Enrollment
258
Elementary
DISTRICT 255 · STATE 366
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PONCA CITY·NCES 402469001300
Woodlands Elementary School
2005 East Woodland Road, Ponca City, OK 74604 · (580) 767-8025 · Kay County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL258 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 88% of Oklahoma public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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 Oklahoma public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
18.2:1
14 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.5:1 · STATE 15.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
56%
144 students
DISTRICT 83% · STATE 68%
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 | 37 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 42 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 46 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 50 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 49 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 34 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (37) is 9% larger than its 5th grade class (34).
Student demographics
57%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 68% · STATE 73% · 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
Woodlands Elementary School→Ponca City West Middle School→Ponca City East Middle School→Ponca City High School
Based on grade levels within PONCA CITY. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
OSTP / CCRA 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
52.0%
OK avg 30.6%
Math
61.5%
OK avg 32.6%
What this means: On the OSTP / CCRA, Oklahoma's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 62 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Oklahoma schools, those numbers are about 31 and 33.
Source: OSTP / CCRA. 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
48.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.5%
based on OK schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+12.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 49% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 36% typical for Oklahoma 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 Oklahoma'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 Woodlands Elementary School
Woodlands Elementary School's state test result (48.9% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Woodlands Elementary School this school | 258 | 55.8% | 48.9% |
| East Side Elementary School Chandler | 268 | 56.0% | N/A |
| Russell Babb Elementary School Harrah | 314 | 54.1% | 34.3% |
| Pretty Water Public School Sapulpa | 265 | 51.7% | 34.9% |
| Arapaho-Butler Elementary School Arapaho | 332 | 50.0% | 52.1% |
| Washington Elementary School Alva | 240 | 57.5% | N/A |
Matched among Oklahoma 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 Woodlands Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Oklahoma | In Kay County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 48.9% | #68 of 555 | #1 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 61.5% | #24 of 651 | #2 of 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 52.0% | #31 of 523 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 258 | #605 of 941 | #7 of 13 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.2:1 | #614 of 708 | #9 of 11 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.3% | #493 of 708 | #9 of 11 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 55.8% | #667 of 876 | #12 of 12 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.3% | #264 of 548 | #5 of 9 |
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
258
-25 (-9%) vs 2020
-34% since 1990-91, when it was 390
Student : Teacher
18.2:1
was 17.7:1
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 | 258 | 14.2 | 18.2:1 | 56% (144) |
| 2023-24 | 267 | 15.1 | 17.7:1 | 56% (150) |
| 2022-23 | 281 | 16.2 | 17.4:1 | 46% (129) |
| 2020-21 | 283 | 16 | 17.7:1 | 49% (139) |
| 2017-18 | 301 | 17 | 17.7:1 | 35% (106) |
| 2015-16 | 392 | 17 | 23.1:1 | 44% (172) |
| 2010-11 | 332 | 17 | 19.5:1 | 44% (146) |
| 2000-01 | 349 | 18 | 19.4:1 | 17% (59) |
| 1990-91 | 390 | 16 | 24.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Woodlands Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (301 to 258); teachers down 16% (17 to 14.2).
About Woodlands Elementary School
In Ponca City, Oklahoma, part of Kay County, Woodlands Elementary School is an elementary school. In all, 258 students attend the school in kindergarten through 5. It has 30% fewer students than the average for elementary schools in Oklahoma (about 366).
PONCA CITY counts 11 schools and 4,466 students, including Woodlands Elementary School.
The share of White students at Woodlands Elementary School is 62%, a majority. Other students are 12% Native American, 11% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, and 2% Asian. That is lower than the 74% White share among all Kay County residents. A diversity index of 57% means there is a 57% chance two randomly chosen students at Woodlands Elementary School are from different groups.
There are about 18.2 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at Woodlands Elementary School, which has 14.2. The school's 18.2:1 compares with an average of 15.6:1 for elementary schools in Oklahoma. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 56%. That is lower than the 76% average for public schools in Kay County.
On the allk12 Grade, Woodlands Elementary School lands at A, ahead of 88% of Oklahoma public elementary schools.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Woodlands Elementary School would be expected to post about 36.5%. Its actual average proficiency rate across its state test results is 48.9%.
For Kay County, Census Bureau data show the median household earns about $58,423 a year, roughly 19% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 12%. Public schools in Kay County number 22, with about 7,295 students.
Among nearby public schools, Washington Pre Kg Center is closest at about 0.9 miles. Woodlands Elementary School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Among 4 nearby schools that report test results, Woodlands Elementary School ranks 1st on proficiency.
NCES lists the school's locale as Town: Remote. That means it sits in a town far from an urbanized area.
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was a 9% decline, from 283 to 258.
The discussion board for Woodlands Elementary School is open to topics like pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Kay County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
43,625
Census ACS
Median income
$58,423
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
19%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
22
7,295 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in PONCA CITY
- Ponca City High SchoolHigh · 1,498 students
- Ponca City West Middle SchoolMiddle · 607 students
- Ponca City East Middle SchoolMiddle · 320 students
- Lincoln Elementary SchoolElementary · 316 students
- Union Elementary SchoolElementary · 272 students
- E. M. Trout Elementary SchoolElementary · 267 students
Other schools in Ponca City
- Ponca City High SchoolHigh · 1,498 students
- Ponca City West Middle SchoolMiddle · 607 students
- Ponca City East Middle SchoolMiddle · 320 students
- Lincoln Elementary SchoolElementary · 316 students
- McCord Public SchoolElementary · 294 students
- Union Elementary SchoolElementary · 272 students
Other Woodlands Elementary schools
4 other US public schools in 5 states are named Woodlands Elementary. Woodlands Elementary School is the 5th largest of the 5.
- WOODLANDS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLLONGWOOD, FL · 785 students
- Woodlands Elementary SchoolHuron, OH · 523 students
- Woodlands Elementary SchoolAMARILLO, TX · 450 students
- Woodlands ElementaryBREMERTON, WA · 379 students
Nearby schools
- Washington Pre Kg Center0.9 mi · 215
- Ponca City High School1.1 mi · 1,498
- Roosevelt Elementary School1.1 mi · 252
- E. M. Trout Elementary School1.3 mi · 267
- Ponca City East Middle School1.6 mi · 320
- Liberty Elementary School1.7 mi · 241
Frequently asked questions
About Woodlands Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Woodlands Elementary School?
Woodlands Elementary School enrolls approximately 258 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Woodlands Elementary School serve?
Woodlands Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Woodlands Elementary School?
Approximately 18.2:1 students per teacher at Woodlands Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Woodlands Elementary School?
At Woodlands Elementary School, the student body is approximately 62% White, 11% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Who oversees Woodlands Elementary School?
Woodlands Elementary School is overseen by PONCA CITY in Kay County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.