Lorewood Grove Elementary School

As an average-sized elementary campus in Middletown, Delaware, Lorewood Grove Elementary School educates 492 students from grades 1 through 5, one of the schools within Appoquinimink School District.

Appoquinimink School District runs 21 schools in total, collectively educating 12,897 students. Lorewood Grove Elementary School is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Lorewood Grove Elementary School logs that the most-represented group is White (42%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 25% Black, 21% Asian, 6% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. By comparison, New Castle County as a whole is about 54% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Lorewood Grove Elementary School shows 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.4:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.9:1 average.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for New Castle County put the typical household earns roughly $91,166 per year, about 40% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. In all, New Castle County runs 129 public schools (combined enrollment of about 78,534 students), of which Lorewood Grove Elementary School is one.

The closest other public school is St. Georges Technical High School, roughly 0.8 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The school occupies an outlying site.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. The community welcomes input from current and former families.