Wilson Elementary

Wilson Elementary is one of the mid-tier elementary schools in Fresno, California, run under Fresno Unified, with 669 students on its rolls from grades K through 6. That puts it 44% bigger than the typical public school in California, which averages around 465 students.

Within Fresno Unified, which oversees 100 schools and 67,873 students, Wilson Elementary is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Wilson Elementary shows that 72% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Beyond that, the school reports 11% Black, 7% White, 6% Asian, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 55% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 19.9:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 96% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Fresno County runs at roughly 75%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Wilson Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 22.6%, the actual is 15.3%, a residual of -7.3 points.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Fresno County) logs that median household earnings sit near $74,201, 24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 14% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Fresno County's 368 public schools (combined enrollment of about 206,072 students), Wilson Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Aspen Valley Prep Academy is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Wilson Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Wilson Elementary at 6th of 6; the average score across the group is 26.5%.

The campus sits in an urban setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Wilson Elementary has fell 15%, going from 785 students in 2018 to 669 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share ticked up from 64% to 72%. Class-load math has fell: from 23.1:1 in 2018 to 19.9:1 in 2025.

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