Best Public Schools in Zip Code 19806

Summary:

The 19806 zip code area of Wilmington, Delaware is home to two elementary schools, Lewis (William C.) Dual Language Elementary School and Johnson (Joseph E. Junior) Elementary School, both part of the Red Clay Consolidated School District. Unfortunately, these schools are underperforming compared to district and state averages, with low academic proficiency, poor school rankings, and high chronic absenteeism rates.

The two schools have notable demographic differences, with Lewis (William C.) Dual Language Elementary School having a majority Hispanic student population and Johnson (Joseph E. Junior) Elementary School having a majority African American student population. Both schools have significantly lower proficiency rates in English Language Arts and Mathematics compared to the Red Clay Consolidated School District and the state of Delaware, with 5th-grade proficiency rates as low as 10.87% in Mathematics at Johnson (Joseph E. Junior) Elementary School.

Despite the relatively high spending per student at both schools, the data suggests that funding alone is not the primary driver of their low academic performance. The high chronic absenteeism rates, which reach up to 26.2% at Johnson (Joseph E. Junior) Elementary School, may be a contributing factor to the schools' struggles, and addressing this issue could be a key focus for improvement.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2024)				Ranking (2023)				DeSSA Science (2024)	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts (2024)			Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics (2024)			Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	SchoolDigger Rating (2024)	Average Standard Score (2023)	Statewide Rank (2023)	State Percentile (2023)	Rank Change from Previous Year	DeSSA Science 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts 3rd Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts 4th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 3rd Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 4th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 5th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Lewis (William C.) Dual Language Elementary School	Public	K-5	920 North Van Buren Street	Wilmington	19806	New Castle County	Red Clay Consolidated School District	No	No	No	Yes	(302) 651-2695	371	42	8.8		55 (14.8%)	97 (26.1%)	209 (56.3%)	2 (0.5%)	2 (0.5%)	1 (0.3%)	5 (1.3%)	22.4	81^st of 106 public elementary schools	23.6%		13	93^rd of 103 public elementary schools	9.7%	12	18.0	25.5	33.3	39.2	14.3	16.7	17.7	$18,137	$2,090	$18,969
Johnson (Joseph E. Junior) Elementary School	Public	K-5	2100 Gilpin Avenue	Wilmington	19806	New Castle County	Red Clay Consolidated School District	No	No	No	Yes	(302) 651-2715	284	22	13.2		30 (10.6%)	195 (68.7%)	48 (16.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (3.9%)	5	102^nd of 106 public elementary schools	3.8%		11.5	97^th of 103 public elementary schools	5.8%	5		9.8	19.6	10.6	11.8	10.9		$18,945	$4,010	$18,401

Cities Near Zip Code 19806

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Wilmington	0.16 mi	57	24^th
Greenville	1.06 mi	1	32^nd
Newark	1.77 mi	29	20^th
New Castle	4.28 mi	15	31^st
Hockessin	5.48 mi	3	2^nd

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Delaware Department of Education.

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