Wilson HS

Wilson HS is a secondary school of heavily attended scale in West Lawn, Pennsylvania, one of the schools within Wilson SD, works with 2,133 students in grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 738 students per school, that is 189% larger than typical.

Across the 8 schools in Wilson SD (6,444 students total), Wilson HS accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Wilson HS shows that the most-represented group is White (54%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school lists 28% Hispanic, 8% Black, 5% Asian, 5% multiracial. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 70%.

On the resource side, Wilson HS lists 132 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.1:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. About 42% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Berks County runs at roughly 67%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Wilson HS sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 59.4%; this one delivers 56.7%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Berks County indicate the typical household earns roughly $79,777 per year, roughly 28% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. Wilson HS is one of 95 public schools in Berks County (combined enrollment of about 62,375 students).

Nearest neighbor: Whitfield El Sch, around 0.3 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Wilson HS comes 4th of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 55.7%.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count grew 6%: 2,007 students in 2018 compared to 2,133 in 2025. The White share of enrollment shrank from 67% to 54% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 17.8:1 in 2018 to 16.1:1 today.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.