Directory
All 43 Delaware school districts
By county
Districts by county
Delaware’s 43 public school systems span 3 counties.
Kent County · 11 districts
Caesar Rodney School District
8,343 students
Capital School District6,491 students
Smyrna School District5,887 students
Lake Forest School District3,727 students
Polytech School District1,228 students
Providence Creek Academy Charter School769 students
Early College High School at Del State School District583 students
Academy of Dover Charter School443 students
First State Military Academy433 students
Campus Community School School District409 students
Positive Outcomes Charter School119 students
New Castle County · 21 districts
Red Clay Consolidated School District
14,444 students
Christina School District12,954 students
Appoquinimink School District12,897 students
Brandywine School District10,349 students
Colonial School District8,575 students
New Castle County Vocational-Technical School District4,812 students
Newark Charter School3,109 students
Odyssey Charter School2,286 students
Las Americas Aspira Academy1,471 students
Mot Charter School1,407 students
Charter School of Wilmington977 students
Academia Antonia Alonso School District910 students
Charter School of New Castle788 students
First State Montessori Academy657 students
Kuumba Academy Charter School594 students
Edison (Thomas A.) Charter School557 students
Delaware Military Academy547 students
East Side Charter School434 students
Freire Charter School Wilmington406 students
Gateway Charter School211 students
Great Oaks Charter School149 students
Sussex County · 11 districts
Indian River School District
10,753 students
Cape Henlopen School District6,654 students
Milford School District4,523 students
Seaford School District3,580 students
Woodbridge School District2,577 students
Laurel School District2,544 students
Delmar School District1,445 students
Sussex Technical School District1,341 students
Sussex Academy1,182 students
Sussex Montessori School School District383 students
Bryan Allen Stevenson School of Excellence School District208 students
How Delaware funds schools
The unit-count funding system
Delaware funds schools through a position-based unit-count system: a district’s state-funded staff positions are set each year from its September 30 enrollment and student mix, and every student generates the same base per-pupil amount — a model used by only a handful of states. A hybrid, partly weighted overhaul adding “opportunity funding” for low-income and multilingual students was proposed in 2026 (Senate Bill 302), with full implementation targeted for 2027–28, pending passage.
Statewide, Delaware public schools draw about 64.1% of revenue from the state, 30.5% local and 5.5% federal (NEA, Rankings & Estimates 2026). Current figures are published by the Delaware Department of Education.
At a glance
Largest districts
Data & sources
About this data
Enrollment, schools, staffing and locale reflect the NCES Common Core of Data (2024–25); county grouping uses the NCES county field; funding context from the Delaware Department of Education (the unit-count funding system) and NEA Rankings & Estimates 2026. Latest available; may lag the current year. Related: state guides · Data Explorer.