District profile / Delaware

Indian River School District

Selbyville, Delaware · Public school district · #4 of 19 Delaware districts by enrollment

Compare with peers

10,753

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$16,007

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Delaware median

13.8

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Delaware median 15.3

Indian River School District is a public school district based in Selbyville, Delaware, serving 10,753 students in 16 schools. By enrollment it ranks #4 of the 19 Delaware districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 83% of them. Its schools average 672 students each, more than the Delaware median of 609. It spends about $16,007 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 13.8 students per teacher.

How Indian River compares

Indian RiverDelaware median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$16,007

Delaware median $16,182 · about the same · FY2020-21

Instruction spending per student$9,749

Delaware median $9,173 · 6% above · FY2020-21

Students per school672

Delaware median 609 · 10% above · 2024-25

Students per teacher13.8

Delaware median 15.3 · 10% below · 2024-25

Students per counselor358

Delaware median 318 · 13% above · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$199.1 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 6%State 65%Local 29%

Measure	Indian River	Delaware median	Year
Current spending per student	$16,007	$16,182	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$9,749	$9,173	FY2020-21
Total spending	$180.3 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$199.1 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	781	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	1,487	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	13.8	15.3	2024-25
Students per counselor	358	318	2024-25

Spending: NCES school district finance survey (F-33), FY2020-21. Staffing and enrollment: NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25. Via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. The Delaware median compares districts with 1,000 or more students.

In the news

0 stories matched

We haven't matched any stories to Indian River School District yet. Recent Delaware coverage is on the Delaware page.

Peer districts in Delaware

Compare side by side →

District	Students	Schools	Spending per student	Students per teacher	Rank
Christina School DistrictNewark	12,954	29	$24,111	12.5	#2
Appoquinimink School DistrictOdessa	12,897	21	$14,697	14.7	#3
Indian River School DistrictSelbyville · this district	10,753	16	$16,007	13.8	#4
Brandywine School DistrictWilmington	10,349	17	$17,999	13.9	#5
Colonial School DistrictNew Castle	8,575	15	$18,063	14.4	#6

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Litchfield Elementary District (4281)Litchfield Park, AZ	10,755	$8,553	20.2
North St. Paul-Maplewood OakdaleNorth Saint Paul, MN	10,754	$14,450	17.0
Sumner-Bonney Lake School DistrictSumner, WA	10,743	$13,617	19.1
Avon Community School CorporationAvon, IN	10,742	$10,007	16.6

Peers are the districts closest in enrollment, so they can still differ in many other ways. Enrollment, school counts and phone numbers are from the NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25.

Printed from Superintendent's Corner: https://superintendentscorner.com/district-de-indian-river-school-district