Total enrollment
10,451
+694 (+7%) vs SY 2020-21
25 schools in Wilson County Schools
North Carolina · 10,451 students · 5 cities
Wilson County Schools's public-school count of 25 reflects a system enrolling about 10,451 students inside North Carolina, broken out as 13 elementary, 5 middle, and 6 high.
4-year change in Wilson County Schools
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25School count
25
+1 (+4%) vs SY 2020-21
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, enrollment-weighted demographic averages
How Wilson County Schools ranks
Among districts| Measure | This district | In North Carolina | In the US |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 53.6% | #44 of 112 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 10,451 | #36 of 116 | #873 of 9,234 |
| Number of schools ranked most first | 25 | #29 of 116 | N/A |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.4:1 | #75 of 116 | #6,758 of 9,044 |
| Free or reduced-price lunch share ranked highest first | 95.7% | #70 of 114 | #508 of 8,164 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.8% | #24 of 111 | #534 of 6,853 |
Districts need at least 2 schools and 500 students to be ranked. Test proficiency is ranked within the state only, since each state gives a different test. Each rank links to the full list.
Inside Wilson County Schools
State test results across the district's 22 scored schools run from New Hope Elementary at 84.5% proficient to James Hunt High at 32.1%, a gap of 52.4 points. That is the 35th widest gap among 104 North Carolina districts with four or more scored schools.
Since 2017-18, the 24 district schools that reported both years went from 10,886 to 10,407 students (down 4%) and from 673 to 637 full-time teachers (down 5%), as of 2024-25.
Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across each school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25; schools with fewer than 100 students and schools serving specialized populations are left out. Staffing figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data and count only schools that reported students and teachers in both years.
About Wilson County Schools
Across 25 schools, Wilson County Schools enrolls about 10,451 students in North Carolina. By footprint it is a low-population district.
For a sense of the school types, Wilson County Schools covers 13 elementary, 5 middle, 6 high schools, and 1 combined or other.
On a per-school basis, Wilson County Schools runs about 418 students per school, 27% noticeably below the state mean of roughly 571.
Looking at the last 4 years. Across the same 4-year window, public-school enrollment expanded 7%: 9,757 students in SY 2020-21 versus 10,451 in SY 2024-25. The school count climbed from 24 to 25 across the same 4-year window.
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