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McKean (Thomas) High School

Free meals for all

McKean (Thomas) High School, a public high school in Wilmington, Delaware: grades 9–12, 920 students, 13.1 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Red Clay Consolidated School District.

Size and class size

Compared with high 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: 920
Teachers (FTE): 70.0
Students per teacher: 13.1
Grades: 9–12; High

Fewer students per teacher than 95% of high schools in Delaware

Median 15.5 · 40 schools compared

Fewer students per teacher than 60% of high schools in the US

Median 14.4 · 20,809 schools compared

Smaller than 63% of high schools in Delaware

Median 1,027 · 41 schools compared

Larger than 72% of high schools in the US

Median 414 · 22,064 schools compared

What it offers

Grades: High · Grades 9–12
Type: District school · Regular
Instruction: In person
Meals: Free breakfast and lunch for every student
Area: Large suburb
Run by: Red Clay Consolidated School District

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

Location

Address: 301 McKennan's Church Road, Wilmington, DE 19808
Phone: (302)992-5520
County: New Castle County

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Nearby high schools

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

School	Grades	Students	Students / teacher
Dickinson (John) SchoolFree meals for all	6–12	1,027	15.6	2.1 mi
Delcastle Technical High SchoolCareer and technical	9–12	1,605	13.6	3.0 mi
duPont (Alexis I.) High SchoolFree meals for all	9–12	550	13.8	3.7 mi
Charter School of WilmingtonCharter	9–12	977	19.2	4.2 mi
Calloway (Cab) School of the Arts	6–12	941	19.6	4.2 mi
Conrad Schools of Science	6–12	1,164	18.2	4.2 mi

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).

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