School systems & governing boards · DE
Delaware school systems.
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19school systems
212operating schools connected
123,393students in finance records
19complete 2019–2024 finance trends
16systems with election status
What changed from 2019 to 2024?
Delaware school finance after inflation.
Follow a consistent set of 19 systems across all six Census years. Dollar changes are converted with the national CPI-U annual average so a nominal increase is not mistaken for a real increase.
School finance: U.S. Census Bureau Annual Survey of School System Finances · inflation adjustment: BLS CPI-U series CUUR0000SA0, annual U.S. city average. This is a purchasing-power comparison, not a performance grade or local cost-of-living estimate.
Useful school-system records
19 systems
2026 election recordsDE
Red Clay Consolidated School District
Wilmington, DE
- Students
- 14,546
- Schools
- 28
- Spending / pupil
- $23,294
3 candidate filings · 2 official seat outcomes
+6.4% spending / pupil after inflation · -5.6% enrollment
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Christina School District
Newark, DE
- Students
- 13,076
- Schools
- 29
- Spending / pupil
- $34,491
6 candidate filings · 4 official seat outcomes
+24.5% spending / pupil after inflation · -5.5% enrollment
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Appoquinimink School District
Odessa, DE
- Students
- 12,945
- Schools
- 21
- Spending / pupil
- $18,456
6 candidate filings · 2 official seat outcomes
+13.2% spending / pupil after inflation · +14.4% enrollment
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Indian River School District
Selbyville, DE
- Students
- 10,786
- Schools
- 16
- Spending / pupil
- $20,516
Delaware explicitly lists no 2026 election
+7.9% spending / pupil after inflation · +0.8% enrollment
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Brandywine School District
Wilmington, DE
- Students
- 10,350
- Schools
- 17
- Spending / pupil
- $22,839
2 candidate filings · 2 official seat outcomes
+5.7% spending / pupil after inflation · -1.1% enrollment
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Colonial School District
New Castle, DE
- Students
- 8,778
- Schools
- 15
- Spending / pupil
- $23,840
6 candidate filings · 3 official seat outcomes
+16.1% spending / pupil after inflation · -11.2% enrollment
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Caesar Rodney School District
Wyoming, DE
- Students
- 8,259
- Schools
- 15
- Spending / pupil
- $18,902
4 candidate filings · 2 official seat outcomes
+7.7% spending / pupil after inflation · +3.0% enrollment
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Cape Henlopen School District
Lewes, DE
- Students
- 6,587
- Schools
- 10
- Spending / pupil
- $21,812
2 candidate filings · 2 official seat outcomes
+22.1% spending / pupil after inflation · +16.7% enrollment
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Capital School District
Dover, DE
- Students
- 6,547
- Schools
- 14
- Spending / pupil
- $23,521
2 candidate filings · 2 official seat outcomes
+16.2% spending / pupil after inflation · +0.4% enrollment
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Smyrna School District
Smyrna, DE
- Students
- 6,010
- Schools
- 8
- Spending / pupil
- $16,150
2 candidate filings · 2 official seat outcomes
+3.4% spending / pupil after inflation · +5.6% enrollment
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Milford School District
Milford, DE
- Students
- 4,595
- Schools
- 6
- Spending / pupil
- $15,795
4 candidate filings · 3 official seat outcomes
-0.6% spending / pupil after inflation · +10.1% enrollment
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Lake Forest School District
Felton, DE
- Students
- 3,679
- Schools
- 7
- Spending / pupil
- $18,519
2 candidate filings · 2 official seat outcomes
+18.4% spending / pupil after inflation · -1.8% enrollment
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Seaford School District
Seaford, DE
- Students
- 3,417
- Schools
- 7
- Spending / pupil
- $19,681
2 candidate filings · 2 official seat outcomes
+8.1% spending / pupil after inflation · -0.1% enrollment
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Laurel School District
Laurel, DE
- Students
- 2,529
- Schools
- 4
- Spending / pupil
- $16,661
2 candidate filings · 2 official seat outcomes
+14.4% spending / pupil after inflation · +0.3% enrollment
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Woodbridge School District
Bridgeville, DE
- Students
- 2,508
- Schools
- 6
- Spending / pupil
- $20,310
2 candidate filings · 2 official seat outcomes
+10.2% spending / pupil after inflation · -0.7% enrollment
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Delmar School District
Delmar, DE
- Students
- 1,451
- Schools
- 3
- Spending / pupil
- $12,541
5 candidate filings · 2 official seat outcomes
-4.7% spending / pupil after inflation · +6.9% enrollment
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New Castle County Vocational-Technical School District
Wilmington, DE
- Students
- 4,782
- Schools
- 4
- Spending / pupil
- $24,889
+8.3% spending / pupil after inflation · +3.1% enrollment
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Sussex Technical School District
Georgetown, DE
- Students
- 1,323
- Schools
- 1
- Spending / pupil
- $21,953
-4.8% spending / pupil after inflation · +6.7% enrollment
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POLYTECH School District
Woodside, DE
- Students
- 1,225
- Schools
- 1
- Spending / pupil
- $20,953
+2.0% spending / pupil after inflation · +2.2% enrollment
Explore this school system →Final 2024–25 NCES agency and school directories are joined by exact agency ID. Census school-finance records for 2019–2024 are connected only by exact Census PID6 or NCES LEAID and remain nominal dollars. Board coverage is added only from an official state or district source.