Enrollment
373
Elementary
DISTRICT 423 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HARLINGEN CISD·NCES 482253002291
Wilson Elementary School
16495 PRIMERA RD, HARLINGEN, TX 78552 · (956) 427-3190 · Cameron County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL373 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.6:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
80%
298 students
DISTRICT 80% · STATE 65%
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 | 41 | 11% |
| Kindergarten | 58 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 42 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 56 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 54 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 56 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 66 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (58) is 12% smaller than its 5th grade class (66).
Student demographics
10%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 10% · STATE 63% · 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
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
69.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +37.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
52.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +17.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 69 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 52 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 37 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 17 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 29.0% | 40.0% | 20.0% | 11.0% |
| Mathematics | 24.0% | 28.0% | 30.0% | 18.0% |
Share of tested students at each STAAR level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
STAAR results by year
| School year | Reading | Mathematics |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 69.0% | 52.0% |
| 2024-25 | 58.0% | 57.0% |
| 2023-24 | 56.0% | 45.0% |
| 2022-23 | 44.0% | 66.0% |
| 2021-22 | 45.0% | 38.0% |
| 2020-21 | 32.0% | 35.0% |
% Meets Grade Level or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: STAAR. 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
47.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.6%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 40% typical for Texas 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 Texas'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 (47.5% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wilson Elementary School this school | 373 | 79.9% | 47.5% |
| Jubilee Harlingen HARLINGEN | 377 | 80.1% | 37.0% |
| Amparo Gutierrez Elementary School LAREDO | 384 | 81.0% | 42.8% |
| Guerrero Elementary School EL PASO | 342 | 80.4% | 45.5% |
| Hilda C Escobar/Alicia C Rios Elementary School MISSION | 345 | 82.6% | 38.1% |
| West Central Elementary School HEREFORD | 331 | 81.3% | 32.4% |
Matched among Texas 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 Texas | In Cameron County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 47.5% | #1,676 of 4,401 | #39 of 93 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 52.0% | #1,579 of 4,466 ▼ 503 | #50 of 93 ▼ 23 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 69.0% | #774 of 4,466 ▲ 825 | #7 of 93 ▲ 25 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +5.5pp | #2,070 of 3,998 | #59 of 93 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 373 | #3,710 of 4,938 | #69 of 95 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.8:1 | #2,303 of 4,622 | #30 of 93 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 10.2% | #4,096 of 4,628 | #14 of 93 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 79.9% | #1,965 of 4,789 | #76 of 94 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -25.4% | #739 of 2,838 | #21 of 64 |
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
373
-88 (-19%) vs 2020
-32% since 1990-91, when it was 550
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
was 13.6:1
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 | 373 | 25.1 | 14.8:1 | 80% (298) |
| 2023-24 | 379 | 28.7 | 13.2:1 | 83% (316) |
| 2022-23 | 393 | 28 | 14.0:1 | 85% (336) |
| 2020-21 | 461 | 34 | 13.6:1 | 88% (405) |
| 2017-18 | 500 | 33 | 15.1:1 | 83% (413) |
| 2015-16 | 484 | 31 | 15.6:1 | 78% (379) |
| 2010-11 | 517 | 30 | 17.2:1 | 87% (450) |
| 2000-01 | 793 | 45 | 17.6:1 | 87% (692) |
| 1990-91 | 550 | 27 | 20.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Wilson Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 25% (500 to 373); teachers down 24% (33 to 25.1).
About Wilson Elementary School
Wilson Elementary School is a small elementary school found in HARLINGEN, Texas. The school runs pre-K through 5 and enrolls 373 students. The school is 28% below the average for elementary schools in Texas.
HARLINGEN CISD (31 schools, 17,506 students) runs Wilson Elementary School.
A large majority of enrollment at Wilson Elementary School is Hispanic, at 95%. Beyond that, enrollment is 4% White. The diversity index for Wilson Elementary School is 10%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The school lists 25.1 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.8:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in Texas is similar, at 15.1:1. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 80% of the student body.
Wilson Elementary School's average proficiency rate across its state test results of 47.5% is 8.0 points above the 39.6% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
In the wider Cameron County area, median household income comes to about $52,601, roughly 22% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 21% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Cameron County's 187 public schools enroll about 97,392 students and include Wilson Elementary School.
Among nearby public schools, Dr Hesiquio Rodriguez Elementary School is closest at about 1.1 miles. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. On state test proficiency, Wilson Elementary School ranks 4th in a group of 9 nearby schools.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Suburb: Mid-size, meaning it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment fell 19%. The ratio of students to teachers went from 13.6:1 to 14.8:1 over the same years.
People who know Wilson Elementary School can post here about homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Cameron County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
426,120
Census ACS
Median income
$52,601
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
22%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
21%
Below federal line
Schools in county
187
97,392 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in HARLINGEN CISD
- Harlingen High SchoolHigh · 2,433 students
- Harlingen H S - SouthHigh · 2,019 students
- Dr Abraham P Cano Freshman AcademyCombined · 1,035 students
- Moises Vela Middle SchoolMiddle · 761 students
- Treasure Hills Elementary SchoolElementary · 758 students
- Gutierrez Middle SchoolMiddle · 747 students
Other schools in HARLINGEN
- Harlingen High SchoolHigh · 2,433 students
- Harlingen H S - SouthHigh · 2,019 students
- Dr Abraham P Cano Freshman AcademyCombined · 1,035 students
- Moises Vela Middle SchoolMiddle · 761 students
- Treasure Hills Elementary SchoolElementary · 758 students
- Gutierrez Middle SchoolMiddle · 747 students
Other Wilson Elementary schools
59 other US public schools in 24 states are named Wilson Elementary. Wilson Elementary School is the 33rd largest of the 60.
- Wilson Elementary SchoolHOUSTON, TX · 756 students
- Wilson Elementary SchoolLUBBOCK, TX · 557 students
- Wilson Elementary SchoolCOPPELL, TX · 476 students
- Wilson Elementary SchoolMCALLEN, TX · 408 students
- Wilson Elementary SchoolSAN ANTONIO, TX · 359 students
Nearby schools
- Dr Hesiquio Rodriguez Elementary School1.1 mi · 674
- IDEA Harlingen College Preparatory1.9 mi · 457
- IDEA Harlingen Academy1.9 mi · 651
- Gutierrez Middle School2.0 mi · 747
- Dishman Elementary School2.5 mi · 313
- Jubilee Harlingen3.1 mi · 377
Frequently asked questions
About Wilson Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Wilson Elementary School?
Wilson Elementary School enrolls approximately 373 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Wilson Elementary School serve?
Wilson Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Wilson Elementary School have?
Wilson Elementary School employs 25 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.8:1.
What is the student diversity at Wilson Elementary School?
Student demographics at Wilson Elementary School are roughly 4% White, 95% Hispanic, 0% Black, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Wilson Elementary School?
Wilson Elementary School is overseen by HARLINGEN CISD in Cameron County.
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