Woodland School

Set in Appleton, Wisconsin, Woodland School is a mid-sized elementary-level community, overseen by Kimberly Area School District. It educates 478 students across grades K through 4. That puts it 48% bigger than the typical public school in Wisconsin, which averages around 323 students.

Woodland School is one of 9 schools operated by Kimberly Area School District, a district that instructs 5,070 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Woodland School logs that nearly all students (84%) are White; the rest breaks down as 6% Hispanic, 6% Asian, 3% multiracial.

In terms of school funding signals, The school lists 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.2:1. The state averages about 14.7:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 6% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Calumet County (around 30%), the school's rate is south of typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Woodland School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 74.2%, the actual is 78.8%, a residual of +4.6 points.

Zooming out to the county, Calumet County reports that median household earnings sit near $88,810, roughly 33% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Calumet County runs 22 public schools (combined enrollment of about 6,846 students), of which Woodland School is one.

Woodland Intermediate is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Woodland School. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Woodland School ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 61.6%.

The school occupies a low-density site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 3%: 494 students in 2018 compared to 478 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 94% to 84%.

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