Bartlesville Public Schools

The Woodrow Wilson elementary school was built in northeast Bartlesville for $94,278 in 1957. By 1962 there were six portable classrooms at the site, and an all-purpose room was added in 1965 for $98,038. The school had to expand in 1984 to accommodate students transferred from Highland Park. At that time, most of the curving buttresses were removed from the gymnasium exterior.

Six classrooms were added to Wilson in a 1993 bond issue, and a 1998 bond issue provided for air conditioning in the gymnasium and repairs to the building's exterior fascia. A 2000 bond led to removal of fabric and vinyl wall covering from interior walls, which were then textured and repainted.

In 2009, the 1920-square foot courtyard was remodeled into an outdoor classroom featuring trees, bamboo, a garden area, cedar stumps to sit on and a spongy surface comprised of recycled tires. It was funded by $10,000 from the Goody’s Family Clothing Good Deeds for Schools program and $3,000 from a ConocoPhillips employee grant.

In May 2007, a bond issue was approved that included six new classrooms for the building. They were completed for the start of the 2011-2012 school year and were all Pre-Kindergarten and Kindergarten rooms. Two existing Wilson classrooms were remodeled as part of the project, forming two four-classroom pods clustered around an open commons area. A bright and colorful hallway leads to each cluster of classrooms, and the commons areas feature several fun and educational activities for the young students.

When Oak Park Elementary closed in 2011, its students began attending Wilson Elementary.

A 2021 bond issue allocated $1.8 million for a new entrance lobby and offices, a treatment for the north gym wall, and other enhancements to replace a long and low entryway cover from 1984.