Total enrollment
10,451
-1,159 (-10%) vs SY 2017-18
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.
7-year change in Wilson County Schools
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25School count
25
-1 (-4%) vs SY 2017-18
% White
27%
was 31%
% Hispanic
25%
was 20%
% Black
42%
was 45%
% Asian
1%
was 1%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, enrollment-weighted demographic averages
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 campus, 27% noticeably below the state mean of roughly 571.
Looking at the last 7 years. Across the same 7-year window, public-school enrollment contracted 10%: 11,610 students in SY 2017-18 versus 10,451 in SY 2024-25. The school count fell from 26 to 25 across the same 7-year window. On the demographic side, Hispanic enrollment moved from 20% to 25% over the same window.
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