📍 200 East Cochran Street, Middletown, New Castle County, 19709
Silver Lake Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Middletown, New Castle County. The school has 602 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Appoquinimink School District school district. It serves grades 1–5 in a small-town setting. The school employs 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 15.8:1. 38% of students are proficient in reading. 30% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Silver Lake Elementary School enrolls 602 students across grades 1–5. The student body is 48% male and 52% female. A teaching staff of 38 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 15.8:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 41% White, 33% Black or African American and 14% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 248 | 41% |
| Black or African American | 198 | 33% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 86 | 14% |
| Two or more races | 45 | 7.5% |
| Asian | 22 | 3.7% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 3 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Silver Lake Elementary School is located in a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, Fringe). For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district DE At-Large, state senate district 10, state house district 8.
Silver Lake Elementary School is one of 20 schools in Appoquinimink School District, based in Odessa, Delaware. The district serves 12,897 students district-wide and employs 862 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 602 students, Silver Lake Elementary School is close to the district average of about 645 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Town - Fringe
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