Wilson Elementary

Set in San Bernardino, California, Wilson Elementary is an average-sized K-5 school, operated by San Bernardino City Unified. It teaches 449 students across grades K through 5.

San Bernardino City Unified runs 72 schools in total, collectively educating 44,080 students. Wilson Elementary is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Wilson Elementary shows that 88% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. The remainder looks like 6% Black, 2% White, 2% multiracial. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 55%.

On the resource side, Wilson Elementary lists 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 18.7:1. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 92% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, San Bernardino County runs at roughly 74%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Wilson Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 24.4%; this one delivers 21.0%.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for San Bernardino County put the typical household earns roughly $85,478 per year, about 23% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Wilson Elementary is one of 583 public schools in San Bernardino County (combined enrollment of about 393,648 students).

Nearest neighbor: George Brown Jr. Elementary, around 1.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Wilson Elementary at 6th of 7; the average score across the group is 23.9%.

Wilson Elementary operates from an inner-city location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Wilson Elementary's enrollment has fell 7% since 2018, when it stood at 483 (now 449). Hispanic enrollment moved from 80% to 88% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 21.9:1 in 2018 to 18.7:1 today.

Inside the community feed, the feed for Wilson Elementary typically covers fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.