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Enrollment
756
Elementary
DISTRICT 906 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CYPRESS-FAIRBANKS ISD·NCES 481611005862
Wilson Elementary School
18015 KIETH HARROW BLVD, HOUSTON, TX 77084 · (281) 463-5941 · Harris County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL756 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.9:1
48 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.3:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
68%
511 students
DISTRICT 62% · STATE 65%
Community
1
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 | 75 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 112 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 111 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 101 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 120 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 117 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 120 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (112) is 7% smaller than its 5th grade class (120).
Student demographics
71%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 70% · 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
64.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +22.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
45.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +11.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 64 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 45 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 22 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 11 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 37.0% | 27.0% | 15.0% | 21.0% |
| Mathematics | 21.0% | 24.0% | 21.0% | 34.0% |
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 | 64.0% | 45.0% |
| 2024-25 | 56.0% | 36.0% |
| 2023-24 | 63.0% | 38.0% |
| 2022-23 | 60.0% | 43.0% |
| 2021-22 | 58.0% | 38.0% |
| 2020-21 | 42.0% | 34.0% |
% 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
44.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.8%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 45% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 45% 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 (44.6% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wilson Elementary School this school | 756 | 67.6% | 44.6% |
| Harmony School of Achievement - Houston HOUSTON | 694 | 70.9% | 64.8% |
| Klenk Elementary School KLEIN | 717 | 73.8% | 43.8% |
| Fiest Elementary School HOUSTON | 856 | 70.8% | 41.5% |
| Abbett Elementary School GARLAND | 710 | 61.3% | 43.5% |
| Willbern Elementary School HOUSTON | 831 | 76.3% | 49.1% |
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 Harris County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 44.6% | #2,008 of 4,401 | #260 of 624 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 45.0% | #2,260 of 4,466 ▲ 860 | #314 of 625 ▲ 132 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 64.0% | #1,095 of 4,466 ▲ 686 | #124 of 625 ▲ 93 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.0pp | #2,404 of 3,998 | #380 of 603 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 756 | #609 of 4,938 | #171 of 682 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.9:1 | #3,190 of 4,622 | #422 of 657 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.5% | #474 of 4,628 | #63 of 657 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 67.6% | #2,688 of 4,789 | #490 of 671 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -20.2% | #1,151 of 2,838 | #216 of 441 |
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
756
+29 (+4%) vs 2020
-37% since 1990-91, when it was 1,208
Student : Teacher
15.9:1
was 13.7:1
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 | 756 | 47.6 | 15.9:1 | 68% (511) |
| 2023-24 | 780 | 54 | 14.4:1 | 66% (517) |
| 2022-23 | 772 | 49.6 | 15.6:1 | 65% (500) |
| 2020-21 | 727 | 53 | 13.7:1 | 61% (441) |
| 2017-18 | 947 | 56 | 16.9:1 | 56% (534) |
| 2015-16 | 871 | 56 | 15.6:1 | 55% (481) |
| 2010-11 | 1,031 | 61 | 16.9:1 | 51% (523) |
| 2000-01 | 867 | 49 | 17.7:1 | 9% (79) |
| 1990-91 | 1,208 | 57 | 21.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Wilson Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 20% (947 to 756); teachers down 15% (56 to 47.6).
About Wilson Elementary School
Wilson Elementary School is one of the public schools in HOUSTON, Texas. It is a medium-sized elementary school. The school had 756 students in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25. The school's enrollment is 46% above the 519 average for elementary schools in Texas.
The CYPRESS-FAIRBANKS ISD system has 92 schools and 117,927 students.
No single group makes up more than half of enrollment at Wilson Elementary School. The largest is Hispanic students, at 46%. Other students are 20% Black, 14% Asian, 13% White, and 6% multiracial. For comparison, Harris County is about 44% Hispanic. The school's diversity index is 71%, meaning two students picked at random have a 71% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
A ratio of 15.9:1 comes from the school's 47.6 full-time-equivalent teachers. The school has more students per teacher than the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas. The lunch program counts 68% of students at Wilson Elementary School as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. That tracks the 70% average for public schools in Harris County.
Wilson Elementary School's average proficiency rate on state tests of 44.6% is within a point of the 44.8% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
Federal survey data for Harris County show that the median household income is $74,983, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 34% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 13%. Harris County is home to 1,205 public schools and about 886,911 public school students.
Tipps Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles away. Within five miles of Wilson Elementary School, there are at least 8 other public schools. Its average proficiency rate of 44.6% is below the 46.7% average for nearby schools.
Its location is classified as Suburb: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Federal data show a 4% enrollment rise, from 727 in 2020-21 to 756 in 2024-25. Students per teacher rose from 13.7 in 2020-21 to 15.9 in 2024-25.
The discussion area below is open to posts about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
Harris County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
4,838,303
Census ACS
Median income
$74,983
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
1,205
886,911 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in CYPRESS-FAIRBANKS ISD
- Bridgeland High SchoolHigh · 3,707 students
- Cypress Woods High SchoolHigh · 3,469 students
- Cypress Ranch High SchoolHigh · 3,463 students
- Jersey Village High SchoolHigh · 3,323 students
- Cypress Creek High SchoolHigh · 3,222 students
- Cy-Fair High SchoolHigh · 3,216 students
Other schools in HOUSTON
- Texas Connections Academy at HoustonCombined · 8,641 students
- North Shore Senior HighHigh · 4,284 students
- Elsik High SchoolHigh · 4,057 students
- Summer Creek High SchoolHigh · 3,972 students
- Hastings High SchoolHigh · 3,786 students
- C E King High SchoolHigh · 3,716 students
Other Wilson Elementary schools
59 other US public schools in 24 states are named Wilson Elementary. Wilson Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 60.
- Wilson Elementary SchoolLUBBOCK, TX · 557 students
- Wilson Elementary SchoolCOPPELL, TX · 476 students
- Wilson Elementary SchoolMCALLEN, TX · 408 students
- Wilson Elementary SchoolHARLINGEN, TX · 373 students
- Wilson Elementary SchoolSAN ANTONIO, TX · 359 students
Nearby schools
- Tipps Elementary School0.5 mi · 980
- Lieder Elementary School0.9 mi · 742
- Watkins Middle School0.9 mi · 1,283
- Harmony School of Discovery - Houston1.1 mi · 858
- Metcalf Elementary School1.1 mi · 855
- Kahla Middle School1.6 mi · 1,126
Frequently asked questions
About Wilson Elementary SchoolHow large is Wilson Elementary School?
Wilson Elementary School enrolls approximately 756 students in grades PK-05.
Is Wilson Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Wilson Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Wilson Elementary School have?
Wilson Elementary School employs 48 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.9:1.
What is the student diversity at Wilson Elementary School?
Student demographics at Wilson Elementary School are roughly 13% White, 46% Hispanic, 20% Black, 14% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Wilson Elementary School in?
Wilson Elementary School is part of CYPRESS-FAIRBANKS ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.