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 wrote that these suburban comprehensive high schools "struggle academically".
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 wROTe thaT thESe subURbaN coMprehensIvE hIgh ,ScHoolS "STruggLE acaDemicalLy".