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Enrollment
458
Elementary
DISTRICT 507 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NORTH THURSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 530585001857
Woodland Elementary
4630 Carpenter Rd SE, Lacey, WA 98503 · (360) 412-4680 · Thurston County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL458 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 48% of Washington public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- BThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Washington public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
14.3:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.3:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
42%
194 students
DISTRICT 48% · STATE 51%
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 | 59 | 13% |
| Kindergarten | 62 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 42 | 9% |
| Grade 2 | 78 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 73 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 65 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 79 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (62) is 22% smaller than its 5th grade class (79).
Student demographics
66%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 73% · STATE 68% · 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
Smarter Balanced + WCAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded StandardEnglish Language Arts
52.1%
WA avg 58.4% . -10.5pp since 2014
Math
47.4%
WA avg 51.2% . -15.2pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 47 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Washington schools, those numbers are about 58 and 51. Reading and writing scores are down about 11 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 15 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 52.1% | 47.4% |
| 2023-24 | 50.7% | 48.6% |
| 2022-23 | 51.8% | 47.5% |
| 2021-22 | 53.1% | 40.6% |
| 2018-19 | 57.5% | 57.7% |
| 2017-18 | 59.2% | 55.8% |
| 2016-17 | 63.7% | 64.6% |
| 2015-16 | 64.9% | 61.4% |
| 2014-15 | 62.7% | 62.7% |
% Met or Exceeded Standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Smarter Balanced + WCAS. 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
51.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
51.8%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 51% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 52% typical for Washington 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 Washington'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
Woodland Elementary's state test result (51.2% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Woodland Elementary this school | 458 | 42.4% | 51.2% |
| Sidney Glen Elementary School PORT ORCHARD | 502 | 42.2% | 46.9% |
| Lakes Elementary School Lacey | 495 | 41.4% | 57.2% |
| John D. Bud Hawk Elementary at Jackson Park BREMERTON | 464 | 37.9% | 51.1% |
| Harmony Elementary School Vancouver | 467 | 37.7% | N/A |
| Emerald Elementary School Vancouver | 440 | 38.0% | N/A |
Matched among Washington 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 ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Thurston County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 51.2% | #406 of 936 | #20 of 39 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 47.4% | #488 of 1,103 ▼ 19 | #20 of 39 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 52.1% | #465 of 1,102 ▲ 16 | #21 of 39 ▼ 4 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.9pp | #379 of 928 | #13 of 39 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 458 | #417 of 1,268 | #18 of 43 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.3:1 | #196 of 1,085 | #6 of 40 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.0% | #380 of 1,088 | #13 of 39 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 42.4% | #766 of 1,169 | #26 of 43 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.2% | #457 of 778 | #14 of 27 |
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
458
+18 (+4%) vs 2020
-29% since 1990-91, when it was 648
Student : Teacher
14.3:1
was 15.7:1
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 | 458 | 31.9 | 14.3:1 | 42% (194) |
| 2023-24 | 460 | 28.6 | 16.1:1 | 43% (198) |
| 2022-23 | 436 | 29.1 | 15.0:1 | 43% (188) |
| 2020-21 | 440 | 28 | 15.7:1 | 38% (165) |
| 2017-18 | 534 | 34.3 | 15.6:1 | 32% (172) |
| 2015-16 | 547 | 34 | 16.1:1 | 37% (203) |
| 2010-11 | 518 | 27 | 19.2:1 | 27% (138) |
| 2000-01 | 531 | 29 | 18.3:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 648 | 31 | 20.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Woodland Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (534 to 458); teachers down 7% (34.3 to 31.9).
About Woodland Elementary
Woodland Elementary is classified as an elementary school. It is located in Lacey, Washington. The school teaches pre-K through 5 and enrolls 458 students. It has 21% more students than the average for elementary schools in Washington (about 380).
Woodland Elementary is one school in North Thurston Public Schools, a system of 24 schools with 15,167 students.
About 52% of the student body at Woodland Elementary is White. Enrollment also includes 18% Hispanic, 17% multiracial, 5% Black, and 5% Asian. Among people living in Thurston County, the White share is about 72%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 66, compared with 70 nationally.
The student-to-teacher ratio at Woodland Elementary is 14.3:1, based on 31.9 full-time-equivalent teachers. Compared with the 17.3:1 average for elementary schools in Washington, this school's ratio is lower. Lunch program data show 42% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price meals. The figure for public schools in Thurston County is close, at 43%.
Woodland Elementary earns a B- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 48% of Washington public elementary schools.
After adjusting for student poverty, Woodland Elementary lands between the top and bottom 10% of Washington schools. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 51.2%; the prediction is 51.8%.
In Thurston County, home to about 299,067 people, median household income comes to about $96,563, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of people live in poverty. There are 86 public schools in the county, enrolling about 44,412, Woodland Elementary among them.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Lakes Elementary School, is about 1.1 miles. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. On average proficiency, Woodland Elementary is 4th of 9 nearby schools with test data.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is City: Small.
Federal enrollment counts rose from 440 (2020-21) to 458 (2024-25). Federal data show the ratio falling from 15.7:1 to 14.3:1.
On allk12, people connected to Woodland Elementary can post about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Thurston County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
299,067
Census ACS
Median income
$96,563
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
86
44,412 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in North Thurston Public Schools
- River Ridge High SchoolHigh · 1,547 students
- Timberline High SchoolHigh · 1,401 students
- North Thurston High SchoolHigh · 1,378 students
- Nisqually Middle SchoolMiddle · 789 students
- Mountain View ElementaryElementary · 776 students
- Meadows ElementaryElementary · 765 students
Other schools in Lacey
- River Ridge High SchoolHigh · 1,547 students
- Timberline High SchoolHigh · 1,401 students
- North Thurston High SchoolHigh · 1,378 students
- Nisqually Middle SchoolMiddle · 789 students
- Mountain View ElementaryElementary · 776 students
- Meadows ElementaryElementary · 765 students
Other Woodland Elementary schools
39 other US public schools in 23 states are named Woodland Elementary. Woodland Elementary is the 17th largest of the 40.
- Woodland ElementaryPuyallup, WA · 606 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
- Lakes Elementary School1.1 mi · 495
- Timberline High School1.1 mi · 1,401
- Evergreen Forest Elementary1.3 mi · 442
- Aspire Middle School1.3 mi · 323
- Seven Oaks Elementary1.6 mi · 428
- Chambers Prairie Elementary School1.6 mi · 490
Frequently asked questions
About Woodland ElementaryHow large is Woodland Elementary?
Woodland Elementary enrolls approximately 458 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Woodland Elementary serve?
Woodland Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Woodland Elementary?
Approximately 14.3:1 students per teacher at Woodland Elementary.
How diverse is Woodland Elementary?
Woodland Elementary reports a student body of 52% White, 18% Hispanic, 5% Black, 5% Asian, 17% Two or more.
Is Woodland Elementary public or private?
Woodland Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by North Thurston Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.