Enrollment
307
Elementary
DISTRICT 360 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SPOKANE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530825001416
Wilson Elementary
911 W 25Th Ave, Spokane, WA 99203 · (509) 354-4500 · Spokane County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY12-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL307 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.4:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.6:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
19%
57 students
DISTRICT 60% · STATE 51%
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 | 9 | 3% |
| Kindergarten | 43 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 53 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 43 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 46 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 64 | 21% |
| Grade 5 | 49 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (43) is 12% smaller than its 5th grade class (49).
Student demographics
23%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 54% · STATE 68% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Wilson Elementary→Alternative Tamarack School
Based on grade levels within Spokane School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Smarter Balanced + WCAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded StandardEnglish Language Arts
77.2%
WA avg 58.4% . -4.5pp since 2014
Math
79.0%
WA avg 51.2% . +1.6pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 77 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 79 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Washington schools, those numbers are about 58 and 51. Reading and writing scores are down about 5 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 2 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 77.2% | 79.0% |
| 2023-24 | 72.3% | 72.9% |
| 2022-23 | 80.7% | 77.7% |
| 2021-22 | 77.3% | 76.8% |
| 2018-19 | 84.9% | 83.8% |
| 2017-18 | 78.9% | 80.4% |
| 2016-17 | 77.7% | 88.3% |
| 2015-16 | 81.4% | 80.9% |
| 2014-15 | 81.7% | 77.4% |
% Met or Exceeded Standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Smarter Balanced + WCAS. 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
75.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
67.8%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 75% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 68% typical for Washington 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 Washington'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
Wilson Elementary's state test result (75.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wilson Elementary this school | 307 | 18.6% | 75.3% |
| Wade King Elementary School Bellingham | 297 | 21.9% | 53.6% |
| Freeman Elementary School Rockford | 385 | 23.4% | 76.1% |
| Halilts Elementary School Bainbridge Island | 353 | 12.7% | 75.3% |
| Capt Johnston Blakely Elem Sch Bainbridge Island | 356 | 12.9% | 86.9% |
| Artondale Elementary School Gig Harbor | 413 | 16.7% | 68.0% |
Matched among Washington 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 ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Spokane County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 75.3% | #88 of 936 | #2 of 82 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 79.0% | #54 of 1,103 ▲ 49 | #1 of 83 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 77.2% | #80 of 1,102 ▲ 52 | #1 of 83 ▲ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +1.0pp | #500 of 928 | #49 of 81 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 307 | #934 of 1,268 | #68 of 92 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.4:1 | #207 of 1,085 | #36 of 83 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 23.1% | #1,037 of 1,088 | #79 of 83 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 18.6% | #1,046 of 1,169 | #85 of 86 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.2% | #458 of 778 | #43 of 67 |
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
307
-52 (-14%) vs 2020
-19% since 1990-91, when it was 377
Student : Teacher
14.4:1
was 16.3:1
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 | 307 | 21.4 | 14.4:1 | 19% (57) |
| 2023-24 | 302 | 19.7 | 15.4:1 | 22% (67) |
| 2022-23 | 360 | 25.9 | 13.9:1 | 25% (91) |
| 2020-21 | 359 | 22 | 16.3:1 | 19% (70) |
| 2017-18 | 358 | 20.6 | 17.4:1 | 18% (63) |
| 2015-16 | 376 | 17 | 22.1:1 | 19% (71) |
| 2010-11 | 358 | 13 | 27.5:1 | 14% (50) |
| 2000-01 | 271 | 13 | 20.9:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 377 | 15 | 25.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Wilson Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (358 to 307); teachers up 4% (20.6 to 21.4).
About Wilson Elementary
Wilson Elementary, located in Spokane, Washington, is a low-enrollment elementary school. The school had 307 students in pre-K through 6 in 2024-25.
Federal data list 62 schools in Spokane School District, with 28,853 students enrolled.
Wilson Elementary's enrollment is 87% White. The school is also 6% multiracial and 5% Hispanic. Wilson Elementary's diversity index is 23%, against a US figure of 70%.
Dividing enrollment by its 21.4 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 14.4:1. That is lower than the 17.3:1 average for elementary schools in Washington. Eligible students account for 19% of enrollment in the free or reduced-price lunch program. On average, public schools in Spokane County report 52%.
In Washington, Wilson Elementary is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 75.3% actual against a predicted 67.8%.
Within Spokane County, the median household income is $78,582, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 33% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. In all, Spokane County has 187 public schools and roughly 76,588 students.
The nearest public school is Roosevelt Elementary, at about 0.9 miles. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among the 7 closest schools with test data, this one included, Wilson Elementary ranks 1st on average proficiency.
The school is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000, according to its NCES locale (City: Mid-size).
Wilson Elementary's enrollment declined from 359 in 2020-21 to 307 in 2024-25. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio fell from 16.3:1 to 14.4:1.
The Wilson Elementary community page is open for posts about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Spokane County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
549,056
Census ACS
Median income
$78,582
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
33%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
187
76,588 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Spokane School District
- Lewis & Clark High SchoolHigh · 1,673 students
- North Central High SchoolHigh · 1,647 students
- Ferris High SchoolHigh · 1,644 students
- Rogers High SchoolHigh · 1,498 students
- Shadle Park High SchoolHigh · 1,445 students
- Sacajawea Middle SchoolMiddle · 855 students
Other schools in Spokane
- Mead Senior High SchoolHigh · 1,827 students
- Lewis & Clark High SchoolHigh · 1,673 students
- North Central High SchoolHigh · 1,647 students
- Ferris High SchoolHigh · 1,644 students
- Rogers High SchoolHigh · 1,498 students
- Shadle Park High SchoolHigh · 1,445 students
Other Wilson Elementary schools
59 other US public schools in 24 states are named Wilson Elementary. Wilson Elementary is the 43rd largest of the 60.
- WILSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLSANFORD, FL · 896 students
- Wilson Elementary SchoolHOUSTON, TX · 756 students
- Wilson ElementaryFresno, CA · 669 students
- Wilson Elementary SchoolMurfreesboro, TN · 666 students
- Wilson ElementaryFishersville, VA · 655 students
Nearby schools
- Roosevelt Elementary0.9 mi · 402
- Sacajawea Middle School1.1 mi · 855
- Jefferson Elementary1.3 mi · 359
- Hutton Elementary1.4 mi · 492
- Lewis & Clark High School1.4 mi · 1,673
- Lumen High School1.9 mi · 32
Frequently asked questions
About Wilson ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Wilson Elementary?
Wilson Elementary enrolls approximately 307 students in grades PK-06.
What grades does Wilson Elementary serve?
Wilson Elementary serves grades PK-06.
How many students per teacher at Wilson Elementary?
Approximately 14.4:1 students per teacher at Wilson Elementary.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Wilson Elementary?
At Wilson Elementary, the student body is approximately 87% White, 5% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Wilson Elementary public or private?
Wilson Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Spokane School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.