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Alumni: what's one memory from Woodland El Sch that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
427
Elementary
DISTRICT 424 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·METHACTON SD·NCES 421425005252
Woodland Elementary School
2700 Woodland Ave, Norristown, PA 19403 · (610) 489-5000 · Montgomery County
GRADES KG–04ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL427 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 77% of Pennsylvania 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 Pennsylvania public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
11.6:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.4:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
22%
95 students
DISTRICT 21% · STATE 75%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 78 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 87 | 20% |
| Grade 2 | 97 | 23% |
| Grade 3 | 83 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 82 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (78) is about the same size as its 4th grade class (82).
Student demographics
65%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 55% · STATE 59% · 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→Skyview Upper Elementary School→Arcola Intrmd School→Methacton High School
Based on grade levels within Methacton SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
60.0%
PA avg 51.1% . -11.1pp since 2023
Math
76.9%
PA avg 43.0% . +1.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 60 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 77 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Pennsylvania schools, those numbers are about 51 and 43. Reading and writing scores are down about 11 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 60.0% | 76.9% |
| 2023-24 | 71.1% | 75.2% |
% Proficient or Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: PSSA + Keystone. 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
73.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
68.1%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 74% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 68% typical for Pennsylvania 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 Pennsylvania'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 (73.6% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Woodland Elementary School this school | 427 | 22.2% | 73.6% |
| General Wayne Elementary School Malvern | 542 | 17.3% | 75.6% |
| Radio Park Elementary School State College | 424 | 19.3% | 76.0% |
| Hampden Elementary School Mechanicsburg | 538 | 29.6% | 71.2% |
| Montgomery Elementary School North Wales | 611 | 18.0% | 74.8% |
| Bridle Path Elementary School Lansdale | 508 | 22.8% | 71.3% |
Matched among Pennsylvania 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 Pennsylvania | In Montgomery County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 73.6% | #223 of 1,396 | #30 of 91 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 76.9% | #156 of 1,511 ▼ 5 | #26 of 92 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 60.0% | #432 of 1,511 ▼ 123 | #55 of 92 ▼ 15 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 427 | #767 of 1,638 | #58 of 96 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.6:1 | #333 of 1,528 | #27 of 96 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.3% | #200 of 1,531 | #25 of 96 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 22.2% | #1,418 of 1,600 | #67 of 95 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.1% | #844 of 1,045 | #52 of 61 |
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
427
-11 (-3%) vs 2020
-11% since 1990-91, when it was 482
Student : Teacher
11.6:1
was 11.2:1
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 | 427 | 36.7 | 11.6:1 | 22% (95) |
| 2023-24 | 439 | 36.7 | 12.0:1 | 22% (95) |
| 2022-23 | 428 | 33.7 | 12.7:1 | 17% (73) |
| 2020-21 | 438 | 39 | 11.2:1 | 13% (56) |
| 2017-18 | 450 | 34.4 | 13.1:1 | 8% (37) |
| 2015-16 | 280 | 24 | 11.7:1 | 15% (43) |
| 2010-11 | 319 | 30 | 10.6:1 | 8% (26) |
| 2000-01 | 514 | 35 | 14.7:1 | 5% (26) |
| 1990-91 | 482 | 33 | 14.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Woodland Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 5% (450 to 427); teachers up 7% (34.4 to 36.7).
About Woodland Elementary School
Woodland Elementary School is an elementary school in Norristown, Pennsylvania, reachable at (610) 489-5000. Its 427 students are spread across kindergarten through 4.
Methacton SD counts 7 schools and 4,581 students, including Woodland Elementary School.
White students make up a majority at Woodland Elementary School, at 50%. Smaller groups are 28% Asian, 11% Hispanic, 6% Black, and 5% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Montgomery County is roughly 73% White. The school's diversity index is 65%, meaning two students picked at random have a 65% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Woodland Elementary School's 36.7 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 11.6:1. That is lower than the 13.1:1 average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania. Eligibility for subsidized school meals is 22%. The 40% average for public schools in Montgomery County is 18 points higher.
Measured against Pennsylvania public elementary schools, Woodland Elementary School receives an A-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
In Pennsylvania, Woodland Elementary School is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 73.6% actual against a predicted 68.1%.
Woodland Elementary School is located in Montgomery County, where the median household income is $113,915, roughly 53% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 4%. Woodland Elementary School is one of 160 public schools in the county.
Skyview Upper Elementary School is the closest public school, about 1.3 miles away in a straight line. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Woodland Elementary School. By average proficiency, Woodland Elementary School is 1st among 8 schools close by.
The school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (Suburb: Large).
Woodland Elementary School's enrollment declined from 438 in 2020-21 to 427 in 2024-25.
Conversations here can range across school safety, transportation, and start times. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Montgomery County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
867,573
Census ACS
Median income
$113,915
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
53%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
160
115,302 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Methacton SD
- Methacton High SchoolHigh · 1,499 students
- Skyview Upper Elementary SchoolMiddle · 695 students
- Arcola Intrmd SchoolMiddle · 692 students
- Worcester Elementary SchoolElementary · 441 students
- Arrowhead Elementary SchoolElementary · 426 students
- Eagleville Elementary SchoolElementary · 401 students
Other schools in Norristown
- Norristown Area High SchoolHigh · 2,256 students
- East Norriton Middle SchoolMiddle · 836 students
- Eisenhower Middle SchoolMiddle · 781 students
- Blockson Middle SchoolMiddle · 695 students
- Marshall Street Elementary SchoolElementary · 585 students
- Whitehall Elementary SchoolElementary · 503 students
Other Woodland Elementary schools
39 other US public schools in 23 states are named Woodland Elementary. Woodland Elementary School is the 20th largest of the 40.
- Woodland Elementary SchoolEmporium, PA · 224 students
- Woodland ElementaryGages Lake, IL · 1,386 students
- Woodland ElementaryGreer, SC · 1,293 students
- Woodland Elementary SchoolAtlanta, GA · 851 students
- WOODLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOLZEPHYRHILLS, FL · 792 students
Nearby schools
- Skyview Upper Elementary School1.3 mi · 695
- Arcola Intrmd School1.3 mi · 692
- Eagleville Elementary School2.0 mi · 401
- Caley Elementary School2.3 mi · 372
- Marshall Street Elementary School2.3 mi · 585
- Whitehall Elementary School2.4 mi · 503
Frequently asked questions
About Woodland Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Woodland Elementary School?
Woodland Elementary School enrolls approximately 427 students in grades KG-04.
What grades does Woodland Elementary School serve?
Woodland Elementary School serves grades KG-04.
How many students per teacher at Woodland Elementary School?
Approximately 11.6:1 students per teacher at Woodland Elementary School.
How diverse is Woodland Elementary School?
Woodland Elementary School reports a student body of 50% White, 11% Hispanic, 6% Black, 28% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Woodland Elementary School?
Woodland Elementary School is overseen by Methacton SD in Montgomery County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.