Delaware Early Childhood Center

Delaware Early Childhood Center is a very small elementary school with an address in Harrington, Delaware. It had 83 students in 2024-25, spanning pre-K. That compares with an average of about 461 students for elementary schools in Delaware.

Lake Forest School District, which runs Delaware Early Childhood Center, has 7 schools and 3,727 students.

The largest group at Delaware Early Childhood Center is White students, at 51%. Other groups include 27% Black, 14% Hispanic, and 6% multiracial. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Delaware Early Childhood Center scores 65%.

On staff are 5 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 16.6:1. Elementary schools in Delaware average 13.9:1, 2.7 fewer students per teacher than here.

In Kent County, the median household earns about $74,477 a year, about 28% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 8%. Across Kent County, 55 public schools serve about 31,256 students.

Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Chipman (W.T.) Middle School, is about 0.4 miles. There are 4 other public schools within five miles.

Federal data place Delaware Early Childhood Center in the Town: Fringe locale, which means it is in a town close to an urbanized area.

Reported enrollment: 35 (2020-21) and 83 (2024-25). These figures may describe different sets of grades. There were more students per teacher in 2024-25 (16.6:1) than in 2020-21 (11.7:1).

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