Total enrollment
8,343
+383 (+5%) vs SY 2020-21
15 schools in Caesar Rodney School District
Delaware · 8,343 students · 4 cities
Caesar Rodney School District operates 15 public K-12 schools in Delaware, enrolling about 8,343 students between them (9 elementary, 4 middle, and 1 high).
4-year change in Caesar Rodney School District
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25School count
15
+2 (+15%) vs SY 2020-21
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, enrollment-weighted demographic averages
How Caesar Rodney School District ranks
Among districts| Measure | This district | In Delaware | In the US |
|---|---|---|---|
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 8,343 | #7 of 17 | #1,127 of 9,234 |
| Number of schools ranked most first | 15 | #5 of 17 | N/A |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.3:1 | #10 of 17 | #5,758 of 9,044 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.0% | #11 of 17 | #746 of 6,853 |
Districts need at least 2 schools and 500 students to be ranked. Test proficiency is ranked within the state only, since each state gives a different test. Each rank links to the full list.
Inside Caesar Rodney School District
Since 2017-18, the 13 district schools that reported both years went from 7,614 to 7,369 students (down 3%) and from 538 to 495 full-time teachers (down 8%), as of 2024-25.
Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across each school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25; schools with fewer than 100 students and schools serving specialized populations are left out. Staffing figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data and count only schools that reported students and teachers in both years.
| Name | City | Level | Grades | Enrollment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caesar Rodney High School | Camden | High | 09-12 | 2,254 |
| Fred Fifer III Middle School | Camden | Middle | 06-08 | 839 |
| F. Niel Postlethwait Middle School | Camden | Middle | 06-08 | 647 |
| David E. Robinson Elementary School | Wyoming | Elementary | 01-05 | 514 |
| W. Reily Brown Elementary School | Dover | Elementary | 01-05 | 506 |
| Allen Frear Elementary School | Camden | Elementary | 01-05 | 504 |
| Nellie Hughes Stokes Elementary School | Dover | Elementary | 01-05 | 487 |
| W. B. Simpson Elementary School | Camden | Elementary | 01-05 | 465 |
| Magnolia Middle School | Magnolia | Middle | 06-08 | 460 |
| J. Ralph McIlvaine Early Childhood Center | Magnolia | Elementary | KG-KG | 454 |
| Star Hill Elementary School | Dover | Elementary | 01-05 | 429 |
| John S. Charlton School | Camden | Combined | PK-12 | 424 |
| Major George S. Welch Elementary School | Dover | Elementary | KG-05 | 261 |
| Dover Air Force Base Middle School | Dover | Middle | 06-08 | 98 |
| Kent Elementary Intensive Learning Center | Camden | Elementary | 03-03 | 1 |
About Caesar Rodney School District
As a sizable district in Delaware, Caesar Rodney School District hosts 8,343 students across 15 schools.
On the school-mix side, Caesar Rodney School District covers 9 elementary, 4 middle, 1 high school, and 1 combined or other.
On a per-school basis, Caesar Rodney School District runs about 556 students per school, 11% meaningfully below the state mean of roughly 623.
Over the past 4-year window. Across the same 4-year window, public-school enrollment rose 5%: 7,960 students in SY 2020-21 versus 8,343 in SY 2024-25. Caesar Rodney School District now counts 15 public schools, up from 13 in SY 2020-21.
On this page, the community for Caesar Rodney School District discusses enrollment trends, district policy changes, and bus-route updates. Members of the local community share what they see day-to-day.