Colonial School District

District Summary

318 East Basin Road
New Castle, DE 19720-4214

(302) 323-2700

SchoolDigger Rank:
26^th of 31 Delaware districts

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Grades served: PK, KG-12
Students: 9,132

Primary Schools: 9
Middle Schools: 3
High Schools: 1
Alternative Schools: 1

We found 15 schools.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2023)				Ranking (2022)				DeSSA Science (2023)				DeSSA Social Studies (2023)	SAT English Language Arts (2023)	SAT Mathematics (2023)	SAT Essay (2023)	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts (2023)						Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics (2023)						Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2023)	Statewide Rank (2023)	State Percentile (2023)	SchoolDigger Rating (2023)	Average Standard Score (2022)	Statewide Rank (2022)	State Percentile (2022)	Rank Change from Previous Year	DeSSA Science 5th Grade	DeSSA Science 8th Grade	DeSSA Science 9th Grade	DeSSA Science 10th Grade	DeSSA Social Studies 11th Grade	SAT English Language Arts 11th Grade	SAT Mathematics 11th Grade	SAT Essay 11th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts 3rd Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts 4th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts 8th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 3rd Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 4th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 8th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Southern Elementary School	Public	K-5	795 Cox Neck Road	New Castle	19720	New Castle County	Colonial School District	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(302) 832-6300	737	62	11.8		249 (33.8%)	369 (50.1%)	70 (9.5%)	23 (3.1%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.3%)	24 (3.3%)	15.3	89^th of 105 public elementary schools	15.2%		20.7	80^th of 104 public elementary schools	23.1%	9	9.3								23.2	24.1	29.6				20.4	20.5	15.0				$21,301	$1,249	$23,783
Leach (John G.) School	Public, Alternative	PK, KG-12	10 Landers Lane	New Castle	19720	New Castle County	Colonial School District	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(302) 429-4055	88	17	5.1		31 (35.2%)	36 (40.9%)	16 (18.2%)	4 (4.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.1%)								(n/a)																					$123,173	$4,783	$140,364
Wilmington Manor Elementary School	Public	K-8	200 East Roosevelt Avenue	New Castle	19720	New Castle County	Colonial School District	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(302) 323-2901	482	38	12.6		160 (33.2%)	168 (34.9%)	111 (23.0%)	10 (2.1%)	3 (0.6%)	3 (0.6%)	27 (5.6%)	24.4	76^th of 105 public elementary schools	27.6%		18.5	83^rd of 104 public elementary schools	20.2%	7	16.1								30.5	21.8	37.3				32.8	22.6	16.7				$16,818	$392	$19,806
Pleasantville Elementary School	Public	K-5	16 Pleasant Street	New Castle	19720	New Castle County	Colonial School District	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(302) 323-2935	379	32	11.8		98 (25.9%)	174 (45.9%)	77 (20.3%)	8 (2.1%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (5.3%)	14.4	91^st of 105 public elementary schools	13.3%		25.2	76^th of 104 public elementary schools	26.9%	15	8.2								14.8	17.2	41.7				16.4	13.9	16.4				$17,096	$672	$19,897
Eisenberg (Harry O.) Elementary School	Public	K-5	27 Landers Lane	New Castle	19720	New Castle County	Colonial School District	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(302) 429-4074	399	34	11.7		38 (9.5%)	178 (44.6%)	158 (39.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (6.3%)	25.9	74^th of 105 public elementary schools	29.5%		14.7	91^st of 104 public elementary schools	12.5%	17	12.7								15.9	41.6	29.2				21.4	32.5	24.7				$14,790	$695	$16,625
The Colwyck Center	Public	PK	12 Landers Lane	New Castle	19720	New Castle County	Colonial School District	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(302) 429-4085	177	24	7.3		115 (65.0%)	26 (14.7%)	25 (14.1%)	5 (2.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (3.4%)								(n/a)																					$47,648	$3,241	$51,888
Castle Hills Elementary School	Public	K-5	502 Moores Lane	New Castle	19720	New Castle County	Colonial School District	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(302) 323-2915	492	40	12.3		96 (19.5%)	202 (41.1%)	137 (27.8%)	19 (3.9%)	6 (1.2%)	1 (0.2%)	31 (6.3%)	16.5	87^th of 105 public elementary schools	17.1%		17.2	86^th of 104 public elementary schools	17.3%	1	6.3								22.7	26.9	25.3				25.0	22.6	16.7				$15,324	$814	$17,498
Downie (Carrie) Elementary School	Public	K-5	1201 Delaware Street	New Castle	19720	New Castle County	Colonial School District	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(302) 323-2926	353	25	14.1		96 (27.2%)	156 (44.2%)	79 (22.4%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.6%)	19 (5.4%)	14.4	90^th of 105 public elementary schools	14.3%		9.7	95^th of 104 public elementary schools	8.7%	5									33.3	18.0	17.9				22.7	8.2	10.7				$14,319	$403	$16,680
Read (George) Middle School	Public	6-8	314 East Basin Road	New Castle	19720	New Castle County	Colonial School District	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(302) 323-2760	694	51	13.6		205 (29.5%)	284 (40.9%)	158 (22.8%)	15 (2.2%)	2 (0.3%)	1 (0.1%)	29 (4.2%)	19	49^th of 55 public middle schools	10.9%		16.2	45^th of 51 public middle schools	11.8%	4		10.8										19.7	20.3	36.5				9.4	6.6	17.3	$15,716	$1,451	$16,970
Bedford (Gunning) Middle School	Public	6-8	801 Cox Neck Road	New Castle	19720	New Castle County	Colonial School District	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(302) 832-6280	936	54	17.3		245 (26.2%)	489 (52.2%)	143 (15.3%)	25 (2.7%)	4 (0.4%)	2 (0.2%)	28 (3.0%)	25.3	43^rd of 55 public middle schools	21.8%		26.2	38^th of 51 public middle schools	25.5%	5		9.2										24.0	37.8	35.3				16.3	13.5	16.9	$12,575	$547	$14,382
Penn (William) High School	Public	9-12	713 East Basin Road	New Castle	19720	New Castle County	Colonial School District	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(302) 323-2800	2,239	124	18.0		532 (23.8%)	1,073 (47.9%)	501 (22.4%)	44 (2.0%)	7 (0.3%)	10 (0.4%)	72 (3.2%)	23.1	31^st of 39 public high schools	20.5%		23.2	32^nd of 39 public high schools	17.9%	1			11.8	12.5	12.7	26.7	10.6	32.8													$14,220	$702	$15,934
Wilbur (Kathleen H.) Elementary	Public	K-5	4050 Wrangle Hill Road	Bear	19701	New Castle County	Colonial School District	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(302) 832-6330	1,044	75	13.9		288 (27.6%)	470 (45.0%)	169 (16.2%)	44 (4.2%)	3 (0.3%)	2 (0.2%)	68 (6.5%)	42.7	61^st of 105 public elementary schools	41.9%		43.3	61^st of 104 public elementary schools	41.3%		24.9								36.9	39.2	47.3				36.3	27.0	27.7				$13,044	$645	$14,882
McCullough (Calvin R. ) Middle School	Public	6-8	20 Chase Avenue	New Castle	19720	New Castle County	Colonial School District	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(302) 429-4000	705	42	16.7		117 (16.6%)	320 (45.4%)	234 (33.2%)	2 (0.3%)	1 (0.1%)	2 (0.3%)	29 (4.1%)	6.9	54^th of 55 public middle schools	1.8%		7.3	50^th of 51 public middle schools	2.0%	4		3.5										11.0	13.5	10.5				4.6	6.2	5.6	$14,743	$669	$17,050
New Castle Elementary School	Public	K-5	903 Delaware Street	New Castle	19720	New Castle County	Colonial School District	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(302) 323-2880	407	33	12.3		84 (20.6%)	197 (48.4%)	109 (26.8%)	2 (0.5%)	4 (1.0%)	3 (0.7%)	8 (2.0%)	5.4	102^nd of 105 public elementary schools	2.9%		8.4	97^th of 104 public elementary schools	6.7%	5									8.5	9.1	23.5				7.0		8.5				$14,895	$676	$16,750
The Wallace Wallin School	Public		701 East Basin Road	New Castle	19720	New Castle County	Colonial School District	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(302) 323-2952	0	0	17.8		0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)																					$32,032	$1,878	$37,310

District	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Charter School of New Castle	2.21 mi	1	28^th
Red Clay Consolidated School District	3.65 mi	29	14^th
Delaware Military Academy	3.7 mi	1
Christina School District	4.15 mi	28	15^th
New Castle County Vocational-Technical School District	4.6 mi	4	23^rd

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