Middle School of Excellence

Middle School of Excellence is a reasonably sized junior high in Dover, Delaware, run under Capital School District. The school enrolls 608 students in grades 6 through 8.

Across the 14 schools in Capital School District (6,491 students total), Middle School of Excellence accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Middle School of Excellence lists that the largest single group is Black at 53%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest breaks down as 23% White, 13% Hispanic, 9% multiracial. That is meaningfully more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 27%.

On the resource side, Middle School of Excellence records 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 26.4:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 16.4:1 average.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Kent County) shows that median household earnings sit near $74,477, about 28% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Middle School of Excellence is one of 55 public schools in Kent County (combined enrollment of about 31,256 students).

Middle School of Innovation is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a downtown setting.

On allk12, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.