📍 820 Savannah Road, Lewes, Sussex County, 19958
Lewes Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Lewes, Sussex County. The school has 582 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Cape Henlopen School District school district. It serves grades K–5 in a small-town setting. The school employs 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 14.2:1. 60% of students are proficient in reading. 58% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Lewes Elementary School enrolls 582 students across grades K–5. The student body is 49% male and 51% female. A teaching staff of 41 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 14.2:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 74% White, 14% Hispanic or Latino and 7.4% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 429 | 74% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 79 | 14% |
| Black or African American | 43 | 7.4% |
| Two or more races | 23 | 4% |
| Asian | 8 | 1.4% |
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.
Lewes Elementary 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 20.
Lewes Elementary 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 582 students, Lewes Elementary School is smaller 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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