Colonial School District (Delaware)

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Colonial School District
Address
318 East Basin Road
New Castle postal address
, Delaware, 19720
United States
District information
TypePublic
GradesPreK–12 [1]
NCES District ID 1000230 [1]
Students and staff
Students9,795 [1]
Teachers685.0 (FTE) [1]
Staff661.98 (FTE) [1]
Student–teacher ratio14.3 [1]
Other information
Website www.colonialschooldistrict.org

The Colonial School District is a public school district serving New Castle Hundred, Delaware. The district offices are located at 318 East Basin Road, in Wilmington Manor, with a New Castle postal address. [2] [3] The superintendent as of 2020 is Dr. Jeffrey Menzer, Ed. D.

Contents

In addition to New Castle and Wilmington Manor it includes Delaware City, Port Penn, St. Georges, portions of Wilmington, and half of Bear. [4] Of the four territorial school districts to serve Wilmington, Colonial is the only one which does not operate schools in the Wilmington city limits. [5]

History

Established in 1981, it took a portion of the former New Castle County School District. [6]

Schools

William Penn High School William Penn High School, DE.JPG
William Penn High School
Calvin R. McCullough Middle School Calvin R. McCullough School.jpg
Calvin R. McCullough Middle School
High schools
Middle schools
Elementary schools

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Search for Public School Districts – District Detail for Colonial School District". National Center for Education Statistics . Institute of Education Sciences . Retrieved March 5, 2022.
  2. ↑ "Home". Colonial School District. Retrieved June 20, 2021. 318 East Basin Road | New Castle, DE 19720 - Compare with maps. Despite the New Castle address it is outside of New Castle.
  3. ↑ "2010 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP: Wilmington Manor CDP, DE" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau . Retrieved June 20, 2021. - Compare with the street address.
  4. ↑ "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: New Castle County, DE" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau . Retrieved June 18, 2021.
  5. ↑ "Additional Detail: City of Wilmington" (PDF). Rodel Foundation of Delaware. November 2015. p. 2/12. Retrieved July 1, 2021.
  6. ↑ "New Castle County School District". Government of Delaware. Retrieved March 31, 2025.


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