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What do you wish you knew before starting at Wilson Elementary?
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Enrollment
499
Elementary
DISTRICT 462 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LYNWOOD UNIFIED·NCES 062316003542
Wilson Elementary
11700 School St., Lynwood, CA 90262 · (310) 603-1525 · Los Angeles County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL499 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 22% of California public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- BThree-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
20.8:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.0:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
92%
458 students
DISTRICT 93% · 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 | 67 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 60 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 67 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 72 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 75 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 82 | 16% |
| Grade 6 | 76 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (67) is 12% smaller than its 6th grade class (76).
Student demographics
9%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 11% · 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
27.2%
CA avg 49.1% . +5.2pp since 2014
Math
19.3%
CA avg 37.7% . +2.3pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 27 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 19 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 5 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 2 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 7.8% | 19.4% | 18.4% | 54.4% |
| Math | 10.2% | 9.2% | 23.7% | 57.0% |
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 | 27.2% | 19.3% |
| 2023-24 | 22.3% | 20.4% |
| 2022-23 | 26.3% | 20.5% |
| 2021-22 | 23.5% | 15.4% |
| 2020-21 | 21.6% | 10.9% |
| 2018-19 | 38.8% | 30.0% |
| 2017-18 | 37.9% | 24.8% |
| 2016-17 | 33.1% | 22.9% |
| 2015-16 | 29.0% | 21.0% |
| 2014-15 | 22.0% | 17.0% |
% 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
22.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.8%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 22% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 26% 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 (22.4% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wilson Elementary this school | 499 | 91.8% | 22.4% |
| Washington Elementary Lynwood | 492 | 91.3% | 44.4% |
| Kingsley Elementary Montclair | 494 | 91.3% | 34.2% |
| Teresa Burke Elementary Wasco | 503 | 93.0% | 31.2% |
| Leo Politi Elementary Los Angeles | 504 | 94.4% | 23.3% |
| Roosevelt Elementary Pomona | 529 | 93.4% | 22.7% |
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 Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 22.4% | #4,349 of 5,151 | #1,041 of 1,126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 19.3% | #4,360 of 5,172 ▼ 239 | #1,053 of 1,129 ▼ 48 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 27.2% | #4,249 of 5,172 ▲ 288 | #1,011 of 1,129 ▲ 43 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.8pp | #2,032 of 5,116 | #546 of 1,116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 499 | #2,444 of 5,915 | #493 of 1,300 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.8:1 | #1,375 of 5,352 | #413 of 1,213 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 8.5% | #5,021 of 5,354 | #1,089 of 1,214 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 91.8% | #865 of 5,625 | #371 of 1,276 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -24.0% | #993 of 3,837 | #381 of 947 |
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
499
-59 (-11%) vs 2020
-59% since 1990-91, when it was 1,207
Student : Teacher
20.8:1
was 24.3:1
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 | 499 | 24 | 20.8:1 | 92% (458) |
| 2023-24 | 540 | 24 | 22.5:1 | 94% (507) |
| 2022-23 | 511 | 24 | 21.3:1 | 96% (491) |
| 2020-21 | 558 | 23 | 24.3:1 | 96% (537) |
| 2017-18 | 657 | 30.5 | 21.5:1 | 94% (615) |
| 2015-16 | 708 | 30 | 23.6:1 | 95% (675) |
| 2010-11 | 681 | N/A | N/A | 93% (634) |
| 2000-01 | 814 | 39 | 20.9:1 | 87% (710) |
| 1990-91 | 1,207 | 40 | 30.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Wilson Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 24% (657 to 499); teachers down 21% (30.5 to 24).
About Wilson Elementary
Wilson Elementary is a public elementary school run by Lynwood Unified in Lynwood, California. Enrollment totals 499 students across kindergarten through 6.
The district for Wilson Elementary is Lynwood Unified, with 17 schools and 10,851 students.
A large majority of enrollment at Wilson Elementary is Hispanic, at 96%. Other reported shares: 3% Black. Los Angeles County's residents are about 48% Hispanic, 47 points below the school's share. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 9%.
Its staff includes 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 20.8 students per teacher. Elementary schools in California average 22.3:1, 1.5 more students per teacher than here. There are 458 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 92% of enrollment. The rate at public schools in Los Angeles County averages 70%, lower than here.
On the allk12 Grade, Wilson Elementary lands at C-, ahead of 22% of California public elementary schools.
The model predicts 25.8% for a school in California with Wilson Elementary's free or reduced-price lunch share. Wilson Elementary posts 22.4%.
In Los Angeles County, where the school is located, median household income comes to about $90,112, about 36% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 10%. The county has 2,244 public schools and about 1,265,907 students.
The closest school to Wilson Elementary is Rosa Parks Elementary, located about 0.4 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Wilson Elementary ranks 7th of 8 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 22.4% against a local average of 28.7%.
NCES assigns Wilson Elementary the locale Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 499, down from 558 in 2020-21. The number of students per teacher dropped from 24.3 to 20.8 over 4 years.
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Los Angeles County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
9,808,667
Census ACS
Median income
$90,112
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
2,244
1,265,907 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Lynwood Unified
- Lynwood HighHigh · 1,858 students
- Marco Antonio Firebaugh HighHigh · 1,633 students
- Cesar Chavez MiddleMiddle · 882 students
- Hosler MiddleMiddle · 754 students
- Will Rogers ElementaryElementary · 684 students
- Lindbergh ElementaryElementary · 552 students
Other schools in Lynwood
- Lynwood HighHigh · 1,858 students
- Marco Antonio Firebaugh HighHigh · 1,633 students
- Cesar Chavez MiddleMiddle · 882 students
- Hosler MiddleMiddle · 754 students
- Will Rogers ElementaryElementary · 684 students
- Lindbergh ElementaryElementary · 552 students
Other Wilson Elementary schools
59 other US public schools in 24 states are named Wilson Elementary. Wilson Elementary is the 15th largest of the 60.
- Wilson ElementaryFresno, CA · 669 students
- Wilson ElementaryDinuba, CA · 545 students
- Wilson ElementaryGridley, CA · 544 students
- Wilson ElementaryTulare, CA · 487 students
- Wilson ElementarySan Bernardino, CA · 449 students
Nearby schools
- Rosa Parks Elementary0.4 mi · 343
- Lynwood High0.4 mi · 1,858
- Hosler Middle0.4 mi · 754
- Soleil Academy Charter0.4 mi · 385
- Lindbergh Elementary0.4 mi · 552
- Helen Keller Elementary0.5 mi · 407
Frequently asked questions
About Wilson ElementaryHow large is Wilson Elementary?
Wilson Elementary enrolls approximately 499 students in grades KG-06.
Is Wilson Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Wilson Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-06.
How many teachers does Wilson Elementary have?
Wilson Elementary employs 24 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 20.8:1.
How diverse is Wilson Elementary?
Wilson Elementary reports a student body of 1% White, 96% Hispanic, 3% Black, 0% Asian.
Who oversees Wilson Elementary?
Wilson Elementary is overseen by Lynwood Unified in Los Angeles County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.