Schools & Families in Milton
Cape Henlopen School District serves Milton alongside Lewes, Henlopen Acres, Rehoboth Beach, and Dewey Beach, disclosed here with both real strengths and honest middling data.
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Learn moreA real, favorable student-teacher ratio
Cape Henlopen School District runs a 12:1 student-teacher ratio, more favorable than the Delaware state average, across 9 schools and approximately 6,587 students (base record).
A genuinely middling proficiency picture
District-wide elementary proficiency ran close to a coin-flip in this pass's research -- 50% reading, 48% math -- a real, disclosed middling signal this record does not round in either direction (base record).
A genuinely older community context
Families should note Milton's genuinely older overall population (median age 52.6) when weighing the scale of local family-oriented community resources relative to a younger-skewing town (base record).
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Key takeaways
- Cape Henlopen School District's 12:1 student-teacher ratio runs more favorable than the Delaware state average.
- District-wide elementary proficiency runs a genuinely middling 48-50% (math/reading).
- Milton's genuinely older population is a real context factor for families to weigh.
- Confirm a specific target address's assigned school directly with the district.
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