Cape Henlopen High School

Cape Henlopen High School is a high school of expansive scale in Lewes, Delaware, overseen by Cape Henlopen School District, hosting 1,889 students in grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Delaware's public schools average about 1,068 students each, so Cape Henlopen High School sits 77% larger than that benchmark.

Cape Henlopen School District comprises 10 schools with combined enrollment of 6,654 students; Cape Henlopen High School is among them.

In terms of who attends, Cape Henlopen High School logs that 63% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder reads as 21% Hispanic, 9% Black, 5% multiracial. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 74%.

Looking at school resources, Cape Henlopen High School shows 125 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.1:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 16.6:1 average.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Sussex County) shows that median household earnings sit near $81,497, roughly 33% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. In all, Sussex County runs 55 public schools (combined enrollment of about 32,366 students), of which Cape Henlopen High School is one.

The closest other public school is Frederick D Thomas Middle School, roughly 0.7 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 6 other public schools cluster around Cape Henlopen High School.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count rose 30%: 1,454 students in 2018 compared to 1,889 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment edged up from 16% to 21% over that span.

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