Building History

Woodland Elementary School 
7707 112th Street East
Puyallup, WA 98373

Woodland Elementary School began as a one-room schoolhouse in 1884 in a separate Woodland School District. The original school was located at its present South Hill site, west of Meridian Street South and just north of 112th Street East. Between 1884 and 1907, two other replacement school buildings were constructed on this same site.

In 1937, the fourth replacement building was built at the corner of 112th Street East and Fruitland Avenue. Additions were made on the east and north sides of the school in 1943, 1952, and again in 1955. In 1956, the Woodland School District consolidated with the Puyallup School District. In 1962, on the east side of the main classroom building, a covered play court was constructed. A new Woodland Elementary School building was opened on the east side of the site in 1993 and, at the same time, the structures located on the corner of 112th Street East and Fruitland Avenue were razed. The project architect on the new building was Burr Lawrence Rising+ Bates of Tacoma, Washington, and the general contractor was LP & H Construction Company of Longview, Washington. This new Woodland Elementary School was a state matched project with the local funding coming from the 1991 Bond Issue.

The education specifications for the permanent building were designed to have a total of 18 general-use classrooms, two (2) kindergarten rooms, three (3) special education classrooms and a number of smaller specialty instructional spaces. In addition, the school has one (1) of the district's prototype play sheds. In 2012, the building received a Building Assessment Score of 82, compared to a districtwide rating average of 76.4. The building will be eligible for state matching funds for modernization or new construction in lieu of modernization in the year 2023.