Wilton Jr-Sr High School

As a mid-tier secondary school in Wilton, Iowa, Wilton Jr-Sr High School serves 447 students from grades 7 through 12, overseen by Wilton Comm School District.

Wilton Comm School District comprises 2 schools with combined enrollment of 956 students; Wilton Jr-Sr High School is among them.

In terms of who attends, Wilton Jr-Sr High School lists that 90% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 7% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 81% White, putting the school's mix noticeably more White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.1:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.3:1 average. About 24% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. 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 Jr-Sr High School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 80.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 70.2%.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Muscatine County) records that median household earnings sit near $69,396, about 23% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Wilton Jr-Sr High School is one of 15 public schools in Muscatine County (combined enrollment of about 6,527 students).

The closest other public school is Wilton Elementary School, roughly 0.0 miles away. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. On composite proficiency, Wilton Jr-Sr High School comes 3rd of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 67.2%.

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

Trend over the last 7 years. Wilton Jr-Sr High School's enrollment has edged up 26% since 2018, when it stood at 356 (now 447).

On this page, members of the Wilton Jr-Sr High School community share and discuss enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.