20 public K-12 schools in Wilson from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.
National city placement
According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Wilson has more public-school enrollment than 80% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Wilson sits in the broad middle of the national city distribution rather than at a single obvious extreme. Its scale, average Resource Investment Index, and staffing position need to be read together: a middle placement on one measure does not cancel a stronger or weaker result on another. The percentile panel makes those dimensions explicit, and the school table shows where the city aggregate breaks into materially different campus profiles.
Wilson's list includes 6 elementary, 2 middle, and 5 high-school campuses, plus 7 combined-grade records. The city average spans every major grade stage, so the ranked table is more informative when read within level than as one interchangeable queue.
80.3% of enrollment in reporting Wilson schools is eligible for free lunch, while the city list spans 4 districts. That pairing makes a citywide average especially easy to misread: the need measure follows students, but staffing decisions, calendars, program rules, and federal allocations are administered through separate district structures. The 44-point gap between Milton M Daniels Learning Center and Wilson Preparatory Academy shows how much reported resource capacity can vary inside the same municipal label. Compare schools within the same district first, then use the city view to see how those local systems differ.
Wilson school enrollment ranges from 41 students (lowest) to 1,228 students (highest), a spread of 1,187 students. That spread is wider than typical and predicts noticeable gaps in service quality between the highest and lowest areas. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
The reported share is at least 75%, indicating a high concentration of measured economic need. Title I operates under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015), but its statutory allocation uses additional LEA-level counts and rules not represented by this average. This percentage is an economic-need context measure; it does not establish a Title I award, show dollars received, or describe how funds are distributed among campuses.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.
10% of the city's listed public-school campuses are reported as charter schools in NCES CCD. Charter status identifies a different governance arrangement; it does not establish admissions availability, academic quality, or the share of city students enrolled in those campuses. Open each school record to compare enrollment and staffing directly.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
| # | School | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Milton M Daniels Learning Center | 61 |
| 2. | Wilson Early College Academy | 54 |
| 3. | Wilson Academy of Virtual Education | 51 |
| 4. | New Hope Elementary | 45 |
| 5. | Rock Ridge Elementary | 43 |
| 6. | Beddingfield High | 42 |
| 7. | Fike High | 41 |
| 8. | B O Barnes Elementary | 41 |
| 9. | Eastern Nc School for the Deaf | 41 |
| 10. | Vinson-Bynum Elementary | 39 |
| 11. | Wilson Academy of Applied Technology | 38 |
| 12. | James Hunt High | 36 |
| 13. | John W Jones Elementary | 35 |
| 14. | Wells Elementary | 34 |
| 15. | Charles H Darden Middle | 34 |
| 16. | Margaret Hearne Elementary | 33 |
| 17. | Vick Elementary | 31 |
| 18. | Forest Hills Middle | 30 |
| 19. | Sallie B Howard School | 23 |
| 20. | Wilson Preparatory Academy | 17 |
Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.
Milton M Daniels Learning Center has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Wilson schools in this federal-data comparison at 61/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.
Wilson has 20 public schools with a total enrollment of 9,910 students. 2 are charter schools. Average student-teacher ratio: 18.1:1.
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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.
