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Smyrna Elementary School

Serves grades KG - 3

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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
121 South School Lane
Smyrna, DE 19977
Phone
(302) 653-8588
District
Smyrna School District
County
KENT COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
457
Classroom Teachers
34

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Delaware

8

(10 is best)

Better than 73.5% of all DE schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

7

(10 is best)

Smyrna Elementary School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 3

60 50 40 30 20 10 0
46%
41%
50%
39%
42%
43%
    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
13
16
14
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Kindergarten 89 19.5%
Grade 1 100 21.9%
Grade 2 136 29.8%
Grade 3 132 28.9%
Total 457 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 47.4% 53.4% 42.8%
Black 40.5% 35.1% 32.1%
Hispanic 9.5% 9.7% 20.0%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 2.4% 1.5% 4.5%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.2% 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 40,097 1,031,890
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 238.3 525
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 6.5% 5.4%
5-19 YEARS OLD 20.6% 18.1%
20-44 YEARS OLD 32.9% 30.6%
45-64 YEARS OLD 24.1% 25.8%
65 OR OLDER 16.0% 20.0%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 13,257 396,209
Single Parent Households With Children 10.7% 8.7%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 91.4% 91.4%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 22.7% 35.3%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 17.8% 22.2%
$100,000 - $149,999 22.5% 18.7%
$75,000 - $99,999 13.9% 13.7%
$50,000 - $74,999 24.4% 16.0%
$30,000 - $49,999 11.1% 13.8%
$15,000 - $29,999 6.8% 8.6%
$15,000 or less 3.4% 6.9%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $9,286 $55,811,000 58.3%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,061 $6,376,000 6.7%
Staff $471 $2,828,000 3.0%
General Administration $142 $853,000 0.9%
School Administration $923 $5,548,000 5.8%
Operation $1,305 $7,845,000 8.2%
Transportation $766 $4,605,000 4.8%
Other $496 $2,980,000 3.1%
Total Support $5,164 $31,035,000 32.4%
Non-instructional Expenditures $1,473 $8,854,000 9.3%
Total Expenditures $15,923 $95,700,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $9,459 $1,338,163,000 51.3%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,889 $267,179,000 10.2%
Staff $654 $92,578,000 3.5%
General Administration $169 $23,910,000 0.9%
School Administration $876 $123,958,000 4.7%
Operation $1,704 $241,019,000 9.2%
Transportation $739 $104,529,000 4.0%
Other $600 $84,874,000 3.3%
Total Support $6,631 $938,047,000 35.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,360 $333,874,000 12.8%
Total Expenditures $18,450 $2,610,084,000 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,505 $421,432,149,000 50.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $912 $45,189,184,320 5.4%
Staff $715 $35,442,027,000 4.2%
General Administration $282 $13,997,625,000 1.7%
School Administration $800 $39,661,338,000 4.7%
Operation $1,302 $64,530,934,000 7.7%
Transportation $501 $24,826,324,680 3.0%
Other $567 $28,090,428,000 3.3%
Total Support $5,081 $251,737,861,000 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,383 $167,614,653,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $16,969 $840,784,663,000 100.0%

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