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Brandywine School District Schools
Brandywine School District is a public school district in Delaware, based in New Castle County (Wilmington). SchoolGrade grades 16 of its schools on actual versus projected test scores; every school below has its own page.
Brandywine School District on the map
District boundary from the NCES EDGE composite school district file. Each marker is a graded school; click it for its grade and scores.
SchoolGrade summary for Brandywine School District
15 of 16 schools in Brandywine School District carry a SchoolGrade (1 have too little test data to grade). Grade distribution:
B: 2C: 5D: 6F: 2
Best schools in Brandywine School District
Statewide rankings: all 39 high schools in Delaware · all 31 middle schools in Delaware · all 109 elementary schools in Delaware
The ten highest SchoolGrades in the district. Grades reward actual test performance against the projection for each school's student context, so a B in a high-poverty school can outrank an A- elsewhere on impact.
- B- Concord High School (High school, doesn't meet expectations)
- B- Dupont Pierre S Middle School (Middle school, exceeds expectations)
- C+ Brandywine High School (High school, doesn't meet expectations)
- C+ Claymont Elementary School (Elementary school, meets expectations)
- C+ Mount Pleasant High School (High school, doesn't meet expectations)
- C- Hanby Elementary School (Elementary school, underperforms expectations)
- C- Lombardy Elementary School (Elementary school, underperforms expectations)
- D+ Springer Middle School (Middle school, doesn't meet expectations)
- D+ Carrcroft Elementary School (Elementary school, underperforms expectations)
- D+ Mount Pleasant Elementary School (Elementary school, doesn't meet expectations)
Every school in Brandywine School District
High schools (3)
- C+ Brandywine High School, Wilmington
- B- Concord High School, Wilmington
- C+ Mount Pleasant High School, Wilmington
Middle and junior high schools (3)
- B- Dupont Pierre S Middle School, Wilmington
- D+ Springer Middle School, Wilmington
- D- Talley Middle School, Wilmington
Elementary and primary schools (9)
- D+ Carrcroft Elementary School, Wilmington
- C+ Claymont Elementary School, Claymont
- D- Forwood Elementary School, Wilmington
- C- Hanby Elementary School, Wilmington
- F Harlan David W Elementary School, Wilmington
- D+ Lancashire Elementary School, Wilmington
- C- Lombardy Elementary School, Wilmington
- F Maple Lane Elementary School, Claymont
- D+ Mount Pleasant Elementary School, Wilmington
Other schools and academies (1)
- Bush Charles W Pre School, Wilmington
Where Brandywine School District schools are
Cities and towns served (2)
- Wilmington (14)
- Claymont (2)
About this district
- State: Best schools in Delaware
- County: New Castle County
- Type: regular local school district
- Setting: large suburb (NCES locale of the district office)
- Enrollment: 10,350 students with 778 full-time-equivalent teachers and 1,279 total staff FTE (NCES CCD, 2023-24)
- NCES district ID: 1001240
- Grades are the 2025-26 SchoolGrade model: each school's actual proficiency against the level projected for its student context. How SchoolGrade works
Nearby school districts
- Red Clay Consolidated School District (27 schools, 7 mi)
- Colonial School District (14 schools, 12 mi)
- Christina School District (27 schools, 14 mi)
- Appoquinimink School District (20 schools, 25 mi)
- Smyrna School District (8 schools, 35 mi)
- Capital School District (13 schools, 42 mi)
- Caesar Rodney School District (15 schools, 48 mi)
- Lake Forest School District (7 schools, 57 mi)
Questions about Brandywine School District
How many schools are in Brandywine School District?
SchoolGrade grades 16 public schools in Brandywine School District, across 2 cities and towns. Every one of them is listed on this page with a link to its own report.
Which cities does Brandywine School District serve?
The largest by graded schools: Wilmington, Claymont.
How good are the schools in Brandywine School District?
Across the 15 graded schools, the average SchoolGrade is D+, with 25.4% of tested students meeting the state bar against a projected 35.7%. 13% of schools meet or exceed the expectation for their student context.
How many students attend Brandywine School District?
10,350 students were enrolled in Brandywine School District in the 2023-24 school year, about 13.3 students per full-time teacher (NCES Common Core of Data).
Where is Brandywine School District?
Brandywine School District is in Delaware, based in New Castle County, with its district office in Wilmington. Its boundary covers about 32.4 sq mi.