Moore (John Bassett) School

As a moderately sized junior high in Smyrna, Delaware, Moore (John Bassett) School serves 638 students from grades 4 through 6, one of the schools within Smyrna School District.

Smyrna School District comprises 8 schools with combined enrollment of 5,887 students; Moore (John Bassett) School is among them.

On demographics, Moore (John Bassett) School logs that 44% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 36% Black, 11% Hispanic, 7% multiracial. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 58%.

In terms of school funding signals, The school currently runs with 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 16.4:1 average.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Kent County put median household income runs about $74,477, roughly 28% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Kent County's 55 public schools (combined enrollment of about 31,256 students), Moore (John Bassett) School is one campus in the mix.

Smyrna Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Moore (John Bassett) School.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count expanded 45%: 439 students in 2018 compared to 638 in 2025. The White share of enrollment shrank from 55% to 44% over that span.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the feed for Moore (John Bassett) School typically covers sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.