Pleasantville Elementary School

Pleasantville Elementary School, a tight-knit K-5 school in New Castle, Delaware, run under Colonial School District, caters to 389 students, covering grades K through 5.

Colonial School District runs 14 schools in total, collectively educating 8,575 students. Pleasantville Elementary School is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Pleasantville Elementary School lists that the largest single group is Black at 43%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 27% Hispanic, 23% White, 6% multiracial. That is meaningfully more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 26%.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.4:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 13.9:1, putting this campus right in line with peers.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for New Castle County indicate the typical household earns roughly $91,166 per year, 40% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, 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 Pleasantville Elementary School is one.

The closest other public school is Jones (Albert H.) Elementary School, roughly 2.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Pleasantville Elementary School has shrank 8%, going from 422 students in 2018 to 389 in 2025. The White share of enrollment shrank from 32% to 23% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 14.6:1 in 2018 to 13.4:1 in 2025.

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