First State School

First State School operates as a tiny K-12 campus in Wilmington, Delaware, one of the schools within Red Clay Consolidated School District. Current enrollment sits at 21 students spanning grades 1 through 11. By comparison, Delaware's public schools average about 703 students each, so First State School sits 97% leaner than that benchmark.

Across the 27 schools in Red Clay Consolidated School District (14,444 students total), First State School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, First State School records that 62% of the student body identifies as Black. Beyond that, the school lists 14% White, 14% multiracial, 10% Hispanic. That is meaningfully more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 26%.

Looking at school resources, First State School reports 6 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 3.5:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 11.1:1 average.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for New Castle County put median household earnings sit near $91,166, roughly 40% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. First State School is one of 129 public schools in New Castle County (combined enrollment of about 78,534 students).

Nearest neighbor: Freire Charter School, around 0.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The campus sits in a metropolitan setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 16%: 25 students in 2018 compared to 21 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 72% to 62% across the same window. Class-load math has tightened: from 8.3:1 in 2018 to 3.5:1 in 2025.

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