Primary Center at Wilson

Primary Center at Wilson is one of the small K-5 schools in SUMMIT, New Jersey, run under Summit Public School District, with 203 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through K. That puts it 50% leaner than the typical public school in New Jersey, which averages around 405 students.

Summit Public School District runs 9 schools in total, collectively educating 3,987 students. Primary Center at Wilson is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Primary Center at Wilson records that the largest single group is White, at 62% of enrollment. Other groups include 13% Asian, 12% multiracial, 10% Hispanic, 3% Black. By comparison, Union County as a whole is about 39% White, so the school skews visibly more White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Primary Center at Wilson has 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.8:1. The state averages around 11.4:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 7% of students at Primary Center at Wilson qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is lower than Union County's rate of about 52%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Union County indicate median household earnings sit near $103,202, about 39% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Across Union County's 180 public schools (combined enrollment of about 99,046 students), Primary Center at Wilson is one campus in the mix.

Franklin Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Primary Center at Wilson.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

Over the past 7-year window. Primary Center at Wilson's enrollment has rose 41% since 2018, when it stood at 144 (now 203). Over the same period, the Hispanic share shrank from 17% to 10%. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 12.5:1 in 2018 to 14.8:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.