📍 1250 Kings Highway, Lewes, Sussex County, 19958
Cape Henlopen High School is a State/Public serving high age pupils, located in Lewes, Sussex County. The school has 1,813 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Cape Henlopen School District school district. It serves grades 9–12 in a small-town setting. The school employs 122 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 14.9:1. 51% of students are proficient in reading. 26% are proficient in maths. The four-year graduation rate is 91%. The school offers 16 AP courses, dual enrollment, a gifted and talented program. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Cape Henlopen High School enrolls 1,813 students across grades 9–12. The student body is 49% male and 51% female. A teaching staff of 122 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 14.9:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 65% White, 17% Hispanic or Latino and 11% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 1,187 | 65% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 312 | 17% |
| Black or African American | 193 | 11% |
| Two or more races | 79 | 4.4% |
| Asian | 31 | 1.7% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 9 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 2 | <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.
Cape Henlopen High School is located in a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, Distant). For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district DE At-Large, state senate district 6, state house district 14.
Cape Henlopen High School is one of 9 schools in Cape Henlopen School District, based in Lewes, Delaware. The district serves 6,654 students district-wide and employs 466 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 1,813 students, Cape Henlopen High School is larger than the district average of about 739 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Town - Distant
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