Cape Henlopen High School

Cape Henlopen High School is a high-enrollment high school for students in Lewes, Delaware. Enrollment in 2024-25 was 1,889 students in grades 9 through 12. Against the 1,068-student average for high schools in Delaware, enrollment here is 77% higher.

The district for Cape Henlopen High School is Cape Henlopen School District, with 10 schools and 6,654 students.

At 63%, White students outnumber all other groups at Cape Henlopen High School combined. The school is also 21% Hispanic, 9% Black, and 5% multiracial. The White share of the county population is higher, at 74%. The chance that two students picked at random at Cape Henlopen High School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 55%.

The school employs the equivalent of 125 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 15.1:1. Among high schools in Delaware, the typical ratio is 16.6:1.

Within Sussex County, median household income is about $81,497, about 33% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 8%. Federal data list 55 public schools in Sussex County, with a combined enrollment of about 32,366.

The school nearest to Cape Henlopen High School is Frederick D Thomas Middle School, at a distance of about 0.7 miles. Counting only straight-line distance, 6 other public schools are within five miles.

By NCES locale, the school is Town: Distant, or in a town some distance from an urbanized area.

The 2024-25 enrollment of 1,889 was 15% higher than in 2020-21, when it was 1,637.

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