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Mount Pleasant Elementary School

Serves grades KG - 5

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2022 – 2023 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2021
  • Educational Environment: 2022 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2024

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School Overview

Address
500 Duncan Road
Wilmington, DE 19809
Phone
(302) 762-7120
District
Brandywine School District
County
NEW CASTLE COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
704
Classroom Teachers
55

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Delaware

5

(10 is best)

Better than 45.7% of all DE schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

4

(10 is best)

Mount Pleasant Elementary School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 3

70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0
80 60 40 20 0
58%
41%
57%
39%
59%
43%
58%
41%
57%
39%
59%
43%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 4

50 40 30 20 10 0
18%
40%
16%
40%
19%
40%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 5

50 40 30 20 10 0
22%
39%
28%
45%
15%
33%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

17.5 15 12.5 10 7.5 5 2.5 0
13
13
14
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Kindergarten 120 17.0%
Grade 1 135 19.2%
Grade 2 145 20.6%
Grade 3 140 19.9%
Grade 4 90 12.8%
Grade 5 74 10.5%
Total 704 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 42.7% 44.0% 42.8%
Black 40.5% 40.1% 32.1%
Hispanic 7.5% 8.6% 20.0%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 8.5% 6.6% 4.5%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.8% 0.8% 0.6%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged Unreported Unreported Unreported
Free lunch eligible Unreported Unreported Unreported
Reduced lunch eligible Unreported Unreported Unreported
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 92,369 1,018,396
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 2,850.9 517
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 5.9% 5.4%
5-19 YEARS OLD 16.9% 18.1%
20-44 YEARS OLD 29.7% 30.8%
45-64 YEARS OLD 27.2% 26.1%
65 OR OLDER 20.2% 19.6%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 38,142 389,000
Single Parent Households With Children 7.7% 8.7%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 95.2% 91.2%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 46.7% 34.5%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 26.4% 20.4%
$100,000 - $149,999 18.6% 18.3%
$75,000 - $99,999 12.1% 14.0%
$50,000 - $74,999 15.3% 16.3%
$30,000 - $49,999 12.6% 14.2%
$15,000 - $29,999 8.2% 9.5%
$15,000 or less 6.9% 7.4%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,786 $91,087,000 45.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $3,753 $38,905,000 19.4%
Staff $784 $8,128,000 4.1%
General Administration $161 $1,665,000 0.8%
School Administration $1,069 $11,078,000 5.5%
Operation $2,261 $23,439,000 11.7%
Transportation $359 $3,720,000 1.9%
Other $490 $5,080,000 2.5%
Total Support $8,876 $92,015,000 45.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $1,654 $17,151,000 8.6%
Total Expenditures $19,316 $200,253,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $9,459 $1,338,163,000 51.3%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,889 $267,179,000 10.2%
Staff $654 $92,578,000 3.5%
General Administration $169 $23,910,000 0.9%
School Administration $876 $123,958,000 4.7%
Operation $1,704 $241,019,000 9.2%
Transportation $739 $104,529,000 4.0%
Other $600 $84,874,000 3.3%
Total Support $6,631 $938,047,000 35.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,360 $333,874,000 12.8%
Total Expenditures $18,450 $2,610,084,000 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,505 $421,432,149,000 50.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $912 $45,189,184,320 5.4%
Staff $715 $35,442,027,000 4.2%
General Administration $282 $13,997,625,000 1.7%
School Administration $800 $39,661,338,000 4.7%
Operation $1,302 $64,530,934,000 7.7%
Transportation $501 $24,826,324,680 3.0%
Other $567 $28,090,428,000 3.3%
Total Support $5,081 $251,737,861,000 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,383 $167,614,653,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $16,969 $840,784,663,000 100.0%

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