Phillis Wheatley Elementary School

Set in Bridgeville, Delaware, Phillis Wheatley Elementary School is a mid-tier primary school, one of the schools within Woodbridge School District. It works with 644 students across grades 3 through 5. Compared to the state average of about 461 students per school, that is 40% above typical.

Woodbridge School District comprises 4 schools with combined enrollment of 2,577 students; Phillis Wheatley Elementary School is among them.

On demographics, Phillis Wheatley Elementary School reports that the most-represented group is White (45%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school lists 28% Hispanic, 17% Black, 9% multiracial. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 74%.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.6:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.9:1, putting Phillis Wheatley Elementary School higher than the state norm the norm.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Sussex County) records that the typical household earns roughly $81,497 per year, roughly 33% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Phillis Wheatley Elementary School is one of 55 public schools in Sussex County (combined enrollment of about 32,366 students).

The closest other public school is Woodbridge Middle School, roughly 0.7 miles away. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a town-center setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count rose 6%: 607 students in 2018 compared to 644 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment ticked down from 25% to 17% over that span. Class-load math has loosened: from 8.7:1 in 2018 to 14.6:1 in 2025.

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