About Capital School District
Capital School District is a public school system serving Kent County, Delaware, based in Dover. It serves 6,491 students across 14 schools spanning PreK–12, and is classified as a city: small district. By enrollment it is the #9 largest of Delaware’s 43 school systems.
Size and structure
Capital School District enrolls 6,491 students in 14 schools — an average of about 464 students per school. It serves grades PreK–12 and ranks #9 of 43 statewide by enrollment.
Who the district serves
Student race and ethnicity in Capital School District, from the NCES Common Core of Data (6,491 students reported):
For economically-disadvantaged, English-learner, and special-education shares, plus school-by-school detail, see the federal sources in the full-data section.
Teachers & staff
Capital School District employs about 348 full-time-equivalent teachers for a student–teacher ratio of 18.6:1 — above the Delaware average of about 14.8:1. Total district staff is roughly 875.
Counselor and librarian/media counts are not published at the district level in the current NCES release; see the federal full-data links for staffing detail.
How Delaware funds schools
District-level per-pupil spending and the local/state/federal revenue split for Capital School District are published in the federal school-finance files — see the full-data links below for the current figures.
Report card & state results
Delaware reports school and district performance on the Delaware Report Card, built on the Delaware School Success Framework (proficiency and growth in ELA and math, English-learner progress, chronic absenteeism, graduation and college-and-career readiness). Look up Capital School District on the Delaware Report Card.
Accreditation status
Delaware does not require a single statewide K-12 accreditor; accreditation is voluntary, with Cognia and the Middle States Association the bodies most districts use. Look up Capital School District in the free Cognia registry.
Capital School District vs. Delaware
See every Delaware district side by side in the Delaware directory.
Look up Capital School District’s full data
These official sources carry the district-level detail — finances, discipline, equity, test scores, boundaries. Direct links for this district (via its NCES ID):