F. Niel Postlethwait Middle School

Located at 2841 South State Street, in Camden, Delaware, F. Niel Postlethwait Middle School is a medium-sized intermediate school that instructs 647 students (grades 6 through 8), one of the schools within Caesar Rodney School District.

Caesar Rodney School District runs 15 schools in total, collectively educating 8,343 students. F. Niel Postlethwait Middle School is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, F. Niel Postlethwait Middle School reports that the largest single group is White at 41%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school records 34% Black, 13% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 3% Asian. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 58%.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 18.0:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 16.4:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical.

Across the wider county, Kent County reports that the typical household earns roughly $74,477 per year, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Kent County's 55 public schools (combined enrollment of about 31,256 students), F. Niel Postlethwait Middle School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Allen Frear Elementary School, around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around F. Niel Postlethwait Middle School.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at F. Niel Postlethwait Middle School has decreased 26%, going from 870 students in 2018 to 647 in 2025. The White share of enrollment contracted from 57% to 41% over that span.

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