About

District Overview

Wilmington City School District is comprised of a preschool, two elementary schools, one middle school, and one high school. We strive to provide the highest quality education possible for each and every student.  Here is our District at a glance.

• Total enrollment is more than 2000 students in the following schools:
  • Holmes Elementary - Preschool through 2nd Grade
  • Denver Place - 3rd through 5th Grades and Elementary MH Unit
  • Middle School - 6th through 8th Grade
  • High School - 9th through 12 grade
• Total staff of over 300 employees
• High School offers Advanced Placement and College Credit Plus courses
• Technology access at every grade level
• More than 70% of our graduates go on to higher education
• Each year our graduating classes generally receive more than $750,000 in scholarships combined

Our Schools

We engage learners, value diversity, embrace technology, encourage community involvement, foster creativity, and provide a safe and caring learning environment designed to inspire students to reach their full potential.

We serve a diverse student body that supports the FFA "Bring Your Tractor to School" day, at the same time they are building a student-run tech support squad for our new Chromebook 1:1 technology initiative.  We are creating equal access to the highest quality education for each and every student.

Academics — Each school day at WCS is an opportunity for discovery, creativity, and learning for every single student. We offer:

• Gifted enrichment
• Advanced Placement Courses
• College Credit Plus Program
• Project Lead the Way (PLTW) at the High School
• Check & Connect Mentoring Program at the Middle School
• Design and Modeling Course through Great Oaks at Wilmington Middle School
• JROTC at the High School

Athletics (Southern Buckeye Athletic and Academic Conference) - For information on our Athletics program visit District Programs

• 16 Sports across 7th through 12th grade
• Over 450 student athletes
   

Agricultural Education — FFA is a dynamic youth organization within Agriculture Education that changes lives and prepares students for premier leadership, personal growth, and career success.
 

Fine and Performing Arts — WCSD students have access to the arts at all levels of education. General Music and Art classes are offered K-5. Instrumental Music (Band) and Choir are offered to students starting in the 6th Grade. At WHS, students are offered courses in Music (Band, Choir, and general music courses), Theatre, and Art. Wilmington City Schools has been recognized by the National Association of Music Merchants as a “Best Community for Music Education” every year since 2018.  Follow these links to our program websites:

Band

Theatre

Technology — Wilmington City Schools is a Google district currently supporting over 3000 chrome devices district wide.  Each elementary building is equipped with Chromebook carts that allow all students an opportunity to use a device. Every student in Grades 2–5 has access to a device every day when they are at school. Each K-1 classroom has 10 Chromebooks that are available to use with students. 

At Wilmington Middle School, each student in grades 6–8 has access to a device everyday while at school. 

At Wilmington High School, every individual student has a personal Chromebook for their educational needs.  Students have the opportunity to take the device home each night to extend their learning. Chromebooks enable students to learn at school or on-the-go. We call this Anytime/Anywhere learning.  

See our District Programs page for more information on our District-wide technology access.

Our Programs

From Athletics and Academics, to Technology and Theatre, WCS has something to offer every student. Visit our District Programs page to learn more about the programs available to our students. 

WCS Opportunities

Agricultural Education

Wilmington High School has thriving Agricultural Education program. Our FFA Chapter has 93 active AET students that are developing their potential for premier leadership, personal growth, and career success through agricultural education.

Athletics

We have 16 sports in grades 7-12 that serve approximately 450 students. We retain quality coaches that are a mix of strong community members and district staff members. Our athletic teams are proud members of the Southern Buckeye Athletic and Academic Conference.  Our goal as an athletic department is to teach the values of teamwork, pride, respect, commitment, work ethic, sportsmanship and develop the proper winning attitude. It is our hope that through participation in Hurricane Athletics, student athletes will adopt these guidelines and develop a positive winning attitude that will carry over into different aspects of their lives. 

Technology

Wilmington City Schools is a GSuite district currently supporting over 3000 chrome devices district wide. Age-appropriate access to technology is provided at every grade level in the district.

At Wilmington High School, every individual student has a personal Chromebook for their educational needs.  Students have the opportunity to take the device home each night, enabling students to learn at school or on-the-go.

Wilmington High School has a help desk for school issued chromebooks called the Cane Tech Squad. This organization is a student-run computer support program where students and teachers can get technology help throughout the school day.  Some of the services they provide are as follows: Chromebook Loaners, Chromebook Repair, Chromebook Secure Charging Station, Google Apps for Education support, Teacher Tech Support,  and Student Tech Project Support.

Fine and Performing Arts

WCSD students have access to the arts at all levels of education. General Music and Art classes are offered K-5. Instrumental Music (Band) and Choir are offered to students starting in the 6th Grade. At WHS, students are offered courses in Music (Band, Choir, and general music courses), Theatre, and Art. Wilmington City Schools has been recognized by the National Association of Music Merchants as a “Best Community for Music Education” every year since 2018. Follow these links to the programs websites:

Band

Theatre

Peer Autism Team

Students are trained by the District Autism Team on ASD characteristics.  The students then utilize their learning with students who are identified.  Planned activities during the day and extracurricular events are organized to help build relationships and connections to the school.  

Project Lead the Way

From launching space explorations to delivering safe, clean water to communities, engineers find solutions to pressing problems and turn their ideas into reality. PLTW Engineering empowers students to step into the role of an engineer, adopt a problem-solving mindset, and make the leap from dreamers to doers. The program’s courses engage students in compelling, real-world challenges that help them become better collaborators and thinkers. Students take from the courses in-demand knowledge and skills they will use in high school and for the rest of their lives, on any career path they take.

Our program is a satellite partnership between WCS and Great Oaks Career Campuses. We have courses in all grade levels that explore different disciplines in the engineering field. We had our first four-year program graduates in 2019 with a class of 12 students.