Kent County enrolled 32,079 students in the 2024-25 school year, 2.9% more than the previous year, according to Delaware Open Data.
It had the lowest enrollment numbers in the state. At the time, New Castle County led Delaware with 80,645 students.
Data also showed that white students made up 43.1% of the student body, the largest percentage in Kent County schools, followed by Black students at 39.2%, Hispanic students at 13.2% and multiracial students at 7.4%.
During the 2024-25 school year, Caesar Rodney High School stood out with the highest enrollment among the 52 schools in Kent County, welcoming 2,538 students.
According to a WalletHub study, Delaware’s education system was rated the safest in the country and ranked 12th overall. However, the state posted some of the weakest results in reading and overall SAT performance.
| School Name | Total Enrollment in 2023-2024 | Total Enrollment in 2024-2025 | % Change From Previous School Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Academy of Dover Charter School | 443 | 461 | 4.1% |
| Allen Frear Elementary School | 690 | 584 | -15.4% |
| Benjamin Banneker Elementary School | 548 | 571 | 4.2% |
| Booker T. Washington Elementary School | 489 | 547 | 11.9% |
| Caesar Rodney High School | 2,438 | 2,538 | 4.1% |
| Campus Community School | 411 | 411 | 0% |
| Capital Early Childhood Center | 119 | 136 | 14.3% |
| Clayton Elementary School | 513 | 507 | -1.2% |
| Clayton Intermediate School | 543 | 509 | -6.3% |
| David E. Robinson Elementary School | 617 | 596 | -3.4% |
| Delaware Early Childhood Center | 21 | 296 | 1309.5% |
| Dover Air Force Base Middle School | 149 | 184 | 23.5% |
| Dover High School | 2,145 | 2,157 | 0.6% |
| Early College High School at Del State | 541 | 650 | 20.1% |
| East Dover Elementary School | 447 | 525 | 17.4% |
| F. Niel Postlethwait Middle School | 695 | 799 | 15% |
| Fairview Elementary School | 340 | 388 | 14.1% |
| First State Military Academy | 466 | 443 | -4.9% |
| Fred Fifer III Middle School | 841 | 854 | 1.5% |
| Hartly Elementary School | 299 | 300 | 0.3% |
| J. Ralph McIlvaine Early Childhood Center | 514 | 524 | 1.9% |
| John Bassett Moore School | 706 | 681 | -3.5% |
| John S. Charlton School | 307 | 330 | 7.5% |
| Kent County Community School | 153 | 153 | 0% |
| Kent County Secondary ILC | 162 | 141 | -13% |
| Kent Elementary Intensive Learning Center | 37 | 29 | -21.6% |
| Lake Forest Central Elementary School | 650 | 644 | -0.9% |
| Lake Forest East Elementary School | 380 | 394 | 3.7% |
| Lake Forest High School | 983 | 1,055 | 7.3% |
| Lake Forest North Elementary School | 478 | 494 | 3.3% |
| Lake Forest South Elementary School | 404 | 457 | 13.1% |
| Magnolia Middle School | 452 | 449 | -0.7% |
| Major George S. Welch Elementary School | 402 | 496 | 23.4% |
| Milford Central Academy | 1,144 | 1,099 | -3.9% |
| Milford Senior High School | 1,469 | 1,416 | -3.6% |
| Nellie Hughes Stokes Elementary School | 587 | 561 | -4.4% |
| North Dover Elementary School | 401 | 423 | 5.5% |
| North Smyrna Elementary School | 697 | 666 | -4.4% |
| POLYTECH High School | 1,248 | 1,250 | 0.2% |
| Positive Outcomes Charter School | 124 | 137 | 10.5% |
| Providence Creek Academy Charter School | 759 | 781 | 2.9% |
| Smyrna Elementary School | 462 | 442 | -4.3% |
| Smyrna High School | 1,896 | 1,871 | -1.3% |
| Smyrna Middle School | 1,062 | 1,066 | 0.4% |
| South Dover Elementary School | 723 | 740 | 2.4% |
| Star Hill Elementary School | 119 | 513 | 331.1% |
| Sunnyside Elementary School | 563 | 530 | -5.9% |
| Towne Point Elementary School | 417 | 468 | 12.2% |
| W. B. Simpson Elementary School | 599 | 524 | -12.5% |
| W. Reily Brown Elementary School | 589 | 595 | 1% |
| W. T. Chipman Middle School | 989 | 988 | -0.1% |
| William Henry Middle School | 547 | 567 | 3.7% |
