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Brandywine Springs School

Serves grades KG - 8

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2021 – 2022 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2020
  • Educational Environment: 2021 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2023

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School Overview

Address
2916 Duncan Road
Wilmington, DE 19808
Phone
(302) 636-5681
District
RED CLAY CONSOLIDATED SCHOOL DISTRICT
County
NEW CASTLE COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
955
Classroom Teachers
61

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Delaware

8

(10 is best)

Better than 71.3% of all DE schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

6

(10 is best)

Brandywine Springs School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 3

60 50 40 30 20 10 0
52%
41%
48%
41%
56%
42%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 4

70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0
80 60 40 20 0
58%
39%
60%
41%
56%
36%
58%
39%
60%
41%
56%
36%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 5

60 50 40 30 20 10 0
39%
38%
55%
46%
23%
30%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 6

60 50 40 30 20 10 0
41%
32%
47%
38%
34%
25%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 7

60 50 40 30 20 10 0
46%
36%
56%
44%
35%
27%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 8

50 40 30 20 10 0
36%
33%
43%
42%
28%
24%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

17.5 15 12.5 10 7.5 5 2.5 0
16
14
14
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Kindergarten 98 10.3%
Grade 1 105 11.0%
Grade 2 98 10.3%
Grade 3 101 10.6%
Grade 4 110 11.5%
Grade 5 116 12.1%
Grade 6 111 11.6%
Grade 7 111 11.6%
Grade 8 105 11.0%
Total 955 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 71.0% 40.8% 43.8%
Black 7.2% 23.4% 31.8%
Hispanic 16.5% 30.5% 19.3%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 5.1% 5.0% 4.5%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.2% 0.3% 0.6%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged Unreported Unreported Unreported
Free lunch eligible Unreported Unreported Unreported
Reduced lunch eligible Unreported Unreported Unreported
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 138,943 1,018,396
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 2,112.2 517
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 5.6% 5.5%
5-19 YEARS OLD 18.3% 18.2%
20-44 YEARS OLD 31.1% 30.7%
45-64 YEARS OLD 27.3% 26.5%
65 OR OLDER 17.6% 19.0%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 57,075 386,798
Single Parent Households With Children 8.9% 8.7%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 92.8% 91.1%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 41.2% 33.6%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 22.0% 17.1%
$100,000 - $149,999 15.7% 17.5%
$75,000 - $99,999 13.5% 14.0%
$50,000 - $74,999 16.1% 17.3%
$30,000 - $49,999 14.0% 15.6%
$15,000 - $29,999 9.8% 10.4%
$15,000 or less 8.8% 8.2%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $9,786 $151,878,720 49.4%
Support Expenditures
Student $2,916 $45,256,320 14.7%
Staff $618 $9,591,360 3.1%
General Administration $145 $2,250,400 0.7%
School Administration $1,066 $16,544,320 5.4%
Operation $1,627 $25,251,040 8.2%
Transportation $650 $10,088,000 3.3%
Other $656 $10,181,120 3.3%
Total Support $7,678 $119,162,560 38.8%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,342 $36,347,840 11.8%
Total Expenditures $19,806 $307,389,120 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $9,504 $1,329,903,646 50.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,810 $253,332,080 9.6%
Staff $620 $86,740,356 3.3%
General Administration $169 $23,596,455 0.9%
School Administration $881 $123,245,067 4.7%
Operation $1,693 $236,883,323 9.0%
Transportation $893 $124,955,667 4.7%
Other $560 $78,376,073 3.0%
Total Support $6,625 $927,097,293 35.2%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,695 $377,122,409 14.3%
Total Expenditures $18,824 $2,634,113,333 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,794 $384,567,026,223 49.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $841 $41,500,431,613 5.3%
Staff $665 $32,787,987,253 4.2%
General Administration $269 $13,273,339,703 1.7%
School Administration $756 $37,281,585,830 4.8%
Operation $1,191 $58,747,506,944 7.6%
Transportation $504 $24,858,475,672 3.2%
Other $491 $24,247,526,162 3.1%
Total Support $4,716 $232,696,768,378 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,247 $160,183,697,619 20.6%
Total Expenditures $15,757 $777,446,989,564 100.0%