High · California
Woodruff Academy
AlternativeWoodruff Academy, a public high school in Downey, California: grades 7–12, 14 students, 7.9 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Downey Unified.
Size and class size
Compared with high schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.
- Students
- 14
- Teachers (FTE)
- 1.8
- Students per teacher
- 7.9
- Grades
- 7–12
- High
Fewer students per teacher than 93% of high schools in California
Median 19.1 · 2,120 schools compared
Fewer students per teacher than 90% of high schools in the US
Median 14.4 · 20,809 schools compared
Smaller than 94% of high schools in California
Median 462 · 2,126 schools compared
Smaller than 95% of high schools in the US
Median 414 · 22,064 schools compared
State test results
Share of students scoring proficient or above on California's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.
Reading and writing
California: 47%Not published: too few students tested.
Smarter Balanced; proficient means Levels 3-4
Math
California: 38%Not published: too few students tested.
Smarter Balanced; proficient means Levels 3-4
Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
What it offers
- Grades
- High · Grades 7–12
- Type
- District school · Alternative
- Instruction
- Some virtual classes
- Area
- Large suburb
- Run by
- Downey Unified
Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Downey Unified.
Location
- Address
- 12330 Woodruff Ave., Downey, CA 90241
- Phone
- (562)904-3552
- City or town
- Downey
- County
- Los Angeles County
Nearby high schools
The closest public high schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher | Reading | Math |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Columbus (Christopher) HighAlternativeFree meals for all | 9–12 | 368 | 16.2 | — | — |
Los Angeles County ROPCareer and technical | 9–12 | 0 | — | — | — |
Downey HighFree meals for all | 9–12 | 4,051 | 23.9 | — | — |
Norwalk HighFree meals for all | 9–12 | 2,075 | 23.8 | — | — |
Bellflower HighFree meals for all | 7–12 | 1,997 | 20.0 | 37% | 17% |
Warren (Earl) HighFree meals for all | 9–12 | 3,609 | 24.4 | — | — |
Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
Sources
- Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
- State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.
Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.
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