McVey (Joseph M.) Elementary School

McVey (Joseph M.) Elementary School is a close-knit elementary school in Newark, Delaware, part of Christina School District. The school serves 319 students in grades K through 5. By comparison, Delaware's public schools average about 461 students each, so McVey (Joseph M.) Elementary School sits 31% leaner than that benchmark.

Christina School District comprises 28 schools with combined enrollment of 12,954 students; McVey (Joseph M.) Elementary School is among them.

On demographics, McVey (Joseph M.) Elementary School records that the most-represented group is Black (42%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 31% White, 20% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 3% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 26% Black, putting the school's mix noticeably more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.4:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.9:1 average.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for New Castle County indicate the typical household earns roughly $91,166 per year, about 40% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Across New Castle County's 129 public schools (combined enrollment of about 78,534 students), McVey (Joseph M.) Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: West Park Place Elementary School, around 1.4 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

McVey (Joseph M.) Elementary School operates from a suburban location.

Looking at the recent track record. McVey (Joseph M.) Elementary School's enrollment has declined 19% since 2018, when it stood at 394 (now 319). Over the same period, the Black share rose from 34% to 42%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 13.6:1 in 2018 to 11.4:1 in 2025.

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