Enrollment
434
Elementary
DISTRICT 321 · STATE 446
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JACKSON PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 280219000422
Wilkins Elementary School
1970 Castle Hill Drive, Jackson, MS 39204 · (601) 371-4306 · Hinds County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL434 STUDENTS
F
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 0% of Mississippi public elementary schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats 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 Mississippi public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
20.9:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.4:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
433 students
DISTRICT 100% · STATE 80%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 64 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 85 | 20% |
| Grade 2 | 72 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 97 | 22% |
| Grade 4 | 57 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 59 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (64) is 8% larger than its 5th grade class (59).
Student demographics
12%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 14% · STATE 62% · 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
MAAP 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
21.2%
MS avg 45.9% . +1.6pp since 2023
Math
12.2%
MS avg 52.8% . +3.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the MAAP, Mississippi's statewide test, about 21 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 12 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Mississippi schools, those numbers are about 46 and 53. Reading and writing scores are up about 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
MAAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 21.2% | 12.2% |
| 2023-24 | 19.6% | 8.6% |
% Proficient + Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: MAAP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of MS schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
17.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.2%
based on MS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-26.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 17% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 44% typical for Mississippi schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Wilkins Elementary School
Wilkins Elementary School's state test result (17.3% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wilkins Elementary School this school | 434 | 99.8% | 17.3% |
| Rowan Elementary HATTIESBURG | 425 | 99.5% | 71.5% |
| Oak Forest Elementary School Jackson | 436 | 100.0% | 35.4% |
| Lockard Elementary School Indianola | 393 | 100.0% | 67.7% |
| Carver Elementary School Meridian | 506 | 100.0% | 29.1% |
| Walton Elementary School Jackson | 457 | 100.0% | 37.7% |
Matched among Mississippi elementary 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 Wilkins Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Mississippi | In Hinds County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 17.3% | #427 of 428 | #31 of 31 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 12.2% | #434 of 439 ▲ 2 | #34 of 38 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 21.2% | #422 of 439 ▲ 13 | #34 of 38 ▲ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 434 | #187 of 453 | #15 of 40 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.9:1 | #402 of 408 | #34 of 36 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 11.9% | #365 of 409 | #18 of 36 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.8% | #112 of 444 | #31 of 39 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.9% | #233 of 296 | #20 of 22 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
434
+83 (+24%) vs 2020
+3% since 1990-91, when it was 421
Student : Teacher
20.9:1
was 16.7:1
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 | 434 | 20.8 | 20.9:1 | 100% (433) |
| 2023-24 | 315 | 24 | 13.1:1 | 100% (315) |
| 2022-23 | 316 | 22.5 | 14.0:1 | 100% (316) |
| 2020-21 | 351 | 21 | 16.7:1 | 100% (351) |
| 2017-18 | 461 | 19.3 | 23.9:1 | 100% (461) |
| 2015-16 | 519 | 26 | 20.0:1 | 100% (519) |
| 2010-11 | 533 | 26 | 20.5:1 | 95% (504) |
| 2000-01 | 444 | 23 | 19.3:1 | 81% (360) |
| 1990-91 | 421 | 18 | 23.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Wilkins Elementary School.
About Wilkins Elementary School
Wilkins Elementary School is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as an elementary school in Jackson, Mississippi. The school's 434 students are in kindergarten through 5.
Wilkins Elementary School is run by Jackson Public Schools, whose 45 schools enroll 19,765 students.
Black students are the large majority at Wilkins Elementary School, with 94% of enrollment. Other groups make up 3% Hispanic. County-wide, 72% of Hinds County residents are Black. By the diversity index, Wilkins Elementary School comes in at 12%.
Federal staffing data show 20.8 full-time-equivalent teachers at Wilkins Elementary School and a ratio of 20.9:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in Mississippi is 15.9:1, lower than at this school. The count of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch equals 100% of enrollment. The rate at public schools in Hinds County averages 88%, lower than here.
allk12 grades Wilkins Elementary School an F. The grade compares the school only with Mississippi public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
In Mississippi, Wilkins Elementary School is one of the bottom 10% of schools on BeatsExpectations, with an average proficiency rate on state tests of 17.3% compared with a predicted 44.2%.
Census estimates describe Hinds County this way: median household income is about $49,402, about 31% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 17% of residents are in poverty. Federal data list 84 public schools in Hinds County, with a combined enrollment of about 32,870.
Nearby, WINGFIELD HIGH SCHOOL is about 0.1 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Wilkins Elementary School is 6th of 7 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
For locale, NCES codes Wilkins Elementary School as City: Mid-size.
The 2024-25 enrollment of 434 was 24% higher than in 2020-21, when it was 351. Federal data show the ratio rising from 16.7:1 to 20.9:1.
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Hinds County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
218,533
Census ACS
Median income
$49,402
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
31%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
17%
Below federal line
Schools in county
84
32,870 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Jackson Public Schools
- Murrah High SchoolHigh · 1,259 students
- Forest Hill High SchoolHigh · 1,139 students
- Callaway High SchoolHigh · 994 students
- Jim Hill High SchoolHigh · 975 students
- Lanier Junior/Senior High SchoolHigh · 895 students
- Provine High SchoolHigh · 791 students
Other schools in Jackson
- Murrah High SchoolHigh · 1,259 students
- Forest Hill High SchoolHigh · 1,139 students
- Callaway High SchoolHigh · 994 students
- Jim Hill High SchoolHigh · 975 students
- Lanier Junior/Senior High SchoolHigh · 895 students
- Provine High SchoolHigh · 791 students
Other Wilkins Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Wilkins Elementary. Wilkins Elementary School is the largest of the 2.
- Wilkins Elementary SchoolMarion, IA · 348 students
Nearby schools
- WINGFIELD HIGH SCHOOL0.1 mi · 590
- Key Elementary School1.1 mi · 259
- MARSHALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.2 mi · 176
- LESTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.3 mi · 168
- Jim Hill High School1.4 mi · 975
- Reimagine Prep1.4 mi · 457
Frequently asked questions
About Wilkins Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Wilkins Elementary School?
Wilkins Elementary School enrolls approximately 434 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Wilkins Elementary School serve?
Wilkins Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Wilkins Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Wilkins Elementary School is approximately 20.9:1 (21 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Wilkins Elementary School?
At Wilkins Elementary School, the student body is approximately 1% White, 3% Hispanic, 94% Black, 1% Two or more.
Is Wilkins Elementary School public or private?
Wilkins Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Jackson Public Schools.
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