The top reported proficiency rate is 19% in Math. The lowest is 16% in English language arts.
Original Research by School Decision on Pulaski Early Education Center
Pulaski Early Education Center sits on Cedar Street in Wilmington, part of the Christina School District. Today it serves pre-kindergarten and kindergarten, a narrow band that reflects a reconfiguration from its earlier life as a full elementary school. The building's recent state assessment results, from the 2018-19 school year, still carry the name Pulaski (Casimir) Elementary School and cover grades three through five. Those numbers describe the school as it was, not as it is now. Because pre-kindergarten and kindergarten are not part of Delaware's state testing program, there are no current assessment results to report, and there is no graduation rate because the school does not serve high school grades.
The older assessment data, while no longer describing this school's current grade range, is what the record contains. In the years leading up to the reconfiguration, proficiency in both English language arts and math sat well below state midpoints and drifted downward across several consecutive reporting cycles. When compared against the proficiency index of districts in New Castle County, the school's reported results from that period fall in the bottom quartile. A parent reviewing this history should keep in mind that the student population, grade span, and possibly staffing all changed when the school became an early education center, so those earlier results may tell us little about what happens in the building today. This is a gap a parent may want to discuss directly with the school.
Enrollment is small, as one would expect for a two-grade early childhood center. The student body is predominantly Black, with a substantial Hispanic share and a small White population. Data on free or reduced-price lunch, special education, and English learner status was not available, so those dimensions of the school's student support picture cannot be described here. No information on staffing ratios, chronic absenteeism, discipline, or course access was reported either, which limits the picture of daily school environment.
What can be said about the surrounding community is fuller. Wilmington is Delaware's largest city and its corporate, financial, and governmental center. The downtown core is dense, grid-patterned, and home to major banks and financial institutions, while surrounding neighborhoods range from quiet residential streets to revitalized areas along the Riverfront. The Christina School District is one of the city's top public employers. Amtrak and SEPTA serve Wilmington Station, and I-95 runs through the city, giving residents direct rail and highway access to Philadelphia. The housing market around the school is relatively affordable compared with state and national benchmarks, with typical home values well below the Delaware median and rents that sit near a manageable share of household income for the area. A county-wide property reassessment has restructured how the Christina School District collects taxes for the 2025-2026 year, with a higher assessed base offset by a lower nominal rate. Publicly reported district budget materials indicate this will reshape what homeowners pay annually, though the net effect on individual households will vary.
For a family considering Pulaski, the essential question is what the early childhood program looks like now. The data on this page describes a school that no longer exists in its previous form. The current center serves the district's youngest learners, and the factors that matter here are classroom environment, teacher experience with early childhood, and how the school prepares children for first grade and beyond. The assessment record and the county comparison are artifacts of a different era. A visit and a conversation with the principal would tell a parent more than any of these older numbers can.
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