Mispillion Elementary

Mispillion Elementary operates as a mid-tier elementary campus in Milford, Delaware, part of Milford School District. Current enrollment sits at 568 students spanning grades 1 through 5. That puts it 23% bigger than the typical public school in Delaware, which averages around 461 students.

Across the 6 schools in Milford School District (4,523 students total), Mispillion Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Mispillion Elementary records that the most-represented group is White (41%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest breaks down as 29% Black, 25% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 74%.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.3:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 13.9:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Sussex County indicate median household income runs about $81,497, roughly 33% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Sussex County's 55 public schools (combined enrollment of about 32,366 students), Mispillion Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Ross (Lulu M.) Elementary School, roughly 0.1 miles away. 5 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in a town-based area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked up 5%: 540 students in 2018 compared to 568 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 51% to 41% across the same window.

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