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How has WILSON EL changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
557
Elementary
DISTRICT 404 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LUBBOCK ISD·NCES 482850010940
Wilson Elementary School
2807 25TH ST, LUBBOCK, TX 79410 · (806) 219-7500 · Lubbock County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL557 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.4:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.0:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
26%
145 students
DISTRICT 78% · 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 | 43 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 78 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 83 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 86 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 82 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 93 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 92 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (78) is 15% smaller than its 5th grade class (92).
Student demographics
63%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 57% · 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
76.0%
TX avg 54.5% . -9.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
69.0%
TX avg 45.3% . -23.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 76 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 69 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are down about 9 points since 2020, while math scores are down about 23 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 46.0% | 30.0% | 13.0% | 11.0% |
| Mathematics | 41.0% | 28.0% | 14.0% | 17.0% |
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 | 76.0% | 69.0% |
| 2024-25 | 77.0% | 66.0% |
| 2023-24 | 76.0% | 65.0% |
| 2022-23 | 71.0% | 57.0% |
| 2021-22 | 75.0% | 75.0% |
| 2020-21 | 85.0% | 92.0% |
% 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
66.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
62.6%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 66% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 63% 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 (66.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wilson Elementary School this school | 557 | 26.0% | 66.3% |
| Walter Hall Elementary School LEAGUE CITY | 554 | 24.2% | 60.4% |
| Carver Center MIDLAND | 605 | 24.3% | 93.8% |
| Bette Perot Elementary School KELLER | 498 | 24.5% | 70.6% |
| Pond Springs Elementary School AUSTIN | 532 | 30.1% | 58.4% |
| Keller-Harvel Elementary School KELLER | 464 | 28.7% | 74.8% |
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 Lubbock County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 66.3% | #451 of 4,401 | #5 of 50 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 69.0% | #476 of 4,466 ▲ 93 | #6 of 52 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 76.0% | #431 of 4,466 ▼ 6 | #6 of 52 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +8.5pp | #1,669 of 3,998 | #11 of 34 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 557 | #1,979 of 4,938 | #17 of 54 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.4:1 | #2,803 of 4,622 | #40 of 52 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.1% | #1,133 of 4,628 | #1 of 52 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 26.0% | #4,308 of 4,789 | #51 of 53 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +7.7% | #858 of 1,307 | #6 of 12 |
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
557
-5 (-1%) vs 2020
+10% since 2010-11, when it was 505
Student : Teacher
15.4:1
was 15.6:1
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 | 557 | 36.2 | 15.4:1 | 26% (145) |
| 2023-24 | 552 | 36 | 15.3:1 | 26% (146) |
| 2022-23 | 555 | 38.3 | 14.5:1 | 24% (134) |
| 2020-21 | 562 | 36 | 15.6:1 | 25% (140) |
| 2017-18 | 517 | 34.3 | 15.1:1 | 15% (75) |
| 2015-16 | 510 | 33 | 15.4:1 | 23% (119) |
| 2010-11 | 505 | 30 | 16.8:1 | 25% (127) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Wilson Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 8% (517 to 557); teachers up 6% (34.3 to 36.2).
About Wilson Elementary School
Students in LUBBOCK, Texas, attend Wilson Elementary School, a medium-sized elementary school. The school's 557 students are in pre-K through 5.
Within LUBBOCK ISD, Wilson Elementary School is one of 49 schools. The district enrolls 24,237 students.
At 54%, White students outnumber all other groups at Wilson Elementary School combined. Other students are 25% Hispanic, 12% Asian, 5% multiracial, and 4% Black. By comparison, Lubbock County residents are about 63% White. The chance that two students picked at random at Wilson Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 63%.
Federal staffing data show 36.2 full-time-equivalent teachers at Wilson Elementary School and a ratio of 15.4:1. Elementary schools in Texas average about 15.1:1, a similar figure. The count of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch equals 26% of enrollment. The rate at public schools in Lubbock County averages 57%, higher than here.
Wilson Elementary School scores 66.3% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 62.6%.
Census estimates describe Lubbock County this way: median household income is about $64,155, about 33% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. Federal data list 110 public schools in Lubbock County, with a combined enrollment of about 52,301.
Hutchinson Middle School is the closest public school, about 0.3 miles away in a straight line. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. By average proficiency, Wilson Elementary School is 1st among 7 schools close by.
The NCES locale for Wilson Elementary School is City: Large, which covers schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment has been fairly stable: 562 in 2020-21 and 557 in 2024-25.
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Lubbock County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
318,884
Census ACS
Median income
$64,155
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
33%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
110
52,301 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in LUBBOCK ISD
- Monterey High SchoolHigh · 2,117 students
- Lubbock High SchoolHigh · 1,927 students
- Coronado High SchoolHigh · 1,878 students
- Hutchinson Middle SchoolMiddle · 845 students
- Estacado High SchoolHigh · 787 students
- Evans Middle SchoolMiddle · 773 students
Other schools in LUBBOCK
- Monterey High SchoolHigh · 2,117 students
- Lubbock High SchoolHigh · 1,927 students
- Coronado High SchoolHigh · 1,878 students
- Lubbock-Cooper High SchoolHigh · 1,856 students
- Lubbock-Cooper Middle SchoolMiddle · 901 students
- Lubbock-Cooper East Elementary SchoolElementary · 857 students
Other Wilson Elementary schools
59 other US public schools in 24 states are named Wilson Elementary. Wilson Elementary School is the 10th largest of the 60.
- Wilson Elementary SchoolHOUSTON, TX · 756 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
- Hutchinson Middle School0.3 mi · 845
- Texas Tech University K-120.6 mi · 729
- Brown Elementary School0.9 mi · 409
- Brown Elementary School0.9 mi · 104
- Wheelock Elementary School1.0 mi · 344
- Overton Elementary School1.0 mi · 260
Frequently asked questions
About Wilson Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Wilson Elementary School?
Wilson Elementary School enrolls approximately 557 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Wilson Elementary School serve?
Wilson Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Wilson Elementary School?
Approximately 15.4:1 students per teacher at Wilson Elementary School.
How diverse is Wilson Elementary School?
Wilson Elementary School reports a student body of 54% White, 25% Hispanic, 4% Black, 12% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Wilson Elementary School in?
Wilson Elementary School is part of LUBBOCK ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.