David T. Wilson Elementary

David T. Wilson Elementary operates as a mid-sized middle-grades school in Brandenburg, Kentucky, part of Meade County. Current enrollment sits at 529 students spanning grades 4 through 6.

Meade County runs 9 schools in total, collectively educating 4,921 students. David T. Wilson Elementary is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, David T. Wilson Elementary shows that nearly all students (85%) are White; the rest breaks down as 7% multiracial, 5% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 18.6:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 15.8:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 41% of students at David T. Wilson Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, David T. Wilson Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 49.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 55.0%.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Meade County put median household earnings sit near $74,355, 20% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Across Meade County's 13 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,001 students), David T. Wilson Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Barry Hahn Primary School, around 0.1 miles off. 5 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts David T. Wilson Elementary at 3rd of 8; the average score across the group is 45.7%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at David T. Wilson Elementary has increased 12%, going from 471 students in 2018 to 529 in 2025. The White share of enrollment shrank from 90% to 85% over that span.

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