Indian River High School

Indian River High School is an average-sized senior high in Dagsboro, Delaware, run under Indian River School District. The school serves 1,073 students in grades 9 through 12.

Indian River School District runs 15 schools in total, collectively educating 10,753 students. Indian River High School is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Indian River High School logs that 61% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 26% Hispanic, 9% Black, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Sussex County as a whole is about 74% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Indian River High School has 81 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 16.6:1 average.

Zooming out to the county, Sussex County reports that median household income runs about $81,497, about 33% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. In all, Sussex County runs 55 public schools (combined enrollment of about 32,366 students), of which Indian River High School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Clayton (John M.) Elementary School, around 0.6 miles off. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a low-density setting.

Five-year trend. Indian River High School's enrollment has ticked up 14% since 2018, when it stood at 939 (now 1,073). Over the same period, the Hispanic share expanded from 20% to 26%.

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