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Alumni: what's one memory from WILSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
483
Elementary
DISTRICT 485 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WILSON CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 363156004221
WILSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
430 YOUNG ST, WILSON, NY 14172 · (716) 751-9341 · Niagara County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL483 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 52% of New York public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-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 York public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
11.3:1
43 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.8:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
39%
190 students
DISTRICT 40% · STATE 58%
Community
1
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 18 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 77 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 71 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 84 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 85 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 76 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 72 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (77) is 7% larger than its 5th grade class (72).
Student demographics
22%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 22% · STATE 72% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
WILSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL→WILSON MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL
Based on grade levels within WILSON CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
50.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +8.0pp since 2023
Math
61.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +7.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 61 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores are up about 8 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 7 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 50.0% | 61.0% |
| 2023-24 | 42.0% | 54.0% |
% Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4), all students and all tested grades.
Source: NYS Assessments. 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
54.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
60.5%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 54% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 61% typical for New York 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 York'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 (54.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| WILSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 483 | 39.3% | 54.0% |
| FONDA-FULTONVILLE K-4 SCHOOL FONDA | 511 | 38.6% | 61.6% |
| BOLIVAR ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CHITTENANGO | 473 | 38.1% | 53.3% |
| NEWFANE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NEWFANE | 467 | 40.5% | 48.8% |
| HOMER INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL HOMER | 443 | 40.6% | 38.8% |
| SCOTT M ELLIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL GREENVILLE | 480 | 37.9% | 51.0% |
Matched among New York 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 York | In Niagara County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 54.0% | #1,003 of 2,335 | #6 of 23 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 61.0% | #1,051 of 2,342 ▲ 109 | #6 of 23 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 50.0% | #1,356 of 2,343 ▼ 144 | #7 of 23 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 483 | #907 of 2,585 | #6 of 29 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.3:1 | #978 of 2,338 | #10 of 27 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 22.3% | #2,054 of 2,388 | #20 of 27 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 39.3% | #1,715 of 2,534 | #20 of 27 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +1.7% | #529 of 606 | N/A |
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
483
+45 (+10%) vs 2020
-6% since 1990-91, when it was 512
Student : Teacher
11.3:1
was 14.6:1
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 | 483 | 42.7 | 11.3:1 | 39% (190) |
| 2023-24 | 471 | 39.7 | 11.8:1 | N/A |
| 2022-23 | 466 | 41.6 | 11.2:1 | 46% (213) |
| 2020-21 | 438 | 30 | 14.6:1 | 43% (189) |
| 2017-18 | 475 | 34.7 | 13.7:1 | 50% (239) |
| 2015-16 | 472 | 34 | 13.9:1 | 48% (228) |
| 2010-11 | 332 | 30 | 11.1:1 | 33% (110) |
| 2000-01 | 392 | 32 | 12.3:1 | 29% (114) |
| 1990-91 | 512 | 29 | 17.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for WILSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About WILSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
WILSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public elementary school in WILSON, New York. It reported 483 students in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25.
WILSON CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT operates 2 schools. Combined enrollment is 970 students.
Roughly 88% of students at WILSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are White. Enrollment also includes 7% Hispanic and 4% multiracial. The diversity index for WILSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 22%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
There are about 11.3 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at WILSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, which has 42.7. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in New York is 12.8:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at WILSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is about 39%. That is lower than the 49% average for public schools in Niagara County.
Among New York public elementary schools, WILSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL outscored 52%, which works out to a B- on the allk12 Grade.
The school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 54.0%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 60.5%.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Niagara County show that the median household earns about $69,633 a year, about 28% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 10%. Across Niagara County, 51 public schools serve about 26,388 students.
Of the public schools around it, WILSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is closest to WILSON MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL, about 0.3 miles away. The count of other public schools within ten miles is 5. On average proficiency, WILSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 2nd of 7 nearby schools with test data.
In the federal locale system, WILSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is coded Rural: Distant, for schools in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Enrollment increased 10% over 4 years, reaching 483 in 2024-25. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 14.6:1 to 11.3:1.
The allk12 page for WILSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lets the school community talk about athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. You can also rate the school on this page.
Niagara County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
210,721
Census ACS
Median income
$69,633
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
51
26,388 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in WILSON CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- WILSON MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 487 students
Other Wilson Elementary schools
59 other US public schools in 24 states are named Wilson Elementary. WILSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the 17th largest of the 60.
- WILSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLSANFORD, FL · 896 students
- Wilson Elementary SchoolHOUSTON, TX · 756 students
- Wilson ElementaryFresno, CA · 669 students
- Wilson Elementary SchoolMurfreesboro, TN · 666 students
- Wilson ElementaryFishersville, VA · 655 students
Nearby schools
- WILSON MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL0.3 mi · 487
- NEWFANE EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER5.7 mi · 55
- NEWFANE MIDDLE SCHOOL6.3 mi · 363
- NEWFANE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL6.4 mi · 393
- NEWFANE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL6.6 mi · 467
- AARON MOSSELL JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL10.9 mi · 587
Frequently asked questions
About WILSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at WILSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
WILSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 483 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does WILSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
WILSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at WILSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at WILSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 11.3:1 (43 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at WILSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at WILSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are roughly 88% White, 7% Hispanic, 0% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is WILSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in?
WILSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of WILSON CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.