Editing Wilmington, Delaware (section)

==Education==

===Primary and secondary schools===
[[File:Charter School of Wilm-1.JPG|thumb|The former [[Wilmington High School (Delaware)|Wilmington High School]] houses [[Cab Calloway School of the Arts]] and [[Charter School of Wilmington]].]]
Wilmington is served by the [[Brandywine School District|Brandywine]], [[Christina School District|Christina]], [[Red Clay Consolidated School District|Red Clay]], and [[Colonial School District (Delaware)|Colonial]] school districts for elementary, junior high, and high school public education.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st10_de/schooldistrict_maps/c10003_new_castle/DC20SD_C10003.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: New Castle County, DE|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|accessdate=June 18, 2021|archive-date=June 16, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210616210849/https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st10_de/schooldistrict_maps/c10003_new_castle/DC20SD_C10003.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> Of those four, Colonial is the only one which has no schools located in the Wilmington city limits.<ref name=Rodel>{{cite web|url=http://www.rodelfoundationde.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/28.-Wilmington-Deck.pdf|title=Additional Detail: City of Wilmington|publisher=Rodel Foundation of Delaware|date=November 2015|accessdate=July 1, 2021|page=2/12|archive-date=July 2, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210702025652/http://www.rodelfoundationde.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/28.-Wilmington-Deck.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Cab Calloway School of the Arts]] of the Red Clay district is in the Wilmington city limits. The [[New Castle County Vocational-Technical School District]] operates [[Howard High School of Technology]] in the city of Wilmington.

{{Asof|2020}} there are no comprehensive traditional public high schools in the Wilmington city limits, and most high school-aged students in the city attend high schools in suburban areas away from the city. Cris Barrish and Mark Eichmann of [[WHYY-TV|WHYY]] wrote that these suburban comprehensive high schools "struggle academically".<ref name=BarrishEichmann>{{cite web|last1=Barrish|first1=Cris|last2=Eichmann|first2=Mark|url=https://whyy.org:443/episodes/could-bringing-back-wilmington-high-help-fix-school-inequities/|title=Could bringing back Wilmington High help fix school inequities?|publisher=[[WHYY-TV|WHYY]]|date=January 18, 2020|accessdate=July 3, 2021|archive-date=August 4, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210804232830/https://whyy.org/episodes/could-bringing-back-wilmington-high-help-fix-school-inequities/|url-status=live}}</ref>

Wilmington also hosts several [[charter school]]s. {{Asof|November 2015}} there were 11 [[charter schools]] in the city limits.<ref name=Rodel/> These include the [[Charter School of Wilmington]], Great Oaks Charter School, Kuumba Academy Charter School, East Side Charter School, and a [[magnet school]], [[Cab Calloway School of the Arts]] which focuses on the performing arts. The Charter School of Wilmington and Cab Calloway School of the Arts are housed in the building of the former Wilmington High School. Great Oaks Charter School and Kuumba Academy are housed in the Community Education Building, formerly known as Bracebridge IV, acquired by Bank of America from MBNA Corp. in 1997 and donated to The Longwood Foundation in 2012.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cebde.org/our-journey-in-time.html|title=Our Journey In Time|website=Community Education Building|language=en|access-date=March 28, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180329120737/http://www.cebde.org/our-journey-in-time.html|archive-date=March 29, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>

[[File:David W. Harlan Elementary School in Wilmington, Delaware.jpg|thumb|David W. Harlan Elementary School in Wilmington (of the [[Brandywine School District]])]]

Historically, [[Wilmington High School (Delaware)|Wilmington High School]], [[P.S. du Pont High School]], and [[Howard High School (Wilmington, Delaware)|Howard High School]] were racially segregated schools in Wilmington, with Wilmington High and P.S. du Pont serving white students and Howard serving Black students.<ref name=BarrishEichmann /> Following the 1954 ''[[Brown v. Board of Education]]'' ruling, schools in New Castle County desegregated, but de facto segregation persisted as Wilmington became predominantly Black, while surrounding districts remained mostly white.{{citation needed|date=July 2021}} A 1968 Delaware law prevented merging districts, and by 1969, Wilmington, du Pont, and Howard were the city's main high schools.<ref name=BarrishEichmann /> In response to segregation, a 1976 court ruling required busing students between Wilmington and suburban districts.{{fact|date=April 2025}} The [[Wilmington School District]] and ten suburban school districts merged into the [[New Castle County School District]] in 1978. That district was divided into four districts (Brandywine, Christina, Red Clay, and Colonial) in 1981.<ref name=Delgovhist>{{cite web|url=https://archives.delaware.gov/delaware-agency-histories/new-castle-county-school-district/|title=New Castle County School District|publisher=Government of Delaware|access-date=2025-03-31}}</ref> The new districts were aiming for racial balance.{{citation needed|date=July 2021}} Wilmington High continued under the Red Clay District until 1999, and Howard and P.S. du Pont were repurposed. Public opinion was divided, with some African Americans supporting education within the city, while suburban parents resisted busing due to safety concerns.<ref name=BarrishEichmann /> In 2015, Delaware's education secretary supported reopening a comprehensive high school in Wilmington, a proposal still debated in 2020 due to fears of racial resegregation.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Watson|first=John|url=https://whyy.org/articles/wilmington-high-school-the-time-has-come/|title=Wilmington High School: the time has come|publisher=[[WHYY-TV|WHYY]]|date=March 16, 2015|accessdate=July 3, 2021|archive-date=July 4, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210704005238/https://whyy.org/articles/wilmington-high-school-the-time-has-come/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=BarrishEichmann/>

There are many private elementary and secondary schools in Wilmington, including<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.privateschoolreview.com/county_private_schools/stateid/DE/county/10003|title=New Castle County, DE Private Schools - PrivateSchoolReview.com|work=privateschoolreview.com|access-date=December 20, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141221003601/http://www.privateschoolreview.com/county_private_schools/stateid/DE/county/10003|archive-date=December 21, 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Salesianum|Salesianum School]], [[Serviam Girls Academy]], Nativity Preparatory of Wilmington,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://nativitywilmington.org/|title=Nativity Preparatory School of Wilmington|access-date=December 2, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111007130024/http://nativitywilmington.org/|archive-date=October 7, 2011|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Ursuline Academy (Delaware)|Ursuline Academy]], [[Tower Hill School]], [[St. Elizabeth High School (Delaware)|St. Elizabeth High School]], and [[Padua Academy]]. With 17.6% of the area students enrolled in private schools, the Wilmington area ranks as one of the top ten metropolitan areas in the country for the percentages of students in private school.<ref>{{cite news |author=Davidson |first=Jacob |title=You'll Never Guess the City Where Private School Is Most Common – TIME |work=MONEY.com |url=https://money.com/private-school-enrollment-cities-highest/ |url-status=live |access-date=December 20, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210415231033/https://money.com/private-school-enrollment-cities-highest/ |archive-date=April 15, 2021}}</ref> [[The Tatnall School]] and [[Wilmington Friends School]] have Wilmington postal addresses but are located outside of the city limits.

===Colleges and universities===
There are several colleges operating in the city of Wilmington:
* [[Delaware State University]] – Wilmington Campus
* [[Delaware Technical & Community College]] – Wilmington Campus
* [[Goldey-Beacom College]]
* [[University of Delaware]] – Wilmington Campus and Downtown Building
* [[Wilmington University]] – Wilmington Campus
* Wilmington University School of Law
* [[Widener University Delaware Law School]]

Closed:
* [[Delaware College of Art & Design]]

===Public libraries===
Wilmington Library maintains the Wilmington Branch and the North Wilmington Branch.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://wilmington.lib.de.us/north-branch/|title=North Wilmington Branch|publisher=Wilmington Library|access-date=2025-03-30}}</ref>

New Castle County Library operates the Woodlawn Library in the Wilmington city limits.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newcastlede.gov/344/Woodlawn-Library|title=Woodlawn Library|publisher=New Castle County Library|access-date=2025-03-30|quote=2020 W. Ninth St Wilmington, DE 19805 }} - This specific address is in [https://www.choosewilmingtonde.org/media/userfiles/subsite_167/files/zoning-map.pdf the Wilmington city limits].</ref> There are other libraries outside of the city limits, of which several have Wilmington post office addresses.<!--not every place with an address saying "Wilmington, DE" is actually in the city limits. Woodlawn Library very much is, though--><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newcastlede.gov/287/Branches|title=Branches|publisher=New Castle County Library|access-date=2025-03-30}}</ref>