Wilbur (Kathleen H.) Elementary

Wilbur (Kathleen H.) Elementary is an elementary school of large scale in Bear, Delaware, run under Colonial School District, hosting 1,052 students in grades K through 5. By comparison, Delaware's public schools average about 461 students each, so Wilbur (Kathleen H.) Elementary sits 128% bigger than that benchmark.

Within Colonial School District, which oversees 14 schools and 8,575 students, Wilbur (Kathleen H.) Elementary is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Wilbur (Kathleen H.) Elementary reports that the most-represented group is Black (48%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder breaks down as 25% White, 16% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 4% Asian. That is meaningfully more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 26%.

In terms of school funding signals, Wilbur (Kathleen H.) Elementary reports 66 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.9:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.9:1 average.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for New Castle County indicate median household income runs about $91,166, roughly 40% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Wilbur (Kathleen H.) Elementary is one of 129 public schools in New Castle County (combined enrollment of about 78,534 students).

Nearest neighbor: Bedford (Gunning) Middle School, around 2.4 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The school occupies a residential site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 11%: 1,180 students in 2018 compared to 1,052 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 17.1:1 in 2018 to 15.9:1 today.

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