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Wilson Elementary
Test scores
SOL 2024-25 . % PassingWhat this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 63 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 69 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Virginia schools, those numbers are about 74 and 73. Reading and writing scores are down about 2 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 8 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 68% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 66% typical for Virginia 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 Virginia's top nor bottom 10%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Wilson Elementary
Located at 127 Woodrow Wilson Ave, in Fishersville, Virginia, Wilson Elementary is an average-sized elementary school that instructs 655 students (grades pre-K through 5), one of the schools within Augusta County Public Schools. By comparison, Virginia's public schools average about 499 students each, so Wilson Elementary sits 31% bigger than that benchmark.
Within Augusta County Public Schools, which oversees 20 schools and 10,742 students, Wilson Elementary is one campus in the system.
On the student-mix side, Wilson Elementary logs that 66% of the student body identifies as White; the rest reads as 11% Hispanic, 10% Black, 9% multiracial, 3% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 89% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.
Looking at the economic backdrop, Wilson Elementary shows 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.8:1, putting Wilson Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 82% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Augusta County (around 67%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.
After controlling for student poverty, Wilson Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 65.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 67.6%.
In the area at large, census data for Augusta County shows median household earnings sit near $82,049, roughly 25% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Wilson Elementary is one of 25 public schools in Augusta County (combined enrollment of about 10,742 students).
Nearest neighbor: Wilson Middle, around 0.4 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Wilson Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Wilson Elementary at 6th of 6; the average score across the group is 74.5%.
Wilson Elementary operates from a rural location.
Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Wilson Elementary has stayed largely flat, going from 661 students in 2018 to 655 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 77% to 66% across the same window.
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