Middletown High School

Middletown High School operates as a mid-tier four-year high school in Middletown, Delaware, run under Appoquinimink School District. Current enrollment sits at 1,231 students spanning grades 9 through 12.

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

On the student-mix side, Middletown High School shows that the most-represented group is White (40%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school records 36% Black, 10% Hispanic, 8% Asian, 6% multiracial. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 54%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school lists 80 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 16.6:1, putting Middletown High School tighter than the state norm the norm.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for New Castle County indicate median household earnings sit near $91,166, about 40% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Middletown High School is one of 129 public schools in New Castle County (combined enrollment of about 78,534 students).

Brick Mill Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a town-center site.

Five-year trend. Middletown High School's enrollment has edged down 22% since 2018, when it stood at 1,569 (now 1,231). White enrollment moved from 54% to 40% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 16.9:1 in 2018 to 15.4:1 today.

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