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Wilson High School

7601 Highway 17, Florence, AL 35634 · (256) 764-8470 · Lauderdale County
GRADES 07–12HIGH41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL585 STUDENTS
Enrollment
585
High
DISTRICT 557 · STATE 682
Student : Teacher
15.8:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.7:1 · STATE 17.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
48%
282 students
DISTRICT 41% · STATE 58%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.

Enrollment by grade, 2024-25

GradeStudentsShare
Grade 79616%
Grade 88515%
Grade 910718%
Grade 109416%
Grade 1111520%
Grade 128815%
Student demographics
10%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 18% · STATE 63% · US 70%
White
55595%
DISTRICT 91% · STATE 50% · US 43%
Hispanic
51%
DISTRICT 2% · STATE 12% · US 30%
Black
81%
DISTRICT 3% · STATE 31% · US 15%
Asian
51%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 1% · US 6%
Two+
102%
DISTRICT 3% · STATE 4% · US 5%
Native American
20%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 1% · US 1%
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
Male
29050%
Female
29550%

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Test scores

ACAP 2024-25 . % Proficient
English Language Arts
46.5%
AL avg 52.7%
Math
17.4%
AL avg 31.8%

What this means: On the ACAP, Alabama's statewide test, about 47 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 17 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 · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
33.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.9%
based on AL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-15.4pp
below demographic expectation

What this means: About 33% 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 High School

Wilson High School's state test result (33.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
Wilson High School this school58548.2%33.5%
Cleburne County High School
Heflin
55547.7%31.1%
Central High School
Florence
59645.1%39.0%
Satsuma High School
Satsuma
72945.3%49.6%
Cherokee County High School
Centre
44847.8%39.8%
Pleasant Valley High School
Jacksonville
39344.8%41.2%
Matched among Alabama high 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 High School ranks

Among high schools
MeasureThis schoolIn AlabamaIn Lauderdale County
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
33.5%#106 of 305#6 of 7
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
17.4%#164 of 305#6 of 7
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
46.5%#75 of 305#5 of 7
Enrollment
ranked largest first
585#140 of 319#4 of 8
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
15.8:1#73 of 307#2 of 8
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
9.9%#293 of 307#7 of 8
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
48.2%#209 of 317#3 of 8
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked steepest decline first
-52.7%#7 of 164#5 of 7
Ranked against other public high 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 2024-25
Enrollment
585
-679 (-54%) vs 2020
-56% since 1990-91, when it was 1,323
Student : Teacher
15.8:1
was 17.1:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-2558537.215.8:148% (282)
2023-2459940.514.8:167% (403)
2022-236713917.2:168% (453)
2020-211,2647417.1:148% (612)
2017-181,23872.517.1:155% (685)
2015-161,2527017.9:156% (700)
2010-111,2688115.7:156% (715)
2000-011,3638116.8:135% (480)
1990-911,3236520.4:1N/A
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Wilson High School.

Since 2017-18: students down 53% (1,238 to 585); teachers down 49% (72.5 to 37.2).

About Wilson High School

Wilson High School is classified as a high school. It is located in Florence, Alabama. There are 585 students enrolled, covering grades 7 through 12.

Wilson High School is a school in Lauderdale County. The district has 14 schools and 7,952 students.

White students account for 95% of the school's enrollment. Among all residents of Lauderdale County, the White share is about 83%. A diversity index of 10% means there is a 10% chance two randomly chosen students at Wilson High School are from different groups.

Classroom staffing at Wilson High School totals 37.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 15.8:1. The average for high schools in Alabama, 17.2:1, is higher. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at Wilson High School is about 48%. Public schools in Lauderdale County average a similar 47%.

On BeatsExpectations, Wilson High School is 15.4 points below its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Alabama schools.

For the population of Lauderdale County, the median household earns about $62,649 a year, about 30% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 9%. Wilson High School shares Lauderdale County with 23 other public schools.

Of the public schools around it, Wilson High School is closest to Wilson Elementary School, less than a tenth of a mile away. There are 2 other public schools within five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Wilson High School at 8th of 8.

The school's federal locale classification is Rural: Fringe.

The school counted 1,264 students in 2020-21 and 585 in 2024-25. A shift in the grades offered could account for part of the difference. The ratio of students to teachers went from 17.1:1 to 15.8:1 over the same years.

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Lauderdale County at a glance

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Population
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

School name
Wilson High School
District
Lauderdale County
Address
7601 Highway 17, Florence, AL 35634
Phone
(256) 764-8470
County
Lauderdale County
Level
High
Grade range
07–12
Total enrollment
585
Teachers (FTE)
37
Student–teacher ratio
15.8:1
Free and reduced lunch
282 (48%)
Locale
41-Rural: Fringe
NCES ID
010201000775
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

Related schools

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5 other US public schools in 5 states are named Wilson High. Wilson High School is the 4th largest of the 6.

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Frequently asked questions

About Wilson High School
How large is Wilson High School?
Wilson High School enrolls approximately 585 students in grades 07-12.
Is Wilson High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Wilson High School is a high school covering grades 07-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Wilson High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Wilson High School is approximately 15.8:1 (37 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Wilson High School?
Student demographics at Wilson High School are roughly 95% White, 1% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is Wilson High School in?
Wilson High School is part of Lauderdale County.
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