Appoquinimink High School

As a mid-sized four-year high school in Middletown, Delaware, Appoquinimink High School hosts 1,357 students from grades 9 through 12, run under Appoquinimink School District. That puts it 27% above the typical public school in Delaware, which averages around 1,068 students.

Appoquinimink School District runs 21 schools in total, collectively educating 12,897 students. Appoquinimink High School is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Appoquinimink High School shows that the most-represented group is White (45%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder reads as 31% Black, 11% Asian, 8% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 54%.

Looking at school resources, The school reports having 89 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 16.6:1, putting Appoquinimink High School tighter than the state norm the norm.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for New Castle County put median household earnings sit near $91,166, about 40% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. In all, New Castle County runs 129 public schools (combined enrollment of about 78,534 students), of which Appoquinimink High School is one.

Bunker Hill Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a low-density site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Appoquinimink High School's enrollment has shrank 18% since 2018, when it stood at 1,652 (now 1,357). Over the same period, the White share edged down from 60% to 45%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 16.4:1 in 2018 to 15.3:1 today.

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