Regular local school district · Kent County
Capital School District, DE: schools, enrollment and spending
Capital School District runs 14 public schools with 6,491 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 18.7 students per teacher is 4.0 higher than the Delaware figure of 14.7.
At a glance
- Schools
- 14
- Students
- 6,491
- Teachers (FTE)
- 348
- Students per teacher
- 18.7
- DE: 14.7 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 198 Commerce Way, Dover, DE 19904
- Phone
- (302)672-1500
- County
- Kent County
- Locale
- City: Small
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 1000190
- State district ID
- DE-13
- Total staff (FTE)
- 875
- School counselors (FTE)
- 14.0About 464 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 24.0
Students per teacher compared
This district18.7
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 (6,332), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $168.0 million
- Federal revenue
- $13.1 million
- State revenue
- $122.7 million
- Local revenue
- $32.2 million
- Total spending
- $123.4 million
- Spending per pupil
- $19,482
- Salaries
- $60.9 million49.4% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $113.1 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 7.8%
- State: 73.1%
- Local: 19.2%
Delaware overall
- Federal: 7.3%
- State: 60.7%
- Local: 32.0%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$19,482
Delaware$18,901
United States$16,826
Schools in Capital School District
By level: 1 high, 3 middle, 7 elementary, 1 prekindergarten, 2 other. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Booker T. Washington Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | K to 4 | 314 | 10.1 |
| Capital Early Childhood Center | Prekindergarten | PK | 145 | |
| Dover High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 1,812 | 20.6 |
| East Dover Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | K to 4 | 331 | 15.8 |
| Fairview Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | K to 4 | 287 | 13.0 |
| Hartly Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | K to 4 | 240 | 11.4 |
| Kent County Community SchoolCEP school | Other | PK to 12 | 274 | 21.1 |
| Kent County Secondary ILCCEP school | Other | K to 12 | 107 | 10.7 |
| Middle School of Excellence | Middle | 6 to 8 | 608 | 26.4 |
| Middle School of Innovation | Middle | 6 to 8 | 690 | 22.3 |
| North Dover Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | K to 4 | 333 | 19.6 |
| South Dover Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | K to 4 | 577 | 19.2 |
| Towne Point Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | K to 4 | 341 | 17.1 |
| William Henry Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 5 | 432 | 22.7 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Kent County
- Caesar Rodney School District 8,343 students
- Smyrna School District 5,887 students
- Lake Forest School District 3,727 students
- POLYTECH School District 1,228 students
- Providence Creek Academy Charter School 769 students
- Early College High School at Del State 583 students
- Academy of Dover Charter School 443 students
- First State Military Academy 433 students
- Campus Community School 409 students
- Positive Outcomes Charter School 119 students
- Corrections - DOE
More in Delaware
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.