Maple Lane Elementary School

Maple Lane Elementary School operates as a modestly sized primary school in Claymont, Delaware, part of Brandywine School District. Current enrollment sits at 363 students spanning grades K through 5. That puts it 21% smaller than the typical public school in Delaware, which averages around 461 students.

Brandywine School District comprises 16 schools with combined enrollment of 10,349 students; Maple Lane Elementary School is among them.

Looking at the student body, Maple Lane Elementary School logs that the most-represented group is Black (37%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 33% White, 21% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 3% Asian. By comparison, New Castle County as a whole is about 26% Black, so the school skews meaningfully more Black than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, The school reports having 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.9:1, putting Maple Lane Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm.

Across the wider county, New Castle County reports that median household earnings sit near $91,166, 40% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Across New Castle County's 129 public schools (combined enrollment of about 78,534 students), Maple Lane Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Claymont Elementary School, roughly 0.9 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Maple Lane Elementary School.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.

Five-year trend. Maple Lane Elementary School's enrollment has declined 18% since 2018, when it stood at 441 (now 363). Class-load math has tightened: from 15.2:1 in 2018 to 13.0:1 in 2025.

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