The top reported proficiency rate is 50% in Math. The lowest is 36% in Science.
Original Research by School Decision on Woodlan Elementary School
Woodlan Elementary School, a regular public school serving kindergarten through sixth grade, sits in the small rural city of Woodburn in northeastern Allen County. It is part of East Allen County Schools. Woodburn itself is a compact, low-density community that has historically been a self-contained farming town and now operates largely as a bedroom community within the broader East Allen County region. It is seeing slow but steady population growth, and its residents often commute to the greater Fort Wayne area for work. Adjacent to U.S. Route 24, the town has a historic commercial core near the former rail depot, but for most daily needs it is a car-dependent setting.
The school’s enrollment is moderately sized for an elementary serving these grades, and the student body is predominantly white, with a modest share of Hispanic students and very small numbers of students from other racial and ethnic backgrounds. About two-fifths of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, placing the school in a mid-range economic context relative to other schools in the area.
On the state’s ILEARN assessments, Woodlan Elementary posted results that were above the midpoint among districts in Allen County in terms of overall proficiency across tested subjects and grade levels. In math, approximately half of students scored at or above the proficient level, a figure that puts the school in a solid position for an elementary building. In English language arts, the share of students reaching proficiency was somewhat lower, but still above what many schools in the county achieve. Science proficiency was below both math and reading, and social studies results, tested only in fifth grade, fell roughly in the middle range. A parent may want to ask the school about how it supports students who are not yet at the proficient mark in these subjects, particularly in science and social studies, where the gap is wider.
The school serves kindergarten through sixth grade, so there is no graduation rate to report. Data on chronic absenteeism, special education identification, and English learner populations were not available in the material provided, so it is unclear how the school serves students with disabilities or those learning English. A family with a child who has an individualized education program or who is an English learner may wish to ask the school directly about its support structures and staffing in those areas.
Woodlan Elementary is not a charter or magnet school, and its Title I status was not reported, leaving a gap in understanding whether it receives additional federal funding to support economically disadvantaged students. The school’s test participation rates were high, which means the results are a reliable picture of student performance.
In terms of housing context, the Woodburn area has home values that are modestly above the Indiana statewide benchmark, and the national unemployment rate at the time of this data was moderate, suggesting a stable economic environment for families considering the area.
For a family looking at schools in this part of Allen County, Woodlan Elementary offers a setting typical of rural Indiana small towns: a modest-sized elementary with a largely white, middle-income student body and academic results that place it in the upper half of the county’s districts. The school’s strengths are in math, where proficiency rates are a solid benchmark for the region, while literacy and science represent areas where the school is still working to move more students to the proficient level. A parent would want to confirm how the school addresses those gaps, and whether the lack of publicly available data on special populations and chronic absenteeism reflects a reporting gap or a programmatic one.
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