Brandywine School District (abbreviated BSD) is a public school district in northern New Castle County, Delaware in the United States. It serves Arden, Ardencroft, Ardentown, Bellefonte, Claymont, Edgemoor, Talleyville, and a northeast portion of the city of Wilmington. It also includes Brandywine Hundred. The size of its territory is . Its administrative offices are in an unincorporated area, and has a Wilmington postal address. The district also offers a program known as the gifted and talented program. The program is for children with a higher understanding of grade level assignments. There are three schools participating in this program: Mount Pleasant Elementary School, Claymont Elementary School, and P.S. duPont Middle School. Mount Pleasant High School and Talley Middle School offer the International Baccalaureate program for students who test into the program. History In 2000 the school board bought out the contract of superintendent Joseph P. DeJohn so that he would leave, and the board had plans to choose a new superintendent. That year Al Mascitti, a columnist for The News Journal, stated that the school board "started treating the district like a foul-smelling refrigerator". Administration The current superintendent is Lincoln Hohler. The current Board of Education President is John Skrobot III, and the current Vice President is Kristin Pidgeon. Demographic In the 2019–2020 school year, the district enrolled 10,500 students and employed 919 teachers for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 11.43:1. Between 2012 and 2016 it was recorded that the students 66% Caucasian, 22% African-American, 5% Asian, and 4% Hispanic or Latino. Within the district during this time 12.5% of families have an income below the poverty level, and 21.9% receive Food Stamp/SNAP benefits. Partnership The school district partnered with the University of Delaware program TeenSHARP to help prepare selected students in the district for top colleges, where students engage in up to two college-level course each school year, for up to 4 years. Schools High schools (grades 912) Brandywine High School Concord High School Mount Pleasant High School Middle schools (grades 68) P.S. duPont Middle School Springer Middle School Talley Middle School Elementary schools (grades K5) Carrcroft Elementary School Claymont Elementary School Forwood Elementary School Hanby Elementary School Harlan Elementary School Lancashire Elementary School Lombardy Elementary School Maple Lane Elementary School Mount Pleasant Elementary School Preschool programs (PreK) Charles W. Bush Early Education Center Joseph Brumskill Early Childhood Assistance Program (ECAP) Notable events In 2006, a Claymont Elementary school teacher