Cedar Lane Early Childhood Center

In Middletown, Delaware, Cedar Lane Early Childhood Center is a small elementary school. The latest federal count shows 265 students in kindergarten. Against the 461-student average for elementary schools in Delaware, enrollment here is 43% lower.

A total of 21 schools make up Appoquinimink School District, with 12,897 students enrolled.

No single group makes up more than half of enrollment at Cedar Lane Early Childhood Center. The largest is White students, at 43%. The remaining students are 28% Asian, 15% Black, 10% multiracial, and 5% Hispanic. Census figures show New Castle County is about 54% White. Pick two students at random and there is a 71% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.

Cedar Lane Early Childhood Center employs 15 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 17.7:1. This ratio sits 3.7 above the 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Delaware.

In the county around the school, New Castle County, the median household income is $91,166, roughly 40% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. There are 129 public schools in New Castle County, enrolling about 78,534 students in all.

Waters (Alfred G.) Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, less than a tenth of a mile away. Within five miles of Cedar Lane Early Childhood Center, there are at least 8 other public schools.

In the federal locale system, Cedar Lane Early Childhood Center is coded Rural: Fringe, for schools in rural territory close to an urban area.

In 2020-21, Cedar Lane Early Childhood Center enrolled 262; in 2024-25, 265. The school's ratio rose from 15.4:1 to 17.7:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.

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