Enrollment
283
Elementary
DISTRICT 528 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MODESTO CITY ELEMENTARY·NCES 062513003756
Wilson Elementary
201 Wilson Ave., Modesto, CA 95354 · (209) 574-8452 · Stanislaus County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL283 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
21.8:1
13 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.8:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
84%
238 students
DISTRICT 82% · STATE 65%
Community
0
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 | 66 | 23% |
| Grade 1 | 37 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 38 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 31 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 34 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 44 | 16% |
| Grade 6 | 33 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (66) is 100% larger than its 6th grade class (33).
Student demographics
43%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 43% · 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
27.9%
CA avg 49.1% . +5.9pp since 2014
Math
15.4%
CA avg 37.7% . +8.4pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 28 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 15 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 6 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 8 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 7.9% | 20.0% | 25.0% | 47.1% |
| Math | 7.7% | 7.7% | 30.8% | 53.9% |
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 | 27.9% | 15.4% |
| 2023-24 | 23.4% | 14.2% |
| 2022-23 | 19.4% | 10.6% |
| 2021-22 | 17.6% | 11.0% |
| 2020-21 | 22.6% | 11.3% |
| 2018-19 | 33.1% | 19.1% |
| 2017-18 | 27.1% | 23.4% |
| 2016-17 | 27.9% | 20.5% |
| 2015-16 | 29.0% | 17.0% |
| 2014-15 | 22.0% | 7.0% |
% 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
20.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
30.3%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 20% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 30% 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 (20.3% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wilson Elementary this school | 283 | 84.1% | 20.3% |
| Stonehurst Avenue Elementary Sun Valley | 289 | 82.0% | 52.8% |
| Fenton STEM Acad: Elem Center for Sci Tech Engr and Math Sun Valley | 288 | 81.3% | N/A |
| Tulelake Basin Elementary Tulelake | 270 | 84.8% | 24.6% |
| Plainview Academic Charter Academy Tujunga | 248 | 87.9% | 19.6% |
| Somis Elementary Somis | 270 | 81.1% | 48.0% |
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 Stanislaus County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 20.3% | #4,555 of 5,151 | #83 of 100 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 15.4% | #4,716 of 5,172 ▲ 33 | #90 of 100 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 27.9% | #4,190 of 5,172 ▲ 265 | #78 of 100 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +7.3pp | #1,058 of 5,116 | #24 of 100 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 283 | #4,901 of 5,915 | #94 of 108 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.8:1 | #1,997 of 5,352 | #35 of 97 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 42.7% | #3,262 of 5,354 | #58 of 97 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 84.1% | #1,754 of 5,625 | #31 of 105 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +4.0% | #823 of 1,139 | #24 of 36 |
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
283
+51 (+22%) vs 2020
-39% since 1990-91, when it was 463
Student : Teacher
21.8:1
was 25.8:1
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 | 283 | 13 | 21.8:1 | 84% (238) |
| 2023-24 | 253 | 12.1 | 21.0:1 | 91% (231) |
| 2022-23 | 258 | 11.9 | 21.7:1 | 90% (233) |
| 2020-21 | 232 | 9 | 25.8:1 | 91% (211) |
| 2017-18 | 272 | 13 | 20.9:1 | 96% (261) |
| 2015-16 | 245 | 11 | 22.3:1 | 91% (224) |
| 2010-11 | 335 | N/A | N/A | 88% (295) |
| 2000-01 | 379 | 18 | 21.1:1 | 74% (282) |
| 1990-91 | 463 | 18 | 25.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Wilson Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 4% (272 to 283); teachers unchanged (13 to 13).
About Wilson Elementary
Located in Modesto, California, Wilson Elementary is a small elementary school. The student body numbers 283 students, from kindergarten through 6. Average enrollment for elementary schools in California is about 465, so this school runs 39% smaller than that.
Wilson Elementary sits within Modesto City Elementary, which has 26 schools and 14,444 students.
Wilson Elementary is 74% Hispanic by enrollment. Other reported shares: 17% White, 6% multiracial, and 2% Black. That compares with about 50% Hispanic among all Stanislaus County residents. The school's diversity index is 43%, meaning two students picked at random have a 43% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Teachers at Wilson Elementary total 13 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 21.8:1. That is close to the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. The school counts 238 students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or 84%. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Stanislaus County is 71%.
On BeatsExpectations, Wilson Elementary is 10.0 points below its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of California schools.
Stanislaus County census figures show that the median household income is $81,468, roughly 20% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. There are 190 public schools in Stanislaus County, enrolling about 106,477 students in all.
The next-closest public school is La Loma Junior High, about 0.6 miles away. Wilson Elementary is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Local comparison: Wilson Elementary ranks 6th of 8 nearby schools, at 20.3% versus a 25.6% average.
Wilson Elementary falls in the City: Mid-size locale category, used for schools inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Enrollment at Wilson Elementary grew 22% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 232 to 283 students. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 25.8:1; by 2024-25 it was 21.8:1.
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Stanislaus County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
553,990
Census ACS
Median income
$81,468
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
20%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
190
106,477 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Modesto City Elementary
- Bret Harte ElementaryElementary · 867 students
- Roosevelt Junior HighMiddle · 818 students
- Fairview ElementaryElementary · 786 students
- Franklin ElementaryElementary · 777 students
- La Loma Junior HighMiddle · 705 students
- Mark Twain Junior HighMiddle · 658 students
Other schools in Modesto
- Joseph A. Gregori HighHigh · 2,346 students
- James C. Enochs HighHigh · 2,304 students
- Modesto HighHigh · 2,292 students
- Thomas Downey HighHigh · 2,192 students
- Grace M. Davis HighHigh · 2,083 students
- Peter Johansen HighHigh · 2,029 students
Other Wilson Elementary schools
59 other US public schools in 24 states are named Wilson Elementary. Wilson Elementary is the 47th largest of the 60.
- Wilson ElementaryFresno, CA · 669 students
- Wilson ElementaryDinuba, CA · 545 students
- Wilson ElementaryGridley, CA · 544 students
- Wilson ElementaryLynwood, CA · 499 students
- Wilson ElementaryTulare, CA · 487 students
Nearby schools
- La Loma Junior High0.6 mi · 705
- John Muir Elementary0.9 mi · 567
- Stanislaus Alternative Charter1.0 mi · 651
- Orville Wright Elementary1.0 mi · 399
- Thomas Downey High1.2 mi · 2,192
- El Vista Elementary1.2 mi · 447
Frequently asked questions
About Wilson ElementaryHow large is Wilson Elementary?
Wilson Elementary enrolls approximately 283 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 students per teacher at Wilson Elementary?
Approximately 21.8:1 students per teacher at Wilson Elementary.
How diverse is Wilson Elementary?
Wilson Elementary reports a student body of 17% White, 74% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Wilson Elementary?
Wilson Elementary is overseen by Modesto City Elementary in Stanislaus County.
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