Blades Elementary School

In Blades, Delaware, Blades Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school. It reports enrollment of 410 students in kindergarten through 2.

Blades Elementary School reports to Seaford School District, which has 7 schools and 3,580 students.

Hispanic students make up 39% of enrollment at Blades Elementary School, the largest share of any group. Beyond that, enrollment is 29% Black, 22% White, and 9% multiracial. In Sussex County overall, about 12% of residents are Hispanic. A diversity index of 71% means there is a 71% chance two randomly chosen students at Blades Elementary School are from different groups.

There are about 16.4 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at Blades Elementary School, which has 25. Elementary schools in Delaware average 13.9:1, 2.5 fewer students per teacher than here.

The school is in Sussex County, where median household income comes to about $81,497, roughly 33% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Sussex County's 55 public schools enroll about 32,366 students and include Blades Elementary School.

Blades Elementary School's nearest public school is Frederick Douglass Elementary School (about 1.0 miles). The count of other public schools within five miles is 7.

The school is in a town some distance from an urbanized area, according to its NCES locale (Town: Distant).

Enrollment rose 5% over 4 years, reaching 410 in 2024-25. The ratio of students to teachers went from 14.4:1 to 16.4:1 over the same years.

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