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Townsend Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Townsend, New Castle County. The school has 432 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Appoquinimink School District school district. It serves grades 1–5 in a rural setting. The school employs 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 14.4:1. 48% of students are proficient in reading. 33% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Townsend Elementary School enrolls 432 students across grades 1–5. The student body is 50% male and 50% female. A teaching staff of 30 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 14.4:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 58% White, 22% Black or African American and 12% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 252 | 58% |
| Black or African American | 95 | 22% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 53 | 12% |
| Two or more races | 27 | 6.3% |
| Asian | 3 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 | <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.
Townsend Elementary School is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Fringe). For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district DE At-Large, state senate district 14, state house district 11.
Townsend 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 432 students, Townsend Elementary School is smaller than the district average of about 645 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Fringe
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