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What do you wish you knew before starting at Baltz (Austin D.) Elementary School?
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Enrollment
549
Elementary
DISTRICT 470 · STATE 461
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·RED CLAY CONSOLIDATED SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 100130000264
Baltz (Austin D.) Elementary School
1500 Spruce Avenue, Wilmington, DE 19805 · (302) 992-5560 · New Castle County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL549 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 7% of Delaware public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ·Beats expectations Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Delaware public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
13.1:1
42 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.8:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
,
Title I proxy
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 81 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 91 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 88 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 101 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 102 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 86 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (81) is 6% smaller than its 5th grade class (86).
Student demographics
62%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · STATE 71% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
DeSSA + SBAC 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
22.2%
DE avg 41.4% . +2.9pp since 2023
Math
18.2%
DE avg 34.0% . +0.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the DeSSA + SBAC, Delaware's statewide test, about 22 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 18 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Delaware schools, those numbers are about 41 and 34. Reading and writing scores are up about 3 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
DeSSA + SBAC results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 22.2% | 18.2% |
| 2023-24 | 19.3% | 17.7% |
% Proficient, all students and all tested grades.
Source: DeSSA + SBAC. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
Where Baltz (Austin D.) Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Delaware | In New Castle County |
|---|---|---|---|
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 18.2% | #92 of 108 ▲ 1 | #50 of 62 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 22.2% | #95 of 108 ▲ 3 | #52 of 62 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 549 | #36 of 127 | #18 of 72 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.1:1 | #44 of 119 | #33 of 67 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.6% | #70 of 120 | #42 of 68 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +10.5% | #19 of 37 | #8 of 16 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
549
+17 (+3%) vs 2020
-37% since 1990-91, when it was 875
Student : Teacher
13.1:1
was 12.4:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 549 | 42 | 13.1:1 | N/A |
| 2023-24 | 528 | 45 | 11.7:1 | N/A |
| 2022-23 | 528 | 44.2 | 11.9:1 | N/A |
| 2020-21 | 532 | 43 | 12.4:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 497 | 38 | 13.1:1 | N/A |
| 2015-16 | 536 | 38 | 14.1:1 | 99% (533) |
| 2010-11 | 548 | 47 | 11.7:1 | 75% (409) |
| 2000-01 | 819 | 56 | 14.6:1 | 59% (482) |
| 1990-91 | 875 | 57 | 15.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Baltz (Austin D.) Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 10% (497 to 549); teachers up 11% (38 to 42).
About Baltz (Austin D.) Elementary School
Baltz (Austin D.) Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school in Wilmington, Delaware, (ZIP code 19805). It covers kindergarten through 5, with a total enrollment of 549 students.
Baltz (Austin D.) Elementary School falls under Red Clay Consolidated School District, which has 27 schools enrolling 14,444 students.
Roughly 54% of students at Baltz (Austin D.) Elementary School are Hispanic. Other groups make up 25% Black, 17% White, and 3% multiracial. County-wide, 12% of New Castle County residents are Hispanic. Pick two students at random and there is a 62% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The school has about 13.1 students per teacher and 42 full-time-equivalent teachers. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Delaware.
Measured against Delaware public elementary schools, Baltz (Austin D.) Elementary School receives a D. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Baltz (Austin D.) Elementary School is located in New Castle County, where the median household income is $91,166, about 40% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 7%. Besides Baltz (Austin D.) Elementary School, New Castle County has 128 other public schools.
Of nearby public schools, Charter School of Wilmington is the closest, at about 0.9 miles. Baltz (Austin D.) Elementary School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles.
Federal records code the school's setting as Suburb: Large.
The school enrolled 549 students in 2024-25, 17 more than the 532 it had in 2020-21.
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New Castle County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
577,961
Census ACS
Median income
$91,166
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
40%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
129
78,534 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Red Clay Consolidated School District
- Conrad Schools of ScienceHigh · 1,164 students
- Dickinson (John) SchoolHigh · 1,027 students
- Brandywine Springs SchoolElementary · 941 students
- Calloway (Cab) School of the ArtsHigh · 941 students
- McKean (Thomas) High SchoolHigh · 920 students
- duPont (H.B.) Middle SchoolMiddle · 764 students
Other schools in Wilmington
- Odyssey Charter SchoolCombined · 2,286 students
- Delcastle Technical High SchoolHigh · 1,605 students
- Conrad Schools of ScienceHigh · 1,164 students
- Mount Pleasant High SchoolHigh · 1,084 students
- Dickinson (John) SchoolHigh · 1,027 students
- Concord High SchoolHigh · 994 students
Nearby schools
- Charter School of Wilmington0.9 mi · 977
- Calloway (Cab) School of the Arts0.9 mi · 941
- Douglass School1.1 mi · 119
- Odyssey Charter School1.1 mi · 2,286
- Marbrook Elementary School1.4 mi · 465
- Conrad Schools of Science1.4 mi · 1,164
Frequently asked questions
About Baltz (Austin D.) Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Baltz (Austin D.) Elementary School?
Baltz (Austin D.) Elementary School enrolls approximately 549 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Baltz (Austin D.) Elementary School serve?
Baltz (Austin D.) Elementary School serves grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at Baltz (Austin D.) Elementary School?
Approximately 13.1:1 students per teacher at Baltz (Austin D.) Elementary School.
How diverse is Baltz (Austin D.) Elementary School?
Baltz (Austin D.) Elementary School reports a student body of 17% White, 54% Hispanic, 25% Black, 0% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Baltz (Austin D.) Elementary School?
Baltz (Austin D.) Elementary School is overseen by Red Clay Consolidated School District in New Castle County.
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