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Best kept secret at Wilson Elementary School?
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Enrollment
552
Elementary
DISTRICT 611 · STATE 480
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LAUDERDALE COUNTY·NCES 010201002551
Wilson Elementary School
7601 Highway 17, Florence, AL 35634 · (256) 764-8470 · Lauderdale County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL552 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 51% of Alabama public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Alabama public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
18.0:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.9:1 · STATE 17.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
50%
275 students
DISTRICT 41% · STATE 58%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 64 | 12% |
| Kindergarten | 74 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 58 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 69 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 61 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 71 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 76 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 79 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (74) is 6% smaller than its 6th grade class (79).
Student demographics
15%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 18% · STATE 63% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
ACAP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
66.8%
AL avg 52.7%
Math
44.9%
AL avg 31.8%
What this means: On the ACAP, Alabama's statewide test, about 67 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 45 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Alabama schools, those numbers are about 53 and 32.
Source: ACAP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
54.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.8%
based on AL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 54% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% typical for Alabama schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Alabama's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Wilson Elementary School
Wilson Elementary School's state test result (54.3% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wilson Elementary School this school | 552 | 49.8% | 54.3% |
| Straughn Elementary School Andalusia | 569 | 52.2% | 65.3% |
| Perdido Elementary School Perdido | 572 | 50.5% | 47.9% |
| Rogers Elementary School Florence | 592 | 47.3% | 48.6% |
| Pleasant Valley Elementary School Jacksonville | 458 | 52.2% | 63.2% |
| West Point Elementary School Cullman | 496 | 51.8% | 53.9% |
Matched among Alabama elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Wilson Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Alabama | In Lauderdale County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 54.3% | #254 of 626 | #6 of 12 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 44.9% | #254 of 626 | #7 of 12 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 66.8% | #274 of 626 | #6 of 12 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 552 | #225 of 709 | #6 of 12 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.0:1 | #462 of 655 | #8 of 11 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 15.1% | #610 of 658 | #9 of 11 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 49.8% | #488 of 696 | #4 of 12 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 552 | 30.6 | 18.0:1 | 50% (275) |
| 2023-24 | 556 | 31.9 | 17.4:1 | 70% (388) |
| 2022-23 | 577 | 33.9 | 17.0:1 | 69% (399) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Wilson Elementary School.
About Wilson Elementary School
Wilson Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school based in Florence, Alabama. Classes run from pre-K through 6, and the school has 552 students.
Lauderdale County operates 14 schools. Combined enrollment is 7,952 students.
Wilson Elementary School's enrollment is 92% White. The remaining shares are 3% multiracial, 2% Hispanic, and 2% Black. Lauderdale County as a whole is about 83% White, so the school's share is higher. Pick two students at random and there is a 15% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Federal staffing data show 30.6 full-time-equivalent teachers at Wilson Elementary School and a ratio of 18.0:1. The school has more students per teacher than the 17.0:1 average for elementary schools in Alabama. The count of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch equals 50% of enrollment. For comparison, public schools in Lauderdale County average 47%.
The allk12 Grade for Wilson Elementary School is B-. Compared with Alabama public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 51% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Wilson Elementary School is 6.5 points above the average proficiency rate on state tests predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 54.3% actual, 47.8% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Alabama.
Lauderdale County has about 95,830 residents, and the median household income is $62,649, about 30% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 9%. In all, Lauderdale County has 24 public schools and roughly 12,526 students.
The closest public school, Wilson High School, is less than a tenth of a mile from Wilson Elementary School. Other public schools within five miles: 2. Wilson Elementary School is 3rd of 8 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
Wilson Elementary School has an NCES locale of Rural: Fringe.
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Lauderdale County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
95,830
Census ACS
Median income
$62,649
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
30%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
24
12,526 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Lauderdale County
- Brooks Elementary SchoolElementary · 874 students
- Lauderdale Elementary SchoolElementary · 746 students
- Brooks High SchoolHigh · 729 students
- Central Elementary SchoolElementary · 713 students
- Central High SchoolHigh · 596 students
- Rogers Elementary SchoolElementary · 592 students
Other schools in Florence
- Florence High SchoolHigh · 1,101 students
- Forest Hills SchoolElementary · 906 students
- Florence Middle SchoolMiddle · 663 students
- Central High SchoolHigh · 596 students
- Rogers Elementary SchoolElementary · 592 students
- Wilson High SchoolHigh · 585 students
Other Wilson Elementary schools
59 other US public schools in 24 states are named Wilson Elementary. Wilson Elementary School is the 11th largest of the 60.
- Wilson Elementary SchoolMontgomery, AL · 376 students
- WILSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLSANFORD, FL · 896 students
- Wilson Elementary SchoolHOUSTON, TX · 756 students
- Wilson ElementaryFresno, CA · 669 students
- Wilson Elementary SchoolMurfreesboro, TN · 666 students
Nearby schools
- Wilson High School0.0 mi · 585
- Underwood Elementary School4.0 mi · 343
- Forest Hills School5.4 mi · 906
- Florence Freshman Center6.3 mi · 325
- Florence High School6.4 mi · 1,101
- Harlan Elementary School6.5 mi · 426
Frequently asked questions
About Wilson Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Wilson Elementary School?
Wilson Elementary School enrolls approximately 552 students in grades PK-06.
What age range does Wilson Elementary School serve?
Wilson Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 06.
How many teachers does Wilson Elementary School have?
Wilson Elementary School employs 31 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 18.0:1.
What is the student diversity at Wilson Elementary School?
Student demographics at Wilson Elementary School are roughly 92% White, 2% Hispanic, 2% Black, 0% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Wilson Elementary School in?
Wilson Elementary School is part of Lauderdale County.
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