Enrollment
261
Elementary
DISTRICT 402 · STATE 461
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CAESAR RODNEY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 100018000044
Major George S. Welch Elementary School
3100 Hawthorne Drive, Dover, DE 19901 · (302) 674-9080 · Kent County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL261 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
9.0:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.0:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
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Title I proxy
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 41 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 51 | 20% |
| Grade 2 | 36 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 47 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 40 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 46 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (41) is 11% smaller than its 5th grade class (46).
Student demographics
61%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 67% · STATE 71% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
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DeSSA + SBAC 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
68.7%
DE avg 41.4% . -3.1pp since 2023
Math
65.5%
DE avg 34.0% . +2.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the DeSSA + SBAC, Delaware's statewide test, about 69 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 66 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Delaware schools, those numbers are about 41 and 34. Reading and writing scores are down about 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
DeSSA + SBAC results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 68.7% | 65.5% |
| 2023-24 | 71.8% | 62.8% |
% Proficient, all students and all tested grades.
Source: DeSSA + SBAC. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
Where Major George S. Welch Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Delaware | In Kent County |
|---|---|---|---|
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 65.5% | #4 of 108 ▲ 1 | #1 of 26 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 68.7% | #2 of 108 ▼ 1 | #1 of 26 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 261 | #115 of 127 | #26 of 30 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.0:1 | #2 of 119 | #1 of 27 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.4% | #73 of 120 | #15 of 27 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +15.0% | #16 of 37 | #4 of 9 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
261
-104 (-28%) vs 2020
-51% since 1990-91, when it was 535
Student : Teacher
9.0:1
was 11.8:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 261 | 29 | 9.0:1 | N/A |
| 2023-24 | 362 | 30 | 12.1:1 | N/A |
| 2022-23 | 353 | 33 | 10.7:1 | N/A |
| 2020-21 | 365 | 31 | 11.8:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 227 | 29 | 7.8:1 | N/A |
| 2015-16 | 357 | 31 | 11.5:1 | 5% (19) |
| 2010-11 | 461 | 26 | 17.7:1 | 25% (117) |
| 2000-01 | 380 | 25 | 15.2:1 | 37% (139) |
| 1990-91 | 535 | 31 | 17.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Major George S. Welch Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 15% (227 to 261); teachers unchanged (29 to 29).
About Major George S. Welch Elementary School
Major George S. Welch Elementary School is one of the public schools in Dover, Delaware. It is a small elementary school. Its grade span covers kindergarten through 5, with 261 students on the rolls. That compares with an average of about 461 students for elementary schools in Delaware.
The 15 schools of Caesar Rodney School District, including Major George S. Welch Elementary School, enroll 8,343 students.
About 59% of the student body at Major George S. Welch Elementary School is White. The remaining students are 12% Hispanic, 11% Black, 11% multiracial, and 4% Asian. Kent County residents are about 58% White, a similar share. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 61, compared with 70 nationally.
Its staff includes 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 9.0 students per teacher. Across elementary schools in Delaware, the average ratio is 13.9:1.
For the population of Kent County, the median household earns about $74,477 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 28% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 8%. Major George S. Welch Elementary School shares Kent County with 54 other public schools.
Dover Air Force Base Middle School is less than a tenth of a mile from Major George S. Welch Elementary School, the shortest distance to any other public school. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8.
Major George S. Welch Elementary School is coded as Suburb: Mid-size in federal locale data.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has fallen 28%, from 365 to 261. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio dropped from 11.8:1 to 9.0:1.
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Kent County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
187,604
Census ACS
Median income
$74,477
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
55
31,256 students
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Other schools in Caesar Rodney School District
- Caesar Rodney High SchoolHigh · 2,254 students
- Fred Fifer III Middle SchoolMiddle · 839 students
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- Dover High SchoolHigh · 1,812 students
- Middle School of InnovationMiddle · 690 students
- Middle School of ExcellenceMiddle · 608 students
- Early College School at Del StateHigh · 583 students
- South Dover Elementary SchoolElementary · 577 students
- W. Reily Brown Elementary SchoolElementary · 506 students
Nearby schools
- Dover Air Force Base Middle School0.0 mi · 98
- John S. Charlton School1.6 mi · 424
- Allen Frear Elementary School1.7 mi · 504
- F. Niel Postlethwait Middle School1.8 mi · 647
- Magnolia Middle School2.3 mi · 460
- David E. Robinson Elementary School2.7 mi · 514
Frequently asked questions
About Major George S. Welch Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Major George S. Welch Elementary School?
Major George S. Welch Elementary School enrolls approximately 261 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Major George S. Welch Elementary School serve?
Major George S. Welch Elementary School serves grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at Major George S. Welch Elementary School?
Approximately 9.0:1 students per teacher at Major George S. Welch Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Major George S. Welch Elementary School?
At Major George S. Welch Elementary School, the student body is approximately 59% White, 12% Hispanic, 11% Black, 4% Asian, 11% Two or more.
Is Major George S. Welch Elementary School public or private?
Major George S. Welch Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Caesar Rodney School District.
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