Schools · Wilmington
Wilmington, DE schools
Wilmington’s public schools score close to Delaware’s averages: 42% of students are proficient in reading against 41.9% statewide, and 89% of high schoolers graduate on time against 88.9%. Kids attend one of 5 elementary schools through grade 5, then one of 5 middle schools, Calloway (Cab) School of the Arts or Maurice Pritchett SR. Academy or The Bayard School and Calloway (Cab) School of the Arts.
Grades, test scores, graduation, spending and every school, from U.S. Department of Education data.
TownTapestry School GradeNew
C+
Wilmington’s School Grade: C+
The public schools Wilmington’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 56% of Delaware’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they sit near the middle.
B-Test scoresC+Graduation
Delaware school districts we grade (41)Better than 44%
Lower resultsHigher results
Delaware towns with similar household incomes (27)Better than 37%
High confidence. Built on 12,403 tested students and a graduating class of 812; ordinary year-to-year swings are unlikely to change the grade.
How the School Grade works
- Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on Delaware’s state tests, each against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown below but don’t count toward the grade. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
- The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids: every district that serves it, weighted by the number of students tested in each. Tests count 60% and graduation 40%.
- Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are lined up against the rest of Delaware only. A+ top 5%A next 10%A- next 10%B B+ to B−, next 30%C C+ to C−, next 30%D D and D−, bottom 15%
- Individual schools are graded the same way on their own test results, against every public school in Delaware with 25+ students. Private schools aren’t graded: they don’t take the state tests.
- What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income closely, so a high grade partly reflects who lives in a town. That’s why we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.
School path
Where Wilmington kids go to school
Grades PK–5
5 elementary schoolsDepends on your address · see the list Red Clay Consolidated School DistrictGrades 9–12
A+Calloway (Cab) School of the Arts or D-Maurice Pritchett SR. Academy or D-The Bayard School
Depends on your address Red Clay Consolidated School DistrictGrades 12
A+Calloway (Cab) School of the Arts
941 students · Wilmington Red Clay Consolidated School DistrictBased on district boundaries from the U.S. Department of Education. Check with the district before you enroll.
Test scores · 2020–21
Well below the state in reading
Reading (Colonial)30%
State average 41.9%
Reading (grades PK–12, Red Clay Consolidated)42%
State average 41.9%
Reading (grades 6–8, Christina)33%
State average 41.9%
Math (Colonial)15%
State average 26.5%
Math (grades PK–12, Red Clay Consolidated)27%
State average 26.5%
Math (grades 6–8, Christina)22%
State average 26.5%
Graduation · class of 2020
89% graduate on time
Graduation rate
89%
DE: 88.9%
Graduating class
812
students
The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years.
Districts
Three districts serve Wilmington
Colonial School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 15 schools · 8,575 students
$23,840 per studentDE $22,312CRed Clay Consolidated School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 28 schools · 14,444 students
$23,294 per studentDE $22,312BChristina School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 29 schools · 12,954 students
$34,491 per studentDE $22,312DEach district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Every school
All 34 schools in Wilmington
Showing 1–30 of 34 schools
First State Montessori AcademyElementary · Grades K–8 · 657 students
ACharterMaurice Pritchett SR. AcademyElementary · Grades 1–8 · 616 students
D-PublicKuumba Academy Charter SchoolElementary · Grades K–8 · 594 students
C-CharterThe Bayard SchoolElementary · Grades 1–8 · 571 students
D-PublicEdison (Thomas A.) Charter SchoolElementary · Grades K–8 · 557 students
DCharterEast Side Charter SchoolElementary · Grades K–8 · 434 students
C+CharterWarner Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades 3–5 · 395 students
D-PublicLewis (William C.) Dual Language Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades K–5 · 347 students
D-PublicShortlidge (Evan G.) AcademyElementary · Grades K–2 · 340 students
PublicHarlan (David W. ) Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades K–5 · 322 students
D-PublicJohnson (Joseph E. Jr) Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades K–5 · 276 students
C-PublicStubbs Early Education CenterElementary · Grades PK–K · 148 students
PublicPulaski Early Education CenterElementary · Grades PK–K · 93 students
PublicduPont (Pierre S.) Middle SchoolMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 730 students
A-PublicCharter School of WilmingtonHigh · Grades 9–12 · 977 students
A+CharterCalloway (Cab) School of the ArtsHigh · Grades 6–12 · 941 students
A+PublicHoward High School of TechnologyHigh · Grades 9–12 · 905 students
DPublicFreire Charter SchoolHigh · Grades 8–12 · 406 students
C-CharterGreat Oaks Charter SchoolHigh · Grades 9–12 · 149 students
DCharterDouglass SchoolOther · Grades 1–12 · 119 students
D-PublicFirst State SchoolOther · Grades 1–11 · 21 students
PublicDARUL AMAANAH ACADEMY
PrivateMARANATHA CHRISTIAN ACADEMY
PrivateNATIVITY PREPARATORY SCHOOL OF WILMINGTON
PrivatePADUA ACADEMY
PrivateSERVIAM GIRLS ACADEMY
PrivateSHARON TEMPLE ADVENTIST SCHOOL
PrivateST ANN SCHOOL
PrivateST ANTHONY OF PADUA GRADE SCHOOL
PrivateST ELIZABETH SCHOOL
PrivateSchool data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES). Ratings are from neighbors on TownTapestry.