Smith (Jennie E.) Elementary School

Located at 142 Brennen Drive, in Newark, Delaware, Smith (Jennie E.) Elementary School is an average-sized elementary campus that educates 413 students (grades K through 5), one of the schools within Christina School District.

Across the 28 schools in Christina School District (12,954 students total), Smith (Jennie E.) Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Smith (Jennie E.) Elementary School logs that the most-represented group is White (31%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest consists of 30% Black, 26% Hispanic, 7% Asian, 5% multiracial. By comparison, New Castle County as a whole is about 54% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.3:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.9:1 average.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for New Castle County indicate the typical household earns roughly $91,166 per year, about 40% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Across New Castle County's 129 public schools (combined enrollment of about 78,534 students), Smith (Jennie E.) Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Brennen School (The), around 0.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

Geographically, the school is in a commuter-belt area.

Five-year trend. Smith (Jennie E.) Elementary School's enrollment has fell 22% since 2018, when it stood at 530 (now 413). White enrollment moved from 41% to 31% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 16.1:1 in 2018 to 10.3:1 today.

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