Crystal Run Elementary School

Located at 1470 Aviator Wy, in Middletown, Delaware, Crystal Run Elementary School is a moderately sized K-5 school that instructs 427 students (grades 1 through 5), operated by Appoquinimink School District.

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

Looking at the student body, Crystal Run Elementary School logs that the largest single group is White at 54%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school shows 18% Black, 16% Asian, 7% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

In terms of school funding signals, The school currently runs with 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.9:1, putting Crystal Run Elementary School higher than the state norm the norm.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for New Castle County put the typical household earns roughly $91,166 per year, 40% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. In all, New Castle County runs 129 public schools (combined enrollment of about 78,534 students), of which Crystal Run Elementary School is one.

Lorewood Grove Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 2.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Crystal Run Elementary School.

The school occupies a low-density site.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.