Elementary · Delaware

Heritage Elementary School

Heritage Elementary School, a public elementary school in Wilmington, Delaware: grades k–5, 492 students, 12.5 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Red Clay Consolidated School District.

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
492
Teachers (FTE)
39.5
Students per teacher
12.5
Grades
K–5
Elementary

Fewer students per teacher than 74% of elementary schools in Delaware

Median 13.7 · 121 schools compared

Fewer students per teacher than 73% of elementary schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared

Larger than 57% of elementary schools in Delaware

Median 459 · 122 schools compared

Larger than 65% 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%

45%proficient

−2.9 points from 2023–24 school year

A higher share proficient than 64% of elementary schools in Delaware

Median 38% · 108 elementary schools compared

249 students tested, grades 3, 4, 5 · Smarter Balanced Summative Assessment; proficient means Levels 3-4

Math

Delaware: 34%

38%proficient

−5.3 points from 2023–24 school year

A higher share proficient than 51% of elementary schools in Delaware

Median 37% · 105 elementary schools compared

249 students tested, grades 3, 4, 5 · 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–5
Type
District school · Regular
Instruction
In person
Area
Large suburb

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Red Clay Consolidated School District.

Location

Address
2815 Highlands Lane, Wilmington, DE 19808
Phone
(302)454-3424
City or town
Pike Creek Valley

Nearby elementary schools

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

SchoolGradesStudentsStudents / teacherReadingMath
K–553215.465%64%
K–542913.238%34%
K–527112.960%57%
K–894115.346%39%
K–531011.021%14%
K–54699.639%36%

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.

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.

Sources

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.

NCES 100130000262