Bunker Hill Elementary School

Bunker Hill Elementary School operates as an average-sized K-5 school in Middletown, Delaware, run under Appoquinimink School District. Current enrollment sits at 566 students spanning grades 1 through 5. That puts it 23% above the typical public school in Delaware, which averages around 461 students.

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

In terms of who attends, Bunker Hill Elementary School shows that the largest single group is White at 34%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 34% Black, 12% Asian, 12% Hispanic, 7% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 54% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Bunker Hill Elementary School logs 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.9:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.9:1 average.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for New Castle County indicate median household earnings sit near $91,166, roughly 40% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. In all, New Castle County runs 129 public schools (combined enrollment of about 78,534 students), of which Bunker Hill Elementary School is one.

Appoquinimink High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Bunker Hill Elementary School.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Five-year trend. Bunker Hill Elementary School's enrollment has remained close to its prior level since 2018, when it stood at 572 (now 566). White enrollment moved from 51% to 34% across the same window.

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