The Wilson County School System serves about 12,000 students In Twenty-three schools. With a $15 million comprehensive building program nearing completion and a modified restructuring brought about due to redistricting, the system has achieved an organizational plan of three comprehensive high schools to educate students in grades 9-12, six middle schools for grades 6-8, and fourteen elementary schools serving grades k-5.

Through a year long strategic planning process, the system has identified and begun to implement many bold initiatives which will ensure a continuation of excellent educational opportunities for all students in Wilson County Schools.

The regular classroom teaching staff consists of over 650 elementary and secondary teachers from among approximately 800 certified personnel of a total staff of 1,425. A well planned staff development and in-service training program encourages professional growth.. Many of the certified, personnel take advantage of graduate courses offered at ECU, NCSU, UNC and Duke, all within a seventy-five mile radius of Wilson.

Due to differences in school size, community need and facilities, instructional approaches vary among schools. However, there is strong emphasis on developing language arts and math skills in all elementary schools and additional instruction covering science, social studies, health, physical education,-and the arts. Each high school, which has an enrollment of over 1,000 students, offers four courses of study Academic, Business, General and Tech Prep. In the secondary schools, there are programs in the academic areas, as well as programs in vocational education, the arts, and health/physical education.

Programs for exceptional children (academically gifted, learning disabled, educable and trainable mentally handicapped, and others with,special learning needs) are provided throughout the system at all grade levels. All secondary schools provide a wide range of extra-curricular activities, including a broad program in interscholastic athletics.

The State report card rating for 1990 indicates that compared with other similar school systems, Wilson County is above par. The report showed that systems in the county performed above par within the average range of school systems in North Carolina.

The average range covers the middle 54% of the school systems in the state. Twenty-three percent of the school systems were below the average range and 23% above the average range.

Wilson County Schools ranked above the state average and above par for similar systems in mathematics during the past three years. In reading/language and science the school ranked above par.

The system was par in social studies for 1988 and 1990 and above par in 1989, For further information contact:

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