Clayton Intermediate School

Located at 86 Sorrento Drive, in Clayton, Delaware, Clayton Intermediate School is a low-enrollment middle school that serves 490 students (grades 5 through 6), overseen by Smyrna School District. Compared to the state average of about 655 students per school, that is 25% below typical.

Smyrna School District comprises 8 schools with combined enrollment of 5,887 students; Clayton Intermediate School is among them.

In terms of who attends, Clayton Intermediate School reports that White students make up the majority at 57%; the rest comes out to 29% Black, 7% Hispanic, 6% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Kent County as a whole.

On the resource side, The school reports having 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 18.1:1. The state averages around 16.4:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Kent County) records that median household earnings sit near $74,477, about 28% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Across Kent County's 55 public schools (combined enrollment of about 31,256 students), Clayton Intermediate School is one campus in the mix.

Clayton Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.2 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Clayton Intermediate School operates from a rural location.

Looking at the recent track record. Clayton Intermediate School's enrollment has rose 5% since 2018, when it stood at 466 (now 490). Over the same period, the White share shrank from 67% to 57%. Class-load math has grew: from 16.6:1 in 2018 to 18.1:1 in 2025.

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