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Seaford School District

Seaford, Delaware · Public school district · #14 of 19 Delaware districts by enrollment

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3,580

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$15,544

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Delaware median

18.1

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Delaware median 15.3

Seaford School District is a public school district based in Seaford, Delaware, serving 3,580 students in 7 schools. By enrollment it ranks #14 of the 19 Delaware districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 28% of them. Its schools average 511 students each, fewer than the Delaware median of 609. It spends about $15,544 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 18.1 students per teacher.

How Seaford compares

SeafordDelaware median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$15,544

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

Instruction spending per student$9,044

Delaware median $9,173 · about the same · FY2020-21

Students per school511

Delaware median 609 · 16% below · 2024-25

Students per teacher18.1

Delaware median 15.3 · 18% above · 2024-25

Students per counselor398

Delaware median 318 · 25% above · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$55.9 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 13%State 68%Local 19%

Measure	Seaford	Delaware median	Year
Current spending per student	$15,544	$16,182	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$9,044	$9,173	FY2020-21
Total spending	$52.1 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$55.9 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	198	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	544	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	18.1	15.3	2024-25
Students per counselor	398	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.

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Peer districts in Delaware

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District	Students	Schools	Spending per student	Students per teacher	Rank
New Castle County Vocational-Technical School DistrictWilmington	4,812	4	$19,441	14.3	#11
Milford School DistrictMilford	4,523	6	$13,079	16.9	#12
Lake Forest School DistrictFelton	3,727	7	$14,538	16.8	#13
Seaford School DistrictSeaford · this district	3,580	7	$15,544	18.1	#14
Woodbridge School DistrictBridgeville	2,577	6	$16,182	13.8	#15

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Norwalk Community School DistrictNorwalk, IA	3,584	$10,288	15.4
Grandview School DistrictGrandview, WA	3,583	$14,719	19.2
Stephenville ISDStephenville, TX	3,578	$9,756	13.4
Franklin CountyCarnesville, GA	3,577	$11,819	13.7

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-seaford-school-district