Wilson Elementary

Wilson Elementary is a mid-tier primary school in West Allis, Wisconsin, overseen by West Allis-West Milwaukee School District. The school works with 365 students in grades pre-K through 5.

West Allis-West Milwaukee School District comprises 16 schools with combined enrollment of 6,619 students; Wilson Elementary is among them.

On the student-mix side, Wilson Elementary reports that 42% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest comes out to 34% Hispanic, 12% Black, 10% multiracial. By comparison, Milwaukee County as a whole is about 51% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.2:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 14.7:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 66% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Wilson Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 37.3%; this one delivers 33.3%.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Milwaukee County put median household earnings sit near $64,435, roughly 35% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Milwaukee County's 284 public schools (combined enrollment of about 122,496 students), Wilson Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Franklin Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Wilson Elementary at 4th of 6; the average score across the group is 35.5%.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Wilson Elementary has declined 16%, going from 436 students in 2018 to 365 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 56% to 42%. Class-load math has pulled in: from 14.8:1 in 2018 to 13.2:1 in 2025.

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