Woodland Heights Elementary

Woodland Heights Elementary in Brownwood, TX, is a mid-sized school serving approximately 494 students in grades PK-5 within the Brownwood Independent School District (Isd), and it has a history of solid, above-average academic performance, consistently ranking in the top 30-40% of Texas elementary schools.

Woodland Heights stands out as the clear academic leader among its district peers, outperforming both Northwest Elementary and Coggin Elementary in nearly every grade and subject. For example, in 4th Grade Reading, Woodland Heights scored 63.64% proficient, compared to 43.33% at Northwest and 30.51% at Coggin. The school also shows a clear strength in upper elementary reading, with 5th graders consistently scoring well above the state average. However, a notable weakness is 4th Grade Math, where only 41.56% of students were proficient in the most recent testing year, which is below both the district and state averages. Interestingly, East Elementary, another school in the same district located just 1.22 miles away, dramatically outperforms Woodland Heights despite serving a student population with a higher economic disadvantage rate, suggesting a highly effective instructional model at East that raises questions about what they are doing differently.

On a positive note, the school has shown dramatic improvement in its support for Special Education students, jumping from the bottom 18% of the state in 2023-2024 to the 56th percentile in 2025-2026, indicating that targeted interventions are yielding strong results. While Woodland Heights achieves strong results without the smallest class sizes or highest per-pupil spending in the district, it is not yet at the level of Early Elementary in the nearby Early Independent School District (Isd), which consistently ranks in the 73rd-81st percentile statewide and has smaller class sizes, suggesting a potential path for further improvement.