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Which teacher or staff member at Wilson Elementary deserves more recognition?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
448
Elementary
DISTRICT 536 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SANGER UNIFIED·NCES 063525005980
Wilson Elementary
610 Faller St., Sanger, CA 93657 · (559) 524-6900 · Fresno County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY31-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL448 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
27.0:1
17 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.8:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
94%
422 students
DISTRICT 72% · 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 | 72 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 50 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 50 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 67 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 73 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 65 | 15% |
| Grade 6 | 71 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (72) is about the same size as its 6th grade class (71).
Student demographics
8%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
22.2%
CA avg 49.1% . +2.2pp since 2014
Math
22.6%
CA avg 37.7% . +4.6pp 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 23 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 2 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 5 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 5.2% | 17.0% | 26.7% | 51.1% |
| Math | 9.8% | 12.8% | 28.5% | 48.9% |
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 | 22.2% | 22.6% |
| 2023-24 | 16.5% | 13.9% |
| 2022-23 | 24.1% | 18.9% |
| 2021-22 | 26.8% | 18.3% |
| 2018-19 | 42.7% | 30.3% |
| 2017-18 | 42.4% | 34.8% |
| 2016-17 | 29.9% | 23.7% |
| 2015-16 | 26.0% | 27.0% |
| 2014-15 | 20.0% | 18.0% |
% 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
18.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
24.4%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 19% 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 (18.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wilson Elementary this school | 448 | 94.2% | 18.8% |
| Terra Bella Elementary Terra Bella | 455 | 93.4% | 33.4% |
| Tamarack Elementary Avenal | 433 | 95.2% | 10.4% |
| Hall District Elementary Watsonville | 470 | 94.0% | 8.2% |
| Roseland Elementary Santa Rosa | 471 | 94.3% | 32.1% |
| San Antonio Elementary Huntington Park | 424 | 93.6% | 35.3% |
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 | 18.8% | #4,674 of 5,151 | #176 of 185 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 22.6% | #4,031 of 5,172 ▲ 734 | #147 of 185 ▲ 30 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 22.2% | #4,713 of 5,172 ▲ 242 | #174 of 185 ▲ 6 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -0.1pp | #1,762 of 5,116 | #29 of 182 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 448 | #3,058 of 5,915 | #131 of 206 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 27.0:1 | #5,119 of 5,352 | #183 of 190 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 7.8% | #5,066 of 5,354 | #178 of 190 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 94.2% | #550 of 5,625 | #46 of 199 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +3.0% | #888 of 1,139 | #39 of 49 |
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
448
+13 (+3%) vs 2020
-27% since 1990-91, when it was 611
Student : Teacher
27.0:1
was 25.6:1
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 | 448 | 16.6 | 27.0:1 | 94% (422) |
| 2023-24 | 457 | 18.7 | 24.5:1 | 94% (428) |
| 2022-23 | 469 | 20.3 | 23.1:1 | 93% (438) |
| 2020-21 | 435 | 17 | 25.6:1 | 84% (365) |
| 2017-18 | 435 | 17.5 | 24.9:1 | 92% (400) |
| 2015-16 | 452 | 17 | 26.6:1 | 90% (408) |
| 2010-11 | 510 | N/A | N/A | 89% (453) |
| 2000-01 | 601 | 31 | 19.4:1 | 91% (546) |
| 1990-91 | 611 | 25 | 24.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Wilson Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 3% (435 to 448); teachers down 5% (17.5 to 16.6).
About Wilson Elementary
Wilson Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school located in Sanger, California. The school enrolls 448 students in kindergarten through 6.
Sanger Unified has 20 schools and 13,313 students, and Wilson Elementary is one of those schools.
Hispanic students account for 96% of the school's enrollment. After that, the student body is 3% White. Among all residents of Fresno County, the Hispanic share is about 55%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 8%.
Wilson Elementary reports a ratio of 27.0 students per teacher, from 16.6 full-time-equivalent teachers. Across elementary schools in California, the average ratio is 22.3:1. Lunch program data show 94% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price meals. Compared with the 75% average for public schools in Fresno County, the school's rate is higher.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Wilson Elementary is -5.6 points: 18.8% actual, 24.4% predicted.
In the surrounding county, Fresno County, median household income comes to about $74,201, about 24% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 14%. The county's public schools total 368, with about 206,072 students.
Community Day is about 0.4 miles away, making it the nearest public school. 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 6 nearby schools, at 18.8% versus a 38.1% average.
Locale data from NCES put Wilson Elementary in a town close to an urbanized area (Town: Fringe).
Over 4 years, enrollment rose by 13 students, from 435 to 448. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio increased to 27.0:1, from 25.6:1.
This page is set up for the Wilson Elementary community to discuss homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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
Related schools
Other schools in Sanger Unified
- Sanger HighHigh · 2,426 students
- Washington Academic MiddleMiddle · 1,539 students
- Sanger West HighHigh · 1,438 students
- John S. Wash ElementaryElementary · 838 students
- Fairmont ElementaryElementary · 744 students
- Sequoia ElementaryElementary · 696 students
Other schools in Sanger
- Sanger HighHigh · 2,426 students
- Washington Academic MiddleMiddle · 1,539 students
- Fairmont ElementaryElementary · 744 students
- Sanger Academy CharterElementary · 609 students
- Lincoln ElementaryElementary · 505 students
- Jefferson ElementaryElementary · 488 students
Other Wilson Elementary schools
59 other US public schools in 24 states are named Wilson Elementary. Wilson Elementary is the 23rd 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
- Community Day0.4 mi · 34
- Jefferson Elementary0.6 mi · 488
- Kings River High (Continuation)0.8 mi · 89
- Jackson Elementary0.8 mi · 374
- Washington Academic Middle0.9 mi · 1,539
- Lincoln Elementary1.0 mi · 505
Frequently asked questions
About Wilson ElementaryHow many students attend Wilson Elementary?
Wilson Elementary enrolls approximately 448 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 27.0:1 students per teacher at Wilson Elementary.
How diverse is Wilson Elementary?
Wilson Elementary reports a student body of 3% White, 96% Hispanic, 1% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Who oversees Wilson Elementary?
Wilson Elementary is overseen by Sanger Unified in Fresno County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.