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WILSON SCHOOL
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About WILSON SCHOOL
WILSON SCHOOL is a K-5 school of moderately sized scale in ROCKVILLE CENTRE, New York, operated by ROCKVILLE CENTRE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT, serveing 387 students in grades K through 5.
WILSON SCHOOL is one of 7 schools operated by ROCKVILLE CENTRE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT, a district that teaches 3,276 students overall.
For racial and ethnic makeup, WILSON SCHOOL records that the largest single group is White, at 76% of enrollment; the rest looks like 13% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 3% Asian. That is meaningfully more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 57%.
Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.8:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.8:1, putting WILSON SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 6% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Nassau County runs at roughly 31%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.
After controlling for student poverty, WILSON SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 72.8%, the actual is 73.4%, a residual of +0.6 points.
In the area at large, the surrounding county (Nassau County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $146,202 per year, about 50% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. WILSON SCHOOL is one of 315 public schools in Nassau County (combined enrollment of about 200,775 students).
The closest other public school is SOUTH SIDE HIGH SCHOOL, roughly 0.2 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts WILSON SCHOOL at 5th of 9; the average score across the group is 67.1%.
The campus sits in a residential setting.
Over the past 7-year window. WILSON SCHOOL's enrollment has ticked down 8% since 2018, when it stood at 419 (now 387). The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 13.1:1 in 2018 to 10.8:1 today.
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