Towne Point Elementary School

Set in Dover, Delaware, Towne Point Elementary School is a close-knit elementary-level community, overseen by Capital School District. It instructs 341 students across grades K through 4. That puts it 26% smaller than the typical public school in Delaware, which averages around 461 students.

Within Capital School District, which oversees 14 schools and 6,491 students, Towne Point Elementary School is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Towne Point Elementary School lists that Black students make up the majority at 62%. Beyond that, the school logs 17% Hispanic, 12% White, 7% multiracial, 2% Asian. By comparison, Kent County as a whole is about 27% Black, so the school skews considerably more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school employs 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.6:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.9:1 average.

In the surrounding community, census data for Kent County shows median household income runs about $74,477, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Towne Point Elementary School is one of 55 public schools in Kent County (combined enrollment of about 31,256 students).

Nearest neighbor: Middle School of Excellence, around 1.0 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in a downtown area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Towne Point Elementary School has expanded 26%, going from 270 students in 2018 to 341 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share contracted from 69% to 62%. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 12.9:1 in 2018 to 16.6:1 today.

On the community side, members of the Towne Point Elementary School community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.