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Seaford Central Elementary School

Serves grades 3 - 5

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2023 – 2024 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2022
  • Educational Environment: 2023 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated June 2025

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School Overview

Address
1 Delaware Place
Seaford, DE 19973
Phone
(302) 629-4587
District
Seaford School District
County
SUSSEX COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
448
Classroom Teachers
28

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Delaware

8

(10 is best)

Better than 76.2% of all DE schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

7

(10 is best)

Seaford Central Elementary School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 3

60 50 40 30 20 10 0
50%
42%
47%
40%
52%
44%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 4

60 50 40 30 20 10 0
51%
39%
50%
39%
52%
40%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 5

60 50 40 30 20 10 0
44%
39%
50%
44%
37%
34%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

17.5 15 12.5 10 7.5 5 2.5 0
16
16
14
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade pk 40 8.9%
Grade 3 128 28.6%
Grade 4 142 31.7%
Grade 5 138 30.8%
Total 448 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 32.8% 29.0% 41.7%
Black 43.4% 38.5% 32.5%
Hispanic 21.9% 31.2% 20.6%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 1.2% 0.9% 4.7%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.7% 0.4% 0.6%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged Unreported Unreported Unreported
Free lunch eligible Unreported Unreported Unreported
Reduced lunch eligible Unreported Unreported Unreported
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 25,341 1,031,890
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 343.8 525
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 6.6% 5.4%
5-19 YEARS OLD 18.8% 18.1%
20-44 YEARS OLD 27.8% 30.6%
45-64 YEARS OLD 27.1% 25.8%
65 OR OLDER 19.7% 20.0%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 9,701 396,209
Single Parent Households With Children 10.9% 8.7%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 84.5% 91.4%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 19.0% 35.3%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 13.8% 22.2%
$100,000 - $149,999 15.2% 18.7%
$75,000 - $99,999 11.8% 13.7%
$50,000 - $74,999 17.3% 16.0%
$30,000 - $49,999 19.9% 13.8%
$15,000 - $29,999 11.0% 8.6%
$15,000 or less 11.0% 6.9%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $9,216 $31,492,000 51.8%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,196 $4,087,000 6.7%
Staff $934 $3,192,000 5.3%
General Administration $185 $631,000 1.0%
School Administration $932 $3,185,000 5.2%
Operation $1,920 $6,559,000 10.8%
Transportation $842 $2,877,000 4.7%
Other $631 $2,156,000 3.5%
Total Support $6,639 $22,687,000 37.3%
Non-instructional Expenditures $1,924 $6,576,000 10.8%
Total Expenditures $17,780 $60,755,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $10,129 $1,436,706,000 48.7%
Support Expenditures
Student $2,073 $294,086,000 10.0%
Staff $773 $109,662,000 3.7%
General Administration $179 $25,412,000 0.9%
School Administration $907 $128,702,000 4.4%
Operation $2,101 $297,980,000 10.1%
Transportation $952 $134,981,000 4.6%
Other $746 $105,766,000 3.6%
Total Support $7,731 $1,096,589,000 37.2%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,932 $415,892,000 14.1%
Total Expenditures $20,792 $2,949,187,000 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $9,169 $453,314,948,000 49.6%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,031 $50,976,033,477 5.6%
Staff $799 $39,519,417,000 4.3%
General Administration $308 $15,224,255,000 1.7%
School Administration $850 $42,029,112,000 4.6%
Operation $1,430 $70,704,769,000 7.7%
Transportation $613 $30,295,759,523 3.3%
Other $623 $30,798,344,000 3.4%
Total Support $5,654 $279,547,690,000 30.6%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,675 $181,697,172,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $18,499 $914,559,810,000 100.0%

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