	In 1955 99% of the students at Wilson were white, and by the late 1960s the school was still predominately white. A racial integration campaign occurred in the late 1960s and early 1970s. The school was 17% white by 1980. The current racial makeup of the student body is 34% white, 32% black, 22% Hispanic/Latino, 6% Asian, and 5% multiple races.