NCES CCD 2024-25 12 schools CA

Best-Resourced Schools in Wilmington, CA

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12 public K-12 schools in Wilmington from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

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12
Schools
8,560
Students
35.4/100
Avg Resource Index
20.4:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Lean reported-resource profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Wilmington has more public-school enrollment than 76% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Wilmington's average Resource Investment Index falls in the lower portion of the 4,487-city comparison set. The index is a resource snapshot, not an academic grade: it reflects the federal staffing, counselor, gifted-program, and attendance fields available for local campuses. The most useful next step is to open the individual schools below and identify which component is pulling each score down, because the same city average can hide very different campus-level constraints.

The school portfolio is elementary-weighted

8 of Wilmington's 12 listed schools are elementary campuses. That composition means citywide enrollment and staffing averages are influenced more by early-grade operating patterns than by the city's 1 middle and 3 high-school records. Families comparing later grades should rely on those individual rows rather than the all-school mean.

Economic need crosses separate district systems

85.9% of enrollment in reporting Wilmington schools is eligible for free lunch, while the city list spans 2 districts. That pairing makes a citywide average especially easy to misread: the need measure follows students, but staffing decisions, calendars, program rules, and federal allocations are administered through separate district structures. The 37-point gap between Dan M. Issacs Avalon High and Harry Bridges Span shows how much reported resource capacity can vary inside the same municipal label. Compare schools within the same district first, then use the city view to see how those local systems differ.

City enrollment
Top 24%
School count
Top 31%
Resource Index average
27th percentile
Teacher staffing
14th percentile

Phineas Banning Senior High accounts for 28.3% of all Wilmington public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means Wilmington-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: High. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Wilmington school enrollment varies 50× across entities

Wilmington school enrollment ranges from 48 students (lowest) to 2,422 students (highest), a spread of 2,374 students. That ratio is among the widest observed and reflects extreme heterogeneity inside a single city, with small specialty programs listed alongside large comprehensive campuses. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Wilmington reports 85.9% free-lunch eligibility

The reported share is at least 75%, indicating a high concentration of measured economic need. Title I operates under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015), but its statutory allocation uses additional LEA-level counts and rules not represented by this average. This percentage is an economic-need context measure; it does not establish a Title I award, show dollars received, or describe how funds are distributed among campuses.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Wilmington student-teacher ratio is 20.4:1 — high (typically associated with larger urban scale or staffing constraints that have widened the headcount gap)

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Dan M. Issacs Avalon High 62
2. Phineas Banning Senior High 44
3. Wilmington Mid Sci Tech Engr Arts Math (Steam) Magnet 44
4. Dr. Richard a. Vladovic Harbor Teacher Preparation Academy 43
5. Broad Avenue Elementary 35
6. Fries Avenue Elementary 34
7. Hawaiian Avenue Elementary 30
8. Gulf Avenue Elementary 29
9. Wilmington Park Elementary 29
10. Harry Bridges Span 25
11. George De La Torre Jr. Elementary 25
12. Scholarship Prep - South Bay 25

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Wilmington

Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.

  1. 1 Dr. Richard a. Vladovic Harbor Teacher Preparation Academy 63.3/100
  2. 2 Scholarship Prep - South Bay 41.0/100
  3. 3 Broad Avenue Elementary 19.4/100
  4. 4 Dan M. Issacs Avalon High 19.4/100
  5. 5 Fries Avenue Elementary 17.8/100

What do families ask about schools in Wilmington?

Which Wilmington school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Dan M. Issacs Avalon High has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Wilmington schools in this federal-data comparison at 62/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Wilmington, CA? ▼

Wilmington has 12 public schools with a total enrollment of 8,560 students. 1 are charter schools. Average student-teacher ratio: 20.4:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.