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Indian River School District, DE: schools, enrollment and spending
Indian River School District runs 16 public schools with 10,753 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 13.8 students per teacher is 0.9 lower than the Delaware figure of 14.7.
At a glance
- Schools
- 16
- Students
- 10,753
- Teachers (FTE)
- 781
- Students per teacher
- 13.8
- DE: 14.7 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 31 Hosier Street, Selbyville, DE 19975
- Phone
- (302)436-1000
- County
- Sussex County
- Locale
- Rural: Fringe
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 1000680
- State district ID
- DE-36
- Total staff (FTE)
- 1,487
- School counselors (FTE)
- 30.0About 358 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 74.0
Students per teacher compared
This district13.8
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 (10,592), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $199.1 million
- Federal revenue
- $12.0 million
- State revenue
- $128.6 million
- Local revenue
- $58.6 million
- Total spending
- $180.3 million
- Spending per pupil
- $17,025
- Salaries
- $95.5 million53.0% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $49.7 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 6.0%
- State: 64.6%
- Local: 29.4%
Delaware overall
- Federal: 7.3%
- State: 60.7%
- Local: 32.0%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$17,025
Delaware$18,901
United States$16,826
Schools in Indian River School District
By level: 3 high, 3 middle, 8 elementary, 2 other. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Carver (G.W.) Educational Center | ||||
| Clayton (John M.) Elementary School | Elementary | K to 5 | 446 | 12.1 |
| East Millsboro Elementary School | Elementary | K to 5 | 820 | 16.1 |
| Ennis (Howard T.) School | Other | PK to 12 | 340 | 6.3 |
| Georgetown Elementary School | Elementary | K to 5 | 825 | 13.8 |
| Georgetown Middle School | Middle | 6 to 8 | 861 | 14.6 |
| Indian River High School | High | 9 to 12 | 1,073 | 13.2 |
| Indian River Intensive Learning Center | High | 12 | 156 | |
| Long Neck Elementary School | Elementary | K to 5 | 712 | 15.5 |
| Lord Baltimore Elementary School | Elementary | K to 5 | 557 | 13.3 |
| Millsboro Middle School | Middle | 6 to 8 | 726 | 13.7 |
| North Georgetown Elementary School | Elementary | K to 5 | 754 | 15.7 |
| Selbyville Middle School | Middle | 6 to 8 | 770 | 14.5 |
| Showell (Phillip C.) Elementary School | Elementary | K to 5 | 297 | 11.9 |
| Southern Delaware School of the Arts | Elementary | K to 8 | 404 | 12.6 |
| Sussex Central High School | High | 9 to 12 | 2,012 | 15.4 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Sussex County
- Cape Henlopen School District 6,654 students
- Milford School District 4,523 students
- Seaford School District 3,580 students
- Woodbridge School District 2,577 students
- Laurel School District 2,544 students
- Delmar School District 1,445 students
- Sussex Technical School District 1,341 students
- Sussex Academy 1,182 students
- Sussex Montessori School 383 students
- Bryan Allen Stevenson School of Excellence 208 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.