Wilson Elementary School

Wilson Elementary School is a reasonably sized junior high in PHOENIX, Arizona, overseen by Wilson Elementary District (4261). The school teaches 441 students in grades 4 through 8.

Wilson Elementary District (4261) comprises 2 schools with combined enrollment of 854 students; Wilson Elementary School is among them.

In terms of who attends, Wilson Elementary School logs that nearly all students (86%) are Hispanic. The remainder is composed of 9% Black, 2% White, 2% Native American. By comparison, Maricopa County as a whole is about 31% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Maricopa County) records that median household earnings sit near $89,300, roughly 37% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Maricopa County runs 1352 public schools (combined enrollment of about 725,139 students), of which Wilson Elementary School is one.

The closest other public school is Phoenix Union-Wilson College Preparatory, roughly 0.1 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

Geographically, the school is in a high-density area.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Wilson Elementary School has decreased 28%, going from 610 students in 2018 to 441 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share shrank from 90% to 86%.

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