Mount Pleasant High School

Located at 5201 Washington Street Extensi, in Wilmington, Delaware, Mount Pleasant High School is a moderately sized 9-12 campus that serves 1,084 students (grades 9 through 12), overseen by Brandywine School District.

Mount Pleasant High School is one of 16 schools operated by Brandywine School District, a district that instructs 10,349 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Mount Pleasant High School reports that the most-represented group is Black (48%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 32% White, 10% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 4% Asian. By comparison, New Castle County as a whole is about 26% Black, so the school skews visibly more Black than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Mount Pleasant High School logs 71 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.3:1. The state averages around 16.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical.

In the broader community, New Castle County reports that the typical household earns roughly $91,166 per year, about 40% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Mount Pleasant High School is one of 129 public schools in New Castle County (combined enrollment of about 78,534 students).

Mount Pleasant Elementary 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 High School.

Mount Pleasant High School operates from a residential location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Mount Pleasant High School's enrollment has edged up 6% since 2018, when it stood at 1,024 (now 1,084). The White share of enrollment ticked down from 44% to 32% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 14.0:1 in 2018 to 15.3:1 today.

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