Alexis I. duPont High School

Alexis I. duPont High School (AI) is a public high school located in Greenville, Delaware with a Wilmington postal address. It is one of the three public high schools offering grades 9–12 in the Red Clay Consolidated School District. 807 students were enrolled during the 2019–2020 school year. Areas zoned to AI come from portions of Wilmington and several suburbs, including Greenville, most of Hockessin, a portion of North Star, and Centreville, as well as nearby Breck's Mill. In Wilmington, it serves the historic districts of Cool Spring Park, Delaware Avenue, and Wawaset Park. In 2020, the high school was the site of the first campaign event featuring Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden and his running mate Kamala Harris. History Founded in 1893 under Principal A.R. Spade, Alexis I. duPont High School (AI) was originally a part of the Alexis I. duPont School District. AI moved to its current location in 1966 from where Alexis I. duPont Middle School stands today. Both schools left the AI School District in 1978 and were moved into the short-lived New Castle County School District, which split into the Red Clay Consolidated, Brandywine, Christiana, and Colonial school districts in August 1981. Academics In 2021, U.S. News & World Report ranked AI #9,632 of more than 18,000 high schools nationally and Niche ranked it #1 of 56 schools in the state of Delaware.