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Enrollment
422
Middle
DISTRICT 450 · STATE 400
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CEDAR RAPIDS COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 190654000267
Wilson Middle School
2301 J ST SW, Cedar Rapids, IA 52404 · (319) 558-3387 · Linn County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL422 STUDENTS
F
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 3% of Iowa public middle 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 Iowa public middle schools
Student : Teacher
13.7:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 15.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
78%
329 students
DISTRICT 61% · STATE 41%
Community
4
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 147 | 35% |
| Grade 7 | 148 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 127 | 30% |
Student demographics
72%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · 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
Test scores
ISASP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
47.1%
IA avg 73.6% . -3.4pp since 2023
Math
38.8%
IA avg 70.9% . -6.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the ISASP, Iowa's statewide test, about 47 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 39 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 6 points.
ISASP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 47.1% | 38.8% |
| 2023-24 | 50.5% | 45.0% |
% Proficient, all students and all tested grades.
Source: ISASP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
44.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
53.0%
based on IA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 53% typical for Iowa schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Iowa's top nor bottom 10%.
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 Middle School
Wilson Middle School's state test result (44.2% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wilson Middle School this school | 422 | 78.0% | 44.2% |
| Frank L Smart Middle School Davenport | 430 | 68.8% | 30.9% |
| Callanan Middle School Des Moines | 553 | 79.9% | 50.0% |
| Central Middle School Waterloo | 469 | 85.1% | 47.5% |
| Roosevelt Creative Corridor Business Academy Cedar Rapids | 484 | 71.1% | 53.1% |
| Bunger Middle School Evansdale | 440 | 74.5% | 58.3% |
Matched among Iowa middle 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 Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Iowa | In Linn County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 44.2% | #217 of 224 | #17 of 17 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 38.8% | #222 of 224 ▼ 7 | #17 of 17 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 47.1% | #218 of 224 ▼ 3 | #17 of 17 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 422 | #92 of 246 | #14 of 17 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.7:1 | #63 of 180 | #6 of 15 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 72.5% | #7 of 180 | #1 of 15 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 78.0% | #14 of 237 | #1 of 17 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +11.9% | #21 of 61 | N/A |
Ranked against other public middle 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
422
+65 (+18%) vs 2020
+19% since 1990-91, when it was 356
Student : Teacher
13.7:1
was 10.5:1
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 | 422 | 30.8 | 13.7:1 | 78% (329) |
| 2023-24 | 397 | 27.7 | 14.3:1 | 82% (326) |
| 2022-23 | 395 | 27.3 | 14.5:1 | 72% (285) |
| 2020-21 | 357 | 34 | 10.5:1 | 76% (272) |
| 2017-18 | 377 | 35.3 | 10.7:1 | 78% (293) |
| 2015-16 | 368 | 33 | 11.2:1 | 71% (262) |
| 2010-11 | 266 | 19 | 14.0:1 | 63% (168) |
| 2000-01 | 620 | 41 | 15.1:1 | 42% (258) |
| 1990-91 | 356 | 27 | 13.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Wilson Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 12% (377 to 422); teachers down 13% (35.3 to 30.8).
About Wilson Middle School
Wilson Middle School is a middle school in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and it is part of Cedar Rapids Comm School District. In all, 422 students attend the school in grades 6 through 8.
Cedar Rapids Comm School District runs Wilson Middle School along with 34 other schools, enrolling 15,494 students in total.
About 36% of students at Wilson Middle School are White, the largest single group. The school is also 32% Black, 18% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, and 2% Pacific Islander. The White share of the county population is higher, at 84%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 72%.
Wilson Middle School reported 30.8 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, a ratio of 13.7:1. The school's 13.7:1 compares with an average of 15.2:1 for middle schools in Iowa. Roughly 78% of students at Wilson Middle School can receive free or reduced-price lunch. That is higher than the 40% average for public schools in Linn County.
On the allk12 Grade, Wilson Middle School lands at F, ahead of 3% of Iowa public middle schools.
Wilson Middle School sits between the top and bottom 10% of Iowa schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 44.2% and a predicted 53.0%.
For Linn County, Census Bureau data show the median household earns about $77,649 a year, roughly 35% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. Public schools in Linn County number 83, with about 36,480 students.
Wilson Middle School's nearest public school is Grant Elementary School (about 0.3 miles). The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. On average proficiency, Wilson Middle School is 6th of 8 nearby schools with test data.
Locale data from NCES put Wilson Middle School inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000 (City: Mid-size).
Enrollment figures show a gain of 65 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25. Its ratio of students to teachers was 10.5:1 in 2020-21, and 13.7:1 in 2024-25.
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Linn County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
230,004
Census ACS
Median income
$77,649
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
35%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
83
36,480 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Cedar Rapids Comm School District
- John F Kennedy High SchoolHigh · 1,648 students
- Thomas Jefferson High SchoolHigh · 1,501 students
- George Washington High SchoolHigh · 1,182 students
- Harding Middle SchoolMiddle · 710 students
- Taft Middle SchoolMiddle · 593 students
- Viola Gibson Elementary SchoolElementary · 565 students
Other schools in Cedar Rapids
- Prairie High SchoolHigh · 1,766 students
- John F Kennedy High SchoolHigh · 1,648 students
- Thomas Jefferson High SchoolHigh · 1,501 students
- George Washington High SchoolHigh · 1,182 students
- Prairie PointMiddle · 868 students
- Prairie CreekMiddle · 846 students
Other Wilson Middle schools
15 other US public schools in 11 states are named Wilson Middle. Wilson Middle School is the 14th largest of the 16.
- Wilson Middle SchoolYakima, WA · 840 students
- Wilson Middle SchoolPLANO, TX · 813 students
- Wilson MiddleNatick, MA · 727 students
- Wilson MiddleSan Diego, CA · 712 students
- Wilson Middle SchoolNEDERLAND, TX · 678 students
Nearby schools
- Grant Elementary School0.3 mi · 312
- Cedar River Academy at Taylor1.2 mi · 355
- City View High1.3 mi · 100
- Metro High School1.4 mi · 288
- Thomas Jefferson High School1.7 mi · 1,501
- McKinley STEAM Academy1.8 mi · 426
Frequently asked questions
About Wilson Middle SchoolHow large is Wilson Middle School?
Wilson Middle School enrolls approximately 422 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Wilson Middle School serve?
Wilson Middle School serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Wilson Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Wilson Middle School is approximately 13.7:1 (31 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Wilson Middle School?
Student demographics at Wilson Middle School are roughly 36% White, 18% Hispanic, 32% Black, 1% Asian, 10% Two or more.
What district is Wilson Middle School in?
Wilson Middle School is part of Cedar Rapids Comm School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.