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Showell (Phillip C.) Elementary School, Selbyville, DE

Showell (Phillip C.) Elementary School is a public elementary school in Selbyville, part of Indian River School District. It enrolled 297 students in 2024-25, with 11.9 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students
297
Teachers (FTE)
25.0
Students per teacher
11.9
Grades
K to 5

This school's ratio is 1.9 lower than the district figure of 13.8. The Delaware average across schools is 14.7. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school11.9
District13.8
Delaware14.7
United States15.3

School details

Address
41 Bethany Road, Selbyville, DE 19975
Phone
(302)436-1040
District
Indian River School District
County
Sussex County
Level
Elementary
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
No
Virtual
No
Locale
Rural: Distant
NCES school ID
100068000088
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
82Students 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 Indian River 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.