Elementary · Delaware
Wilbur (Kathleen H.) Elementary
Free meals for allWilbur (Kathleen H.) Elementary, a public elementary school in Bear, Delaware: grades k–5, 1,052 students, 15.9 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Colonial 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
- 1,052
- Teachers (FTE)
- 66.0
- Students per teacher
- 15.9
- Grades
- K–5
- Elementary
More students per teacher than 80% of elementary schools in Delaware
Median 13.7 · 121 schools compared
More students per teacher than 64% of elementary schools in the US
Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared
Larger than 98% of elementary schools in Delaware
Median 459 · 122 schools compared
Larger than 99% 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%31%proficient
−4.4 points from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 69% of elementary schools in Delaware
Median 38% · 108 elementary schools compared
515 students tested, grades 3, 4, 5 · Smarter Balanced Summative Assessment; proficient means Levels 3-4
Math
Delaware: 34%28%proficient
−5.2 points from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 70% of elementary schools in Delaware
Median 37% · 105 elementary schools compared
518 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
- Meals
- Free breakfast and lunch for every student
- Area
- Large suburb
- Run by
- Colonial School District
Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Colonial School District.
Location
- Address
- 4050 Wrangle Hill Road, Bear, DE 19701
- Phone
- (302)832-6330
- County
- New Castle County
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Southern Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | K–5 | 729 | 12.8 | 20% | 21% |
Leasure (May B.) Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | K–5 | 316 | 10.5 | 34% | 29% |
Oberle (William) Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | K–5 | 512 | 12.9 | 27% | 21% |
| K–5 | 408 | 13.2 | 44% | 37% | |
| 1–5 | 492 | 15.4 | 48% | 53% | |
| 1–5 | 499 | 13.7 | 61% | 61% |
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
- 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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