Delmar Middle School

As a middle-of-the-pack 6-8 campus in Delmar, Delaware, Delmar Middle School teaches 732 students from grades 5 through 8, operated by Delmar School District.

Within Delmar School District, which oversees 2 schools and 1,445 students, Delmar Middle School is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Delmar Middle School logs that the largest single group is White, at 55% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school logs 22% Black, 12% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 3% Asian. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 74%.

On the income-and-resources front, Delmar Middle School records 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 19.8:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 16.4:1 average.

Across the wider county, Sussex County reports that the typical household earns roughly $81,497 per year, about 33% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. In all, Sussex County runs 55 public schools (combined enrollment of about 32,366 students), of which Delmar Middle School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Delmar High School, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Delmar Middle School.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Looking at the recent track record. Delmar Middle School's enrollment has climbed 9% since 2018, when it stood at 673 (now 732). The White share of enrollment declined from 69% to 55% over that span.

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