | #23 of 24 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 16.7% | #1,377 of 1,414 | #24 of 24 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -24.6% | #176 of 937 | #4 of 14 |
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
594
-54 (-8%) vs 2020
-39% since 2010-11, when it was 978
Student : Teacher
15.4:1
was 15.8:1
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 | 594 | 38.5 | 15.4:1 | 17% (99) |
| 2023-24 | 620 | 41.4 | 15.0:1 | 15% (94) |
| 2022-23 | 609 | 43.3 | 14.1:1 | 13% (78) |
| 2020-21 | 648 | 41 | 15.8:1 | 10% (62) |
| 2017-18 | 788 | 42.2 | 18.7:1 | 6% (48) |
| 2015-16 | 787 | 40 | 19.7:1 | 8% (62) |
| 2010-11 | 978 | 54 | 18.1:1 | 6% (63) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Woodland Heights Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 25% (788 to 594); teachers down 9% (42.2 to 38.5).
About Woodland Heights Elementary
Woodland Heights Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school based in Mooresville, North Carolina. A federal count lists 594 students at the school, in pre-K through 5. An average school in this group (elementary schools in North Carolina) has about 467 students.
Woodland Heights Elementary is run by Iredell-Statesville Schools, whose 38 schools enroll 21,017 students.
At Woodland Heights Elementary, White students make up 83% of the student body. After that, the student body is 7% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 4% Asian, and 2% Black. Among all residents of Iredell County, the White share is about 74%. Woodland Heights Elementary has a diversity index of 30%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 15.4:1, with 38.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. Across elementary schools in North Carolina, the average ratio is about 14.9:1. Lunch subsidy eligibility at Woodland Heights Elementary is 17%. The rate at public schools in Iredell County averages 61%, higher than here.
Woodland Heights Elementary is graded A- by allk12, scoring above 81% of North Carolina public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Schools in North Carolina with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 73.8%. Woodland Heights Elementary scores 79.0%.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Iredell County show that median household income is about $81,419, about 34% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 8% of residents are in poverty. Woodland Heights Elementary is one of 52 public schools in Iredell County, which together enroll about 31,906 students.
Of nearby public schools, Woodland Heights Middle is the closest, at less than a tenth of a mile. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools with test data average 69.0% proficiency; Woodland Heights Elementary posts 79.0%.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Suburb: Large, meaning it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The student count in 2024-25 was 594, 8% below the 648 of 2020-21.
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Iredell County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
196,544
Census ACS
Median income
$81,419
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
52
31,906 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Iredell-Statesville Schools
- Lake Norman HighHigh · 1,905 students
- South Iredell HighHigh · 1,768 students
- Statesville HighHigh · 991 students
- North Iredell HighHigh · 983 students
- Troutman ElementaryElementary · 902 students
- Coddle Creek ElementaryElementary · 808 students
Other schools in Mooresville
- Mooresville High SchoolHigh · 1,923 students
- Lake Norman HighHigh · 1,905 students
- Pine Lake PreparatoryCombined · 1,888 students
- Langtree Charter AcademyCombined · 1,376 students
- Coddle Creek ElementaryElementary · 808 students
- Shepherd ElementaryElementary · 738 students
Other Woodland Heights Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 4 states are named Woodland Heights Elementary. Woodland Heights Elementary is the largest of the 4.
- Woodland Heights Elementary SchoolBROWNWOOD, TX · 494 students
- Woodland Heights ElementarySpartanburg, SC · 407 students
- Woodland Heights Elementary SchoolLaconia, NH · 318 students
Nearby schools
- Woodland Heights Middle0.1 mi · 581
- Lake Norman Elementary1.6 mi · 641
- Lake Norman High2.2 mi · 1,905
- The Brawley School2.7 mi · 641
- Lakeshore Elementary3.3 mi · 658
- Lakeshore Middle3.3 mi · 531
Frequently asked questions
About Woodland Heights ElementaryHow large is Woodland Heights Elementary?
Woodland Heights Elementary enrolls approximately 594 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Woodland Heights Elementary serve?
Woodland Heights Elementary serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Woodland Heights Elementary?
Approximately 15.4:1 students per teacher at Woodland Heights Elementary.
How diverse is Woodland Heights Elementary?
Woodland Heights Elementary reports a student body of 83% White, 7% Hispanic, 2% Black, 4% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Woodland Heights Elementary public or private?
Woodland Heights Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Iredell-Statesville Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.