Sussex Consortium
Lewes · DE · Cape Henlopen School District · Public · K-12 combined
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Cape Henlopen High School → Sussex Academy → Delmarva Christian High School → Ennis (Howard T.) School → Sussex Central High School → Sussex Technical High School → Indian River High School → Milford Christian School →📋 At a glance
- 🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 6% of US high schools
- 📝 SAT/ACT participation: Bottom 1% by test-taker volume
- 🎓 4-yr grad rate: 75% (Bottom 21% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate)
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How Sussex Consortium compares for families
What families should know about Sussex Consortium.
- ▸ LocallyDE sits right at the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math — local school quality will set your kid apart.
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Cape Henlopen High School, Sussex Academy, Delmarva Christian High School and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-21Bottom 1% by test-taker volume
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). Volume — not score — is what's reported here. A higher count means more students at this school are entering the college admissions pipeline. Note: 2020-21 was COVID-disrupted; some districts (especially those that stayed remote longer) report unusually low or zero takers.
🎓 4-year graduation rate · federal EDFacts
What % of students graduate on time?
Bottom 21% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate
Source: federal EDFacts ACGR (Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate), 2019 vintage via Urban Institute. EDFacts publishes a range (low-high) to preserve privacy on small cohorts; we display the midpoint.
👩🏫 Teacher workforce · federal CRDC
Teacher experience & reliability
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2017-18 — the most recent vintage that publishes per-school teacher quality fields; the 2020-21 sweep had them suppressed). "Inexperienced" = teachers in their first or second year. "Chronic absence" = teachers absent 10+ days/year.
Chronic absenteeism
Why this matters to enrollment: Chronic absence is the strongest early indicator of dropout, transfer-out, and family disengagement. A school's absenteeism trend forecasts its enrollment trend 1-3 years out. For school leaders: an Enrollment Trend Audit traces this dynamic forward →
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020–2021. Rate = students chronically absent ÷ 2024 total enrollment.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of +6.3%/year, projecting from 2024's 439 students:
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Revenue upside
At $33,735 per student in district revenue, the 158 students projected to be gained by 2029 represent ≈ $5,330,130/year in additional funding.
District total revenue ÷ enrollment, NCES F-33. Public funding largely follows enrollment, so a shrinking class is a recurring budget hit.
Nearby high schools — the local competition
The closest high schools families here also consider, and where their enrollment is heading.
| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cape Henlopen High School Lewes |
Public | 4.5 | 1,889 | +10.3% |
| Sussex Academy Georgetown |
Public · charter | 8.2 | 516 | +6.4% |
| Delmarva Christian High School Georgetown |
Private | 9.3 | 184 | -46.4% |
| Ennis (Howard T.) School Georgetown |
Public | 9.5 | 73 | +28.1% |
| Sussex Central High School Georgetown |
Public | 9.7 | 2,012 | +5.0% |
| Sussex Technical High School Georgetown |
Public | 13.5 | 1,341 | +2.7% |
| Indian River High School Dagsboro |
Public | 14.3 | 1,073 | +7.0% |
| Milford Christian School Milford |
Private | 15.8 | 108 | +10.2% |