WILSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Set in CALDWELL, Idaho, WILSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a medium-sized elementary school, operated by CALDWELL DISTRICT. It teaches 406 students across grades pre-K through 4. Compared to the state average of about 332 students per school, that is 22% above typical.

CALDWELL DISTRICT comprises 11 schools with combined enrollment of 5,431 students; WILSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is among them.

On demographics, WILSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lists that 60% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Beyond that, the school reports 36% White, 4% multiracial. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 26%.

On the resource side, The school currently runs with 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 18.1:1, putting WILSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 78% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Canyon County (around 51%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Canyon County indicate the typical household earns roughly $76,488 per year, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. In all, Canyon County runs 83 public schools (combined enrollment of about 44,048 students), of which WILSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at WILSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has edged down 25%, going from 544 students in 2018 to 406 in 2025. The White share of enrollment edged down from 48% to 36% over that span. Class-load math has fell: from 19.7:1 in 2018 to 14.0:1 in 2025.

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