West Seaford Elementary School

Located at 511 Sussex Avenue, in Seaford, Delaware, West Seaford Elementary School is a mid-tier elementary school that works with 424 students (grades K through 2), part of Seaford School District.

Seaford School District comprises 7 schools with combined enrollment of 3,580 students; West Seaford Elementary School is among them.

On demographics, West Seaford Elementary School reports that 38% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school reports 30% White, 23% Hispanic, 7% multiracial. That is meaningfully more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 10%.

On the income-and-resources front, West Seaford Elementary School records 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 18.4:1. The state averages around 13.9:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Sussex County) records that the typical household earns roughly $81,497 per year, 33% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. West Seaford Elementary School is one of 55 public schools in Sussex County (combined enrollment of about 32,366 students).

Nearest neighbor: Sussex Montessori School, around 0.4 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 7 other public schools cluster around West Seaford Elementary School.

The school occupies a town-center site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at West Seaford Elementary School has grew 6%, going from 399 students in 2018 to 424 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share decreased from 37% to 30%. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 13.8:1 in 2018 to 18.4:1 today.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.