B. Gale Wilson Middle

B. Gale Wilson Middle is a reasonably sized elementary school in Fairfield, California, overseen by Fairfield-Suisun Unified. The school hosts 602 students in grades K through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 29% bigger than the state mean of about 465.

Within Fairfield-Suisun Unified, which oversees 31 schools and 20,505 students, B. Gale Wilson Middle is one campus in the system.

On demographics, B. Gale Wilson Middle reports that the largest single group is Hispanic at 50%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder comes out to 17% White, 12% Black, 11% multiracial, 9% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 30% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, The school reports having 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 22.4:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 62% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

After controlling for student poverty, B. Gale Wilson Middle tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 42.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 34.3%.

In the area at large, Solano County reports that the typical household earns roughly $100,401 per year, 29% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. In all, Solano County runs 110 public schools (combined enrollment of about 60,765 students), of which B. Gale Wilson Middle is one.

The closest other public school is K. I. Jones Elementary, roughly 1.2 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts B. Gale Wilson Middle at 2nd of 5; the average score across the group is 26.8%.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at B. Gale Wilson Middle has declined 31%, going from 873 students in 2018 to 602 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment contracted from 55% to 50% over that span. Class-load math has fell: from 24.9:1 in 2018 to 22.4:1 in 2025.

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