Red Clay Early Years Program

Red Clay Early Years Program is an elementary school of close-knit scale in Wilmington, Delaware, one of the schools within Red Clay Consolidated School District, works with 335 students in grade pre-K. By comparison, Delaware's public schools average about 461 students each, so Red Clay Early Years Program sits 27% smaller than that benchmark.

Red Clay Consolidated School District comprises 27 schools with combined enrollment of 14,444 students; Red Clay Early Years Program is among them.

In terms of who attends, Red Clay Early Years Program reports that the most-represented group is White (36%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder breaks down as 34% Hispanic, 23% Black, 4% multiracial, 2% Asian. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 54%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.9:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.9:1, putting Red Clay Early Years Program tighter than the state norm the norm.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for New Castle County put the typical household earns roughly $91,166 per year, about 40% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. In all, New Castle County runs 129 public schools (combined enrollment of about 78,534 students), of which Red Clay Early Years Program is one.

Nearest neighbor: Stanton Middle School, around 0.2 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.

On the community side, the feed for Red Clay Early Years Program typically covers fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.