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Elementary · Regular · Grades K

J. Ralph McIlvaine Early Childhood Center, Magnolia, DE

J. Ralph McIlvaine Early Childhood Center is a public elementary school in Magnolia, part of Caesar Rodney School District. It enrolled 454 students in 2024-25, with 18.9 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students
454
Teachers (FTE)
24.0
Students per teacher
18.9
Grades
K

This school's ratio is 3.6 higher than the district figure of 15.3. The Delaware average across schools is 14.7. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school18.9
District15.3
Delaware14.7
United States15.3

School details

Address
11 East Walnut 11 East Walnut, Magnolia, DE 19962
Phone
(302)335-5039
District
Caesar Rodney School District
County
Kent County
Level
Elementary
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
No
Virtual
No
Locale
Suburb: Midsize
NCES school ID
100018000309
Location from NCES coordinates. Map data OpenStreetMap contributors. Open larger map

School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.
Direct certification
137Students certified through programs such as SNAP, without an application.
Community Eligibility Provision
No

Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.

Related schools

Other elementary schools in Caesar Rodney School District

We publish official enrollment and staffing data, not ratings or test scores.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.