Willson Preschool Academy

Willson Preschool Academy is a minimally staffed elementary campus in Crawfordsville, Indiana, run under Crawfordsville Community Schools. The school serves 170 students in grade pre-K. By comparison, Indiana's public schools average about 436 students each, so Willson Preschool Academy sits 61% leaner than that benchmark.

Crawfordsville Community Schools runs 7 schools in total, collectively educating 2,730 students. Willson Preschool Academy is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Willson Preschool Academy lists that 77% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 16% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Montgomery County as a whole is about 90% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Willson Preschool Academy has 9 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 20.0:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.5:1 average. Around 49% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Zooming out to the county, Montgomery County reports that median household income runs about $71,479, about 20% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Across Montgomery County's 17 public schools (combined enrollment of about 6,261 students), Willson Preschool Academy is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Crawfordsville Middle School, around 0.3 miles off. 7 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a town-center setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Willson Preschool Academy's enrollment has grew 49% since 2018, when it stood at 114 (now 170). Over the same period, the White share ticked up from 64% to 77%. Class-load math has tightened: from 28.5:1 in 2018 to 20.0:1 in 2025.

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