North Fork Elementary School

As a mid-sized elementary-level community in Woodland, Washington, North Fork Elementary School serves 473 students from grades K through 4, operated by Woodland School District. Compared to the state average of about 380 students per school, that is 24% bigger than typical.

Within Woodland School District, which oversees 7 schools and 2,429 students, North Fork Elementary School is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, North Fork Elementary School logs that 77% of the student body identifies as White; the rest comes out to 15% Hispanic, 6% multiracial.

On the income-and-resources front, The school reports having 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.4:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.3:1 average. Around 41% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is lower than Cowlitz County's rate of about 58%.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Cowlitz County put median household earnings sit near $76,531, roughly 18% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Across Cowlitz County's 48 public schools (combined enrollment of about 17,080 students), North Fork Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Woodland Middle School, around 1.9 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 6 other public schools cluster around North Fork Elementary School.

North Fork Elementary School operates from a town-center location.

Inside the community feed, the feed for North Fork Elementary School typically covers fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.