WILSON EL

WILSON EL is a primary school of compact scale in SAN ANTONIO, Texas, run under SAN ANTONIO ISD, hosting 359 students in grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 31% leaner than the state mean of about 519.

SAN ANTONIO ISD comprises 100 schools with combined enrollment of 47,623 students; WILSON EL is among them.

Looking at the student body, WILSON EL records that 98% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 60%.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.3:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting WILSON EL higher than the state norm the norm. About 93% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Bexar County (around 63%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, WILSON EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 33.4%, the actual is 42.5%, a residual of +9.1 points.

In the area at large, census data for Bexar County shows the typical household earns roughly $72,341 per year, roughly 32% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. WILSON EL is one of 638 public schools in Bexar County (combined enrollment of about 368,487 students).

The closest other public school is NEAL EL, roughly 0.5 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around WILSON EL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts WILSON EL at 2nd of 8; the average score across the group is 29.0%.

The campus sits in a downtown setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 22%: 460 students in 2018 compared to 359 in 2025.

On this page, recent activity here tends to focus on school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.