Lake Forest Central Elementary School

Lake Forest Central Elementary School operates as a middle-of-the-pack K-5 school in Felton, Delaware, part of Lake Forest School District. Current enrollment sits at 604 students spanning grades 4 through 5. That puts it 31% bigger than the typical public school in Delaware, which averages around 461 students.

Lake Forest School District runs 7 schools in total, collectively educating 3,727 students. Lake Forest Central Elementary School is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Lake Forest Central Elementary School reports that 58% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school records 21% Black, 10% Hispanic, 9% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

In terms of school funding signals, The school reports having 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.1:1. The state averages around 13.9:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Kent County) shows that median household income runs about $74,477, roughly 28% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, 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), Lake Forest Central Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Lake Forest High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 6 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a low-density site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count stayed largely flat: 615 students in 2018 compared to 604 in 2025. The White share of enrollment shrank from 63% to 58% over that span.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.