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Enrollment
494
Elementary
DISTRICT 492 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BROWNWOOD ISD·NCES 481170000677
Woodland Heights Elementary School
3900 4TH ST, BROWNWOOD, TX 76801 · (325) 646-8633 · Brown County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL494 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 55% of Texas public elementary schools
- BTest 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 Texas public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
15.3:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.1:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
51%
251 students
DISTRICT 61% · STATE 65%
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 | 46 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 73 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 76 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 71 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 79 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 72 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 77 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (73) is 5% smaller than its 5th grade class (77).
Student demographics
55%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 58% · STATE 63% · 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
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
63.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +7.0pp since 2023
Mathematics
48.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +2.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 63 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 48 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 7 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 31.0% | 32.0% | 21.0% | 16.0% |
| Mathematics | 24.0% | 24.0% | 24.0% | 28.0% |
Share of tested students at each STAAR level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
STAAR results by year
| School year | Reading | Mathematics |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 63.0% | 48.0% |
| 2024-25 | 59.0% | 58.0% |
| 2023-24 | 56.0% | 46.0% |
% Meets Grade Level or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: STAAR. 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
48.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
52.0%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 49% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 52% typical for Texas 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 Texas'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 School
Woodland Heights Elementary School's state test result (48.8% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Woodland Heights Elementary School this school | 494 | 50.8% | 48.8% |
| Blanco Elementary School BLANCO | 480 | 52.7% | 39.3% |
| Tarver-Rendon Ag Leadership BURLESON | 506 | 51.8% | 50.8% |
| Fred H Tally Elementary School KERRVILLE | 525 | 48.8% | 65.2% |
| Blue Ridge Elementary School BLUE RIDGE | 510 | 55.1% | 41.9% |
| Rb Godley Elementary School GODLEY | 560 | 47.7% | 42.4% |
Matched among Texas 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 School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Brown County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 48.8% | #1,551 of 4,401 | #3 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 48.0% | #1,924 of 4,466 ▼ 954 | #3 of 7 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 63.0% | #1,154 of 4,466 ▲ 326 | #2 of 7 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 494 | #2,599 of 4,938 | #2 of 8 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.3:1 | #2,711 of 4,622 | #7 of 7 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 54.6% | #1,968 of 4,628 | #4 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 50.8% | #3,550 of 4,789 | #7 of 8 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +14.9% | #560 of 1,307 | N/A |
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
494
+93 (+23%) vs 2020
+32% since 1990-91, when it was 374
Student : Teacher
15.3:1
was 12.5:1
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 | 494 | 32.3 | 15.3:1 | 51% (251) |
| 2023-24 | 488 | 33.3 | 14.7:1 | 55% (268) |
| 2022-23 | 488 | 35.1 | 13.9:1 | 55% (269) |
| 2020-21 | 401 | 32 | 12.5:1 | 48% (192) |
| 2017-18 | 430 | 29.6 | 14.5:1 | 56% (240) |
| 2015-16 | 441 | 27 | 16.3:1 | 47% (209) |
| 2010-11 | 477 | 28 | 17.0:1 | 50% (239) |
| 2000-01 | 402 | 24 | 16.8:1 | 40% (160) |
| 1990-91 | 374 | 19 | 19.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Woodland Heights Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 15% (430 to 494); teachers up 9% (29.6 to 32.3).
About Woodland Heights Elementary School
Woodland Heights Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school in BROWNWOOD, Texas, (ZIP code 76801). The school's 494 students are in pre-K through 5.
Woodland Heights Elementary School is among 7 schools run by BROWNWOOD ISD, which serves 3,393 students.
By race and ethnicity, Woodland Heights Elementary School is 56% White. It is also 37% Hispanic and 6% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Brown County is roughly 75% White. Woodland Heights Elementary School has a diversity index of 55%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Teachers at the school number 32.3 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 15.3:1. Elementary schools in Texas average about 15.1:1, a similar figure. The school's lunch program data list 51% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals.
allk12 grades Woodland Heights Elementary School a B. The grade compares the school only with Texas public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Woodland Heights Elementary School scores 48.8% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 52.0%.
County data help place the school in context: in Brown County, median household income is about $57,470, about 20% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 13%. Woodland Heights Elementary School is among the 23 public schools in Brown County.
The closest public school, Brownwood Middle School, is about 0.6 miles from Woodland Heights Elementary School. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of the 5 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Woodland Heights Elementary School is 3rd on average proficiency.
Its NCES locale code is Town: Remote: the school is in a town far from an urbanized area.
The student count in 2024-25 was 494, 23% above the 401 of 2020-21. The number of students per teacher rose from 12.5 to 15.3 over 4 years.
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Brown County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
38,347
Census ACS
Median income
$57,470
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
20%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
23
6,238 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in BROWNWOOD ISD
- Brownwood High SchoolHigh · 935 students
- Coggin Elementary SchoolElementary · 708 students
- Northwest Elementary SchoolElementary · 486 students
- Brownwood Middle SchoolMiddle · 472 students
- East Elementary SchoolElementary · 281 students
- Brownwood Accelerated High SchoolHigh · 17 students
Other schools in BROWNWOOD
- Brownwood High SchoolHigh · 935 students
- Coggin Elementary SchoolElementary · 708 students
- Northwest Elementary SchoolElementary · 486 students
- Brownwood Middle SchoolMiddle · 472 students
- East Elementary SchoolElementary · 281 students
- Lone Star H S West (tjjd)High · 82 students
Other Woodland Heights Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 4 states are named Woodland Heights Elementary. Woodland Heights Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 4.
- Woodland Heights ElementaryMooresville, NC · 594 students
- Woodland Heights ElementarySpartanburg, SC · 407 students
- Woodland Heights Elementary SchoolLaconia, NH · 318 students
Nearby schools
- Brownwood Middle School0.6 mi · 472
- Brownwood Accelerated High School1.1 mi · 17
- East Elementary School1.2 mi · 281
- Brownwood High School1.4 mi · 935
- Coggin Elementary School2.7 mi · 708
- Lone Star H S West (tjjd)3.4 mi · 82
Frequently asked questions
About Woodland Heights Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Woodland Heights Elementary School?
Woodland Heights Elementary School enrolls approximately 494 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Woodland Heights Elementary School serve?
Woodland Heights Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Woodland Heights Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Woodland Heights Elementary School is approximately 15.3:1 (32 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Woodland Heights Elementary School?
At Woodland Heights Elementary School, the student body is approximately 56% White, 37% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Woodland Heights Elementary School public or private?
Woodland Heights Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by BROWNWOOD ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.