Enrollment
362
Elementary
DISTRICT 375 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WESTFIELD PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341776005784
Wilson Elementary School
301 Linden Avenue, Westfield, NJ 07090 · (908) 789-4605 · Union County
GRADES 01–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL362 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 92% of New Jersey public elementary schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats 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 New Jersey public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
12.1:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.7:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
1%
3 students
DISTRICT 2% · STATE 41%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 1 | 86 | 24% |
| Grade 2 | 67 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 70 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 64 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 75 | 21% |
This year's 1st grade class (86) is 15% larger than its 5th grade class (75).
Student demographics
34%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 44% · STATE 71% · 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
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
88.0%
NJ avg 53.1% . +3.5pp since 2023
Math
83.5%
NJ avg 41.6% . +5.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 88 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 84 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Jersey schools, those numbers are about 53 and 42. Reading and writing scores are up about 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 88.0% | 83.5% |
| 2023-24 | 84.5% | 77.8% |
% Meeting or Exceeding Expectations, all students and all tested grades.
Source: NJSLA. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
76.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
65.7%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+11.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 77% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 66% typical for New Jersey schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among New Jersey's top nor bottom 10%.
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 Wilson Elementary School
Wilson Elementary School's state test result (76.8% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wilson Elementary School this school | 362 | 0.8% | 76.8% |
| Kiel Elementary School KINNELON | 374 | 2.9% | N/A |
| Sicomac Elementary School WYCKOFF | 369 | 0.8% | 59.9% |
| Rockaway Valley School BOONTON TOWNSHIP | 396 | 2.0% | 68.8% |
| Roberge Elementary School RIVER VALE | 338 | 1.2% | 72.1% |
| Stonybrook Elementary School KINNELON | 358 | 3.6% | 69.1% |
Matched among New Jersey 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 Wilson Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Union County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 76.8% | #58 of 1,290 | #7 of 92 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 83.5% | #53 of 1,319 ▲ 40 | #5 of 93 ▲ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 88.0% | #24 of 1,319 ▲ 18 | #4 of 93 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 362 | #843 of 1,562 | #70 of 108 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.1:1 | #913 of 1,390 | #53 of 103 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 34.0% | #1,169 of 1,392 | #83 of 103 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 0.8% | #1,464 of 1,481 | #102 of 105 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -0.8% | #783 of 798 | #57 of 58 |
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
362
+46 (+15%) vs 2020
+22% since 1990-91, when it was 297
Student : Teacher
12.1:1
was 11.3:1
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 | 362 | 29.9 | 12.1:1 | 1% (3) |
| 2023-24 | 349 | 28.9 | 12.1:1 | 1% (3) |
| 2022-23 | 345 | 26 | 13.3:1 | 1% (3) |
| 2020-21 | 316 | 28 | 11.3:1 | 1% (3) |
| 2017-18 | 365 | 29.6 | 12.3:1 | 1% (4) |
| 2015-16 | 391 | 31 | 12.6:1 | 1% (3) |
| 2010-11 | 414 | 22 | 18.8:1 | 0% (0) |
| 2000-01 | 491 | 31 | 15.8:1 | 0% (0) |
| 1990-91 | 297 | 16 | 18.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Wilson Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 1% (365 to 362); teachers up 1% (29.6 to 29.9).
About Wilson Elementary School
Wilson Elementary School, located in Westfield, New Jersey, is a mid-sized elementary school. It reported 362 students in grades 1 through 5 in 2024-25.
District-wide, Westfield Public School District has 10 schools and 5,838 students.
Of every 100 students at Wilson Elementary School, about 80 are White. It is also 10% Asian, 6% Hispanic, and 3% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Union County is roughly 39% White. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 34%.
Based on 29.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, Wilson Elementary School has a ratio of 12.1:1. The ratio is within a point of the 11.4:1 average for elementary schools in New Jersey. Income data for the school show 1% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is 51 points below the 52% average for public schools in Union County.
Among New Jersey public elementary schools, Wilson Elementary School outscored 92%, which works out to an A on the allk12 Grade.
Wilson Elementary School's actual average proficiency rate across its state test results (76.8%) and its predicted rate (65.7%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of New Jersey schools.
The school's county is Union County. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $103,202 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 39% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. Public schools in Union County number 180, with about 99,046 students.
Wilson Elementary School is about 0.6 miles from Washington Elementary School, its nearest public school. Wilson Elementary School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools average 68.8% on proficiency, and Wilson Elementary School is above that at 76.8%.
Wilson Elementary School falls in the Suburb: Large locale category, used for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
In 2020-21, Wilson Elementary School enrolled 316 students. By 2024-25, that number had grown to 362.
On allk12, people connected to Wilson Elementary School can post about athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Union County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
579,290
Census ACS
Median income
$103,202
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
180
99,046 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Westfield Public School District
- Westfield Senior High SchoolHigh · 1,776 students
- Thomas Edison Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 800 students
- Roosevelt Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 638 students
- Franklin Elementary SchoolElementary · 509 students
- Jefferson Elementary SchoolElementary · 467 students
- Tamaques Elementary SchoolElementary · 427 students
Other schools in Westfield
- Westfield Senior High SchoolHigh · 1,776 students
- Thomas Edison Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 800 students
- Roosevelt Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 638 students
- Franklin Elementary SchoolElementary · 509 students
- Jefferson Elementary SchoolElementary · 467 students
- Tamaques Elementary SchoolElementary · 427 students
Other Wilson Elementary schools
59 other US public schools in 24 states are named Wilson Elementary. Wilson Elementary School is the 35th largest of the 60.
- Wilson Elementary SchoolWEST CALDWELL, NJ · 214 students
- WILSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLSANFORD, FL · 896 students
- Wilson Elementary SchoolHOUSTON, TX · 756 students
- Wilson ElementaryFresno, CA · 669 students
- Wilson Elementary SchoolMurfreesboro, TN · 666 students
Nearby schools
- Washington Elementary School0.6 mi · 300
- Franklin Elementary School0.9 mi · 509
- Roosevelt Intermediate School1.0 mi · 638
- Lincoln1.0 mi · 372
- Westfield Senior High School1.2 mi · 1,776
- McKinley Elementary School1.3 mi · 291
Frequently asked questions
About Wilson Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Wilson Elementary School?
Wilson Elementary School enrolls approximately 362 students in grades 01-05.
What age range does Wilson Elementary School serve?
Wilson Elementary School serves students from grade 01 through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Wilson Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Wilson Elementary School is approximately 12.1:1 (30 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Wilson Elementary School?
Wilson Elementary School reports a student body of 80% White, 6% Hispanic, 2% Black, 10% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Wilson Elementary School public or private?
Wilson Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Westfield Public School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.