Enrollment
313
Elementary
DISTRICT 244 · STATE 323
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WOODLANDS SCHOOL INC·NCES 550011303353
Woodlands School
5510 W Bluemound Rd, Milwaukee, WI 53208 · (414) 475-1600 · Milwaukee County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYCHARTERREGULAR SCHOOL313 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 17% of Wisconsin public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats 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 Wisconsin public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
17.3:1
18 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.1:1 · STATE 14.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
19%
58 students
DISTRICT 14% · STATE 42%
Community
0
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 | 37 | 12% |
| Kindergarten | 18 | 6% |
| Grade 1 | 32 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 28 | 9% |
| Grade 3 | 32 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 33 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 32 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 28 | 9% |
| Grade 7 | 39 | 12% |
| Grade 8 | 34 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (18) is 47% smaller than its 8th grade class (34).
Student demographics
72%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 67% · STATE 54% · 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
Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
53.4%
WI avg 53.1% . -3.3pp since 2023
Math
36.0%
WI avg 54.8% . -0.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 53 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 36 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Wisconsin schools, those numbers are about 53 and 55. Reading and writing scores are down about 3 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 53.4% | 36.0% |
| 2023-24 | 56.7% | 36.2% |
% Meeting or Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Forward Exam. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of WI schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
48.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
66.3%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-17.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 66% typical for Wisconsin schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Woodlands School
Woodlands School's state test result (48.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Woodlands School this school | 313 | 18.5% | 48.5% |
| Eisenhower Elementary Wauwatosa | 373 | 34.3% | 56.1% |
| Milwaukee German Immersion Milwaukee | 549 | 27.3% | 66.7% |
| Country View Elementary Verona | 382 | 29.3% | 62.6% |
| Adeline Montessori School Inc Oconomowoc | 211 | 1.4% | 40.4% |
| Jefferson Elementary Wauwatosa | 222 | 29.3% | 58.2% |
Matched among Wisconsin 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 Woodlands School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Milwaukee County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 48.5% | #641 of 982 | #46 of 171 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 36.0% | #777 of 992 ▲ 5 | #66 of 174 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 53.4% | #476 of 992 ▼ 37 | #46 of 174 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 313 | #575 of 1,157 | #100 of 180 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.3:1 | #831 of 901 | #119 of 158 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 71.7% | #46 of 901 | #12 of 158 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 18.5% | #904 of 1,064 | #164 of 174 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.8% | #428 of 664 | #91 of 133 |
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
313
-34 (-10%) vs 2020
0% since 2010-11, when it was 312
Student : Teacher
17.3:1
was 16.5:1
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 | 313 | 18.1 | 17.3:1 | 19% (58) |
| 2023-24 | 370 | 19.9 | 18.6:1 | 34% (125) |
| 2022-23 | 375 | 22.1 | 17.0:1 | 40% (149) |
| 2020-21 | 347 | 21 | 16.5:1 | 31% (109) |
| 2017-18 | 351 | 21.3 | 16.5:1 | 15% (53) |
| 2015-16 | 346 | 20 | 17.3:1 | 18% (62) |
| 2010-11 | 312 | 23 | 13.6:1 | 28% (86) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Woodlands School.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (351 to 313); teachers down 15% (21.3 to 18.1).
About Woodlands School
Woodlands School is a mid-sized elementary school with its address in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Students in pre-K through 8 make up the school's enrollment of 313 students.
The district, Woodlands School Inc, operates 2 schools serving 488 students.
The student body at Woodlands School has no majority group. Black students lead at 40%. The next largest groups are 25% White, 22% Hispanic, 11% multiracial, and 2% Asian. The school's Black share is 14 points above the 26% share among Milwaukee County residents. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 72%.
Woodlands School reported 18.1 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, a ratio of 17.3:1. Elementary schools in Wisconsin average 14.7:1, 2.6 fewer students per teacher than here. There are 58 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 19% of enrollment. On average, public schools in Milwaukee County report 64%.
Woodlands School earns a C- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 17% of Wisconsin public elementary schools.
Woodlands School is a bottom-10% school in Wisconsin on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 48.5% against a predicted 66.3%.
In the surrounding county, Milwaukee County, median household income comes to about $64,435, about 35% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 13%. The county's public schools total 284, with about 122,496 students.
Measured in a straight line, Hawley Environmental School is about 0.2 miles from Woodlands School. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Nearby schools with test data average 23.6% proficiency; Woodlands School posts 48.5%.
By NCES locale, the school is City: Large, or inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more. Woodlands School is a public charter school.
Enrollment fell by 10% across 4 years, from 347 in 2020-21 to 313 in 2024-25.
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Milwaukee County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
926,331
Census ACS
Median income
$64,435
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
35%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
284
122,496 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Woodlands School Inc
- Woodlands School - State Street CampusElementary · 175 students
Other schools in Milwaukee
- HAPA-Hmong American Peace Academy K3-12Combined · 1,974 students
- Milwaukee Academy of ScienceCombined · 1,711 students
- Hamilton HighHigh · 1,472 students
- Reagan College Preparatory HighHigh · 1,372 students
- Bruce GuadalupeElementary · 1,364 students
- King InternationalHigh · 1,308 students
Nearby schools
- Hawley Environmental School0.2 mi · 299
- MacDowell Montessori School K3-120.6 mi · 823
- Burbank Elementary0.8 mi · 552
- Jefferson Elementary0.9 mi · 222
- Neeskara Elementary1.0 mi · 356
- Story Elementary1.1 mi · 365
Frequently asked questions
About Woodlands SchoolHow large is Woodlands School?
Woodlands School enrolls approximately 313 students in grades PK-08.
What age range does Woodlands School serve?
Woodlands School serves students from grade PK through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Woodlands School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Woodlands School is approximately 17.3:1 (18 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Woodlands School?
Student demographics at Woodlands School are roughly 25% White, 22% Hispanic, 40% Black, 2% Asian, 11% Two or more.
Is Woodlands School public or private?
Woodlands School is a public K-12 school operated as a charter, overseen by Woodlands School Inc.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.