Wilson Elementary School

As an average-sized K-5 school in South Bend, Indiana, Wilson Elementary School works with 374 students from grades K through 5, operated by South Bend Community School Corp.

Wilson Elementary School is one of 29 schools operated by South Bend Community School Corp, a district that teaches 13,585 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Wilson Elementary School reports that the largest single group is Black at 42%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school logs 37% Hispanic, 15% White, 6% multiracial. By comparison, St. Joseph County as a whole is about 13% Black, so the school skews considerably more Black than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Wilson Elementary School reports 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.5:1 average. Around 70% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, St. Joseph County runs at roughly 46%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Wilson Elementary School falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 25.8%; this one comes in at 8.8%, -17.0 points off the demographic line.

In the area at large, census data for St. Joseph County shows median household income runs about $66,868, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Across St. Joseph County's 73 public schools (combined enrollment of about 35,614 students), Wilson Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Washington High School, roughly 0.9 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Wilson Elementary School ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, below the local average of 8.8%.

The school occupies a residential site.

Five-year trend. Wilson Elementary School's enrollment has edged down 8% since 2018, when it stood at 405 (now 374). Black enrollment moved from 32% to 42% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 19.3:1 in 2018 to 12.8:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. The community welcomes input from current and former families.