Shortlidge (Evan G.) Academy

Shortlidge (Evan G.) Academy is a modestly sized elementary school in Wilmington, Delaware, operated by Red Clay Consolidated School District. The school instructs 340 students in grades K through 2. That puts it 26% leaner than the typical public school in Delaware, which averages around 461 students.

Within Red Clay Consolidated School District, which oversees 27 schools and 14,444 students, Shortlidge (Evan G.) Academy is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Shortlidge (Evan G.) Academy records that Black students make up the majority at 78%; the rest breaks down as 14% Hispanic, 6% White. The wider county runs roughly 26% Black, putting the school's mix visibly more Black than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.3:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.9:1, putting Shortlidge (Evan G.) Academy tighter than the state norm the norm.

In the surrounding community, census data for New Castle County shows median household earnings sit near $91,166, roughly 40% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, 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), Shortlidge (Evan G.) Academy is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Freire Charter School, roughly 0.2 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Shortlidge (Evan G.) Academy.

The campus sits in an inner-city setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Shortlidge (Evan G.) Academy's enrollment has fell 10% since 2018, when it stood at 378 (now 340). The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 12.6:1 in 2018 to 10.3:1 today.

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