Rehoboth Elementary School

Rehoboth Elementary School is one of the moderately sized K-5 schools in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, overseen by Cape Henlopen School District, with 557 students on its rolls from grades K through 5. By comparison, Delaware's public schools average about 461 students each, so Rehoboth Elementary School sits 21% bigger than that benchmark.

Rehoboth Elementary School is one of 10 schools operated by Cape Henlopen School District, a district that teaches 6,654 students overall.

Demographically, Rehoboth Elementary School reports that 66% of the student body identifies as White; the rest breaks down as 17% Hispanic, 8% Black, 6% multiracial, 3% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 74% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Rehoboth Elementary School has 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.6:1. That tracks the state average closely.

In the broader community, Sussex County reports that median household earnings sit near $81,497, roughly 33% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Across Sussex County's 55 public schools (combined enrollment of about 32,366 students), Rehoboth Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Beacon Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 3.3 miles from this campus. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

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

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked up 19%: 468 students in 2018 compared to 557 in 2025. Class-load math has loosened: from 12.0:1 in 2018 to 13.6:1 in 2025.

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