Woods Elementary

Woods Elementary, a tight-knit elementary campus in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, part of Geneva J4 School District, enrolls 148 students, covering grades pre-K through 8. By comparison, Wisconsin's public schools average about 323 students each, so Woods Elementary sits 54% smaller than that benchmark.

Operationally, Woods Elementary answers to Geneva J4 School District, which sets policy, hires staff, and reports enrollment to the state.

Demographically, Woods Elementary logs that White students make up the majority at 80%; the rest comes out to 16% Hispanic, 3% multiracial.

Looking at school resources, The school reports having 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 9.6:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 14.7:1 average. About 32% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Woods Elementary sits in the top 10% of Wisconsin schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 58.2%; actual is 76.0%, +17.9 points clear of the demographic baseline.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Walworth County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $80,520 per year, 32% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Woods Elementary is one of 46 public schools in Walworth County (combined enrollment of about 14,383 students).

The closest other public school is Central - Denison Elementary, roughly 2.4 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Woods Elementary ranks 1st on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 64.1%.

The school occupies an outlying site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Woods Elementary has shrank 28%, going from 206 students in 2018 to 148 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 86% to 80% across the same window. Class-load math has narrowed: from 14.1:1 in 2018 to 9.6:1 in 2025.

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