Mount Pleasant Elementary School

Set in Wilmington, Delaware, Mount Pleasant Elementary School is a moderately sized K-12 campus, run under Brandywine School District. It instructs 674 students across grades K through 12.

Across the 16 schools in Brandywine School District (10,349 students total), Mount Pleasant Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Mount Pleasant Elementary School reports that 40% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school lists 37% White, 10% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 6% Asian. That is considerably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 26%.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 50 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.4:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.1:1, putting Mount Pleasant Elementary School higher than the state norm the norm.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for New Castle County indicate median household earnings sit near $91,166, roughly 40% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, New Castle County runs 129 public schools (combined enrollment of about 78,534 students), of which Mount Pleasant Elementary School is one.

Mount Pleasant High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Mount Pleasant Elementary School.

Mount Pleasant Elementary School operates from a bedroom-community location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 7%: 721 students in 2018 compared to 674 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 42% to 37% across the same window.

On the community side, members of the Mount Pleasant Elementary School community share and discuss science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.