Wilson Elementary School

Wilson Elementary School is an elementary school of reasonably sized scale in Ottumwa, Iowa, one of the schools within Ottumwa Comm School District, caters to 335 students in grades K through 5.

Ottumwa Comm School District comprises 12 schools with combined enrollment of 5,005 students; Wilson Elementary School is among them.

On demographics, Wilson Elementary School shows that the most-represented group is Hispanic (34%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 25% White, 19% Pacific Islander, 17% Black, 3% Asian. By comparison, Wapello County as a whole is about 13% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.4:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.7:1 average. Roughly 60% of students at Wilson Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Wapello County (around 48%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), On a poverty-adjusted basis, Wilson Elementary School sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 62.1%; actual is 49.6%, a gap of -12.5 points.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Wapello County put median household earnings sit near $64,766, 20% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. In all, Wapello County runs 18 public schools (combined enrollment of about 6,892 students), of which Wilson Elementary School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Ottumwa High School, around 0.3 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Wilson Elementary School at 4th of 6; the average score across the group is 49.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Wilson Elementary School has climbed 11%, going from 301 students in 2018 to 335 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share fell from 38% to 25%.

Inside the community feed, posts here usually surface around enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.