Cedar Lane Elementary School

Cedar Lane Elementary School is an elementary campus of moderately sized scale in Middletown, Delaware, overseen by Appoquinimink School District, caters to 634 students in grades 1 through 5. Compared to the state average of about 461 students per school, that is 38% above typical.

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

On the student-mix side, Cedar Lane Elementary School lists that the most-represented group is White (38%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest consists of 34% Asian, 16% Black, 6% multiracial, 5% Hispanic. By comparison, New Castle County as a whole is about 54% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, The school lists 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.8:1. The state averages around 13.9:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical.

Across the wider county, New Castle County reports that the typical household earns roughly $91,166 per year, roughly 40% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, New Castle County runs 129 public schools (combined enrollment of about 78,534 students), of which Cedar Lane Elementary School is one.

The closest other public school is Cedar Lane Early Childhood Center, roughly 0.1 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Cedar Lane Elementary School operates from a small-town location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 17%: 768 students in 2018 compared to 634 in 2025. The Asian share of enrollment expanded from 9% to 34% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 17.1:1 in 2018 to 15.8:1 today.

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