Charter agency · New Castle County
First State Montessori Academy, DE: schools, enrollment and spending
First State Montessori Academy runs 1 public school with 657 students in grades K to 8. Its ratio of 19.3 students per teacher is 4.6 higher than the Delaware figure of 14.7.
At a glance
- Schools
- 1
- Students
- 657
- Teachers (FTE)
- 34
- Students per teacher
- 19.3
- DE: 14.7 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 1000 N. French Street, Wilmington, DE 19801
- Phone
- (302)576-1500
- County
- New Castle County
- Locale
- City: Small
- Grades offered
- K to 8
- Agency type
- Charter agency
- NCES district ID
- 1000054
- State district ID
- DE-9606
- Total staff (FTE)
- 49
- School counselors (FTE)
- 0.0
- School administrators (FTE)
- 1.0
- Charter schools
- 1
Students per teacher compared
This district19.3
Delaware14.7
United States15.3
2020 finance data
From the F-33 School District Finance Survey for fiscal year 2020, in nominal dollars. Enrollment used for per-pupil figures is the finance survey count (604), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $8.8 million
- Federal revenue
- $539,000
- State revenue
- $5.2 million
- Local revenue
- $3.0 million
- Total spending
- $8.5 million
- Spending per pupil
- $14,114
- Salaries
- $3.8 million44.8% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $0
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 6.1%
- State: 59.6%
- Local: 34.2%
Delaware overall
- Federal: 7.3%
- State: 60.7%
- Local: 32.0%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$14,114
Delaware$18,901
United States$16,826
Schools in First State Montessori Academy
By level: 1 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| First State Montessori AcademyCharter | Elementary | K to 8 | 657 | 19.3 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in New Castle County
- Red Clay Consolidated School District 14,444 students
- Christina School District 12,954 students
- Appoquinimink School District 12,897 students
- Brandywine School District 10,349 students
- Colonial School District 8,575 students
- New Castle County Vocational-Technical School District 4,812 students
- Newark Charter School 3,109 students
- Odyssey Charter School 2,286 students
- Las Americas Aspira Academy 1,471 students
- MOT Charter School 1,407 students
- Charter School of Wilmington 977 students
- Academia Antonia Alonso 910 students
- Charter School of New Castle 788 students
- Kuumba Academy Charter School 594 students
- Edison (Thomas A.) Charter School 557 students
More in Delaware
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Finance figures are 2020 finance data in nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.