📍 501 West 14th Street, Wilmington, New Castle County, 19899
First State School is an Alternative/PRU serving other age pupils, located in Wilmington, New Castle County. The school has 18 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Red Clay Consolidated School District school district. It serves grades 1–10 in an urban setting. The school employs 5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 3.6:1. 25% of students are proficient in reading. 25% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
First State School enrolls 18 students across grades 1–10. The student body is 33% male and 67% female. A teaching staff of 5 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 3.6:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 61% Black or African American, 17% Hispanic or Latino and 11% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 11 | 61% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 3 | 17% |
| White | 2 | 11% |
| Two or more races | 2 | 11% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
First State School is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Small). For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district DE At-Large, state senate district 3, state house district 2.
First State School is one of 28 schools in Red Clay Consolidated School District, based in Wilmington, Delaware. The district serves 14,444 students district-wide and employs 1,095 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 18 students, First State School is smaller than the district average of about 516 students per school.
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Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Small