Public schools and districts in Delaware

A source-first directory of every currently open local education agency and school in the federal NCES file. The directory includes regular districts, charter agencies, service agencies, and other official agency types; rankings compare regular districts separately.

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Education agencies: 46
Regular districts: 19
Schools: 232
Students in regular districts: 123,124

Agency and school directory: preliminary NCES CCD 2025–26. Enrollment and teacher counts: NCES CCD 2024–25 where reported.

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46 entries

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First 25

Agency	Location	Schools	Students	Ratio
Red Clay Consolidated School District NCES 1001300 · Regular public school district that is not a component of a supervisory union	Wilmington	27	14,444	13.8:1
Christina School District NCES 1000200 · Regular public school district that is not a component of a supervisory union	Newark	29	12,954	12.5:1
Appoquinimink School District NCES 1000080 · Regular public school district that is not a component of a supervisory union	Odessa	21	12,897	14.7:1
Indian River School District NCES 1000680 · Regular public school district that is not a component of a supervisory union	Selbyville	15	10,753	13.8:1
Brandywine School District NCES 1001240 · Regular public school district that is not a component of a supervisory union	Wilmington	16	10,349	13.9:1
Colonial School District NCES 1000230 · Regular public school district that is not a component of a supervisory union	New Castle	15	8,575	14.4:1
Caesar Rodney School District NCES 1000180 · Regular public school district that is not a component of a supervisory union	Wyoming	15	8,343	15.3:1
Cape Henlopen School District NCES 1000170 · Regular public school district that is not a component of a supervisory union	Lewes	10	6,654	12.5:1
Capital School District NCES 1000190 · Regular public school district that is not a component of a supervisory union	Dover	13	6,491	18.6:1
Smyrna School District NCES 1001620 · Regular public school district that is not a component of a supervisory union	Smyrna	8	5,887	16.3:1
New Castle County Vocational-Technical School District NCES 1001280 · Regular public school district that is not a component of a supervisory union	Wilmington	4	4,812	14.3:1
Milford School District NCES 1001080 · Regular public school district that is not a component of a supervisory union	Milford	6	4,523	16.9:1
Lake Forest School District NCES 1000790 · Regular public school district that is not a component of a supervisory union	Felton	7	3,727	16.8:1
Seaford School District NCES 1001530 · Regular public school district that is not a component of a supervisory union	Seaford	7	3,580	18.1:1
Newark Charter School NCES 1000015 · Independent charter district	Newark	1	3,109	16.4:1
Woodbridge School District NCES 1001850 · Regular public school district that is not a component of a supervisory union	Bridgeville	6	2,577	13.8:1
Laurel School District NCES 1000810 · Regular public school district that is not a component of a supervisory union	Laurel	4	2,544	17.2:1
Odyssey Charter School NCES 1000026 · Independent charter district	Wilmington	1	2,286	12.7:1
ASPIRA Delaware NCES 1000050 · Independent charter district	Newark	1	1,471	17.1:1
Delmar School District NCES 1000270 · Regular public school district that is not a component of a supervisory union	Delmar	3	1,445	20.1:1
MOT Charter School NCES 1000019 · Independent charter district	Middletown	1	1,407	17.4:1
Sussex Technical School District NCES 1001680 · Regular public school district that is not a component of a supervisory union	Georgetown	1	1,341	15.4:1
POLYTECH School District NCES 1000750 · Regular public school district that is not a component of a supervisory union	Woodside	1	1,228	15.4:1
Sussex Academy NCES 1000011 · Independent charter district	Georgetown	1	1,182	20:1
Charter School of Wilmington NCES 1000004 · Independent charter district	Wilmington	1	977	19.2:1