Wilson Elementary

Wilson Elementary is one of the cozy K-5 schools in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, one of the schools within Wauwatosa School District, with 218 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Wisconsin's public schools average about 323 students each, so Wilson Elementary sits 33% below that benchmark.

Wilson Elementary is one of 17 schools operated by Wauwatosa School District, a district that enrolls 6,704 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Wilson Elementary records that the largest single group is White, at 67% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school records 11% Hispanic, 10% Black, 8% multiracial, 4% Asian. By comparison, Milwaukee County as a whole is about 51% White, so the school skews meaningfully more White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Wilson Elementary shows 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 9.1:1. The state averages around 14.7:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 22% of students at Wilson Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Milwaukee County runs at roughly 64%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Wilson Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 64.1%; this one delivers 66.3%.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Milwaukee County put median household earnings sit near $64,435, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. Wilson Elementary is one of 284 public schools in Milwaukee County (combined enrollment of about 122,496 students).

Nearest neighbor: Wauwatosa STEM, around 0.0 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Wilson Elementary at 5th of 8; the average score across the group is 66.6%.

Wilson Elementary operates from a suburban location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Wilson Elementary has climbed 38%, going from 158 students in 2018 to 218 in 2025. Over the same period, the Asian share shrank from 9% to 4%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 14.0:1 in 2018 to 9.1:1 today.

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