📍 1400 Grove St N, Wilson, Wilson County, 27893
Wells Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Wilson, Wilson County. The school has 303 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Wilson County Schools school district. It serves grades K–5 in a small-town setting. The school employs 19.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 15.5:1. 32% of students are proficient in reading. 32% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Wells Elementary enrolls 303 students across grades K–5. The student body is 48% male and 52% female. A teaching staff of 19.6 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 15.5:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 55% Black or African American, 24% White and 15% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 168 | 55% |
| White | 74 | 24% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 45 | 15% |
| Two or more races | 14 | 4.6% |
| Asian | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
300 of the school's 303 students (99%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 273 qualify for free lunch and 27 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Wells Elementary is located in a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, 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 NC-10, state senate district 4, state house district 24.
Wells Elementary is one of 25 schools in Wilson County Schools, based in Wilson, North Carolina. The district serves 10,451 students district-wide and employs 621 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 303 students, Wells Elementary is smaller than the district average of about 418 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Town - Fringe