Summary:
Woodland Joint Unified has two middle schools, Douglass Middle and Lee Middle, and both serve grades 7–8. Their 2025–2026 results show a clear divide: Douglass was at or above the state in ELA, while Lee was below the state in ELA, math, and science. The most important finding is that Douglass led Lee by 10 to 13 percentage points across all three subjects.
Douglass stood out in Smarter Balanced ELA and math and in CAST science, scoring 50%, 31%, and 34%, compared with Lee at 38%, 19%, and 24%. Douglass was about 1 point above the state in ELA, but 7 points below it in math and 2 below in science. Lee trailed the state by 12 points in ELA, 19 in math, and 12 in science. The separate California Spanish Assessment paints a more mixed picture: both schools exceeded the state in Overall and Reading, but were below it in Listening and Writing.
Recent results were mixed, with Lee’s math decline a concern: from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, Lee fell 4 points in math, while Douglass rose by less than 1 point; Douglass also gained 7 points in science, while Lee declined by about 1. SchoolDigger rankings rose at Douglass from the 49th percentile in 2023–2024 to the 57th in 2024–2025, holding there in 2025–2026; Lee moved from the 32nd to 39th, then down to the 30th. As context, 2024–2025 free/reduced lunch eligible (FRL) shares were 74% at Douglass and 75% at Lee, and student-teacher ratios were 19.5 and 17.8. Chronic absenteeism was elevated at both schools in 2025–2026: 24% at Douglass and 26% at Lee, compared with 18% statewide.
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