WILSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

WILSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a reasonably sized elementary-level community in SANFORD, Florida, run under SEMINOLE. The school enrolls 896 students in grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 48% larger than the state mean of about 604.

Within SEMINOLE, which oversees 74 schools and 63,934 students, WILSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

Demographically, WILSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL records that the most-represented group is White (42%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest reads as 21% Asian, 19% Hispanic, 9% Black, 8% multiracial. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 59%.

On the resource side, The school currently runs with 59 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.5:1, putting WILSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. About 24% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Seminole County runs at roughly 47%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, WILSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 69.2%; this one delivers 76.2%.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Seminole County) reports that median household earnings sit near $85,761, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. WILSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 77 public schools in Seminole County (combined enrollment of about 63,934 students).

MARKHAM WOODS MIDDLE SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.7 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), WILSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 61.7%.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at WILSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has declined 8%, going from 975 students in 2018 to 896 in 2025. The White share of enrollment ticked down from 58% to 42% over that span.

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