Wilson Elementary

Wilson Elementary is an one-room-style elementary-level community in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin, part of Beaver Dam Unified School District. The school works with 41 students in grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 87% below the state mean of about 323.

Wilson Elementary is one of 8 schools operated by Beaver Dam Unified School District, a district that hosts 2,988 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Wilson Elementary logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (80%). The remainder breaks down as 10% Hispanic, 10% multiracial.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 10 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 4.2:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 14.7:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 76% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Dodge County (around 41%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Wilson Elementary ranks in the top 10% of Wisconsin public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 31.3%; Wilson Elementary posts 58.4%, +27.1 points above that line.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Dodge County put the typical household earns roughly $75,929 per year, 20% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. In all, Dodge County runs 39 public schools (combined enrollment of about 10,450 students), of which Wilson Elementary is one.

The closest other public school is Beaver Dam Middle, roughly 0.3 miles away. Within five miles, there are 7 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Wilson Elementary comes 3rd of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 54.8%.

Geographically, the school is in a town-based area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Wilson Elementary has edged down 86%, going from 302 students in 2018 to 41 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment shrank from 19% to 10% over that span. Class-load math has fell: from 36.4:1 in 2018 to 4.2:1 in 2025.

On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.