The top reported proficiency rate is 23% in Social studies. The lowest is 11% in Science.
Original Research by School Decision on Mote (anna P.) Elementary School
Anna P. Mote Elementary School sits on Edwards Avenue in Wilmington, serving kindergarten through fifth grade as part of the Red Clay Consolidated School District. It is a regular public school, not a charter or magnet, and its enrollment is modest for its grade band. The student body is predominantly Hispanic, with white and Black students forming the next largest groups, and a small share of students identifying as two or more races. The school does not report free-or-reduced-price lunch counts, English learner figures, or special education rates in the data available, so the economic and linguistic picture of the student population is incomplete here. A parent looking for those details would want to ask the school directly.
On state assessments, Mote's results are low. In the most recent reported year, math proficiency sat well below state midpoints, and English language arts was higher but still modest. Science proficiency was the weakest of the three tested subjects. Social studies, tested only in fourth grade and reported in a prior year, came in slightly above the school's ELA rate. When placed against its comparison set, which includes districts across New Castle County, Mote falls in the bottom quartile for overall proficiency. That positioning reflects a school where a relatively small share of tested students are meeting state benchmarks across subjects.
The multi-year trend adds context. ELA proficiency at Mote was meaningfully higher in the mid-2010s, then declined and dropped sharply during pandemic-era testing. Scores have recovered somewhat since then but remain below where they stood pre-pandemic. Math followed a similar arc, with pre-pandemic results fluctuating but generally above current levels, a steep fall during remote-learning years, and only partial rebound since. The data does not allow a clean year-over-year change calculation because of assessment and comparability flags, so the trend is best read as a broad shape rather than a precise trajectory. What is clear is that Mote has not returned to its earlier performance levels, and current results indicate a substantial portion of students are not yet at proficiency.
The school serves only elementary grades, so there is no graduation rate to report. Chronic absenteeism and discipline data were not available in the provided materials, and program offerings, staffing details, and course access information were absent as well. These gaps mean a parent cannot assess from this data alone what enrichment, intervention, or specialized support the school provides. Contacting the school or district would fill in that picture.
Wilmington is Delaware's largest city and its corporate and financial hub, with a dense downtown core of banks and office towers surrounded by residential neighborhoods. The city's economy grew out of chemical manufacturing tied to DuPont and shifted toward national banking and finance after legislation that liberalized banking laws drew major financial institutions to the state. Publicly reported information notes that more than half of Fortune 500 companies are incorporated in Delaware, with Wilmington as their corporate domicile. The city has a compact, grid-patterned downtown, a revitalized Riverfront district with restaurants and cultural venues, and Amtrak and SEPTA rail service connecting it to Philadelphia. Red Clay Consolidated School District, which operates Mote, is among the city's top employers. The district is planning a restructuring of secondary education, with Thomas McKean High School becoming the McKean Innovation Campus in August 2027, offering industry-recognized credentials. That change is years away from mattering to a current Mote family but signals district-level attention to career pathways.
Housing in the school's zip code sits below the state benchmark for typical home values and close to the national benchmark, making it relatively affordable for the region. Rents are moderate, and the gap between monthly mortgage costs and rent leans toward renting as the cheaper option. Home values have been rising slowly, and rents have edged up as well, but neither is moving sharply. For a family considering the area, housing costs are within reach compared with much of New Castle County.
Mote is a school with a diverse, predominantly Hispanic student population in an urban setting with strong regional transit and a broad employment base. Its academic results are currently low and have not returned to pre-pandemic levels. The available data does not speak to what supports, programs, or interventions the school offers, and a parent would want to ask directly about those, particularly given the proficiency picture. The surrounding neighborhood offers affordable housing and city amenities, and the district has shown interest in innovation at the secondary level. Whether Mote fits a family depends heavily on what the school is doing instructionally that the data here does not capture.
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