Wilson Borough El Sch

Wilson Borough El Sch is one of the tight-knit elementary-level communitys in Easton, Pennsylvania, one of the schools within Wilson Area SD, with 285 students on its rolls from grades K through 4. Compared to the state average of about 443 students per school, that is 36% smaller than typical.

Wilson Borough El Sch is one of 5 schools operated by Wilson Area SD, a district that caters to 2,091 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Wilson Borough El Sch records that the most-represented group is White (38%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school logs 35% Hispanic, 13% Black, 12% multiracial, 3% Asian. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 74%.

On the resource side, The school lists 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.1:1, putting Wilson Borough El Sch tighter than the state norm the norm. About 65% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Wilson Borough El Sch tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 49.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 61.4%.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Northampton County put median household earnings sit near $89,184, about 35% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Across Northampton County's 60 public schools (combined enrollment of about 38,316 students), Wilson Borough El Sch is one campus in the mix.

Wilson Area HS is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Wilson Borough El Sch comes 2nd of 9 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 43.1%.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Looking at the recent track record. Wilson Borough El Sch's enrollment has decreased 18% since 2018, when it stood at 349 (now 285). White enrollment moved from 47% to 38% across the same window.

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