Enrollment
347
Elementary
DISTRICT 470 · STATE 461
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·RED CLAY CONSOLIDATED SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 100130000258
Lewis (William C.) Dual Language Elementary School
920 North Van Buren Street, Wilmington, DE 19806 · (302) 651-2695 · New Castle County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL347 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 28% of Delaware public elementary schools
- CTest 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
12.0:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.8:1 · 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 | 70 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 60 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 66 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 64 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 48 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 39 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (70) is 79% larger than its 5th grade class (39).
Student demographics
59%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
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DeSSA + SBAC 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
24.0%
DE avg 41.4% . -8.8pp since 2023
Math
14.9%
DE avg 34.0% . -1.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the DeSSA + SBAC, Delaware's statewide test, about 24 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 15 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Delaware schools, those numbers are about 41 and 34. Reading and writing scores are down about 9 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 1 points.
DeSSA + SBAC results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 24.0% | 14.9% |
| 2023-24 | 32.8% | 16.2% |
% Proficient, all students and all tested grades.
Source: DeSSA + SBAC. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
Where Lewis (William C.) Dual Language Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Delaware | In New Castle County |
|---|---|---|---|
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 14.9% | #96 of 108 no change | #52 of 62 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 24.0% | #91 of 108 ▼ 19 | #49 of 62 ▼ 14 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 347 | #92 of 127 | #49 of 72 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.0:1 | #22 of 119 | #18 of 67 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.6% | #87 of 120 | #51 of 68 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -24.6% | #17 of 78 | #12 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
347
-62 (-15%) vs 2020
-37% since 1990-91, when it was 552
Student : Teacher
12.0:1
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 | 347 | 29 | 12.0:1 | N/A |
| 2023-24 | 316 | 36 | 8.8:1 | N/A |
| 2022-23 | 371 | 42 | 8.8:1 | N/A |
| 2020-21 | 409 | 38 | 10.8:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 460 | 32 | 14.4:1 | N/A |
| 2015-16 | 467 | 31 | 15.1:1 | 99% (464) |
| 2010-11 | 438 | 33 | 13.3:1 | 84% (367) |
| 2000-01 | 462 | 28 | 16.5:1 | 82% (381) |
| 1990-91 | 552 | 27 | 20.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lewis (William C.) Dual Language Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 25% (460 to 347); teachers down 9% (32 to 29).
About Lewis (William C.) Dual Language Elementary School
Lewis (William C.) Dual Language Elementary School operates as a small elementary school in Wilmington, Delaware. It covers kindergarten through 5, with a total enrollment of 347 students. Enrollment is 25% lower than the average for elementary schools in Delaware, which is about 461.
Across its 27 schools, Red Clay Consolidated School District enrolls 14,444 students. Lewis (William C.) Dual Language Elementary School is one of those schools.
By race and ethnicity, Lewis (William C.) Dual Language Elementary School is 54% Hispanic. Beyond that, enrollment is 34% Black and 10% White. In New Castle County overall, about 12% of residents are Hispanic. By the diversity index, Lewis (William C.) Dual Language Elementary School comes in at 59%.
The count of teachers at Lewis (William C.) Dual Language Elementary School is 29 full-time equivalents, for a ratio of 12.0:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in Delaware is 13.9:1, higher than at this school.
Measured against Delaware public elementary schools, Lewis (William C.) Dual Language Elementary School receives a C. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Among New Castle County residents, 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. Lewis (William C.) Dual Language Elementary School is one of 129 public schools in New Castle County, which together enroll about 78,534 students.
The shortest distance from Lewis (William C.) Dual Language Elementary School to another public school is about 0.5 miles, to First State School. The five-mile area around Lewis (William C.) Dual Language Elementary School holds at least 8 other public schools.
Locale: City: Small. In NCES terms, the school is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count declined from 409 to 347. Federal data show the ratio rising from 10.8:1 to 12.0:1.
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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
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Other schools in Red Clay Consolidated School District
- Conrad Schools of ScienceHigh · 1,164 students
- Dickinson (John) SchoolHigh · 1,027 students
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- McKean (Thomas) High SchoolHigh · 920 students
- duPont (H.B.) Middle SchoolMiddle · 764 students
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- Odyssey Charter SchoolCombined · 2,286 students
- Delcastle Technical High SchoolHigh · 1,605 students
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- Mount Pleasant High SchoolHigh · 1,084 students
- Dickinson (John) SchoolHigh · 1,027 students
- Concord High SchoolHigh · 994 students
Nearby schools
- First State School0.5 mi · 21
- Freire Charter School0.6 mi · 406
- Shortlidge (Evan G.) Academy0.7 mi · 340
- First State Montessori Academy0.7 mi · 657
- Kuumba Academy Charter School0.8 mi · 594
- Great Oaks Charter School0.8 mi · 149
Frequently asked questions
About Lewis (William C.) Dual Language Elementary SchoolHow large is Lewis (William C.) Dual Language Elementary School?
Lewis (William C.) Dual Language Elementary School enrolls approximately 347 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Lewis (William C.) Dual Language Elementary School serve?
Lewis (William C.) Dual Language Elementary School serves grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Lewis (William C.) Dual Language Elementary School have?
Lewis (William C.) Dual Language Elementary School employs 29 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.0:1.
What is the student diversity at Lewis (William C.) Dual Language Elementary School?
Student demographics at Lewis (William C.) Dual Language Elementary School are roughly 10% White, 54% Hispanic, 34% Black, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Lewis (William C.) Dual Language Elementary School?
Lewis (William C.) Dual Language Elementary School is overseen by Red Clay Consolidated School District in New Castle County.
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