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Enrollment
472
Elementary
DISTRICT 306 · STATE 323
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SHEBOYGAN AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 551365001800
Wilson Elementary
1625 Wilson Ave, Sheboygan, WI 53081 · (920) 459-3688 · Sheboygan County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL472 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 76% of Wisconsin public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Wisconsin public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.4:1 · STATE 14.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
71%
334 students
DISTRICT 67% · STATE 42%
Community
1
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 80 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 76 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 79 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 78 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 88 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 71 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (80) is 13% larger than its 5th grade class (71).
Student demographics
70%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 70% · STATE 54% · 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
Test scores
Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
50.9%
WI avg 53.1% . -1.8pp since 2023
Math
69.8%
WI avg 54.8% . +5.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 51 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 70 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Wisconsin schools, those numbers are about 53 and 55. Reading and writing scores are down about 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 50.9% | 69.8% |
| 2023-24 | 52.7% | 64.3% |
% Meeting or Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Forward Exam. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of WI schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
58.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.2%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+23.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 58% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 34% typical for Wisconsin schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 24 points, placing it in Wisconsin's top 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 (58.1% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wilson Elementary this school | 472 | 70.8% | 58.1% |
| Thomas Jefferson Elementary Wausau | 372 | 61.0% | 61.0% |
| Cooper Elementary Sheboygan | 256 | 71.9% | 37.3% |
| Highlands Elementary Appleton | 417 | 60.4% | 32.5% |
| Garland Elementary Milwaukee | 541 | 88.7% | 24.3% |
| Lincoln Elementary Wausau | 204 | 75.0% | 37.5% |
Matched among Wisconsin 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 Wisconsin | In Sheboygan County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 58.1% | #453 of 982 | #12 of 23 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 69.8% | #208 of 992 ▲ 136 | #7 of 23 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 50.9% | #545 of 992 ▼ 14 | #14 of 23 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 472 | #192 of 1,157 | #4 of 24 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.6:1 | #524 of 901 | #13 of 23 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.6% | #90 of 901 | #7 of 23 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 70.8% | #176 of 1,064 | #8 of 24 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.2% | #468 of 664 | #13 of 16 |
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
472
-43 (-8%) vs 2020
-12% since 1990-91, when it was 535
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
was 15.2:1
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 | 472 | 34.6 | 13.6:1 | 71% (334) |
| 2023-24 | 469 | 34.6 | 13.6:1 | 57% (265) |
| 2022-23 | 481 | 34.1 | 14.1:1 | 54% (260) |
| 2020-21 | 515 | 34 | 15.2:1 | 52% (269) |
| 2017-18 | 520 | 35.2 | 14.8:1 | 40% (206) |
| 2015-16 | 501 | 35 | 14.3:1 | 40% (198) |
| 2010-11 | 497 | 34 | 14.6:1 | 48% (238) |
| 2000-01 | 516 | 28 | 18.4:1 | 26% (135) |
| 1990-91 | 535 | 28 | 19.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Wilson Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (520 to 472); teachers down 2% (35.2 to 34.6).
About Wilson Elementary
Wilson Elementary is the name of a medium-sized elementary school in Sheboygan, Wisconsin. The school reports 472 students in pre-K through 5. The school's enrollment is 46% above the 323 average for elementary schools in Wisconsin.
Across its 26 schools, Sheboygan Area School District enrolls 9,285 students. Wilson Elementary is one of those schools.
The most common group at Wilson Elementary is White students, at 38%. It is also 36% Asian, 14% Hispanic, and 10% multiracial. Sheboygan County's residents are about 83% White, 45 points above the school's share. Pick two students at random and there is a 70% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The school has about 13.6 students per teacher and 34.6 full-time-equivalent teachers. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 14.7:1 average for elementary schools in Wisconsin. About 71% of enrolled students meet the income rules for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Sheboygan County average 45%.
The allk12 Grade for Wilson Elementary is A-. Compared with Wisconsin public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 76% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
On BeatsExpectations, which compares test results with what a school's student poverty level would predict, Wilson Elementary ranks in the top 10% in Wisconsin. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 58.1%, against a prediction of 34.2%.
Across Sheboygan County, the median household income is $73,094, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 28% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. Sheboygan County is home to 52 public schools and about 17,340 public school students.
The school nearest to Wilson Elementary is Early Learning Center, at a distance of about 0.3 miles. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Wilson Elementary is 1st of 8 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
For locale, NCES codes Wilson Elementary as City: Small.
Federal data show an 8% enrollment decrease, from 515 in 2020-21 to 472 in 2024-25. Students per teacher fell from 15.2 in 2020-21 to 13.6 in 2024-25.
The discussion area below is open to posts about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
Sheboygan County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
117,991
Census ACS
Median income
$73,094
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
52
17,340 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Sheboygan Area School District
- North HighHigh · 1,482 students
- South HighHigh · 1,075 students
- Horace Mann MiddleMiddle · 617 students
- Urban MiddleMiddle · 568 students
- Early Learning CenterElementary · 521 students
- Lake Country Academy - CharterElementary · 447 students
Other schools in Sheboygan
- North HighHigh · 1,482 students
- South HighHigh · 1,075 students
- Horace Mann MiddleMiddle · 617 students
- Urban MiddleMiddle · 568 students
- Early Learning CenterElementary · 521 students
- Lake Country Academy - CharterElementary · 447 students
Other Wilson Elementary schools
59 other US public schools in 24 states are named Wilson Elementary. Wilson Elementary is the 19th largest of the 60.
- Wilson ElementaryMequon, WI · 558 students
- Wilson ElementaryWest Allis, WI · 365 students
- Wilson ElementaryJanesville, WI · 256 students
- Wilson ElementaryWauwatosa, WI · 218 students
- Wilson ElementaryBeaver Dam, WI · 41 students
Nearby schools
- Early Learning Center0.3 mi · 521
- South High0.3 mi · 1,075
- Farnsworth Middle0.8 mi · 443
- James Madison Elementary1.2 mi · 327
- Horace Mann Middle1.2 mi · 617
- Longfellow Elementary1.5 mi · 234
Frequently asked questions
About Wilson ElementaryHow many students attend Wilson Elementary?
Wilson Elementary enrolls approximately 472 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Wilson Elementary serve?
Wilson Elementary serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Wilson Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Wilson Elementary is approximately 13.6:1 (35 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Wilson Elementary?
Student demographics at Wilson Elementary are roughly 38% White, 14% Hispanic, 2% Black, 36% Asian, 10% Two or more.
What district is Wilson Elementary in?
Wilson Elementary is part of Sheboygan Area School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.