Wilson Intermediate School

Wilson Intermediate School, a reasonably sized middle school in Pekin, Illinois, operated by Pekin PSD 108, teaches 600 students, covering grades 4 through 6. Enrollment runs roughly 30% bigger than the state mean of about 462.

Within Pekin PSD 108, which oversees 11 schools and 3,126 students, Wilson Intermediate School is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Wilson Intermediate School records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (87%). The remainder breaks down as 6% multiracial, 5% Hispanic, 2% Black.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.4:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 13.0:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 66% of students at Wilson Intermediate School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is north of Tazewell County's rate of about 39%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Wilson Intermediate School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 33.7%, the actual is 30.5%, a residual of -3.1 points.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Tazewell County indicate the typical household earns roughly $77,982 per year, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Across Tazewell County's 56 public schools (combined enrollment of about 18,581 students), Wilson Intermediate School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Pekin Preschool Family Ed Center, around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Wilson Intermediate School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Wilson Intermediate School at 5th of 8; the average score across the group is 33.4%.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Wilson Intermediate School has declined 6%, going from 637 students in 2018 to 600 in 2025. Class-load math has narrowed: from 17.4:1 in 2018 to 15.4:1 in 2025.

On the community side, the feed for Wilson Intermediate School typically covers science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.