Wilson Elementary

Located at 465 Rockport Rd, in Janesville, Wisconsin, Wilson Elementary is an intimate K-5 school that works with 256 students (grades pre-K through 5), overseen by Janesville School District. That puts it 21% below the typical public school in Wisconsin, which averages around 323 students.

Janesville School District runs 22 schools in total, collectively educating 9,355 students. Wilson Elementary is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Wilson Elementary lists that 31% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder is composed of 30% Hispanic, 20% Black, 16% multiracial, 3% Asian. By comparison, Rock County as a whole is about 82% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Wilson Elementary has 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 8.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.7:1, putting Wilson Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 92% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is higher than Rock County's rate of about 47%.

After controlling for student poverty, Wilson Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 21.1%; this one delivers 33.3%.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Rock County put median household earnings sit near $75,673, roughly 26% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. In all, Rock County runs 65 public schools (combined enrollment of about 25,542 students), of which Wilson Elementary is one.

Preschool 4 Janesville is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Wilson Elementary comes 7th of 7 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 51.7%.

The campus sits in a high-density setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Wilson Elementary has ticked down 3%, going from 263 students in 2018 to 256 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment increased from 18% to 30% over that span.

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