School district · Delaware

Appoquinimink School District

Appoquinimink School District in Delaware: 21 public schools with 12,897 students and 14.7 students per teacher in the 2024–25 school year. It spent $18,456 per student in FY2024.

Schools: 21
Students: 12,897
Students per teacher: 14.7; DE 14.8 · US 15.1
Spending per student: $18,456; DE $22.2K · US $17.6K

Staff

Full-time equivalents reported by the district. Ratios are students per staff member: lower means more staff for each student, not better results.

Teachers (FTE): 880
Counselors (FTE): 37.0
Students per counselor: 349; DE 316 · US 357
Psychologists (FTE): 13.0; Librarians (FTE): 10.0

State test results

Share of students scoring proficient or above on Delaware's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.

Reading and writing

Delaware: 41%

52%proficient

+2.2 points from 2023–24 school year

A higher share proficient than 79% of school districts in Delaware

Median 37% · 34 school districts compared

6,007 students tested, grades 3–8 · Smarter Balanced Summative Assessment; proficient means Levels 3-4

Math

Delaware: 34%

45%proficient

+3.1 points from 2023–24 school year

A higher share proficient than 84% of school districts in Delaware

Median 29% · 32 school districts compared

6,025 students tested, grades 3–8 · Smarter Balanced Summative Assessment; proficient means Levels 3-4

Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.

Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.

Money

Current spending pays for staff, services and supplies; buildings and debt are counted apart. It follows local costs and needs (special education, long bus routes), so it is a comparison, not a grade.

Spending per student, 2015–2024

$11.2K15

$11.6K16

$12.7K17

$13.2K18

$13.5K19

$13.7K20

$14.7K21

$15.8K22

$17.0K23

$18.5K24

Where the money comes from (FY2024)

Federal: 3.6% · $8.7M
State: 64% · $158M
Local: 32% · $78.9M

Per student (FY2024)

Instruction: $11,084
Support services: $6,833
Buildings and equipment (capital outlay): $40.5M
Long-term debt: $218.1M

Schools

Open public schools of the district in the 2024–25 school year.

Pre-K centers: 1Elementary schools: 13Middle schools: 4High schools: 3

School	Grades	Students	Students / teacher	Reading	Math	City or town
Appoquinimink PreSchool CenterSpecial education	Pre-K	150	7.5	—	—	Middletown
Brick Mill Early Childhood Center	Pre-K–K	280	9.7	—	—	Middletown
Brick Mill Elementary School	1–5	524	14.2	36%	32%	Middletown
Bunker Hill Elementary School	1–5	566	14.9	35%	34%	Middletown
Cedar Lane Early Childhood Center	K	265	17.7	—	—	Middletown
Cedar Lane Elementary School	1–5	634	15.9	66%	70%	Middletown
Crystal Run Elementary School	1–5	427	14.7	60%	61%	Middletown
Lorewood Grove Elementary School	1–5	492	15.4	48%	53%	Middletown
Loss (Olive B.) Elementary School	1–5	499	13.7	61%	61%	Bear
Old State Elementary School	1–5	765	13.9	54%	51%	Townsend
Silver Lake Elementary School	1–5	552	13.8	47%	39%	Middletown
Spring Meadow Early Childhood Center	K	185	10.9	—	—	Townsend
Townsend Early Childhood Center	K	176	16.0	—	—	Townsend
Townsend Elementary School	1–5	435	13.6	58%	51%	Townsend
Cantwells Bridge Middle School	6–8	852	17.9	49%	38%	Townsend
Meredith (Everett) Middle School	6–8	867	14.0	48%	33%	Middletown
Redding (Louis L.) Middle School	6–8	451	14.5	34%	23%	Middletown
Waters (Alfred G.) Middle School	6–8	935	17.0	67%	58%	Middletown
Appoquinimink High School	9–12	1,357	15.2	—	—	Middletown
Middletown High School	9–12	1,231	15.4	—	—	Middletown
Odessa High School	9–12	1,254	15.0	—	—	Townsend

Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.

Sources

Address: 313 South Fifth Street, Odessa, DE 19730
Phone: (302)376-4128

Website

Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
Annual Survey of School System Finances (U.S. Census Bureau), FY2024. U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances (F-33).
State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.