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What's the biggest difference between Southern Delaware School of the Arts and what you expected?
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Enrollment
404
Elementary
DISTRICT 602 · STATE 461
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·INDIAN RIVER SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 100068000075
Southern Delaware School of the Arts
27 Hosier Street, Selbyville, DE 19975 · (302) 436-1066 · Sussex County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL404 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 80% of Delaware public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ·Beats expectations Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Delaware public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
12.6:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.8:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
,
Title I proxy
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 39 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 44 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 44 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 49 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 47 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 45 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 50 | 12% |
| Grade 7 | 50 | 12% |
| Grade 8 | 36 | 9% |
This year's kindergarten class (39) is 8% larger than its 8th grade class (36).
Student demographics
40%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · STATE 71% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
DeSSA + SBAC 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
59.6%
DE avg 41.4% . +1.3pp since 2023
Math
53.4%
DE avg 34.0% . +1.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the DeSSA + SBAC, Delaware's statewide test, about 60 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 53 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Delaware schools, those numbers are about 41 and 34. Reading and writing scores are up about 1 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 1 points.
DeSSA + SBAC results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 59.6% | 53.4% |
| 2023-24 | 58.3% | 52.0% |
% Proficient, all students and all tested grades.
Source: DeSSA + SBAC. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
Where Southern Delaware School of the Arts ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Delaware | In Sussex County |
|---|---|---|---|
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 53.4% | #23 of 108 ▼ 3 | #5 of 20 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 59.6% | #19 of 108 ▼ 8 | #5 of 20 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 404 | #81 of 127 | #22 of 25 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.6:1 | #32 of 119 | #5 of 25 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 40.5% | #110 of 120 | #24 of 25 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.9% | #38 of 78 | #4 of 11 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
404
-46 (-10%) vs 2020
+11% since 2000-01, when it was 363
Student : Teacher
12.6:1
was 14.1:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 404 | 32 | 12.6:1 | N/A |
| 2023-24 | 419 | 32 | 13.1:1 | N/A |
| 2022-23 | 456 | 32 | 14.3:1 | N/A |
| 2020-21 | 450 | 32 | 14.1:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 469 | 30 | 15.6:1 | N/A |
| 2015-16 | 457 | 27 | 16.9:1 | 18% (81) |
| 2010-11 | 413 | 23 | 18.0:1 | 29% (119) |
| 2000-01 | 363 | 15 | 24.2:1 | 17% (60) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Southern Delaware School of the Arts.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (469 to 404); teachers up 7% (30 to 32).
About Southern Delaware School of the Arts
Southern Delaware School of the Arts is a medium-sized elementary school that serves part of Selbyville, Delaware. Classes run from kindergarten through 8, and the school has 404 students.
Indian River School District oversees Southern Delaware School of the Arts and 14 other schools, with 10,753 students in total.
At Southern Delaware School of the Arts, White students make up 76% of the student body. The remaining shares are 14% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, and 2% Black. County-wide, about 74% of residents are White. Pick two students at random and there is a 40% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Southern Delaware School of the Arts employs 32 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 12.6:1. This ratio sits 1.3 below the 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Delaware.
The allk12 Grade for Southern Delaware School of the Arts is A-. Compared with Delaware public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 80% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Southern Delaware School of the Arts is located in Sussex County, where the median household income is $81,497, 33% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Southern Delaware School of the Arts is one of 55 public schools in the county.
Indian River Intensive Learning Center is the closest public school, less than a tenth of a mile away in a straight line. In all, 3 other public schools sit within five miles of Southern Delaware School of the Arts.
Southern Delaware School of the Arts has an NCES locale of Rural: Distant.
Enrollment is down 10% from 2020-21, when Southern Delaware School of the Arts had 450 students, to 2024-25, when it had 404. The ratio of students to teachers went from 14.1:1 to 12.6:1 over the same years.
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Sussex County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
255,626
Census ACS
Median income
$81,497
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
33%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
55
32,366 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Indian River School District
- Sussex Central High SchoolHigh · 2,012 students
- Indian River High SchoolHigh · 1,073 students
- Georgetown Middle SchoolMiddle · 861 students
- Georgetown Elementary SchoolElementary · 825 students
- East Millsboro Elementary SchoolElementary · 820 students
- Selbyville Middle SchoolMiddle · 770 students
Other schools in Selbyville
- Selbyville Middle SchoolMiddle · 770 students
- Showell (Phillip C.) Elementary SchoolElementary · 297 students
- Indian River Intensive Learning CenterHigh · 156 students
Nearby schools
- Indian River Intensive Learning Center0.1 mi · 156
- Showell (Phillip C.) Elementary School0.6 mi · 297
- Selbyville Middle School0.9 mi · 770
- Clayton (John M.) Elementary School5.2 mi · 446
- Showell Elementary5.3 mi · 638
- Indian River High School5.6 mi · 1,073
Frequently asked questions
About Southern Delaware School of the ArtsHow many students attend Southern Delaware School of the Arts?
Southern Delaware School of the Arts enrolls approximately 404 students in grades KG-08.
What grades does Southern Delaware School of the Arts serve?
Southern Delaware School of the Arts serves grades KG-08.
How many students per teacher at Southern Delaware School of the Arts?
Approximately 12.6:1 students per teacher at Southern Delaware School of the Arts.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Southern Delaware School of the Arts?
At Southern Delaware School of the Arts, the student body is approximately 76% White, 14% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is Southern Delaware School of the Arts public or private?
Southern Delaware School of the Arts is a public K-12 school, overseen by Indian River School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.