Wilton Elementary School

Wilton Elementary School is an elementary campus of large scale in Wilton, Iowa, one of the schools within Wilton Comm School District, enrolling 509 students in grades pre-K through 6. By comparison, Iowa's public schools average about 325 students each, so Wilton Elementary School sits 57% larger than that benchmark.

Wilton Comm School District runs 2 schools in total, collectively educating 956 students. Wilton Elementary School is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Wilton Elementary School records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (89%); the rest is composed of 7% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. That is considerably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 81%.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Wilton Elementary School has 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.4:1. The state averages around 13.7:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 32% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Muscatine County runs at roughly 47%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Wilton Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 75.7%; this one delivers 74.4%.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Muscatine County) logs that median household income runs about $69,396, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Wilton Elementary School is one of 15 public schools in Muscatine County (combined enrollment of about 6,527 students).

Nearest neighbor: Wilton Jr-Sr High School, around 0.0 miles off. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Wilton Elementary School at 1st of 8; the average score across the group is 66.6%.

Geographically, the school is in an outlying area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Wilton Elementary School has decreased 9%, going from 558 students in 2018 to 509 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.