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Sussex Technical School District, DE: schools, enrollment and spending
Sussex Technical School District runs 1 public school with 1,341 students in grades 9 to 12. Its ratio of 15.4 students per teacher is about the same as the Delaware figure of 14.7.
At a glance
- Schools
- 1
- Students
- 1,341
- Teachers (FTE)
- 87
- Students per teacher
- 15.4
- DE: 14.7 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 17137 County Seat Highway, Georgetown, DE 19947
- Phone
- (302)856-2541
- County
- Sussex County
- Locale
- Rural: Distant
- Grades offered
- 9 to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 1001680
- State district ID
- DE-40
- Total staff (FTE)
- 167
- School counselors (FTE)
- 3.0About 447 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 4.0
Students per teacher compared
This district15.4
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 (1,239), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $28.4 million
- Federal revenue
- $1.4 million
- State revenue
- $15.3 million
- Local revenue
- $11.7 million
- Total spending
- $25.3 million
- Spending per pupil
- $20,396
- Salaries
- $11.8 million46.8% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $7.0 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 5.0%
- State: 53.8%
- Local: 41.1%
Delaware overall
- Federal: 7.3%
- State: 60.7%
- Local: 32.0%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$20,396
Delaware$18,901
United States$16,826
Schools in Sussex Technical School District
By level: 1 high. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Sussex Technical High School | High | 9 to 12 | 1,341 | 15.4 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Sussex County
- Indian River School District 10,753 students
- 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 Academy 1,182 students
- Sussex Montessori School 383 students
- Bryan Allen Stevenson School of Excellence 208 students
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.