Summary:
ZIP code 99185 has one elementary school, Wilbur Elementary School, serving students in kindergarten through sixth grade in the small Wilbur School District.
With 117 students and a reported student–teacher ratio of 10.8 to 1, Wilbur Elementary offers a relatively small-school setting. The school’s academic results are mixed, with performance varying considerably by subject and grade. In 2025–2026, science was the strongest overall subject: 46.15% of students were proficient, compared with 39.58% in the district and 50.95% statewide. Third-grade math was the clearest standout, with 64.71% proficiency—equal to the district and 11.51 percentage points above the state. By contrast, all-grade English Language Arts proficiency was 27.54%, below both the district’s 37.19% and the state’s 52.81%. Math proficiency was 33.33%, also below the district and state. Sixth-grade ELA and math results were suppressed, so those outcomes are unavailable rather than zero.
For parents, the main takeaway is that the school is not uniformly strong or weak. Science improved substantially from the previous year, rising 10.44 percentage points, while ELA fell 4.13 points and math declined 8.05 points. Math also shows a sharp grade-level difference: third grade performed well, but fourth- and fifth-grade proficiency fell to 33.33% and 30.77%. ELA was below state results in every reported grade, with fourth grade showing the widest gap. The school ranked in the 37th percentile statewide in both 2024–2025 and 2025–2026, compared with the 62nd percentile in 2023–2024. Families considering the school may want to ask about reading support, upper-elementary math instruction, and how the school is building on recent science gains.
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