Enrollment
365
Elementary
DISTRICT 332 · STATE 323
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WEST ALLIS-WEST MILWAUKEE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 551626002124
Wilson Elementary
8710 W Orchard St, West Allis, WI 53214 · (414) 604-4810 · Milwaukee County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL365 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 14% of Wisconsin public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-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
13.2:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.5:1 · STATE 14.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
66%
240 students
DISTRICT 63% · STATE 42%
Community
0
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 44 | 12% |
| Kindergarten | 59 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 44 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 59 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 52 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 58 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 49 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (59) is 20% larger than its 5th grade class (49).
Student demographics
68%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 69% · 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
36.8%
WI avg 53.1% . +4.1pp since 2023
Math
31.0%
WI avg 54.8% . +13.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 37 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 31 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Wisconsin schools, those numbers are about 53 and 55. Reading and writing scores are up about 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 13 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 36.8% | 31.0% |
| 2023-24 | 32.7% | 17.9% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
33.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
37.3%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 33% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 37% typical for Wisconsin schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Wisconsin's top nor bottom 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 (33.3% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wilson Elementary this school | 365 | 65.8% | 33.3% |
| Lincoln Elementary Cudahy | 312 | 63.8% | 47.6% |
| Mitchell Elementary Cudahy | 403 | 66.3% | 47.4% |
| Southport Elementary Kenosha | 438 | 68.0% | 28.6% |
| Rawson Elementary South Milwaukee | 371 | 61.5% | 39.1% |
| Grewenow Elementary Kenosha | 310 | 68.4% | 44.7% |
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 Milwaukee County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 33.3% | #814 of 982 | #72 of 171 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 31.0% | #820 of 992 ▲ 82 | #78 of 174 ▲ 26 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 36.8% | #779 of 992 ▲ 30 | #71 of 174 ▲ 5 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 365 | #430 of 1,157 | #80 of 180 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.2:1 | #449 of 901 | #32 of 158 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.2% | #115 of 901 | #31 of 158 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 65.8% | #221 of 1,064 | #109 of 174 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.3% | #295 of 664 | #63 of 133 |
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
365
+20 (+6%) vs 2020
-26% since 1990-91, when it was 492
Student : Teacher
13.2:1
was 14.4:1
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 | 365 | 27.7 | 13.2:1 | 66% (240) |
| 2023-24 | 365 | 26.7 | 13.7:1 | 53% (194) |
| 2022-23 | 383 | 28 | 13.7:1 | 67% (257) |
| 2020-21 | 345 | 24 | 14.4:1 | 66% (226) |
| 2017-18 | 436 | 29.4 | 14.8:1 | 54% (234) |
| 2015-16 | 447 | 28 | 16.0:1 | 56% (251) |
| 2010-11 | 460 | 29 | 15.9:1 | 62% (283) |
| 2000-01 | 358 | 24 | 14.9:1 | 22% (77) |
| 1990-91 | 492 | 24 | 20.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Wilson Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 16% (436 to 365); teachers down 6% (29.4 to 27.7).
About Wilson Elementary
The public elementary school Wilson Elementary is located in West Allis, Wisconsin. It enrolls 365 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are pre-K through 5.
West Allis-West Milwaukee School District counts 6,619 students in its 16 schools, and Wilson Elementary is one of them.
The largest racial or ethnic group at Wilson Elementary is White, with 42% of students. Other groups include 34% Hispanic, 12% Black, and 10% multiracial. The county population is about 51% White. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Wilson Elementary scores 68%.
The school's 27.7 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.2:1. Compared with the 14.7:1 average for elementary schools in Wisconsin, this school's ratio is lower. The school has 66% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Milwaukee County is similar, at 64%.
On the allk12 Grade, Wilson Elementary lands at D, ahead of 14% of Wisconsin public elementary schools.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 37.3% at Wilson Elementary; the school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 33.3%.
In Milwaukee County, where the school is located, the median household earns about $64,435 a year, roughly 35% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 13%. Public schools in Milwaukee County number 284, with about 122,496 students.
Wilson Elementary's nearest public school is Franklin Elementary (about 0.5 miles). The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Ranked by average proficiency, Wilson Elementary places 4th out of 6 schools in its immediate area.
By NCES locale, the school is Suburb: Large, or in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was a 6% gain, from 345 to 365. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 14.4:1 to 13.2:1.
The discussion board for Wilson Elementary is open to topics like pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Milwaukee County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
926,331
Census ACS
Median income
$64,435
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
35%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
284
122,496 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in West Allis-West Milwaukee School District
- Nathan Hale HighHigh · 1,134 students
- Central HighHigh · 961 students
- Frank Lloyd Wright IntermediateMiddle · 902 students
- Jefferson ElementaryElementary · 393 students
- Horace Mann ElementaryElementary · 384 students
- West Milwaukee IntermediateMiddle · 378 students
Other schools in West Allis
- Nathan Hale HighHigh · 1,134 students
- Central HighHigh · 961 students
- Frank Lloyd Wright IntermediateMiddle · 902 students
- Jefferson ElementaryElementary · 393 students
- Horace Mann ElementaryElementary · 384 students
- Irving ElementaryElementary · 375 students
Other Wilson Elementary schools
59 other US public schools in 24 states are named Wilson Elementary. Wilson Elementary is the 34th largest of the 60.
- Wilson ElementaryMequon, WI · 558 students
- Wilson ElementarySheboygan, WI · 472 students
- Wilson ElementaryJanesville, WI · 256 students
- Wilson ElementaryWauwatosa, WI · 218 students
- Wilson ElementaryBeaver Dam, WI · 41 students
Nearby schools
- Franklin Elementary0.5 mi · 244
- James E Dottke Project-Based Learning High School0.6 mi · 168
- Shared Journeys0.7 mi · 4
- Central High0.8 mi · 961
- Jefferson Elementary1.1 mi · 393
- Deeper Learning Virtual Academy1.1 mi · 88
Frequently asked questions
About Wilson ElementaryHow large is Wilson Elementary?
Wilson Elementary enrolls approximately 365 students in grades PK-05.
Is Wilson Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Wilson Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Wilson Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Wilson Elementary is approximately 13.2:1 (28 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Wilson Elementary?
Wilson Elementary reports a student body of 42% White, 34% Hispanic, 12% Black, 1% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Who oversees Wilson Elementary?
Wilson Elementary is overseen by West Allis-West Milwaukee School District in Milwaukee County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.