North Star Elementary School

North Star Elementary School is one of the medium-sized elementary-level communitys in Hockessin, Delaware, overseen by Red Clay Consolidated School District, with 589 students on its rolls from grades K through 5. That puts it 28% above the typical public school in Delaware, which averages around 461 students.

North Star Elementary School is one of 27 schools operated by Red Clay Consolidated School District, a district that enrolls 14,444 students overall.

On the student-mix side, North Star Elementary School logs that White students make up the majority at 57%. The remainder is composed of 24% Asian, 7% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 5% Black. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

In terms of school funding signals, The school currently runs with 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.9:1, putting North Star Elementary School higher than the state norm the norm.

Across the wider county, census data for New Castle County shows the typical household earns roughly $91,166 per year, 40% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. North Star Elementary School is one of 129 public schools in New Castle County (combined enrollment of about 78,534 students).

Nearest neighbor: William F. Cooke Jr. Elementary, around 2.4 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at North Star Elementary School has decreased 11%, going from 664 students in 2018 to 589 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share fell from 64% to 57%. Class-load math has pulled in: from 17.9:1 in 2018 to 14.7:1 in 2025.

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