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If you had an hour of school board time for Wilson Elementary School, what would you bring up?
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Enrollment
374
Elementary
DISTRICT 377 · STATE 436
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SOUTH BEND COMMUNITY SCHOOL CORP·NCES 181029000069
Wilson Elementary School
56660 Oak Rd, South Bend, IN 46619 · (574) 393-3700 · St. Joseph County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL374 STUDENTS
F
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 2% of Indiana public elementary schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Indiana public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.8:1 · STATE 15.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
70%
263 students
DISTRICT 56% · STATE 50%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 59 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 57 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 65 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 53 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 69 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 71 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (59) is 17% smaller than its 5th grade class (71).
Student demographics
66%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 72% · STATE 57% · 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
ILEARN 2024-25 . % At or Above ProficiencyEnglish Language Arts
7.6%
IN avg 39.2%
Math
13.6%
IN avg 41.1%
What this means: On the ILEARN, Indiana's statewide test, about 8 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 14 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Indiana schools, those numbers are about 39 and 41.
Source: ILEARN. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of IN schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
8.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.8%
based on IN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-17.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 9% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 26% typical for Indiana schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Elementary School
Wilson Elementary School's state test result (8.8% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wilson Elementary School this school | 374 | 70.3% | 8.8% |
| Brookside School 54 - an Exploratory School Indianapolis | 366 | 70.8% | 13.5% |
| Hawthorne Elementary School Indianapolis | 404 | 69.1% | 22.2% |
| James Russell Lowell School 51 - a Montessori School Indianapolis | 363 | 71.3% | 5.0% |
| Andrew J Brown Academy Indianapolis | 435 | 71.3% | 17.1% |
| Lindley Elementary School Fort Wayne | 330 | 67.6% | 28.9% |
Matched among Indiana elementary 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 Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Indiana | In St. Joseph County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 8.8% | #963 of 983 | #37 of 40 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 13.6% | #924 of 986 | #33 of 40 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 7.6% | #974 of 986 | #38 of 40 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 374 | #674 of 1,079 | #31 of 42 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.8:1 | #141 of 991 | #10 of 39 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.3% | #156 of 996 | #14 of 39 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 70.3% | #155 of 1,058 | #7 of 41 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.7% | #402 of 597 | #16 of 26 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
374
-3 (-1%) vs 2020
-40% since 2000-01, when it was 625
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
was 17.1:1
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 | 374 | 29.3 | 12.8:1 | 70% (263) |
| 2023-24 | 368 | 42.8 | 8.6:1 | 64% (235) |
| 2022-23 | 411 | 23.5 | 17.5:1 | 91% (372) |
| 2020-21 | 377 | 22 | 17.1:1 | 79% (298) |
| 2017-18 | 405 | 21 | 19.3:1 | 90% (364) |
| 2015-16 | 396 | 21 | 18.9:1 | 88% (347) |
| 2010-11 | 431 | 33 | 13.1:1 | 74% (321) |
| 2000-01 | 625 | 32 | 19.5:1 | 58% (362) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Wilson Elementary School.
About Wilson Elementary School
Wilson Elementary School is an elementary school in South Bend, Indiana, according to federal school records. It enrolls 374 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are kindergarten through 5.
South Bend Community School Corp is responsible for 29 schools, Wilson Elementary School included, with 13,585 students in all.
Black students account for 42% of enrollment at Wilson Elementary School, more than any other group. Other groups include 37% Hispanic, 15% White, and 6% multiracial. By comparison, St. Joseph County residents are about 13% Black. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 66%.
Wilson Elementary School has 29.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 12.8:1. Elementary schools in Indiana have an average ratio of 15.5:1. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 70%. On average, public schools in St. Joseph County report 46%.
Wilson Elementary School holds an F allk12 Grade, placing it above 2% of Indiana public elementary schools.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Wilson Elementary School is -17.0 points, in the bottom 10% of Indiana. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 8.8%, and the predicted rate is 25.8%.
In St. Joseph County, the median household earns about $66,868 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 34%, and roughly 9% of residents are in poverty. Across St. Joseph County, 73 public schools serve about 35,614 students.
Washington High School is the nearest public school to Wilson Elementary School, about 0.9 miles away. Wilson Elementary School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. The nearest schools with test data average 8.8%, higher than Wilson Elementary School's 8.8%.
Locale: Suburb: Large. In NCES terms, the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, enrollment moved from 377 to 374, a small change. The number of students per teacher dropped from 17.1 to 12.8 over 4 years.
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St. Joseph County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
273,040
Census ACS
Median income
$66,868
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
73
35,614 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in South Bend Community School Corp
- Adams High SchoolHigh · 1,966 students
- Riley High SchoolHigh · 1,238 students
- Washington High SchoolHigh · 795 students
- Jefferson Traditional SchoolMiddle · 591 students
- Harrison Elementary SchoolElementary · 555 students
- Edison Middle SchoolElementary · 551 students
Other schools in South Bend
- Adams High SchoolHigh · 1,966 students
- Riley High SchoolHigh · 1,238 students
- Washington High SchoolHigh · 795 students
- Success Academy Primary SchoolElementary · 610 students
- Jefferson Traditional SchoolMiddle · 591 students
- Harrison Elementary SchoolElementary · 555 students
Other Wilson Elementary schools
59 other US public schools in 24 states are named Wilson Elementary. Wilson Elementary School is the 32nd largest of the 60.
- WILSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLSANFORD, FL · 896 students
- Wilson Elementary SchoolHOUSTON, TX · 756 students
- Wilson ElementaryFresno, CA · 669 students
- Wilson Elementary SchoolMurfreesboro, TN · 666 students
- Wilson ElementaryFishersville, VA · 655 students
Nearby schools
- Washington High School0.9 mi · 795
- Navarre Middle School0.9 mi · 378
- Lafayette Early Childhood Center1.1 mi · 6
- Harrison Elementary School1.9 mi · 555
- Dickinson Academy2.0 mi · 309
- Coquillard Elementary School2.0 mi · 305
Frequently asked questions
About Wilson Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Wilson Elementary School?
Wilson Elementary School enrolls approximately 374 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Wilson Elementary School serve?
Wilson Elementary School serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Wilson Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Wilson Elementary School is approximately 12.8:1 (29 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Wilson Elementary School?
At Wilson Elementary School, the student body is approximately 15% White, 37% Hispanic, 42% Black, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Wilson Elementary School?
Wilson Elementary School is overseen by South Bend Community School Corp in St. Joseph County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.