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Which teacher or staff member at Fred L Wilson Elementary deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
415
Elementary
DISTRICT 414 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·KANNAPOLIS CITY SCHOOLS·NCES 370243001041
Fred L Wilson Elementary
1401 Pine Street, Kannapolis, NC 28081 · (704) 932-8656 · Cabarrus County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL415 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 22% of North Carolina public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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 North Carolina public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
13.8:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.3:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
412 students
DISTRICT 99% · STATE 82%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 61 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 67 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 65 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 65 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 81 | 20% |
| Grade 5 | 76 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (61) is 20% smaller than its 5th grade class (76).
Student demographics
58%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 70% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within Kannapolis City Schools. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NC EOG / EOC 2024-25 . % Grade Level Proficient (Level 3+)English Language Arts
35.7%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
46.2%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 36 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 46 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all North Carolina schools, those numbers are about 51 and 52.
Source: NC EOG / EOC. 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
43.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.5%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% typical for North Carolina 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 North Carolina'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 Fred L Wilson Elementary
Fred L Wilson Elementary's state test result (43.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fred L Wilson Elementary this school | 415 | 99.3% | 43.0% |
| Union Intermediate Clinton | 396 | 97.2% | 39.3% |
| Union Elementary Clinton | 466 | 99.4% | N/A |
| Hargrove Elementary Faison | 361 | 99.2% | 65.9% |
| Angier Elementary Angier | 376 | 99.2% | 33.8% |
| Sunset Park Elementary Wilmington | 450 | 99.3% | 42.3% |
Matched among North Carolina 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 Fred L Wilson Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Cabarrus County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 43.0% | #1,025 of 1,297 | #21 of 24 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 46.2% | #1,003 of 1,296 | #21 of 24 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 35.7% | #1,074 of 1,300 | #21 of 24 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 415 | #852 of 1,485 | #25 of 28 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.8:1 | #412 of 1,377 | #8 of 28 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.8% | #777 of 1,379 | #26 of 28 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.3% | #422 of 1,414 | #9 of 28 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +17.6% | #110 of 369 | #7 of 14 |
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
415
+7 (+2%) vs 2020
+27% since 1990-91, when it was 328
Student : Teacher
13.8:1
was 15.1:1
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 | 415 | 30.1 | 13.8:1 | 99% (412) |
| 2023-24 | 432 | 27.8 | 15.5:1 | 99% (429) |
| 2022-23 | 463 | 29.8 | 15.5:1 | 99% (460) |
| 2020-21 | 408 | 27 | 15.1:1 | 99% (405) |
| 2017-18 | 353 | 24.3 | 14.5:1 | 98% (347) |
| 2015-16 | 404 | 29 | 13.9:1 | 99% (401) |
| 2010-11 | 332 | 29 | 11.4:1 | 80% (267) |
| 2000-01 | 325 | 25 | 13.0:1 | 66% (215) |
| 1990-91 | 328 | 17 | 19.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Fred L Wilson Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 18% (353 to 415); teachers up 24% (24.3 to 30.1).
About Fred L Wilson Elementary
Federal records list Fred L Wilson Elementary as an elementary school in Kannapolis, North Carolina. The school covers kindergarten through 5 and reported 415 students in 2024-25.
Kannapolis City Schools counts 5,377 students in its 9 schools, and Fred L Wilson Elementary is one of them.
At Fred L Wilson Elementary, 60% of students are Hispanic. The school is also 19% White, 14% Black, and 6% multiracial. That is higher than the 13% Hispanic share among all Cabarrus County residents. The diversity index for Fred L Wilson Elementary is 58%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Fred L Wilson Elementary lists 30.1 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 13.8 students per teacher. Across elementary schools in North Carolina, the average ratio is 14.9:1. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 99% of the student body. The 56% average for public schools in Cabarrus County is 43 points lower.
On the allk12 Grade, Fred L Wilson Elementary lands at C-, ahead of 22% of North Carolina public elementary schools.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate across its state test results with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Fred L Wilson Elementary, the prediction is 48.5% and the result is 43.0%.
For Cabarrus County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $89,005, about 38% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 7%. The county has 56 public schools and about 43,278 students.
A L Brown High is about 1.5 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Among 9 nearby schools that report test results, Fred L Wilson Elementary ranks 5th on proficiency.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Suburb: Large.
Fred L Wilson Elementary had 408 students in 2020-21 and 415 in 2024-25, nearly the same. The school's ratio dropped from 15.1:1 to 13.8:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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Cabarrus County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
236,133
Census ACS
Median income
$89,005
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
38%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
56
43,278 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Kannapolis City Schools
- A L Brown HighHigh · 1,753 students
- Kannapolis Middle School 7/8Middle · 782 students
- GW Carver ElementaryElementary · 503 students
- Jackson Park ElementaryElementary · 476 students
- Forest Park ElementaryElementary · 472 students
- Kannapolis Middle School 6Middle · 358 students
Other schools in Kannapolis
- A L Brown HighHigh · 1,753 students
- Charles E Boger ElementaryElementary · 895 students
- Concord Lake STEAM AcademyElementary · 856 students
- Kannapolis Middle School 7/8Middle · 782 students
- Royal Oaks ElementaryElementary · 661 students
- GW Carver ElementaryElementary · 503 students
Nearby schools
- A L Brown High1.5 mi · 1,753
- Shady Brook Elementary1.6 mi · 322
- GW Carver Elementary1.6 mi · 503
- North Kannapolis Elementary1.7 mi · 296
- Kannapolis Middle School 62.1 mi · 358
- Kannapolis Middle School 7/82.3 mi · 782
Frequently asked questions
About Fred L Wilson ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Fred L Wilson Elementary?
Fred L Wilson Elementary enrolls approximately 415 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Fred L Wilson Elementary serve?
Fred L Wilson Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Fred L Wilson Elementary?
Approximately 13.8:1 students per teacher at Fred L Wilson Elementary.
What is the student diversity at Fred L Wilson Elementary?
Student demographics at Fred L Wilson Elementary are roughly 19% White, 60% Hispanic, 14% Black, 6% Two or more.
Is Fred L Wilson Elementary public or private?
Fred L Wilson Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Kannapolis City Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.