Elementary · Delaware

First State Montessori Academy

Charter

First State Montessori Academy, a public elementary school in Wilmington, Delaware: grades k–8, 657 students, 19.3 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of First State Montessori Academy.

Size and class size

Compared with elementary schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.

Students: 657
Teachers (FTE): 34.0
Students per teacher: 19.3
Grades: K–8; Elementary

More students per teacher than 95% of elementary schools in Delaware

Median 13.7 · 121 schools compared

More students per teacher than 85% of elementary schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared

Larger than 88% of elementary schools in Delaware

Median 459 · 122 schools compared

Larger than 86% of elementary schools in the US

Median 415 · 51,933 schools compared

State test results

Share of students scoring proficient or above on Delaware's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.

Reading and writing

Delaware: 41%

64%proficient

Unchanged from 2023–24 school year

A higher share proficient than 94% of elementary schools in Delaware

Median 38% · 108 elementary schools compared

414 students tested, grades 3–8 · Smarter Balanced Summative Assessment; proficient means Levels 3-4

Math

Delaware: 34%

42%proficient

+2.1 points from 2023–24 school year

A higher share proficient than 65% of elementary schools in Delaware

Median 37% · 105 elementary schools compared

414 students tested, grades 3–8 · Smarter Balanced Summative Assessment; proficient means Levels 3-4

Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.

Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.

What it offers

Grades: Elementary · Grades K–8
Type: Charter school · Regular
Instruction: In person
Area: Small city
Run by: First State Montessori Academy

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with First State Montessori Academy.

Location

Address: Null, Wilmington, DE 19801
Phone: (302)576-1500
City or town: Wilmington
County: New Castle County

Website Quality of life in Wilmington Schools in Wilmington

Nearby elementary schools

The closest public elementary schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.

School	Grades	Students	Students / teacher	Reading	Math
Kuumba Academy Charter SchoolCharterFree meals for all	K–8	594	13.2	26%	18%	0.2 mi
Stubbs Early Education CenterFree meals for all	Pre-K–K	148	9.9	—	—	0.3 mi
Maurice Pritchett SR. AcademyFree meals for all	1–8	616	—	11%	—	0.3 mi
Shortlidge (Evan G.) AcademyFree meals for all	K–2	340	10.3	—	—	0.5 mi
Edison (Thomas A.) Charter SchoolCharterFree meals for all	K–8	557	15.5	19%	9.7%	0.7 mi
Lewis (William C.) Dual Language Elementary SchoolFree meals for all	K–5	347	12.0	24%	15%	0.7 mi

Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.

Sources

Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.

Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.

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