Woodrow Wilson Junior High

Located at 601 West Florinda St., in Hanford, California, Woodrow Wilson Junior High is an intimate 6-8 campus that caters to 505 students (grades 7 through 8), overseen by Hanford Elementary. Compared to the state average of about 659 students per school, that is 23% leaner than typical.

Within Hanford Elementary, which oversees 12 schools and 5,460 students, Woodrow Wilson Junior High is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Woodrow Wilson Junior High lists that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 76% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school logs 14% White, 4% Black, 3% multiracial. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 58%.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Woodrow Wilson Junior High has 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 18.0:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 20.7:1 average. Roughly 76% of students at Woodrow Wilson Junior High qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

With demographic context factored in, Woodrow Wilson Junior High performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 34.1%, the actual is 39.9%, a residual of +5.8 points.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Kings County indicate the typical household earns roughly $70,995 per year, about 14% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. In all, Kings County runs 67 public schools (combined enrollment of about 28,742 students), of which Woodrow Wilson Junior High is one.

The closest other public school is Jefferson Academy, roughly 0.3 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Woodrow Wilson Junior High at 2nd of 4; the average score across the group is 41.2%.

Geographically, the school is in a city-core area.

Looking at the recent track record. Woodrow Wilson Junior High's enrollment has contracted 19% since 2018, when it stood at 626 (now 505). Class-load math has narrowed: from 26.0:1 in 2018 to 18.0:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the feed for Woodrow Wilson Junior High typically covers fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.