NCES CCD 2024-25 17 schools CA

Best-Resourced Schools in Woodland, CA

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17 public K-12 schools in Woodland from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

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17
Schools
9,150
Students
28.3/100
Avg Resource Index
21.7:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Lean reported-resource profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Woodland has more public-school enrollment than 78% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Woodland's average Resource Investment Index falls in the lower portion of the 4,487-city comparison set. The index is a resource snapshot, not an academic grade: it reflects the federal staffing, counselor, gifted-program, and attendance fields available for local campuses. The most useful next step is to open the individual schools below and identify which component is pulling each score down, because the same city average can hide very different campus-level constraints.

The school portfolio is elementary-weighted

11 of Woodland's 17 listed schools are elementary campuses. That composition means citywide enrollment and staffing averages are influenced more by early-grade operating patterns than by the city's 2 middle and 2 high-school records. Families comparing later grades should rely on those individual rows rather than the all-school mean.

Campus spread matters more than the city mean

The 21-point gap between Zamora Elementary and Ramon S. Tafoya Elementary shows the range hidden by Woodland's average Resource Investment Index. The city figure is useful for national placement, but families ultimately choose among campuses with different grade spans, enrollment, district affiliations, and reported support fields. Start with schools serving the relevant grade level, then compare the index components rather than assuming the city average describes any one classroom.

City enrollment
Top 22%
School count
Top 19%
Resource Index average
9th percentile
Teacher staffing
9th percentile

Pioneer High accounts for 17.3% of all Woodland public-school enrollment

That concentration means Woodland-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: High. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Woodland school enrollment varies 34× across entities

Woodland school enrollment ranges from 47 students (lowest) to 1,582 students (highest), a spread of 1,535 students. That ratio is among the widest observed and reflects extreme heterogeneity inside a single city, with small specialty programs listed alongside large comprehensive campuses. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Woodland reports 56.5% free-lunch eligibility

The reported share clears the 50% majority mark. Title I operates under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015), but its statutory allocation uses additional LEA-level counts and rules not represented by this average. This percentage is an economic-need context measure; it does not establish a Title I award, show dollars received, or describe how funds are distributed among campuses.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Woodland student-teacher ratio is 21.7:1 — high (typically associated with larger urban scale or staffing constraints that have widened the headcount gap)

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Zamora Elementary 38
2. Woodland Senior High 35
3. Douglass Middle 35
4. Lee Middle 35
5. Spring Lake Elementary 33
6. Pioneer High 30
7. Gibson Elementary 30
8. T. L. Whitehead Elementary 29
9. Yolo County Special Education 29
10. Dingle Elementary 28
11. Cesar Chavez Community 28
12. Beamer Elementary 25
13. Freeman Elementary 24
14. Plainfield Elementary 24
15. Rhoda Maxwell Elementary 23
16. Woodland Prairie Elementary 18
17. Ramon S. Tafoya Elementary 17

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Woodland

Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.

  1. 1 Spring Lake Elementary 74.0/100
  2. 2 Yolo County Special Education 66.8/100
  3. 3 Ramon S. Tafoya Elementary 64.5/100
  4. 4 Plainfield Elementary 59.5/100
  5. 5 Zamora Elementary 59.2/100

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Which Woodland school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Zamora Elementary has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Woodland schools in this federal-data comparison at 38/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Woodland, CA? ▼

Woodland has 17 public schools with a total enrollment of 9,150 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 21.7:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.