Laurel Senior High School

Set in Laurel, Delaware, Laurel Senior High School is a compact 9-12 campus, overseen by Laurel School District. It works with 753 students across grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Delaware's public schools average about 1,068 students each, so Laurel Senior High School sits 29% leaner than that benchmark.

Within Laurel School District, which oversees 4 schools and 2,544 students, Laurel Senior High School is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Laurel Senior High School logs that the most-represented group is White (40%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school logs 25% Hispanic, 25% Black, 8% multiracial. By comparison, Sussex County as a whole is about 74% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school lists 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 18.4:1. The state averages around 16.6:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Sussex County indicate the typical household earns roughly $81,497 per year, 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 Laurel Senior High School is one.

Laurel Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around Laurel Senior High School.

Laurel Senior High School operates from a small-town location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged up 39%: 540 students in 2018 compared to 753 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 13% to 25% across the same window. Class-load math has loosened: from 15.0:1 in 2018 to 18.4:1 in 2025.

On the community side, members of the Laurel Senior High School community share and discuss science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.