High Schools in Woodland School District

Woodland School District has two high schools in the Woodland area, both serving grades 9–12: Woodland High School with 667 students and Woodland Alternative School with 96 students. Together, they serve 763 high-school students, with the comprehensive high school enrolling about 87% of the total.

Woodland High School is the stronger overall performer. It ranks 160th of 396 schools and has three stars, compared with 315th and one star for Woodland Alternative School. Woodland High also reports a higher graduation rate, 89.4% versus 79.0%, and a lower dropout rate of 6.5%; a current school-specific dropout rate is not available for the alternative school. Woodland High’s ELA proficiency is 55.63%, compared with 23.53% at the alternative school, while its science proficiency is 58.33%; the alternative school’s current science result is suppressed. Woodland High is also above district and state averages in ELA and above the state in science.

Mathematics is the clearest shared concern. Only about 29% of students at each school are proficient, well below the district’s 45.38% and the state’s 43.11%. Woodland High improved in ELA, math, and science from the prior year and rebounded substantially in its ranking. The alternative school improved from its 2024–25 ranking but saw ELA proficiency decline. Families comparing the schools should also note the reported student-teacher ratios—22:1 at Woodland High and 48:1 at the alternative school—and the different school settings and sizes. Overall, Woodland High offers stronger academic and graduation outcomes, while the alternative school may warrant closer questions about ELA support, graduation, staffing, and the meaning of its suppressed data.