Maurice Pritchett SR. Academy

Maurice Pritchett SR. Academy operates as a mid-sized elementary-level community in Wilmington, Delaware, one of the schools within Christina School District. Current enrollment sits at 616 students spanning grades 1 through 8. That puts it 34% above the typical public school in Delaware, which averages around 461 students.

Maurice Pritchett SR. Academy is one of 28 schools operated by Christina School District, a district that instructs 12,954 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Maurice Pritchett SR. Academy logs that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (81%). Beyond that, the school logs 8% Hispanic, 5% White, 5% multiracial. By comparison, New Castle County as a whole is about 26% Black, so the school skews considerably more Black than its surroundings.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for New Castle County indicate median household income runs about $91,166, 40% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. In all, New Castle County runs 129 public schools (combined enrollment of about 78,534 students), of which Maurice Pritchett SR. Academy is one.

The closest other public school is First State Montessori Academy, roughly 0.3 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a high-density site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Maurice Pritchett SR. Academy has expanded 115%, going from 286 students in 2018 to 616 in 2025.

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