📍 7601 Highway 17, Florence, Lauderdale County, 35634
Wilson High School is a State/Public serving high age pupils, located in Florence, Lauderdale County. The school has 671 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Lauderdale County school district. It serves grades 7–12 in a rural setting. The school employs 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 17.2:1.
Wilson High School enrolls 671 students across grades 7–12. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 39 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 17.2:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 96% White, 1.2% Hispanic or Latino and 1.2% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 646 | 96% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 8 | 1.2% |
| Black or African American | 8 | 1.2% |
| Asian | 5 | <1% |
| Two or more races | 4 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
453 of the school's 671 students (68%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Wilson High School is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Fringe). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district DE-40.
Wilson High School is one of 15 schools in Lauderdale County, based in Florence, Alabama. The district serves 7,952 students district-wide and employs 465 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 671 students, Wilson High School is larger than the district average of about 530 students per school.