Charter agency · Kent County
First State Military Academy, DE: schools, enrollment and spending
First State Military Academy runs 1 public school with 433 students in grades 9 to 12. Its ratio of 18.0 students per teacher is 3.3 higher than the Delaware figure of 14.7.
At a glance
- Schools
- 1
- Students
- 433
- Teachers (FTE)
- 24
- Students per teacher
- 18.0
- DE: 14.7 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 355 West Duck Creek Road, Clayton, DE 19938
- Phone
- (302)223-2150
- County
- Kent County
- Locale
- Rural: Fringe
- Grades offered
- 9 to 12
- Agency type
- Charter agency
- NCES district ID
- 1000057
- State district ID
- DE-9607
- Total staff (FTE)
- 47
- School counselors (FTE)
- 1.0About 433 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 1.0
- Charter schools
- 1
Students per teacher compared
This district18.0
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 (458), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $7.1 million
- Federal revenue
- $672,000
- State revenue
- $4.7 million
- Local revenue
- $1.7 million
- Total spending
- $6.0 million
- Spending per pupil
- $13,061
- Salaries
- $2.9 million48.9% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $0
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 9.5%
- State: 67.0%
- Local: 23.5%
Delaware overall
- Federal: 7.3%
- State: 60.7%
- Local: 32.0%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$13,061
Delaware$18,901
United States$16,826
Schools in First State Military Academy
By level: 1 high. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| First State Military AcademyCharter | High | 9 to 12 | 433 | 18.0 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Kent County
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- Capital School District 6,491 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
- Campus Community School 409 students
- Positive Outcomes Charter School 119 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.