Georgetown Elementary School

Georgetown Elementary School, a large elementary school in Georgetown, Delaware, operated by Indian River School District, works with 825 students, covering grades K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 461 students per school, that is 79% bigger than typical.

Within Indian River School District, which oversees 15 schools and 10,753 students, Georgetown Elementary School is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Georgetown Elementary School shows that 57% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. The remainder comes out to 26% White, 14% Black, 3% multiracial. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 12%.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 60 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.8:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Sussex County) records that median household income runs about $81,497, roughly 33% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Sussex County runs 55 public schools (combined enrollment of about 32,366 students), of which Georgetown Elementary School is one.

Georgetown Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 5 other public schools cluster around Georgetown Elementary School.

Geographically, the school is in a town-based area.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count grew 6%: 778 students in 2018 compared to 825 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 32% to 26% across the same window.

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