📍 520 duPont Avenue, Lewes, Sussex County, 19958
Sussex Consortium is a Special Education serving other age pupils, located in Lewes, Sussex County. The school has 421 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Cape Henlopen School District school district. It serves grades Pre-K–12 in a rural setting. The school employs 88 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 4.8:1. 15% of students are proficient in reading. The four-year graduation rate is 75%. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Sussex Consortium enrolls 421 students across grades Pre-K–12. The student body is 77% male and 23% female. A teaching staff of 88 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 4.8:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 78% White, 9.7% Black or African American and 8.1% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 329 | 78% |
| Black or African American | 41 | 9.7% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 34 | 8.1% |
| Two or more races | 10 | 2.4% |
| Asian | 7 | 1.7% |
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.
Sussex Consortium 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 6, state house district 20.
Sussex Consortium 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 421 students, Sussex Consortium is smaller than the district average of about 739 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Fringe