Located in the Montrose area of Houston, Woodrow Wilson Elementary has served Houston students since its construction in 1924. The school’s 433 students are housed in a two-story structure with 18 classrooms and an additional 13 located in 7 temporary buildings. Student demographic are described as 62% Hispanic, 10% African American, 23% White, and 5% other (American Indian, and Asian), 61% economically disadvantaged, 36% LEP, 0% Migrant, and 8% Special Education. Wilson is a 100% Title I school. Approximately 35% of students are classified as At-Risk of not graduating from high school.

In February of 2005, HISD and Friends of Montessori (FOM) entered into an agreement to create HISD’s first All-Montessori school. The FOM agreed to provide all Montessori materials for Wilson Elementary. HISD agreed to continue to fund according to standard state funding provisions.

Junior Achievement provided by volunteers from American General Financial Group. Wilson Elementary is dedicated to increasing parental and community involvement. Specifically, this includes (a) parent literacy and training classes, and (b) infiltrating the community to identify and integrate resources and services from the community so as to strengthen school programs, Montessori, Fine Arts, Bilingual, special services, family practices, and student learning and development.