List of school districts in Delaware explained

See also: List of high schools in Delaware and List of charter schools in Delaware. This is a complete list of school districts in the US state of Delaware.

Public school districts

• Appoquinimink School District
• Brandywine School District
• Caesar Rodney School District
• Cape Henlopen School District
• Capital School District
• Christina School District
• Colonial School District
• Delmar School District
• Indian River School District
• Lake Forest School District
• Laurel School District
• Milford School District
• New Castle County Vocational-Technical School District (County-wide overlay school district)
• Polytech School District (County-wide overlay school district)
• Red Clay Consolidated School District
• Seaford School District
• Smyrna School District
• Sussex Technical School District (County-wide overlay school district)
• Woodbridge School District

Direct state schools

• Delaware School for the Deaf/Margaret S. Sterck School (Operated under contract to the Christina School District)
• Ferris School (Operated by state Youth Rehabilitative Services)
• First State School (Operated under contract to Christiana Care Health System)
• George Washington Carver Vocational School (Closed in 1953)
• James H. Groves Adult High School (Operated directly by state Department of Education)

Historical Districts

Prior to 1968, there were 50 school districts in the state. This changed to 26 in 1969. In 1978 the New Castle County School District formed from 11 school districts in that county; however in 1981 it was divided into four school districts. Since 1981 Delaware has 19 school districts. In 2009 there were proposals to change the number of districts to three, one per county, to save costs, although various parents in the state preferred having local school districts so individual communities could have more influence over education.^[1]

Table

Year	Action	Affected Districts	Ref
1969	Merged to form Woodbridge School District	Bridgeville School District Greenwood School District
1969	Merged to form Indian River School District	Dagsboro Frankford Georgetown School District Lord Baltimore School District Millsboro School District Selbyville School District
1969	Merged into Milford School District	Ellendale School District Houston School District Lincoln School District
1969	Merged to form Lake Forest School District	Felton School District Frederica School District Harrington School District
1969	Merged to form Cape Henlopen School District	Lewes School District Milton School District Rehoboth Beach School District
1969	Merged into Ceaser Rodney School District	Magnolia School District Oak Point School District
1978	Merged to form New Castle County School District	Alfred I. du Pont School District Claymont School District Conrad School District De La Warr School District Marshallton-Thomas McKean School District Mount Pleasant School District Gunning Bedford School District Newark School District Stanton School District Wilmington School District	^[2]
1980s	Absorbed into the Caesar Rodney School District	Dover Air Force Base
1981	Divided into desegregated Brandywine, Christina, Colonial & Red Clay districts	New Castle County School District

See also

• List of charter schools in Delaware

External links

• List of Delaware School Districts from the Delaware Department of Education
• List of Delaware School Districts from GreatSchools.net

Further reading

• Web site: Svatos. Vern C.. Doucette. Jarrod S.. The Dance Hall Goes in What School District?. Esri.
• Web site: Delaware School District Organization & Boundaries: Closing the Gap. Institute of Public Administration, University of Delaware. March 2004.
• Web site: Mowery. Roger. Delaware School District Organization and Boundaries. Delaware State Department of Instruction. Dover, Delaware. 1974.

Notes and References

1. News: Price. Jennifer. Mergers seen as answer to costs. Sunday News Journal. Wilmington, Delaware. 2009-06-07. A1, A11. - Clipping of first and of second pages at Newspapers.com.
2. Web site: New Castle County School District . 2008-09-28 . Delaware Archives.