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Enrollment
600
Middle
DISTRICT 422 · STATE 462
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PEKIN PSD 108·NCES 173108003236
Wilson Intermediate School
900 Koch St, Pekin, IL 61554 · (309) 477-4722 · Tazewell County
GRADES 04–06MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL600 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.4:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.0:1 · STATE 13.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
66%
393 students
DISTRICT 67% · STATE 56%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 4 | 197 | 33% |
| Grade 5 | 198 | 33% |
| Grade 6 | 205 | 34% |
Student demographics
24%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 24% · STATE 69% · 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
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
42.7%
IL avg 51.0% . +11.1pp since 2023
Math
17.9%
IL avg 37.9% . +7.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 43 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 18 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Illinois schools, those numbers are about 51 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 11 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 8 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 42.7% | 17.9% |
| 2023-24 | 31.6% | 10.1% |
% Proficient (Levels 4-5), all students and all tested grades.
Source: IAR + ISA. 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
30.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.7%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 31% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 34% typical for Illinois 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 Illinois'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 Intermediate School
Wilson Intermediate School's state test result (30.5% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wilson Intermediate School this school | 600 | 65.5% | 30.5% |
| Mattoon Middle School Mattoon | 610 | 64.6% | 38.5% |
| Herrin Middle School Herrin | 513 | 66.1% | 49.2% |
| Washington Intermediate School Pekin | 428 | 64.7% | 35.3% |
| Harrisburg Middle School Harrisburg | 382 | 66.0% | 42.4% |
| Benton Grade School 5-8 Benton | 429 | 61.1% | 41.2% |
Matched among Illinois middle 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 Intermediate School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Tazewell County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 30.5% | #428 of 578 | #11 of 14 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 17.9% | #509 of 640 ▲ 23 | #12 of 14 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 42.7% | #475 of 640 ▲ 8 | #11 of 14 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 600 | #213 of 691 | #2 of 15 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.4:1 | #471 of 558 | #10 of 12 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 24.3% | #441 of 560 | #2 of 12 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 65.5% | #130 of 581 | #2 of 14 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.8% | #338 of 440 | #9 of 11 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
600
+46 (+8%) vs 2020
-5% since 1990-91, when it was 630
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 | 600 | 39 | 15.4:1 | 66% (393) |
| 2023-24 | 585 | 40 | 14.6:1 | 65% (379) |
| 2022-23 | 564 | 40.1 | 14.1:1 | 67% (377) |
| 2020-21 | 554 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 637 | 36.7 | 17.4:1 | 58% (371) |
| 2015-16 | 622 | 35 | 17.8:1 | 63% (390) |
| 2010-11 | 613 | 39 | 15.7:1 | 62% (379) |
| 2000-01 | 536 | 33 | 16.2:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 630 | 30 | 21.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Wilson Intermediate School.
Since 2017-18: students down 6% (637 to 600); teachers up 6% (36.7 to 39).
About Wilson Intermediate School
The public middle school Wilson Intermediate School is located in Pekin, Illinois. School enrollment was 600 students in 2024-25, in grades 4 through 6. The average among middle schools in Illinois is roughly 462 students; this school is 30% larger than that.
Pekin PSD 108 has a total of 11 schools and 3,126 students, Wilson Intermediate School among them.
Most students at Wilson Intermediate School are White: 87% of enrollment. Other groups include 6% multiracial, 5% Hispanic, and 2% Black. Wilson Intermediate School has a diversity index of 24%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Teachers at Wilson Intermediate School total 39 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 15.4:1. The 13.0:1 average for middle schools in Illinois is lower than this school's figure. The school counts 393 students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or 66%. Compared with the 39% average for public schools in Tazewell County, the school's rate is higher.
Wilson Intermediate School's average proficiency rate on state tests of 30.5% is 3.1 points below the 33.7% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
Federal survey data for Tazewell County show that median household income is about $77,982, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 28% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. A total of 56 public schools operate in Tazewell County, serving about 18,581 students.
Pekin Preschool Family Ed Center is the public school closest to Wilson Intermediate School, less than a tenth of a mile away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. On average proficiency, Wilson Intermediate School is 5th of 8 nearby schools with test data.
The school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (Suburb: Large).
Wilson Intermediate School saw enrollment rise 8% between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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Tazewell County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
130,290
Census ACS
Median income
$77,982
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
56
18,581 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Pekin PSD 108
- Washington Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 428 students
- Broadmoor Junior High SchoolMiddle · 387 students
- Jefferson Elementary SchoolElementary · 290 students
- Edison Junior High SchoolMiddle · 271 students
- C B Smith Elementary SchoolElementary · 264 students
- Pekin Preschool Family Ed CenterElementary · 201 students
Other schools in Pekin
- Pekin Community High SchoolHigh · 1,712 students
- Washington Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 428 students
- Broadmoor Junior High SchoolMiddle · 387 students
- Jefferson Elementary SchoolElementary · 290 students
- Edison Junior High SchoolMiddle · 271 students
- C B Smith Elementary SchoolElementary · 264 students
Other Wilson Intermediate schools
One other US public school is named Wilson Intermediate. Wilson Intermediate School is the largest of the 2.
- WILSON INTERMEDIATE SCHOOLMALVERN, AR · 272 students
Nearby schools
- Pekin Preschool Family Ed Center0.1 mi · 201
- Dirksen Elementary School0.1 mi · 165
- Jefferson Elementary School0.8 mi · 290
- Washington Intermediate School1.0 mi · 428
- Pekin Community High School1.3 mi · 1,712
- Scott Altman Primary School1.7 mi · 189
Frequently asked questions
About Wilson Intermediate SchoolHow many students attend Wilson Intermediate School?
Wilson Intermediate School enrolls approximately 600 students in grades 04-06.
What age range does Wilson Intermediate School serve?
Wilson Intermediate School serves students from grade 04 through grade 06.
How many teachers does Wilson Intermediate School have?
Wilson Intermediate School employs 39 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.4:1.
What is the student diversity at Wilson Intermediate School?
Student demographics at Wilson Intermediate School are roughly 87% White, 5% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Wilson Intermediate School?
Wilson Intermediate School is overseen by Pekin PSD 108 in Tazewell County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.