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How has Wilson Jr. High changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
605
Middle
DISTRICT 520 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EL CENTRO ELEMENTARY·NCES 061203001340
Wilson Jr. High
600 South Wilson, El Centro, CA 92243 · (760) 352-5341 · Imperial County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL605 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
18.6:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.8:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
76%
458 students
DISTRICT 80% · STATE 65%
Community
4
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
CAASPP 2023-24 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
38.1%
CA avg 47.1% . +3.1pp since 2014
Math
26.2%
CA avg 35.6% . +5.2pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 26 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 47 and 36. Reading and writing scores are up about 3 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 5 points.
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
32.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.4%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 32% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 34% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
605
-19 (-3%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
18.6:1
was 23.1:1
% White
1%
was 2%
% Hispanic
98%
was 94%
% Black
1%
was 2%
% Asian
0%
was 1%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About Wilson Jr. High
Set in El Centro, California, Wilson Jr. High is an average-sized 6-8 campus, part of El Centro Elementary. It teaches 605 students across grades 7 through 8.
Wilson Jr. High is one of 12 schools operated by El Centro Elementary, a district that instructs 5,157 students overall.
In terms of who attends, Wilson Jr. High lists that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (98%). The wider county runs roughly 86% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.
On the resource side, On paper, Wilson Jr. High has 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 18.6:1. The state averages around 20.7:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 76% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.
With demographic context factored in, Wilson Jr. High performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 34.4%, the actual is 32.2%, a residual of -2.2 points.
Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Imperial County) reports that median household income runs about $57,681, 16% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 17%. Wilson Jr. High is one of 76 public schools in Imperial County (combined enrollment of about 36,513 students).
Nearest neighbor: Mt. Signal Virtual Academy, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Wilson Jr. High. On composite proficiency, Wilson Jr. High comes 5th of 7 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 32.9%.
The campus sits in an inner-city setting.
Trend over the last 7 years. Wilson Jr. High's enrollment has fell 3% since 2018, when it stood at 624 (now 605). The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 23.1:1 in 2018 to 18.6:1 today.
In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Imperial County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
180,202
Census ACS
Median income
$57,681
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
16%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
17%
Below federal line
Schools in county
76
36,513 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in El Centro Elementary
- Harding ElementaryElementary · 601 students
- De Anza MagnetElementary · 504 students
- McKinley ElementaryElementary · 456 students
- Margaret Hedrick ElementaryElementary · 446 students
- Martin Luther King Jr. ElementaryElementary · 445 students
- Kennedy MiddleMiddle · 434 students
Other schools in El Centro
- Central Union HighHigh · 2,006 students
- Southwest HighHigh · 1,846 students
- McCabe ElementaryElementary · 1,109 students
- Harding ElementaryElementary · 601 students
- De Anza MagnetElementary · 504 students
- McKinley ElementaryElementary · 456 students
Nearby schools
- Mt. Signal Virtual Academy0.2 mi · 60
- Central Union High0.2 mi · 2,006
- Ballington Academy for the Arts and Sciences0.3 mi · 230
- Margaret Hedrick Elementary0.4 mi · 446
- Harding Elementary0.5 mi · 601
- Lincoln Elementary0.5 mi · 399
Frequently asked questions
About Wilson Jr. HighWhat is the total enrollment at Wilson Jr. High?
Wilson Jr. High enrolls approximately 605 students in grades 07-08.
Is Wilson Jr. High an elementary, middle, or high school?
Wilson Jr. High is a middle school covering grades 07-08.
How many teachers does Wilson Jr. High have?
Wilson Jr. High employs 33 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 18.6:1.
What is the student diversity at Wilson Jr. High?
Student demographics at Wilson Jr. High are roughly 1% White, 98% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Two or more.
What district is Wilson Jr. High in?
Wilson Jr. High is part of El Centro Elementary.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.