Willson Preschool Academy

At 500 E Jefferson St in Crawfordsville, Indiana, Willson Preschool Academy operates as a very small elementary school. Federal data show 170 students enrolled in pre-K in 2024-25. Across elementary schools in Indiana, the average enrollment is about 436.

Willson Preschool Academy is among 7 schools run by Crawfordsville Community Schools, which serves 2,730 students.

More than half of the students at Willson Preschool Academy are White (77%). Beyond that, enrollment is 16% Hispanic and 4% multiracial. In Montgomery County overall, about 90% of residents are White. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Willson Preschool Academy scores 38%.

Teacher count: 8.5 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 20.0:1. Compared with the 15.5:1 average for elementary schools in Indiana, this school's ratio is higher. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 49%. The figure for public schools in Montgomery County is close, at 47%.

The county, Montgomery County, is where the school is located. Median household income comes to about $71,479, about 20% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. The county has 17 public schools and about 6,261 students.

Willson Preschool Academy's nearest public school is Crawfordsville Middle School (about 0.3 miles). Inside a five-mile radius, there are 7 other public schools.

NCES describes the area around Willson Preschool Academy as Town: Distant, meaning in a town some distance from an urbanized area.

Willson Preschool Academy enrolled 118 in 2020-21 and 170 in 2024-25. Changes in grade configuration can produce shifts of this size. The number of students per teacher dropped from 39.3 to 20.0 over 4 years.

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