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duPont (Pierre S.) Middle School
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About duPont (Pierre S.) Middle School
Set in Wilmington, Delaware, duPont (Pierre S.) Middle School is a medium-sized intermediate school, operated by Brandywine School District. It works with 730 students across grades 6 through 8.
Brandywine School District runs 16 schools in total, collectively educating 10,349 students. duPont (Pierre S.) Middle School is one of those campuses.
On the student-mix side, duPont (Pierre S.) Middle School lists that the most-represented group is Black (49%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder is composed of 26% White, 10% Hispanic, 7% Asian, 7% multiracial. That is visibly more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 26%.
On the income-and-resources front, duPont (Pierre S.) Middle School shows 60 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.2:1. The state averages around 16.4:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical.
In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for New Castle County indicate median household earnings sit near $91,166, about 40% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. duPont (Pierre S.) Middle School is one of 129 public schools in New Castle County (combined enrollment of about 78,534 students).
The closest other public school is Harlan (David W. ) Elementary School, roughly 0.2 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.
duPont (Pierre S.) Middle School operates from a downtown location.
Over the past 7-year window. duPont (Pierre S.) Middle School's enrollment has decreased 19% since 2018, when it stood at 899 (now 730). White enrollment moved from 34% to 26% across the same window.
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