Cape Henlopen
Four Districts, One City, 6,476 Fewer Students
The four districts that share responsibility for educating Wilmington's children lost 6,476 students over the past decade, an 11.0% decline that left them serving 52,641 in 2024-25, down from 59,117. ...
18 Delaware Districts Hit All-Time Highs
Eighteen of 41 Delaware school districts set enrollment records in 2024-25. Only three established districts hit all-time lows. (Two additional charters, ASPIRA Delaware and the Bryan Allen Stevenson ...
Cape Henlopen Grew 45%, and Its Schools Can't Keep Up
Most Delaware superintendents spend their winters worrying about enrollment loss. In Cape Henlopen, the problem is the opposite: where to put everyone.
Every Year, 2,000 Extra Freshmen Appear in Delaware
Look at Delaware's enrollment by grade and one bar sticks out like a fence post in a flat field. The state enrolled 11,504 students in 8th grade in 2024-25, then 13,633 in 9th grade: 2,129 more freshm...
Delaware Lost One Year to COVID, Then Set a Record
Eighteen of Delaware's 39 school districts enrolled more students during the first pandemic year than the year before. Not after the crisis. During it. Cape Henlopen added 534. Caesar Rodney added 432...
Appoquinimink Adds 3,867 Students and Transforms Along the Way
In a state where most traditional school districts are shrinking, Appoquinimink keeps building schools. The southern New Castle County district added 3,867 students over the past decade, a 39.9% surge...
Delaware Defies National Decline: 150,591 Students and Counting
In a country where most states are watching their school enrollment shrink, Delaware is doing the opposite. The state's public schools enrolled 150,591 students in 2024-25, the highest figure in at le...
Three in Four Delaware Districts Are Now Majority-Minority
A decade ago, fewer than half of Delaware's school districts enrolled a majority of students of color. Today, 30 of 39 do. The shift from 42.9% to 76.9% majority-minority districts between 2014-15 and...
Delaware Publishes 2024-25 Enrollment Data
A year ago, Delaware public schools enrolled 149,324 students, up for the eighth time in nine years. Administrators talked about the state as a bright spot, one of the few places in the country where ...