The top reported proficiency rate is 20% in English language arts. The lowest is 6% in Science.
Original Research by School Decision on Dupont (alexis I.) Middle School
duPont (Alexis I.) Middle School sits on Kennett Pike in Greenville, Delaware, serving grades six through eight as a regular public school in the Red Clay Consolidated School District. The campus draws students from a community that publicly reported sources describe as one of the wealthiest places in the state, a bedroom community outside Wilmington with high-income households and a cost of living well above the Delaware average. Yet the school's enrollment looks different from what that framing might suggest. Hispanic students form the largest group, followed by Black students, with White students a smaller share and small populations of Asian, multiracial, American Indian, and Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander students. The enrollment is moderate for a middle school, balanced fairly evenly across the three grades.
State assessment results from the most recent year paint a sobering picture. In math, only a small fraction of tested students reached proficiency. English language arts fared somewhat better but still saw roughly one in five students meeting the bar. Science results were the weakest, with only a handful of students demonstrating proficiency. Social studies, reported in the prior year by grade, showed somewhat higher rates but still left most students below the proficiency threshold. Across tested subjects, the school's overall proficiency index places it in the bottom quartile relative to districts in New Castle County, well below the county median.
Looking at the trend data, these numbers are not a one-year dip. Math proficiency has stayed low across the past decade, rising modestly in the years before the pandemic before falling sharply afterward and remaining depressed since. English language arts has shown more movement, climbing gradually through the late 2010s to a peak around the pandemic period, then declining in recent years before ticking back up this year. Neither subject has approached what would be considered strong proficiency at any point in the available record. A parent evaluating this school may want to ask administrators what interventions are in place and how the building plans to address the gap between current results and state expectations.
Several data points that would help a family understand the school's support structure are simply absent. Free and reduced-price lunch counts were not reported, so the economic profile of the student body cannot be confirmed from the data provided. Special education and English learner rates are also missing, as are chronic absenteeism figures, discipline data, staffing levels, course access details, and Title I status. These gaps leave a real hole in the picture. Without them, a parent cannot fully assess what resources the school directs toward vulnerable learners or how the climate feels day to day.
The housing market surrounding the school is expensive. Typical home values in the school's zip code run far above both the state and national benchmarks, with the price-to-income ratio indicating a steep barrier to entry for buyers. Monthly mortgage costs substantially exceed rent costs in the area, which may shape who can move into the attendance zone. Greenville itself has seen steady population growth, according to publicly reported sources, though no specific new housing developments were identified.
At the district level, Red Clay is planning a transformation of McKean High School into an innovation campus launching in 2027, which will offer industry-recognized credentials. This does not directly affect the middle school but signals that the district is rethinking its secondary pathway, something families with younger children may watch.
What the data shows is a middle school in a prosperous area serving a diverse student body with proficiency results that have been persistently low and a comparison position near the bottom of its county cohort. The community offers affluence and proximity to Wilmington, but the academic outcomes, at least as measured by state tests, have not reflected that setting. Families considering this school should weigh the gap carefully and seek out the information the public data does not provide.
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