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Sussex Montessori School

Serves grades KG - 4

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2021 – 2022 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2020
  • Educational Environment: 2021 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2023

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School Overview

Address
24970 Dairy Lane
Seaford, DE 19973
Phone
(302) 404-5367
District
SUSSEX MONTESSORI SCHOOL
County
SUSSEX COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
Yes
Students Enrolled
341
Classroom Teachers
16

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Delaware

3

(10 is best)

Better than 22.3% of all DE schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

2

(10 is best)

Sussex Montessori School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 3

50 40 30 20 10 0
29%
41%
31%
41%
26%
42%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 4

50 40 30 20 10 0
17%
39%
24%
41%
10%
36%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

25 20 15 10 5 0
21
21
14
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Kindergarten 72 21.1%
Grade 1 84 24.6%
Grade 2 65 19.1%
Grade 3 65 19.1%
Grade 4 55 16.1%
Total 341 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 59.2% 59.2% 43.8%
Black 26.6% 26.6% 31.8%
Hispanic 11.1% 11.1% 19.3%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 2.5% 2.5% 4.5%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.6% 0.6% 0.6%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged Unreported Unreported Unreported
Free lunch eligible Unreported Unreported Unreported
Reduced lunch eligible Unreported Unreported Unreported
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION Unreported 1,018,396
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) Unreported 517
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW Unreported 5.4%
5-19 YEARS OLD Unreported 18.1%
20-44 YEARS OLD Unreported 30.8%
45-64 YEARS OLD Unreported 26.1%
65 OR OLDER Unreported 19.6%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households Unreported 389,000
Single Parent Households With Children Unreported 8.7%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma Unreported 91.2%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree Unreported 34.5%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more Unreported 20.4%
$100,000 - $149,999 Unreported 18.3%
$75,000 - $99,999 Unreported 14.0%
$50,000 - $74,999 Unreported 16.3%
$30,000 - $49,999 Unreported 14.2%
$15,000 - $29,999 Unreported 9.5%
$15,000 or less Unreported 7.4%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $41 $13,981 7.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $15 $5,115 2.7%
Staff $3 $1,023 0.5%
General Administration $82 $27,962 15.0%
School Administration $217 $73,997 39.6%
Operation $9 $3,069 1.6%
Transportation $0 $0 0.0%
Other $182 $62,062 33.2%
Total Support $507 $172,887 92.5%
Non-instructional Expenditures $0 $0 0.0%
Total Expenditures $548 $186,868 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $9,504 $1,329,903,646 50.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,810 $253,332,080 9.6%
Staff $620 $86,740,356 3.3%
General Administration $169 $23,596,455 0.9%
School Administration $881 $123,245,067 4.7%
Operation $1,693 $236,883,323 9.0%
Transportation $893 $124,955,667 4.7%
Other $560 $78,376,073 3.0%
Total Support $6,625 $927,097,293 35.2%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,695 $377,122,409 14.3%
Total Expenditures $18,824 $2,634,113,333 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,794 $384,567,026,223 49.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $841 $41,500,431,613 5.3%
Staff $665 $32,787,987,253 4.2%
General Administration $269 $13,273,339,703 1.7%
School Administration $756 $37,281,585,830 4.8%
Operation $1,191 $58,747,506,944 7.6%
Transportation $504 $24,858,475,672 3.2%
Other $491 $24,247,526,162 3.1%
Total Support $4,716 $232,696,768,378 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,247 $160,183,697,619 20.6%
Total Expenditures $15,757 $777,446,989,564 100.0%