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Wilson County Schools

Wilson, North Carolina · Public School District · Open

Key statistics

10,451
Students enrolled
25
Public schools
646
Classroom teachers (FTE)
16.2:1
Students per teacher

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data. School year: 2024-25.

Students

By grade

  • Pre-K 184
  • Kindergarten 848
  • Grade 1 804
  • Grade 2 800
  • Grade 3 846
  • Grade 4 704
  • Grade 5 683
  • Grade 6 727
  • Grade 7 762
  • Grade 8 746
  • Grade 9 985
  • Grade 10 894
  • Grade 11 715
  • Grade 12 703
  • Grade 13 50

By race/ethnicity

  • Black or African American 42%
  • White 27%
  • Hispanic/Latino 25%
  • Two or more races 5%
  • Asian 1%
  • American Indian or Alaska Native <1%
  • Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander <1%

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (fall membership), school year 2024-25. Race/ethnicity as reported by the state.

Free and reduced-price lunch

96% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch 10,004 of 10,451 students in the district's schools
  • Free lunch 96%
  • Reduced-price lunch <1%

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data, school year 2024-25. Eligibility as reported by the state. Schools that serve free meals to every student may count all of them as eligible, so figures are not comparable from state to state.

Spending and revenue

$14,288 spent per student on day-to-day operations North Carolina median: $12,409 per student

Spending per student

  • Instruction $7,982
  • Support services $5,647
  • Other (food service, etc.) $659

Where the money comes from

  • Local 20%
  • State 52%
  • Federal 28%

Total revenue $157.8 milliontotal spending $154.1 million

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, School District Finance Survey (F-33), school year 2023-24. Day-to-day spending is NCES's current expenditures: it leaves out construction, equipment, debt and payments to charter or private schools. Per student is per fall enrollment of that year.

District details

Grades served

PK to 13

Locale (NCES)

Town: FringeStudents: 52% town, 48% rural

Total staff (FTE)

1,420

District office

117 N E Tarboro St, Wilson NC 27893

County

Wilson County

Official website

NCES District ID

3705020

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About Wilson County Schools

Description provided by the district or community — not part of the NCES dataset.

Our Mission-The mission of Wilson County Schools is to provide an educational environment which creates success for all students through the community working together. Wilson County Schools is committed to encouraging students to aim high throughout their school careers so that they will be ready for any pathway they choose after high school. The path may lead them to a college, university, trade school, apprenticeship, the military or directly into a career that will allow them to advance with time, support themselves, and also support a family. Wilson County Schools is committed to promoting citizenship, character education, collaboration, and problem solving among other life skills as a means to prepare students for higher education, the workforce and for life. Higher test scores and graduation rates each year continue to be the norm for Wilson County Schools asare the data that prove students are being equipped with the skills to lead successful lives after graduation. Wilson County Schools is a high-quality school system with a top-notch staff dedicated not only to student success but also to contributing to the success of the Wilson community as a whole. Wilson County Schools does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex or disability in admission to access to treatment in its programs and activities. Wilson County Schools is an equal opportunity employer.
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