Seaford Central Elementary School

Seaford Central Elementary School operates as a mid-tier elementary campus in Seaford, Delaware, one of the schools within Seaford School District. Current enrollment sits at 473 students spanning grades 3 through 5.

Seaford School District runs 7 schools in total, collectively educating 3,580 students. Seaford Central Elementary School is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Seaford Central Elementary School logs that the largest single group is Black at 39%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest consists of 28% White, 22% Hispanic, 9% multiracial. That is considerably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 10%.

In terms of school funding signals, The school employs 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 21.5:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.9:1 average.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Sussex County indicate median household income runs about $81,497, 33% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Seaford Central Elementary School is one of 55 public schools in Sussex County (combined enrollment of about 32,366 students).

The closest other public school is Sussex Orthopedic Program, roughly 0.0 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 7 other public schools cluster around Seaford Central Elementary School.

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

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Seaford Central Elementary School has climbed 9%, going from 432 students in 2018 to 473 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 41% to 28% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 13.1:1 in 2018 to 21.5:1 today.

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