Enrollment
405
Elementary
DISTRICT 444 · STATE 366
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·OKLAHOMA CITY·NCES 402277001208
Wilson Elementary School
501 Northwest 21st Street, Oklahoma City, OK 73103 · (405) 587-7100 · Oklahoma County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL405 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 91% of Oklahoma public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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 Oklahoma public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
16.1:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.0:1 · STATE 15.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
45%
182 students
DISTRICT 91% · STATE 68%
Community
0
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 | 56 | 14% |
| Kindergarten | 70 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 70 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 68 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 69 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 72 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (70) is about the same size as its 4th grade class (72).
Student demographics
70%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 61% · STATE 73% · 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
Test scores
OSTP / CCRA 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
56.7%
OK avg 30.6%
Math
47.0%
OK avg 32.6%
What this means: On the OSTP / CCRA, Oklahoma's statewide test, about 57 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 47 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Oklahoma schools, those numbers are about 31 and 33.
Source: OSTP / CCRA. 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
52.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.2%
based on OK schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+11.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 52% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 40% typical for Oklahoma 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 Oklahoma'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 (52.1% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wilson Elementary School this school | 405 | 44.9% | 52.1% |
| Wolf Creek Elementary School Broken Arrow | 511 | 40.3% | 37.3% |
| Briarwood Elementary School Oklahoma City | 502 | 50.6% | 52.7% |
| Aspen Creek Elementary School Broken Arrow | 607 | 50.7% | 34.2% |
| Washington Elementary School Norman | 487 | 46.8% | 49.5% |
| Broadmoore Elementary School Moore | 633 | 45.3% | 36.9% |
Matched among Oklahoma 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 Oklahoma | In Oklahoma County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 52.1% | #41 of 555 | #8 of 64 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 47.0% | #135 of 651 | #19 of 77 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 56.7% | #17 of 523 | #3 of 63 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 405 | #334 of 941 | #81 of 123 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.1:1 | #395 of 708 | #52 of 116 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.7% | #205 of 708 | #39 of 116 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 44.9% | #777 of 876 | #98 of 121 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +23.9% | #32 of 164 | #8 of 30 |
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
405
+57 (+16%) vs 2020
+34% since 1990-91, when it was 303
Student : Teacher
16.1:1
was 14.5:1
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 | 405 | 25.1 | 16.1:1 | 45% (182) |
| 2023-24 | 398 | 27.3 | 14.6:1 | 49% (196) |
| 2022-23 | 398 | 25 | 15.9:1 | 54% (215) |
| 2020-21 | 348 | 24 | 14.5:1 | 44% (153) |
| 2017-18 | 327 | 18 | 18.1:1 | 100% (327) |
| 2015-16 | 364 | 22 | 16.6:1 | 50% (182) |
| 2010-11 | 342 | 20 | 17.1:1 | 36% (122) |
| 2000-01 | 286 | 23 | 12.4:1 | 62% (176) |
| 1990-91 | 303 | 17 | 17.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Wilson Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 24% (327 to 405); teachers up 39% (18 to 25.1).
About Wilson Elementary School
Wilson Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. It enrolls 405 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are pre-K through 4.
OKLAHOMA CITY operates 58 schools. Combined enrollment is 32,864 students.
The biggest share of students at Wilson Elementary School, 48%, is White. The remaining shares are 17% Hispanic, 15% Black, 14% multiracial, and 5% Asian. Census estimates put the White share of Oklahoma County's population at about 57%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Wilson Elementary School scores 70%.
Wilson Elementary School has 25.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 16.1:1. The average for elementary schools in Oklahoma is about 15.6:1. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 45%. The rate at public schools in Oklahoma County averages 67%, higher than here.
On the allk12 Grade, Wilson Elementary School lands at A, ahead of 91% of Oklahoma public elementary schools.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 40.2% at Wilson Elementary School; the school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 52.1%.
Looking at the county, Oklahoma County, the median household earns about $66,679 a year, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Wilson Elementary School, Oklahoma County has 225 public schools.
A public school about 0.4 miles away, Dove Science Academy High School, is the closest to Wilson Elementary School. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8.
The school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (City: Large).
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was a 16% increase, from 348 to 405. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 14.5:1 to 16.1:1.
Use the discussion section to ask about homework, tutoring, and testing dates at Wilson Elementary School. You can also rate the school on this page.
Oklahoma County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
806,199
Census ACS
Median income
$66,679
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
225
161,569 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in OKLAHOMA CITY
- Northwest Classen High SchoolHigh · 1,914 students
- U. S. Grant High SchoolHigh · 1,680 students
- Capitol Hill High SchoolHigh · 1,494 students
- Taft Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,096 students
- Classen Ms of Advanced StudiesMiddle · 916 students
- Southeast High SchoolHigh · 860 students
Other schools in Oklahoma City
- Epic Charter Virtual High SchoolHigh · 14,517 students
- Epic Charter Virtual Elementary SchoolElementary · 14,019 students
- Westmoore High SchoolHigh · 2,607 students
- Putnam City West High SchoolHigh · 2,032 students
- Putnam City High SchoolHigh · 1,995 students
- Northwest Classen High SchoolHigh · 1,914 students
Other Wilson Elementary schools
59 other US public schools in 24 states are named Wilson Elementary. Wilson Elementary School is the 29th largest of the 60.
- Wilson Elementary SchoolSeminole, OK · 318 students
- Wilson Elementary SchoolWilson, OK · 302 students
- Wilson Elementary SchoolMiami, OK · 250 students
- Wilson Elementary SchoolNorman, OK · 212 students
- Wilson Elementary SchoolHenryetta, OK · 193 students
Nearby schools
- Dove Science Academy High School0.4 mi · 389
- Virtual Prep High School0.6 mi · 27
- Virtual Prep Elementary School0.6 mi · 196
- Classen Ms of Advanced Studies0.7 mi · 916
- Eugene Field Elementary School0.8 mi · 362
- Harding Fine Arts Middle School0.9 mi · 92
Frequently asked questions
About Wilson Elementary SchoolHow large is Wilson Elementary School?
Wilson Elementary School enrolls approximately 405 students in grades PK-04.
Is Wilson Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Wilson Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-04.
How many students per teacher at Wilson Elementary School?
Approximately 16.1:1 students per teacher at Wilson Elementary School.
How diverse is Wilson Elementary School?
Wilson Elementary School reports a student body of 48% White, 17% Hispanic, 15% Black, 5% Asian, 14% Two or more.
Who oversees Wilson Elementary School?
Wilson Elementary School is overseen by OKLAHOMA CITY in Oklahoma County.
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