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Woodside Elementary School District

Public school districtGrades K–8

Serves Woodside.

Woodside’s School Grade A better than 90% of California school districts

Students
385
Schools
1
Spent per student
$38,913
CA $21,206
Students per teacher
12:1
Free or reduced lunch
7%
Debt
$23.8M
fiscal 2024
The gist

What stands out about Woodside Elementary School District

  • Its letter, A+: results better than 98% of California districts
  • Math proficiency 40 pts above the state
  • Reading proficiency 35 pts above the state
  • Spends 83% more per student than the CA average
  • 12 students per teacher
  • Debt of $23.8M, about $61,787 per student
The School Grade

What this district adds to its towns’ grade

A+: better than 98% of the 1,872 California school districts we grade. Each town’s School Grade weighs its districts by the students they test; spending and class size are shown but don’t count.

Test scoresReading and math well above the state, 2021–22
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The town it serves, and its School Grade
AWoodside 5,181

How TownRatings grades schools →

Where would my kid go?

The school path for Woodside. Grade by grade →

K–8Woodside ElementaryThis district
9–125 high schoolsSequoia Union High School District

Test scores vs. CA

2021–22
Math proficiency73%
State average 33.1% · 240 students tested
Reading / language arts82%
State average 46.7% · 240 students tested

100% of students in the tested grades sat the 2022 tests.

Graduation rate 91% at Sequoia Union High, which runs the high school (state 86.2%) · class of 2023.

Reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express and the Urban Institute); the newest year for each measure.

Where the money goes

fiscal 2024
$38,913 per student · 83% above CA
Spending
Classroom instruction 61%Support & administration 38%Other 1%
Paid for by
Local (mostly property tax) 90%State 9%Federal 1%

Fiscal 2022–24 includes federal pandemic relief (ESSER).

U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances.

Enrollment over time
368’20
365’21
371’22
367’23
385’24

Up 4.6% since 2020–21.

Students
White 63%Hispanic 18%Two or more races 12%Asian 6%Black 2%

Schools in the district

1 public school. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with California’s other public schools.

Woodside Elementary
Elementary · Grades K–8 · Woodside
A+
385 students12:1

Nearby districts

Compare spending and schools next door.

Sequoia Union High School DistrictAtherton, Menlo Park, Portola Valley
$27,344per student
Menlo Park City Elementary School DistrictAtherton, Menlo Park
$27,970per student
Belmont-Redwood Shores Elementary School DistrictRedwood City
$15,591per student
Las Lomitas Elementary School DistrictAtherton
$32,152per student

District facts: U.S. Department of Education (NCES school directory 2024–25 and district boundaries) and the U.S. Census Bureau’s school finance survey. Test scores and graduation: state results reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express and the Urban Institute). The letters are our own summary, graded within California.