About Red Clay Consolidated School District
Red Clay Consolidated School District is a public school system serving New Castle County, Delaware, based in Wilmington. It serves 14,444 students across 28 schools spanning PreK–12, and is classified as a suburb: large district. By enrollment it is the #1 largest of Delaware’s 43 school systems.
Size and structure
Red Clay Consolidated School District enrolls 14,444 students in 28 schools — an average of about 516 students per school. It serves grades PreK–12 and ranks #1 of 43 statewide by enrollment.
Who the district serves
Student race and ethnicity in Red Clay Consolidated School District, from the NCES Common Core of Data (14,444 students reported):
For economically-disadvantaged, English-learner, and special-education shares, plus school-by-school detail, see the federal sources in the full-data section.
Teachers & staff
Red Clay Consolidated School District employs about 1,045 full-time-equivalent teachers for a student–teacher ratio of 13.8:1 — below the Delaware average of about 14.8:1, meaning comparatively smaller classes. Total district staff is roughly 2,325.
Counselor and librarian/media counts are not published at the district level in the current NCES release; see the federal full-data links for staffing detail.
How Delaware funds schools
District-level per-pupil spending and the local/state/federal revenue split for Red Clay Consolidated School District are published in the federal school-finance files — see the full-data links below for the current figures.
Report card & state results
Delaware reports school and district performance on the Delaware Report Card, built on the Delaware School Success Framework (proficiency and growth in ELA and math, English-learner progress, chronic absenteeism, graduation and college-and-career readiness). Look up Red Clay Consolidated School District on the Delaware Report Card.
Accreditation status
Delaware does not require a single statewide K-12 accreditor; accreditation is voluntary, with Cognia and the Middle States Association the bodies most districts use. Look up Red Clay Consolidated School District in the free Cognia registry.
Red Clay Consolidated School District vs. Delaware
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Look up Red Clay Consolidated School District’s full data
These official sources carry the district-level detail — finances, discipline, equity, test scores, boundaries. Direct links for this district (via its NCES ID):