Summary
Washington Woods Elementary School is a PK–4 school serving 691 students in Westfield, Indiana, part of Westfield-Washington Schools, one of Indiana's strongest districts (ranked 13th of 374 statewide, 97th percentile, 5 stars). The school itself ranked 208th of 1,015 Indiana elementary schools in 2025–2026 — the 80th percentile with a 4-star rating — a solid statewide position, but the lowest current rank among all the nearby schools compared here.
In the core tested subjects, Washington Woods is above the state average: math 68.38% proficient, ELA 53.36%, and science 49.32%, compared with state grade-level rates of about 52%, 41–42%, and 43.8%. Compared with its neighbors, though, science and ELA stand out as relative weaknesses. Science is the sharpest concern: 49.32% proficient versus the district's 64.94%, the lowest of any nearby school, and down from 60% in 2022–2023. Every same-district neighbor scored higher, from Monon Trail Elementary School (50.00%) to Oak Trace Elementary School (69.42%), as did all the other-district schools, including Cherry Tree Elementary School (70.09%). ELA is a secondary weakness at 53.36%, below the district (61.18%) and nearly every peer, matching only Monon Trail Elementary School (53.46%). Math is the strongest subject overall and beats the district (65.22%), and among other-district neighbors it beats Carmel Elementary School, Noble Crossing Elementary School, Hinkle Creek Elementary School, and Hazel Dell Elementary School. Still, 4th-grade math is 64.38% — well below the district's 72.63%.
Attendance is a genuine standout: chronic absenteeism was 4.9% in 2024–2025, far below the district's 8.2% and the state's 16.7%, and down from 14.4% in 2021–2022. Context matters in these comparisons — 24.6% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch, higher than most nearby schools, and the student-teacher ratio of 18.6 is higher than most, though per-student spending of $12,343 is mid-to-high. The school rose from the 60th percentile in 2016–2017 to the 94th in 2021–2022 and has since slipped to 80th, so the most actionable priorities are science, ELA, and 4th-grade math, while preserving the attendance gains.
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