Enrollment
376
Elementary
DISTRICT 448 · STATE 480
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MONTGOMERY COUNTY·NCES 010243002151
Wilson Elementary School
8900 Park Crossing, Montgomery, AL 36117 · (334) 272-8819 · Montgomery County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL376 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 12% of Alabama public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats 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
18.8:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.3:1 · STATE 17.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
49%
183 students
DISTRICT 71% · STATE 58%
Community
0
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 | 9 | 2% |
| Kindergarten | 57 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 58 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 76 | 20% |
| Grade 3 | 57 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 49 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 70 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (57) is 19% smaller than its 5th grade class (70).
Student demographics
43%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 40% · 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
50.6%
AL avg 52.7%
Math
22.8%
AL avg 31.8%
What this means: On the ACAP, Alabama's statewide test, about 51 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 23 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
34.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.6%
based on AL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-14.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 34% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% 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 (34.1% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wilson Elementary School this school | 376 | 48.7% | 34.1% |
| Blount Elementary School Montgomery | 359 | 38.2% | 45.0% |
| Riverchase Elementary School Hoover | 562 | 39.3% | 66.3% |
| Auburn Early Education Center Auburn | 492 | 44.7% | N/A |
| Cary Woods Elementary School Auburn | 439 | 44.4% | N/A |
| Pick Elementary School Auburn | 464 | 38.1% | 72.3% |
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 Montgomery County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 34.1% | #468 of 626 | #10 of 32 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 22.8% | #482 of 626 | #13 of 32 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 50.6% | #461 of 626 | #9 of 32 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 376 | #486 of 709 | #25 of 34 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.8:1 | #535 of 655 | #22 of 32 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 43.3% | #374 of 658 | #11 of 32 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 48.7% | #499 of 696 | #29 of 33 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.8% | #107 of 364 | #9 of 22 |
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.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
376
-5 (-1%) vs 2020
-25% since 2010-11, when it was 502
Student : Teacher
18.8:1
was 15.9:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 376 | 20 | 18.8:1 | 49% (183) |
| 2023-24 | 370 | 21 | 17.6:1 | 42% (156) |
| 2022-23 | 388 | 23 | 16.9:1 | 42% (164) |
| 2020-21 | 381 | 24 | 15.9:1 | 43% (164) |
| 2017-18 | 463 | 28 | 16.5:1 | 43% (197) |
| 2015-16 | 489 | 25 | 19.6:1 | 26% (128) |
| 2010-11 | 502 | 30 | 16.7:1 | 34% (173) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Wilson Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 19% (463 to 376); teachers down 29% (28 to 20).
About Wilson Elementary School
Wilson Elementary School is a small elementary school in Montgomery, Alabama. Its grade span covers pre-K through 5, with 376 students on the rolls. On average, elementary schools in Alabama enroll around 480, and this school is 22% below that mark.
In Montgomery County, 51 schools enroll a combined 26,958 students.
More than half of enrollment at Wilson Elementary School is Black: 74%. Other groups make up 14% Asian, 4% White, 4% Hispanic, and 3% multiracial. Montgomery County as a whole is about 59% Black, so the school's share is higher. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 43%.
A staff of 20 full-time-equivalent teachers puts the student-to-teacher ratio at 18.8:1. The gap from the 17.0:1 average for elementary schools in Alabama is 1.8 students per teacher. By family income, 49% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Among public schools in Montgomery County, the average eligibility rate is 67%.
On the allk12 Grade, Wilson Elementary School lands at D, ahead of 12% of Alabama public elementary schools.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Wilson Elementary School is 14.5 points below its prediction. Actual: 34.1%. Predicted: 48.6%.
For the population of Montgomery County, median household income comes to about $59,386, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 16% of people live in poverty. Montgomery County's 60 public schools enroll about 31,131 students and include Wilson Elementary School.
Carr Middle School, about 1.0 miles away, is the closest public school. Within five miles of Wilson Elementary School, there are at least 8 other public schools. On average proficiency, Wilson Elementary School is 5th of 8 nearby schools with test data.
In the federal locale system, Wilson Elementary School is coded Rural: Fringe, for schools in rural territory close to an urban area.
Over 4 years, enrollment stayed close to where it was, going from 381 to 376. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 15.9:1 to 18.8:1.
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Montgomery County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
226,718
Census ACS
Median income
$59,386
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
35%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
16%
Below federal line
Schools in county
60
31,131 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Montgomery County
- Johnson Abernathy Graetz High SchoolHigh · 1,587 students
- Carver Senior High SchoolHigh · 1,553 students
- Percy Julian High SchoolHigh · 1,282 students
- Park Crossing High SchoolHigh · 882 students
- Brewbaker Middle SchoolMiddle · 806 students
- Carr Middle SchoolMiddle · 774 students
Other schools in Montgomery
- Johnson Abernathy Graetz High SchoolHigh · 1,587 students
- Carver Senior High SchoolHigh · 1,553 students
- Percy Julian High SchoolHigh · 1,282 students
- Park Crossing High SchoolHigh · 882 students
- Brewbaker Middle SchoolMiddle · 806 students
- Carr Middle SchoolMiddle · 774 students
Other Wilson Elementary schools
59 other US public schools in 24 states are named Wilson Elementary. Wilson Elementary School is the 31st largest of the 60.
- Wilson Elementary SchoolFlorence, AL · 552 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
- Carr Middle School1.0 mi · 774
- Blount Elementary School1.1 mi · 359
- Park Crossing High School1.5 mi · 882
- Pike Road Intermediate School3.1 mi · 652
- Booker T Washington Magnet High School3.1 mi · 492
- Halcyon Elementary School3.4 mi · 694
Frequently asked questions
About Wilson Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Wilson Elementary School?
Wilson Elementary School enrolls approximately 376 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Wilson Elementary School serve?
Wilson Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Wilson Elementary School?
Approximately 18.8:1 students per teacher at Wilson Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at Wilson Elementary School?
Student demographics at Wilson Elementary School are roughly 4% White, 4% Hispanic, 74% Black, 14% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Wilson Elementary School public or private?
Wilson Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Montgomery County.
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