Woodrow Wilson MS

Set in Erie, Pennsylvania, Woodrow Wilson MS is an average-sized middle school, run under Erie City SD. It serves 769 students across grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 29% bigger than the state mean of about 594.

Erie City SD comprises 15 schools with combined enrollment of 10,473 students; Woodrow Wilson MS is among them.

On demographics, Woodrow Wilson MS shows that the largest single group is White at 37%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school reports 35% Black, 14% multiracial, 7% Asian, 7% Hispanic. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 83%.

Looking at school resources, The school currently runs with 60 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.8:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 96% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Erie County (around 74%), the school's rate is north of typical.

With demographic context factored in, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Woodrow Wilson MS sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 36.4%; actual is 18.0%, a gap of -18.4 points.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Erie County) records that the typical household earns roughly $63,354 per year, roughly 30% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. In all, Erie County runs 68 public schools (combined enrollment of about 35,738 students), of which Woodrow Wilson MS is one.

Nearest neighbor: Lincoln El Sch, around 0.3 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Woodrow Wilson MS at 4th of 8; the average score across the group is 26.5%.

The school occupies an inner-city site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked up 13%: 682 students in 2018 compared to 769 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share edged down from 14% to 7%.

Inside the community feed, members of the Woodrow Wilson MS community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.