Wilson Middle

Wilson Middle is a 6-8 campus of compact scale in Exeter, California, overseen by Exeter Unified, enrolling 523 students in grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 21% smaller than the state mean of about 659.

Wilson Middle is one of 7 schools operated by Exeter Unified, a district that hosts 2,597 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Wilson Middle shows that 74% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. The remainder comes out to 25% White.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 18.9:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 20.7:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 80% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Wilson Middle performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 31.9%, the actual is 26.6%, a residual of -5.3 points.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Tulare County indicate median household earnings sit near $71,300, 17% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 15% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Wilson Middle is one of 196 public schools in Tulare County (combined enrollment of about 101,494 students).

Nearest neighbor: Exeter Community Day, around 0.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Wilson Middle at 5th of 5; the average score across the group is 37.4%.

The campus sits in a town-based setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Wilson Middle has edged down 13%, going from 604 students in 2018 to 523 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment increased from 62% to 74% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 23.2:1 in 2018 to 18.9:1 today.

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