Richardson Park Elementary School

Located at 16 Idella Avenue, in Wilmington, Delaware, Richardson Park Elementary School is a mid-tier primary school that educates 522 students (grades K through 5), part of Red Clay Consolidated School District.

Red Clay Consolidated School District comprises 27 schools with combined enrollment of 14,444 students; Richardson Park Elementary School is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Richardson Park Elementary School logs that the largest single group is Hispanic at 51%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder reads as 26% Black, 18% White, 4% multiracial. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 12%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Richardson Park Elementary School has 53 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 9.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.9:1, putting Richardson Park Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm.

In the area at large, census data for New Castle County shows median household income runs about $91,166, 40% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Across New Castle County's 129 public schools (combined enrollment of about 78,534 students), Richardson Park Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Delaware Military Academy is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Richardson Park Elementary School.

The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Richardson Park Elementary School has declined 11%, going from 589 students in 2018 to 522 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment contracted from 56% to 51% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 13.7:1 in 2018 to 9.9:1 today.

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