Enrollment
322
Elementary
DISTRICT 477 · STATE 461
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BRANDYWINE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 100124000285
Harlan (David W. ) Elementary School
3601 Jefferson Street, Wilmington, DE 19802 · (302) 762-7156 · New Castle County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL322 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 15% of Delaware public elementary schools
- C-Test 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
9.5:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
,
Title I proxy
Community
0
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 | 43 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 62 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 72 | 22% |
| Grade 3 | 58 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 51 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 36 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (43) is 19% larger than its 5th grade class (36).
Student demographics
39%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 68% · 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
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DeSSA + SBAC 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
24.7%
DE avg 41.4% . +6.8pp since 2023
Math
21.9%
DE avg 34.0% . +4.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the DeSSA + SBAC, Delaware's statewide test, about 25 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 22 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 7 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
DeSSA + SBAC results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 24.7% | 21.9% |
| 2023-24 | 17.9% | 17.1% |
% Proficient, all students and all tested grades.
Source: DeSSA + SBAC. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
Where Harlan (David W. ) Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Delaware | In New Castle County |
|---|---|---|---|
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 21.9% | #87 of 108 ▲ 7 | #46 of 62 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 24.7% | #90 of 108 ▲ 9 | #48 of 62 ▲ 5 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 322 | #102 of 127 | #56 of 72 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.5:1 | #4 of 119 | #3 of 67 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 39.0% | #111 of 120 | #60 of 68 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.6% | #60 of 78 | #43 of 50 |
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
322
-35 (-10%) vs 2020
-60% since 1990-91, when it was 815
Student : Teacher
9.5:1
was 10.8:1
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 | 322 | 34 | 9.5:1 | N/A |
| 2023-24 | 343 | 33 | 10.4:1 | N/A |
| 2022-23 | 337 | 33.6 | 10.0:1 | N/A |
| 2020-21 | 357 | 33 | 10.8:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 341 | 28 | 12.2:1 | N/A |
| 2015-16 | 353 | 30 | 11.8:1 | 99% (350) |
| 2010-11 | 385 | 35 | 11.0:1 | 73% (282) |
| 2000-01 | 536 | 35 | 15.3:1 | 43% (230) |
| 1990-91 | 815 | 43 | 18.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Harlan (David W. ) Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 6% (341 to 322); teachers up 21% (28 to 34).
About Harlan (David W. ) Elementary School
Harlan (David W. ) Elementary School runs as a low-enrollment elementary school in Wilmington, Delaware. The school's 322 students are in kindergarten through 5. Enrollment is 30% lower than the average for elementary schools in Delaware, which is about 461.
Brandywine School District runs Harlan (David W. ) Elementary School along with 15 other schools, enrolling 10,349 students in total.
Harlan (David W. ) Elementary School's enrollment is 77% Black. Enrollment also includes 9% Hispanic, 7% White, and 5% multiracial. Among people living in New Castle County, the Black share is about 26%. Harlan (David W. ) Elementary School has a diversity index of 39%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Federal staffing data show 34 full-time-equivalent teachers at Harlan (David W. ) Elementary School and a ratio of 9.5:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in Delaware is 13.9:1, higher than at this school.
The allk12 Grade for Harlan (David W. ) Elementary School is C-. Compared with Delaware public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 15% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Within New Castle County, median household income is about $91,166, about 40% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. Federal data list 129 public schools in New Castle County, with a combined enrollment of about 78,534.
The shortest distance from Harlan (David W. ) Elementary School to another public school is about 0.2 miles, to duPont (Pierre S.) Middle School. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools.
For locale, NCES codes Harlan (David W. ) Elementary School as City: Small.
The 2024-25 enrollment of 322 was 10% lower than in 2020-21, when it was 357. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 10.8:1; by 2024-25 it was 9.5:1.
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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 Brandywine School District
- Mount Pleasant High SchoolHigh · 1,084 students
- Concord High SchoolHigh · 994 students
- Claymont Elementary SchoolElementary · 937 students
- Talley Middle SchoolMiddle · 900 students
- Brandywine High SchoolHigh · 897 students
- Springer Middle SchoolMiddle · 776 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
- duPont (Pierre S.) Middle School0.2 mi · 730
- East Side Charter School0.9 mi · 434
- Edison (Thomas A.) Charter School1.0 mi · 557
- Warner Elementary School1.0 mi · 395
- Shortlidge (Evan G.) Academy1.1 mi · 340
- Freire Charter School1.3 mi · 406
Frequently asked questions
About Harlan (David W. ) Elementary SchoolHow large is Harlan (David W. ) Elementary School?
Harlan (David W. ) Elementary School enrolls approximately 322 students in grades KG-05.
Is Harlan (David W. ) Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Harlan (David W. ) Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at Harlan (David W. ) Elementary School?
Approximately 9.5:1 students per teacher at Harlan (David W. ) Elementary School.
How diverse is Harlan (David W. ) Elementary School?
Harlan (David W. ) Elementary School reports a student body of 7% White, 9% Hispanic, 77% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Harlan (David W. ) Elementary School?
Harlan (David W. ) Elementary School is overseen by Brandywine School District in New Castle County.
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