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What's the most underrated thing about H. O. Brittingham Elementary School that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
506
Elementary
DISTRICT 579 · STATE 461
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CAPE HENLOPEN SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 100017000030
H. O. Brittingham Elementary School
402 Mulberry Street, Milton, DE 19968 · (302) 684-8522 · Sussex County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL506 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.7:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.1:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
,
Title I proxy
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 75 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 87 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 71 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 85 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 86 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 102 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (75) is 26% smaller than its 5th grade class (102).
Student demographics
58%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 54% · STATE 71% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
DeSSA + SBAC 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
48.4%
DE avg 41.4% . +6.1pp since 2023
Math
48.2%
DE avg 34.0% . -1.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the DeSSA + SBAC, Delaware's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 48 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Delaware schools, those numbers are about 41 and 34. Reading and writing scores are up about 6 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 1 points.
DeSSA + SBAC results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 48.4% | 48.2% |
| 2023-24 | 42.3% | 49.3% |
% Proficient, all students and all tested grades.
Source: DeSSA + SBAC. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
Where H. O. Brittingham Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Delaware | In Sussex County |
|---|---|---|---|
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 48.2% | #29 of 108 ▼ 5 | #8 of 20 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.4% | #30 of 108 ▲ 17 | #7 of 20 ▲ 5 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 506 | #47 of 127 | #15 of 25 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.7:1 | #33 of 119 | #6 of 25 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.5% | #88 of 120 | #18 of 25 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +20.5% | #9 of 37 | #3 of 12 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
506
+78 (+18%) vs 2020
+2% since 1990-91, when it was 496
Student : Teacher
12.7:1
was 13.0:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 506 | 40 | 12.7:1 | N/A |
| 2023-24 | 497 | 39 | 12.7:1 | N/A |
| 2022-23 | 484 | 36 | 13.4:1 | N/A |
| 2020-21 | 428 | 33 | 13.0:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 420 | 33 | 12.7:1 | N/A |
| 2015-16 | 584 | 42 | 13.9:1 | 57% (335) |
| 2010-11 | 498 | 35 | 14.2:1 | 75% (374) |
| 2000-01 | 475 | 28 | 17.0:1 | 51% (242) |
| 1990-91 | 496 | 25 | 19.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for H. O. Brittingham Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 20% (420 to 506); teachers up 21% (33 to 40).
About H. O. Brittingham Elementary School
H. O. Brittingham Elementary School operates as a mid-sized elementary school in Milton, Delaware. There are 506 students enrolled, covering kindergarten through 5.
Cape Henlopen School District has 6,654 students in 10 schools, and H. O. Brittingham Elementary School is one of those schools.
White students are 59% of those enrolled at H. O. Brittingham Elementary School. Next come 21% Hispanic, 9% Black, and 9% multiracial. That compares with about 74% White among all Sussex County residents. A diversity index of 58% means there is a 58% chance two randomly chosen students at H. O. Brittingham Elementary School are from different groups.
The school has 40 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 12.7 students per teacher. Elementary schools in Delaware average 13.9:1, 1.3 more students per teacher than here.
In the wider Sussex County area, the median household earns about $81,497 a year, about 33% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 8%. H. O. Brittingham Elementary School shares Sussex County with 54 other public schools.
Of the public schools around it, H. O. Brittingham Elementary School is closest to Milton Elementary School, about 0.6 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is 2.
NCES describes the area around H. O. Brittingham Elementary School as Rural: Distant, meaning in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 506, up from 428 in 2020-21.
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Sussex County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
255,626
Census ACS
Median income
$81,497
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
33%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
55
32,366 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Cape Henlopen School District
- Cape Henlopen High SchoolHigh · 1,889 students
- Love Creek Elementary SchoolElementary · 631 students
- Lewes Elementary SchoolElementary · 620 students
- Milton Elementary SchoolElementary · 582 students
- Rehoboth Elementary SchoolElementary · 557 students
- Mariner Middle SchoolMiddle · 552 students
Other schools in Milton
- Milton Elementary SchoolElementary · 582 students
- Mariner Middle SchoolMiddle · 552 students
Nearby schools
- Milton Elementary School0.6 mi · 582
- Mariner Middle School1.2 mi · 552
- Sussex Consortium5.2 mi · 439
- Sussex Academy6.4 mi · 1,182
- North Georgetown Elementary School6.8 mi · 754
- Georgetown Elementary School7.7 mi · 825
Frequently asked questions
About H. O. Brittingham Elementary SchoolHow large is H. O. Brittingham Elementary School?
H. O. Brittingham Elementary School enrolls approximately 506 students in grades KG-05.
Is H. O. Brittingham Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
H. O. Brittingham Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at H. O. Brittingham Elementary School?
Approximately 12.7:1 students per teacher at H. O. Brittingham Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at H. O. Brittingham Elementary School?
Student demographics at H. O. Brittingham Elementary School are roughly 59% White, 21% Hispanic, 9% Black, 1% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Is H. O. Brittingham Elementary School public or private?
H. O. Brittingham Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Cape Henlopen School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.