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What's the vibe like in the hallways at Mount Pleasant Elementary School right now?
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Enrollment
674
Combined
DISTRICT 647 · STATE 703
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BRANDYWINE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 100124000318
Mount Pleasant Elementary School
500 Duncan Road, Wilmington, DE 19809 · (302) 762-7120 · New Castle County
GRADES KG–12COMBINED21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL674 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.4:1
50 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.3:1 · STATE 11.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
,
Title I proxy
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other combined schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 98 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 141 | 21% |
| Grade 2 | 133 | 20% |
| Grade 3 | 154 | 23% |
| Grade 4 | 77 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 68 | 10% |
| Grade 12 | 3 | 0% |
This year's kindergarten class (98) is 44% larger than its 5th grade class (68).
Student demographics
68%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
Test scores
DeSSA + SBAC 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
35.6%
DE avg 41.4% . -6.0pp since 2023
Math
35.4%
DE avg 34.0% . -5.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the DeSSA + SBAC, Delaware's statewide test, about 36 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 35 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 5 points.
DeSSA + SBAC results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 35.6% | 35.4% |
| 2023-24 | 41.6% | 40.5% |
% Proficient, all students and all tested grades.
Source: DeSSA + SBAC. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
Where Mount Pleasant Elementary School ranks
Among K-12 schools| Measure | This school | In Delaware | In New Castle County |
|---|---|---|---|
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 674 | #1 of 13 | #1 of 7 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.4:1 | #5 of 6 | N/A |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.4% | #2 of 6 | N/A |
Ranked against other public K-12 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
674
-36 (-5%) vs 2020
+26% since 1990-91, when it was 533
Student : Teacher
13.4:1
was 13.4:1
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 | 674 | 50.2 | 13.4:1 | N/A |
| 2023-24 | 710 | 55.2 | 12.9:1 | N/A |
| 2022-23 | 704 | 54.6 | 12.9:1 | N/A |
| 2020-21 | 710 | 53 | 13.4:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 721 | 55 | 13.1:1 | N/A |
| 2015-16 | 759 | 55 | 13.8:1 | 38% (290) |
| 2010-11 | 813 | 56 | 14.5:1 | 46% (370) |
| 2000-01 | 555 | 37 | 15.0:1 | 33% (183) |
| 1990-91 | 533 | 25 | 21.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mount Pleasant Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (721 to 674); teachers down 9% (55 to 50.2).
About Mount Pleasant Elementary School
A medium-sized combined-grade school in Wilmington, Delaware, Mount Pleasant Elementary School is part of Brandywine School District. The school counts 674 students across kindergarten through 12.
Brandywine School District counts 16 schools and 10,349 students, including Mount Pleasant Elementary School.
Mount Pleasant Elementary School's enrollment has no majority group, and Black students are the largest at 40%. Other students are 37% White, 10% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, and 6% Asian. By comparison, New Castle County residents are about 26% Black. Mount Pleasant Elementary School has a diversity index of 68%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
A ratio of 13.4:1 comes from the school's 50.2 full-time-equivalent teachers. For comparison, combined schools in Delaware average 11.1:1.
Across New Castle County, median household income is about $91,166, roughly 40% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. The public schools of New Castle County number 129 and enroll about 78,534.
The nearest public school is Mount Pleasant High School, at about 0.5 miles. Mount Pleasant Elementary School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles.
Mount Pleasant Elementary School is coded as Suburb: Large in federal locale data.
Mount Pleasant Elementary School had 710 students in 2020-21 and 674 in 2024-25, a 5% decrease.
Community posts for Mount Pleasant Elementary School can cover sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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
Other Mount Pleasant Elementary schools
7 other US public schools in 5 states are named Mount Pleasant Elementary. Mount Pleasant Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 8.
- Mount Pleasant ElementaryMount Pleasant, NC · 679 students
- MOUNT PLEASANT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLSMITHTOWN, NY · 479 students
- Mount Pleasant Elementary SchoolLIVINGSTON, NJ · 407 students
- Mount Pleasant Elementary SchoolWEST ORANGE, NJ · 349 students
- Mount Pleasant ElementaryRoanoke, VA · 246 students
Nearby schools
- Mount Pleasant High School0.5 mi · 1,084
- Carrcroft Elementary School1.3 mi · 475
- Harlan (David W. ) Elementary School1.9 mi · 322
- East Side Charter School1.9 mi · 434
- Maple Lane Elementary School2.0 mi · 363
- duPont (Pierre S.) Middle School2.0 mi · 730
Frequently asked questions
About Mount Pleasant Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Mount Pleasant Elementary School?
Mount Pleasant Elementary School enrolls approximately 674 students in grades KG-12.
Is Mount Pleasant Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Mount Pleasant Elementary School is a combined-grade school covering grades KG-12.
How many teachers does Mount Pleasant Elementary School have?
Mount Pleasant Elementary School employs 50 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.4:1.
What is the student diversity at Mount Pleasant Elementary School?
Student demographics at Mount Pleasant Elementary School are roughly 37% White, 10% Hispanic, 40% Black, 6% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is Mount Pleasant Elementary School in?
Mount Pleasant Elementary School is part of Brandywine School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.