Woodland High School

I currently attend WHS and personally think that it's a horrible place to attend school. Bullying is a major problem here. If a student tries to get help they are blown off by administrators. If I had another choice I would not attend this school.

Woodland High School is a great school for the student that doesn't wish to leave the area. It instills a great sense of community early on, but doesn't promote growth and change. In the twelve years that I attended WHS, very little positive change occurred. It's a school stuck in the mindset of the 1950s. I have to say that the faculty were always very nice and helpful, but not very good at teaching students to excel. Woodland does well with sub-par academics and a greater focus on athletics--football in particular. If you're looking for a good learning environment and academic opportunities for your child, I suggest you enroll them in a different school.

there is always improvement at any school, but most importantly the majority of students need to be in learning mode instead of being of social & popularity status & the faculty could be more to teaching instead of just pass the student on down the line. ,Woodland School has always a reputation of being the best school of this system, if a 3 rating is any comparision this school has, well there you go, improving in ALL areas...listen parents & school leadership.

It is absolutely appalling how bad the education level is at Woodland High School. Though there are some teachers that care, most don't care about the student, they care about there image. At WHS its who you know not what you know. If you are a member of the right family then your set. TOO much empasis is placed on sports. They need a better balance of funding for sports and arts (as in the Marching Band). Before I graduated, the band had there practice field ripped away from them. The football team takes most of the priority around Woodland. Finally the advanced program though it is 'a so called rigourous program,' does not get one prepared for college. I don't reccommend this school to anyone its trash.
--Submitted by a student

This school is in desperate need of some help. My son attended this school and he is a slow learner. Instead of trying to teach him to read they read it to him. How is that helping him? Now that he is out he struggles in reading, spelling and writing.
--Submitted by a parent

The education these students are learning is inadequate. Half of them can barely read or write. This is a school I withdrew my children from quickly.
--Submitted by a parent

Great school, great teachers and outstanding students. they all take great pride in their school and their town. i am proud to be a parent of 2 students and one future student of Woodland High School!!! Go Bobcats!!!
--Submitted by a parent

I have been involved (academics, band, athletics) with Woodland High School since 1994 (moved here). The small school environment enables children to participate in a wide range of extracurricular activites that would not be possible at larger schools expanding their experience and leadership skills. My oldest son graduated from Auburn University and is currently in seminary at SBTS in Louisville. He met his wife at WHS who finished Auburn University on full academic scholarship and is working on her Phd in neuroscience medicine at the University of Louisville. My middle son is a senior at Auburn University in political science and will attend law school. My youngest son received a full tuition football scholarship to Shorter College where is a junior majoring in business education. Principal leadership is strong; teacher quality high; parental involement exceptional, and WHS is as safe as any public school can be.
--Submitted by a parent

WHS needs stronger principal leadership and less emphasis on sports. The elementary students need to be separated from the high school students for obvious reasons. Homework is abundant. Some teachers don't seem to have time for the slower learners. Also, some sort of fund raising is always going on at WHS. Woodland is on the GA line so some of our best teachers have migrated to GA for better pay and better school facilities. The last time I was in WHS, it was filthy. Discipline at WHS is selective.
--Submitted by Stephanie Herren, a parent

I would rather go to Woodland than any other school in the county, well in the state of Alabama. Woodland is a small school but a small school is better than a big i can garanty that much. Are sports department concest of softball,football,baseball,volleyball, cheerleading,basketball,......we all so have several clubs woodland is the best school that I could ever think of .
--Submitted by a student