[1] Tom Behrens of the Houston Chronicle described Wilson as "the showplace school of the city for many years".

[8] In the 2000s Wilson Elementary experienced a decline in enrollment since the surrounding neighborhood had fewer families with children attending school.

[2] In 2005 HISD announced that Wilson was scheduled to be converted into a PreK-8 school using a Montessori program for all students.

That year Jennifer Radcliffe of the Houston Chronicle wrote that "Parents rave about Wilson".

[10] The original building is to be renovated, and a three-story structure designed by Smith & Co. Architects will be added on.

[11] In March 2021 the HISD board announced it will consider renaming the school due to racist actions Woodrow Wilson took in his life, with civil rights activist Ella J. Baker being the new namesake.

[20] The Driscoll at River Oaks[21] and the Residences at La Colombe d'Or are zoned to Baker.

The school provides Spanish-language Montessori materials, in addition to English-language ones, for students with English as a second language.

Each class has a mixture of different ages, and as a result each teacher is required to study, for a period of one year, how to customize a lesson plan for different students.

[27] Those east of Montrose Boulevard are instead zoned to the Gregory-Lincoln Educational Center middle school program.