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The public schools with the lowest student-to-teacher ratios in Kent County, Delaware

48 public schools in Kent County, Delaware appear in this ranking of the public schools with the lowest student-to-teacher ratios, ranked by the fewest students per teacher, a proxy for class size and staffing. Major George S. Welch Elementary School leads the list at 9.0:1, against a median of 16.7:1 across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

Kent County, Delaware

Best Students/teacher

9.0:1

Median Students/teacher

16.7:1

LOWEST RATIO · KENT COUNTY, DELAWARE

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	Ratio
1	Major George S. Welch Elementary School	Dover, DE	Caesar Rodney School District	Elementary	261	9.0:1
2	John S. Charlton School	Camden, DE	Caesar Rodney School District	Combined	424	9.4:1
3	Booker T. Washington Elementary School	Dover, DE	Capital School District	Elementary	314	10.1:1
4	Hartly Elementary School	Hartly, DE	Capital School District	Elementary	240	11.0:1
5	Allen Frear Elementary School	Camden, DE	Caesar Rodney School District	Elementary	504	12.3:1
6	Fairview Elementary School	Dover, DE	Capital School District	Elementary	287	13.1:1
7	Smyrna Elementary School	Smyrna, DE	Smyrna School District	Elementary	420	13.1:1
8	W. Reily Brown Elementary School	Dover, DE	Caesar Rodney School District	Elementary	506	13.7:1
9	North Smyrna Elementary School	Smyrna, DE	Smyrna School District	Elementary	557	13.9:1
10	Lake Forest South Elementary School	Harrington, DE	Lake Forest School District	Elementary	407	14.5:1
11	Lake Forest North Elementary School	Felton, DE	Lake Forest School District	Elementary	424	14.6:1
12	Lake Forest East Elementary School	Frederica, DE	Lake Forest School District	Elementary	353	14.7:1
13	Star Hill Elementary School	Dover, DE	Caesar Rodney School District	Elementary	429	14.8:1
14	Moore (John Bassett) School	Smyrna, DE	Smyrna School District	Middle	638	14.8:1
15	W. B. Simpson Elementary School	Camden, DE	Caesar Rodney School District	Elementary	465	15.0:1
16	Academy Of Dover Charter School	Dover, DE	Academy of Dover Charter School	Elementary	443	15.3:1
17	POLYTECH High School	Woodside, DE	POLYTECH School District	High	1,228	15.3:1
18	Providence Creek Academy Charter School	Clayton, DE	Providence Creek Academy Charter School	Elementary	769	15.7:1
19	East Dover Elementary School	Dover, DE	Capital School District	Elementary	331	15.8:1
20	Sunnyside Elementary School	Smyrna, DE	Smyrna School District	Elementary	507	15.8:1
21	Lake Forest Central Elementary School	Felton, DE	Lake Forest School District	Elementary	604	16.1:1
22	Nellie Hughes Stokes Elementary School	Dover, DE	Caesar Rodney School District	Elementary	487	16.2:1
23	David E. Robinson Elementary School	Wyoming, DE	Caesar Rodney School District	Elementary	514	16.6:1
24	Towne Point Elementary School	Dover, DE	Capital School District	Elementary	341	16.6:1
25	Smyrna Middle School	Smyrna, DE	Smyrna School District	Middle	1,011	16.9:1
26	Clayton Elementary School	Clayton, DE	Smyrna School District	Elementary	487	17.4:1
27	Banneker (Benjamin) Elementary School	Milford, DE	Milford School District	Elementary	540	17.4:1
28	Caesar Rodney High School	Camden, DE	Caesar Rodney School District	High	2,254	17.6:1
29	Smyrna High School	Smyrna, DE	Smyrna School District	High	1,777	17.8:1
30	F. Niel Postlethwait Middle School	Camden, DE	Caesar Rodney School District	Middle	647	18.0:1
31	First State Military Academy	Clayton, DE	First State Military Academy	High	433	18.0:1
32	Clayton Intermediate School	Clayton, DE	Smyrna School District	Middle	490	18.1:1
33	Lake Forest High School	Felton, DE	Lake Forest School District	High	951	18.6:1
34	Milford Central Academy	Milford, DE	Milford School District	Middle	1,013	18.8:1
35	Chipman (W.T.) Middle School	Harrington, DE	Lake Forest School District	Middle	905	18.9:1
36	South Dover Elementary School	Dover, DE	Capital School District	Elementary	577	18.9:1
37	J. Ralph McIlvaine Early Childhood Center	Magnolia, DE	Caesar Rodney School District	Elementary	454	18.9:1
38	Fred Fifer III Middle School	Camden, DE	Caesar Rodney School District	Middle	839	19.1:1
39	Milford Senior High School	Milford, DE	Milford School District	High	1,271	19.6:1
40	North Dover Elementary School	Dover, DE	Capital School District	Elementary	333	19.6:1
41	Campus Community School	Dover, DE	Campus Community School	Elementary	409	20.4:1
42	Dover High School	Dover, DE	Capital School District	High	1,812	20.5:1
43	Kent County Community School	Dover, DE	Capital School District	Combined	274	21.1:1
44	Middle School of Innovation	Dover, DE	Capital School District	Middle	690	22.3:1
45	William Henry Middle School	Dover, DE	Capital School District	Middle	432	22.7:1
46	Magnolia Middle School	Magnolia, DE	Caesar Rodney School District	Middle	460	23.0:1
47	Early College School at Del State	Dover, DE	Early College High School at Del State	High	583	24.3:1
48	Middle School of Excellence	Dover, DE	Capital School District	Middle	608	26.4:1

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