Blades Elementary School

Blades Elementary School operates as a mid-sized elementary-level community in Blades, Delaware, overseen by Seaford School District. Current enrollment sits at 410 students spanning grades K through 2.

Blades Elementary School is one of 7 schools operated by Seaford School District, a district that enrolls 3,580 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Blades Elementary School shows that the largest single group is Hispanic at 39%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school records 29% Black, 22% White, 9% multiracial. By comparison, Sussex County as a whole is about 12% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Blades Elementary School shows 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.4:1. The state averages around 13.9:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Sussex County indicate the typical household earns roughly $81,497 per year, 33% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Sussex County's 55 public schools (combined enrollment of about 32,366 students), Blades Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Frederick Douglass Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 7 other public schools cluster around Blades Elementary School.

Blades Elementary School operates from a small-town location.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Blades Elementary School has shrank 6%, going from 435 students in 2018 to 410 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment climbed from 22% to 39% over that span.

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.