The top reported proficiency rate is 72% in English language arts. The lowest is 62% in Science.
Original Research by School Decision on Woodbury Elementary School
Woodbury Elementary serves grades 5 and 6 in Shaker Heights, a planned residential suburb on Cleveland's east side. The school sits within a mid-sized enrollment population, split roughly evenly between its two grade levels. About a third of students qualify for free- or reduced-price lunch. The student body is mixed in race and ethnicity, with no single group making up a clear majority.
On state assessments in 2023-24, Woodbury's results show strength in English Language Arts but uneven performance in math. In grade 5 ELA, students reached proficiency at a substantially higher rate than in grade 5 math, a gap that narrows in grade 6 but persists. Grade 6 ELA proficiency sits solidly above the midpoint for its grade band, while grade 5 math falls notably short. Grade 6 math proficiency is closer to the middle. A very small cohort of grade 7 students tested at full proficiency in math, though this group is too small to characterize the school's overall trajectory. Across all tested subjects and grades, Woodbury's overall proficiency index places it below the midpoint among the schools the state measures within Cuyahoga County. Science proficiency in grade 5 lands between the ELA and math results. Social studies data is from 2017, so it does not reflect current instruction.
Shaker Heights as a community is undergoing material shifts. A new operating levy passed in November 2025, the district's first since 2014, and will show as a change to property tax bills for families living in the district. More directly for Woodbury families, the district approved a facilities master plan in 2023 that includes renovating the elementary schools and converting Woodbury itself into a middle school serving grades 6 through 8. The Ludlow Early Learning Center opened in fall 2025, making high-quality pre-K available to all district three- and four-year-olds. The district also moved to de-leveled, mixed-ability instruction across pre-K through 12 starting in 2020-21, with Advanced Placement, International Baccalaureate, and dual-enrollment coursework as the main exceptions. This remains an active conversation in the community, and parents may want to ask the school about how it approaches differentiation within mixed-ability classes.
The city itself is a quiet, tree-lined historic suburb of early-20th-century Tudor, Georgian, and Colonial Revival homes, with strict zoning and preserved character. Housing values in the 44120 zip code cluster around a modest price point for the region, though they have edged downward slightly year over year. The Van Aken District, completed in phases starting in the mid-2020s, is the main new mixed-use development — a pedestrian-oriented main street with retail, apartments, and a public park, connected to light-rail transit. The city sits on the RTA light-rail line, with downtown Cleveland reachable in under thirty minutes. Daily life anchors around the Shaker Lakes nature preserve, the public library branches, Thornton Park with its ice arena and pool, and neighborhood schools. Population has been steady.
For a family weighing Woodbury, the profile shows English language arts as a relative strength and math as a clear area where the school sits below county peers. The state does not report data on special education, English learner populations, or attendance, so families may want to ask directly about those dimensions. The shift to de-leveled instruction and the planned conversion of Woodbury to a middle school are substantive enough that a parent may want to explore those changes directly with the school and district to understand the pedagogical approach and timeline.
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