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Appoquinimink School District, DE: schools, enrollment and spending

Appoquinimink School District runs 21 public schools with 12,897 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 14.7 students per teacher is about the same as the Delaware figure of 14.7.

At a glance

Schools: 21
Students: 12,897
Teachers (FTE): 879
Students per teacher: 14.7; DE: 14.7 · US: 15.3

Address: 313 South Fifth Street, Odessa, DE 19730
Phone: (302)376-4128
County: New Castle County
Locale: Rural: Fringe
Grades offered: PK to 12
Agency type: Regular local school district
NCES district ID: 1000080
State district ID: DE-29
Total staff (FTE): 1,599
School counselors (FTE): 37.0About 349 students per counselor.
School administrators (FTE): 49.0

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Students per teacher compared

This district14.7

Delaware14.7

United States15.3

2020 finance data

From the F-33 School District Finance Survey for fiscal year 2020, in nominal dollars. Enrollment used for per-pupil figures is the finance survey count (11,914), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.

Total revenue: $255.6 million
Federal revenue: $8.9 million
State revenue: $181.8 million
Local revenue: $65.0 million
Total spending: $245.5 million
Spending per pupil: $20,606
Salaries: $94.1 million38.3% of total spending.
Long-term debt (end of year): $170.6 million

Where revenue came from

Federal: 3.5%
State: 71.1%
Local: 25.4%

Delaware overall

Federal: 7.3%
State: 60.7%
Local: 32.0%

Spending per pupil compared

This district$20,606

Delaware$18,901

United States$16,826

Schools in Appoquinimink School District

By level: 3 high, 4 middle, 13 elementary, 1 prekindergarten. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.


Appoquinimink High School	High	9 to 12	1,357	15.2
Appoquinimink PreSchool Center	Prekindergarten	PK	150	7.5
Brick Mill Early Childhood Center	Elementary	PK to K	280	9.7
Brick Mill Elementary School	Elementary	1 to 5	524	14.2
Bunker Hill Elementary School	Elementary	1 to 5	566	14.9
Cantwells Bridge Middle School	Middle	6 to 8	852	18.1
Cedar Lane Early Childhood Center	Elementary	K	265	17.7
Cedar Lane Elementary School	Elementary	1 to 5	634	15.8
Crystal Run Elementary School	Elementary	1 to 5	427	14.7
Lorewood Grove Elementary School	Elementary	1 to 5	492	15.4
Loss (Olive B.) Elementary School	Elementary	1 to 5	499	13.9
Meredith (Everett) Middle School	Middle	6 to 8	867	14.0
Middletown High School	High	9 to 12	1,231	15.4
Odessa High School	High	9 to 12	1,254	15.1
Old State Elementary School	Elementary	1 to 5	765	13.9
Redding (Louis L.) Middle School	Middle	6 to 8	451	14.5
Silver Lake Elementary School	Elementary	1 to 5	552	13.8
Spring Meadow Early Childhood Center	Elementary	K	185	10.9
Townsend Early Childhood Center	Elementary	K	176	16.0
Townsend Elementary School	Elementary	1 to 5	435	13.6
Waters (Alfred G.) Middle School	Middle	6 to 8	935	17.0

Nearby and related

Other districts in New Castle County

Red Clay Consolidated School District 14,444 students
Christina School District 12,954 students
Brandywine School District 10,349 students
Colonial School District 8,575 students
New Castle County Vocational-Technical School District 4,812 students
Newark Charter School 3,109 students
Odyssey Charter School 2,286 students
Las Americas Aspira Academy 1,471 students
MOT Charter School 1,407 students
Charter School of Wilmington 977 students
Academia Antonia Alonso 910 students
Charter School of New Castle 788 students
First State Montessori Academy 657 students
Kuumba Academy Charter School 594 students
Edison (Thomas A.) Charter School 557 students

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