Townsend Elementary School

Townsend Elementary School is a moderately sized primary school in Townsend, Delaware, operated by Appoquinimink School District. The school hosts 435 students in grades 1 through 5.

Appoquinimink School District comprises 21 schools with combined enrollment of 12,897 students; Townsend Elementary School is among them.

On the student-mix side, Townsend Elementary School reports that the largest single group is White, at 57% of enrollment. Other groups include 20% Black, 14% Hispanic, 8% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Townsend Elementary School has 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.6:1. That tracks the state average closely.

Around the school, community-level numbers for New Castle County indicate median household income runs about $91,166, 40% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Across New Castle County's 129 public schools (combined enrollment of about 78,534 students), Townsend Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Townsend Early Childhood Center, around 0.1 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in a rural area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 10%: 483 students in 2018 compared to 435 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 63% to 57% across the same window. Class-load math has tightened: from 16.1:1 in 2018 to 13.6:1 in 2025.

Inside the community feed, the feed for Townsend Elementary School typically covers science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.