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Which teacher or staff member at Wilson Elementary deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
669
Elementary
DISTRICT 553 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FRESNO UNIFIED·NCES 061455001779
Wilson Elementary
2131 West Ashlan Ave., Fresno, CA 93705 · (559) 248-7320 · Fresno County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL669 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 13% of California public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B-Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded California public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
19.9:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.2:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
96%
639 students
DISTRICT 87% · STATE 65%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 131 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 100 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 100 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 93 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 91 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 100 | 15% |
| Grade 6 | 54 | 8% |
This year's kindergarten class (131) is 143% larger than its 6th grade class (54).
Student demographics
46%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 48% · STATE 62% · 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
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
21.7%
CA avg 49.1% . +2.7pp since 2014
Math
17.5%
CA avg 37.7% . +6.5pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 22 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 California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 3 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 6 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 7.0% | 14.7% | 26.4% | 51.9% |
| Math | 5.0% | 12.4% | 25.4% | 57.1% |
Share of tested students at each CAASPP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
CAASPP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 21.7% | 17.5% |
| 2023-24 | 18.6% | 12.1% |
| 2022-23 | 16.3% | 10.4% |
| 2021-22 | 22.1% | 11.4% |
| 2018-19 | 27.0% | 19.8% |
| 2017-18 | 24.5% | 18.7% |
| 2016-17 | 19.8% | 14.3% |
| 2015-16 | 21.0% | 12.0% |
| 2014-15 | 19.0% | 11.0% |
% met or exceeded standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CAASPP. 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
17.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
23.6%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 17% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 24% typical for California 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 California'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
Wilson Elementary's state test result (17.2% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wilson Elementary this school | 669 | 95.5% | 17.2% |
| Pyle Elementary Fresno | 647 | 94.4% | 23.4% |
| Anna Kyle Elementary Fairfield | 603 | 93.0% | 11.0% |
| Meyler Street Elementary Torrance | 603 | 95.5% | 34.5% |
| Stine Elementary Bakersfield | 615 | 93.5% | 20.1% |
| Amy B. Seibert Elementary Bakersfield | 628 | 90.9% | 17.9% |
Matched among California 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 ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Fresno County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 17.2% | #4,804 of 5,151 | #179 of 185 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 17.5% | #4,524 of 5,172 ▲ 383 | #170 of 185 ▲ 12 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 21.7% | #4,743 of 5,172 ▲ 95 | #175 of 185 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.8pp | #2,350 of 5,116 | #123 of 182 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 669 | #903 of 5,915 | #44 of 206 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.9:1 | #892 of 5,352 | #61 of 190 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 46.3% | #3,048 of 5,354 | #94 of 190 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 95.5% | #384 of 5,625 | #27 of 199 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.8% | #2,054 of 3,837 | #58 of 135 |
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
669
-14 (-2%) vs 2020
-25% since 1990-91, when it was 888
Student : Teacher
19.9:1
was 42.7:1
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 | 669 | 33.6 | 19.9:1 | 96% (639) |
| 2023-24 | 637 | 32.3 | 19.7:1 | 98% (622) |
| 2022-23 | 670 | 32.2 | 20.8:1 | 97% (651) |
| 2020-21 | 683 | 16 | 42.7:1 | 95% (647) |
| 2017-18 | 785 | 34 | 23.1:1 | 96% (750) |
| 2015-16 | 792 | 32 | 24.8:1 | 94% (746) |
| 2010-11 | 717 | N/A | N/A | 90% (642) |
| 2000-01 | 1,054 | 49 | 21.5:1 | 84% (889) |
| 1990-91 | 888 | 37 | 24.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Wilson Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (785 to 669); teachers down 1% (34 to 33.6).
About Wilson Elementary
Wilson Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school in Fresno, California, one of the schools in Fresno Unified. The school had 669 students in kindergarten through 6 in 2024-25. An average school in this group (elementary schools in California) has about 465 students.
District-wide, Fresno Unified has 100 schools and 67,873 students.
Hispanic students account for 72% of enrollment at Wilson Elementary. Other students are 11% Black, 7% White, 6% Asian, and 4% multiracial. That is higher than the 55% Hispanic share among all Fresno County residents. Wilson Elementary has a diversity index of 46%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The school reported 33.6 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25 and a ratio of 19.9:1. For comparison, elementary schools in California average 22.3:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 96%. Across public schools in Fresno County, the average is 75%.
Measured against California public elementary schools, Wilson Elementary receives a D. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Wilson Elementary is 6.4 points below its prediction. Actual: 17.2%. Predicted: 23.6%.
Within Fresno County, median household income is about $74,201, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 24% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 14%. Federal data list 368 public schools in Fresno County, with a combined enrollment of about 206,072.
The next-closest public school is Aspen Valley Prep Academy, less than a tenth of a mile away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Wilson Elementary's average proficiency of 17.2% compares with 28.1% for its nearest scored neighbors.
By NCES locale, the school is City: Large, or inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Over 4 years, enrollment stayed close to where it was, going from 683 to 669. Students per teacher fell from 42.7 in 2020-21 to 19.9 in 2024-25.
Topics for discussion here include sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Fresno County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,016,725
Census ACS
Median income
$74,201
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
24%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
14%
Below federal line
Schools in county
368
206,072 students
Quick facts
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Other Wilson Elementary schools
59 other US public schools in 24 states are named Wilson Elementary. Wilson Elementary is the 3rd largest of the 60.
- Wilson ElementaryDinuba, CA · 545 students
- Wilson ElementaryGridley, CA · 544 students
- Wilson ElementaryLynwood, CA · 499 students
- Wilson ElementaryTulare, CA · 487 students
- Wilson ElementarySan Bernardino, CA · 449 students
Nearby schools
- Aspen Valley Prep Academy0.1 mi · 320
- Cooper Middle0.1 mi · 538
- Dewolf Continuation High0.5 mi · 182
- Slater Elementary0.6 mi · 752
- Roeding Elementary0.8 mi · 704
- Deborah A. Williams Elementary1.1 mi · 582
Frequently asked questions
About Wilson ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Wilson Elementary?
Wilson Elementary enrolls approximately 669 students in grades KG-06.
What age range does Wilson Elementary serve?
Wilson Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 06.
How many teachers does Wilson Elementary have?
Wilson Elementary employs 34 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 19.9:1.
What is the student diversity at Wilson Elementary?
Student demographics at Wilson Elementary are roughly 7% White, 72% Hispanic, 11% Black, 6% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Wilson Elementary?
Wilson Elementary is overseen by Fresno Unified in Fresno County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.