Enrollment
335
Elementary
DISTRICT 351 · STATE 325
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·OTTUMWA COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 192211001328
Wilson Elementary School
1102 E. 4th St., Ottumwa, IA 52501 · (641) 684-5441 · Wapello County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL335 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 7% of Iowa public elementary schools
- DTest 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.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Iowa public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
12.4:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
60%
200 students
DISTRICT 49% · STATE 41%
Community
0
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 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 58 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 60 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 49 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 58 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 51 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (59) is 16% larger than its 5th grade class (51).
Student demographics
76%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 67% · STATE 48% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within Ottumwa Comm School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ISASP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
53.0%
IA avg 73.6% . -6.2pp since 2023
Math
48.5%
IA avg 70.9% . -7.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the ISASP, Iowa's statewide test, about 53 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 49 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Iowa schools, those numbers are about 74 and 71. Reading and writing scores are down about 6 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 7 points.
ISASP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 53.0% | 48.5% |
| 2023-24 | 59.2% | 55.8% |
% Proficient, all students and all tested grades.
Source: ISASP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of IA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
49.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
62.1%
based on IA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 50% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 62% typical for Iowa 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 (49.6% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wilson Elementary School this school | 335 | 59.7% | 49.6% |
| Mitchell Elementary School Ames | 314 | 55.7% | 72.5% |
| Perkins Elementary School Des Moines | 438 | 62.8% | 63.9% |
| McKee Elementary School Des Moines | 235 | 66.0% | N/A |
| James Elementary School Ottumwa | 249 | 68.3% | 41.5% |
| Windsor Elementary Des Moines | 254 | 57.5% | 56.8% |
Matched among Iowa 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 Iowa | In Wapello County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 49.6% | #502 of 564 | #6 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 48.5% | #527 of 564 ▼ 31 | #6 of 7 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 53.0% | #496 of 564 ▼ 48 | #6 of 7 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 335 | #313 of 705 | #4 of 10 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.4:1 | #156 of 561 | #2 of 9 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 75.8% | #8 of 561 | #1 of 9 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 59.7% | #134 of 666 | #3 of 10 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +11.3% | #78 of 168 | #2 of 6 |
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
335
+8 (+2%) vs 2020
-8% since 1990-91, when it was 363
Student : Teacher
12.4:1
was 14.2:1
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 | 335 | 27 | 12.4:1 | 60% (200) |
| 2023-24 | 343 | 29.1 | 11.8:1 | 71% (243) |
| 2022-23 | 345 | 27.9 | 12.4:1 | 60% (207) |
| 2020-21 | 327 | 23 | 14.2:1 | 15% (48) |
| 2017-18 | 301 | 23.5 | 12.8:1 | 67% (203) |
| 2015-16 | 324 | 25 | 13.0:1 | 60% (196) |
| 2010-11 | 305 | 27 | 11.3:1 | 78% (237) |
| 2000-01 | 396 | 23 | 17.2:1 | 70% (277) |
| 1990-91 | 363 | 22 | 16.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Wilson Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 11% (301 to 335); teachers up 15% (23.5 to 27).
About Wilson Elementary School
Located in Ottumwa, Iowa, Wilson Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school. Its enrollment is 335 students, spread over kindergarten through 5.
Wilson Elementary School falls under Ottumwa Comm School District, which has 12 schools enrolling 5,005 students.
Of every 100 students at Wilson Elementary School, about 34 are Hispanic, the largest group. It is also 25% White, 19% Pacific Islander, 17% Black, and 3% Asian. For comparison, the population of Wapello County is roughly 13% Hispanic. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 76, compared with 70 nationally.
With 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 12.4:1. The average for elementary schools in Iowa is 13.7:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at Wilson Elementary School, 60% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. On average, public schools in Wapello County report 48%.
Among Iowa public elementary schools, Wilson Elementary School outscored 7%, which works out to a D on the allk12 Grade.
Schools in Iowa with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to post an average proficiency rate across its state test results near 62.1%. Wilson Elementary School posts 49.6%, 12.5 points below that, which places it in the bottom 10% statewide on BeatsExpectations.
The county, Wapello County, is where the school is located. Median household income comes to about $64,766, about 20% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 12% of residents are in poverty. The county has 18 public schools and about 6,892 students.
Ottumwa High School is the nearest public school to Wilson Elementary School, about 0.3 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. In a group of 6 nearby schools with scores, Wilson Elementary School ranks 4th on average proficiency.
Locale: Town: Remote. In NCES terms, the school is in a town far from an urbanized area.
In 2020-21, Wilson Elementary School enrolled 327; in 2024-25, 335. Students per teacher dropped from 14.2 in 2020-21 to 12.4 in 2024-25.
Anyone can start a thread about special education services, counseling, and support programs at Wilson Elementary School. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Wapello County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
35,362
Census ACS
Median income
$64,766
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
20%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
18
6,892 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Ottumwa Comm School District
- Ottumwa High SchoolHigh · 910 students
- Evans Junior High SchoolHigh · 684 students
- Liberty Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 633 students
- Pickwick Early Childhood CenterElementary · 560 students
- Fahrney ElementaryElementary · 490 students
- Douma Elementary SchoolElementary · 327 students
Other schools in Ottumwa
- Ottumwa High SchoolHigh · 910 students
- Evans Junior High SchoolHigh · 684 students
- Liberty Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 633 students
- Pickwick Early Childhood CenterElementary · 560 students
- Fahrney ElementaryElementary · 490 students
- Douma Elementary SchoolElementary · 327 students
Other Wilson Elementary schools
59 other US public schools in 24 states are named Wilson Elementary. Wilson Elementary School is the 39th largest of the 60.
- Wilson Elementary SchoolDavenport, IA · 507 students
- WILSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLSANFORD, FL · 896 students
- Wilson Elementary SchoolHOUSTON, TX · 756 students
- Wilson ElementaryFresno, CA · 669 students
- Wilson Elementary SchoolMurfreesboro, TN · 666 students
Nearby schools
- Ottumwa High School0.3 mi · 910
- Gateway High School1.4 mi · 213
- Horace Mann Elementary School1.5 mi · 250
- James Elementary School1.6 mi · 249
- Douma Elementary School1.9 mi · 327
- Fahrney Elementary2.0 mi · 490
Frequently asked questions
About Wilson Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Wilson Elementary School?
Wilson Elementary School enrolls approximately 335 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 12.4:1 (27 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Wilson Elementary School?
At Wilson Elementary School, the student body is approximately 25% White, 34% Hispanic, 17% Black, 3% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is Wilson Elementary School in?
Wilson Elementary School is part of Ottumwa Comm School District.
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