Enrollment
295
Elementary
DISTRICT 277 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·COLORADO SPRINGS SCHOOL DISTRICT 11·NCES 080306000275
Wilson Elementary School
1409 DE REAMER CIRCLE, COLORADO SPRINGS, CO 80915 · (719) 328-7800 · El Paso County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL295 STUDENTS
F
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 1% of Colorado public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Colorado public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
10.6:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.9:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
74%
218 students
DISTRICT 62% · STATE 50%
Community
0
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 | 50 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 54 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 50 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 51 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 38 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 52 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (50) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (52).
Student demographics
48%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · 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
CMAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
14.8%
CO avg 44.9% . -5.3pp since 2023
Math
11.3%
CO avg 36.1% . +1.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 15 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 11 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Colorado schools, those numbers are about 45 and 36. Reading and writing scores are down about 5 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 1 points.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 14.8% | 11.3% |
| 2023-24 | 20.1% | 10.3% |
% Met or Exceeded Expectations, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CMAS. 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
13.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
21.9%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 14% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 22% typical for Colorado 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 Colorado'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 School
Wilson Elementary School's state test result (13.8% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wilson Elementary School this school | 295 | 73.9% | 13.8% |
| Field Elementary School LITTLETON | 280 | 73.9% | 26.5% |
| Eiber Elementary School LAKEWOOD | 255 | 75.7% | 20.0% |
| Rose Stein International Elementary LAKEWOOD | 336 | 79.8% | 12.8% |
| Slater Elementary School LAKEWOOD | 280 | 72.5% | 22.2% |
| Baker Elementary School FORT MORGAN | 321 | 70.1% | 19.0% |
Matched among Colorado 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 School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In El Paso County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 13.8% | #880 of 931 | #124 of 128 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 11.3% | #870 of 940 no change | #122 of 126 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 14.8% | #891 of 946 ▼ 75 | #123 of 127 ▼ 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 295 | #728 of 1,056 | #94 of 137 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.6:1 | #16 of 896 | #3 of 122 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 48.3% | #509 of 896 | #97 of 122 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 73.9% | #225 of 983 | #22 of 134 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -23.0% | #224 of 664 | #48 of 100 |
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
295
-86 (-23%) vs 2020
-48% since 1990-91, when it was 563
Student : Teacher
10.6:1
was 13.6:1
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 | 295 | 27.8 | 10.6:1 | 74% (218) |
| 2023-24 | 338 | 25.6 | 13.2:1 | 81% (273) |
| 2022-23 | 363 | 26.7 | 13.6:1 | 84% (305) |
| 2020-21 | 381 | 28 | 13.6:1 | 83% (315) |
| 2017-18 | 383 | 28.8 | 13.3:1 | 88% (338) |
| 2015-16 | 401 | 26 | 15.4:1 | 91% (365) |
| 2010-11 | 405 | 33 | 12.3:1 | 84% (339) |
| 2000-01 | 523 | 30 | 17.4:1 | 53% (277) |
| 1990-91 | 563 | 28 | 20.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Wilson Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 23% (383 to 295); teachers down 3% (28.8 to 27.8).
About Wilson Elementary School
A small elementary school in COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado, Wilson Elementary School is part of Colorado Springs School District 11. The school enrolls 295 students, from pre-K through 5. An average school in this group (elementary schools in Colorado) has about 379 students.
Wilson Elementary School belongs to Colorado Springs School District 11, a district of 60 schools and 22,293 students.
At 69%, Hispanic students outnumber all other groups at Wilson Elementary School combined. It is also 18% White, 7% multiracial, and 5% Black. El Paso County's residents are about 19% Hispanic, 50 points below the school's share. The chance that two students picked at random at Wilson Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 48%.
Staffing totals 27.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 10.6:1. That ratio is under the 16.6:1 average for elementary schools in Colorado. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at Wilson Elementary School is 74%. That is 32 points above the 42% average for public schools in El Paso County.
The allk12 Grade for Wilson Elementary School is F. Compared with Colorado public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 1% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
After adjusting for student poverty, Wilson Elementary School lands between the top and bottom 10% of Colorado schools. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 13.8%; the prediction is 21.9%.
El Paso County census figures show that median household income is about $90,363, roughly 42% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. Wilson Elementary School is among the 245 public schools in El Paso County.
Mitchell High School is located about 0.4 miles from Wilson Elementary School. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Wilson Elementary School comes in 6th of 8 nearby schools on average proficiency.
Its location is classified as City: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Enrollment was 381 in 2020-21 and 295 in 2024-25, a decrease of 86 students. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 13.6:1 to 10.6:1.
Topics for discussion here include sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
El Paso County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
742,999
Census ACS
Median income
$90,363
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
42%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
245
114,356 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Colorado Springs School District 11
- Doherty High SchoolHigh · 1,715 students
- Coronado High SchoolHigh · 1,279 students
- Palmer High SchoolHigh · 1,265 students
- Thomas MacLaren State Charter SchoolCombined · 975 students
- Jenkins Middle SchoolMiddle · 791 students
- Mitchell High SchoolHigh · 757 students
Other schools in COLORADO SPRINGS
- The Classical Academy CharterElementary · 1,909 students
- Pine Creek High SchoolHigh · 1,875 students
- Doherty High SchoolHigh · 1,715 students
- Banning Lewis Ranch AcademyCombined · 1,697 students
- Liberty High SchoolHigh · 1,526 students
- Vista Ridge High SchoolHigh · 1,473 students
Other Wilson Elementary schools
59 other US public schools in 24 states are named Wilson Elementary. Wilson Elementary School is the 46th largest of the 60.
- WILSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLSANFORD, FL · 896 students
- Wilson Elementary SchoolHOUSTON, TX · 756 students
- Wilson ElementaryFresno, CA · 669 students
- Wilson Elementary SchoolMurfreesboro, TN · 666 students
- Wilson ElementaryFishersville, VA · 655 students
Nearby schools
- Mitchell High School0.4 mi · 757
- Thomas MacLaren State Charter School0.4 mi · 965
- Thomas MacLaren State Charter School0.4 mi · 975
- Madison Elementary School0.7 mi · 265
- Henry Elementary School0.7 mi · 306
- Twain Elementary School1.1 mi · 291
Frequently asked questions
About Wilson Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Wilson Elementary School?
Wilson Elementary School enrolls approximately 295 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Wilson Elementary School serve?
Wilson Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Wilson Elementary School?
Approximately 10.6:1 students per teacher at Wilson Elementary School.
How diverse is Wilson Elementary School?
Wilson Elementary School reports a student body of 18% White, 69% Hispanic, 5% Black, 0% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is Wilson Elementary School in?
Wilson Elementary School is part of Colorado Springs School District 11.
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