Hartly Elementary School

Hartly Elementary School operates as an intimate elementary campus in Hartly, Delaware, run under Capital School District. Current enrollment sits at 240 students spanning grades K through 4. By comparison, Delaware's public schools average about 461 students each, so Hartly Elementary School sits 48% below that benchmark.

Across the 14 schools in Capital School District (6,491 students total), Hartly Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Hartly Elementary School lists that the largest single group is White, at 65% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school shows 15% Hispanic, 12% multiracial, 8% Black.

In terms of school funding signals, The school lists 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.0:1. The state averages around 13.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Kent County indicate the typical household earns roughly $74,477 per year, about 28% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Across Kent County's 55 public schools (combined enrollment of about 31,256 students), Hartly Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Sudlersville Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 7.4 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 28%: 332 students in 2018 compared to 240 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 70% to 65% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 14.4:1 in 2018 to 11.0:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. Members of the school community can share what they know.