Smyrna School District
A public school district in Smyrna, Delaware, with 8 operational schools in 2024–25.
The district in 2024–25
- 5,887
- Students enrolled
- 362
- Teachers, full-time equivalent
- Derived by NCES from the state’s counts.
- 680
- All staff, full-time equivalent
- $16,084
- Spending per pupil, fiscal year 2023
- Current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them.
How this compares
- Students enrolled: 5,887 in 2024–25
- Ranks 1,609th of 17,800 districts by enrollment, and 10th of 43 in Delaware. Larger than 90% of the 17,800 districts in the fifty states and DC that report an enrollment. The ranking →
- Current spending per pupil: $16,084 in fiscal year 2023
- More than 53% of the 17,189 districts with a spending figure. Current spending leaves out buildings and debt, and a district of a few pupils can spend far more per pupil than any large one.
Spending and revenue
Smyrna School District spent $16,084 per pupil in fiscal year 2023, against $9,108 in fiscal year 2005
Current spending per pupil, each fiscal year: current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them to NCES. In the dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation. A year with no column is a year the survey has no figure for.
U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics — School District Finance Survey (F-33), fiscal year 2005 onwards
The figures behind this chart
| Fiscal year | Spending per pupil | Current expenditure | Membership |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | $16,084 | $97.6 million | 6,067 |
| FY2022 | $15,084 | $91.0 million | 6,034 |
| FY2021 | $13,802 | $81.2 million | 5,883 |
| FY2020 | $13,331 | $78.4 million | 5,882 |
| FY2019 | $12,724 | $72.4 million | 5,691 |
| FY2018 | $12,438 | $68.2 million | 5,486 |
| FY2017 | $12,211 | $65.7 million | 5,378 |
| FY2016 | $11,765 | $61.5 million | 5,229 |
| FY2015 | $11,097 | $58.5 million | 5,274 |
| FY2014 | $11,073 | $57.9 million | 5,230 |
| FY2013 | $11,789 | $55.9 million | 4,745 |
| FY2012 | $10,878 | $55.7 million | 5,116 |
| FY2011 | $10,274 | $51.2 million | 4,981 |
| FY2010 | $9,778 | $47.5 million | 4,853 |
| FY2009 | $9,838 | $45.8 million | 4,657 |
| FY2008 | $9,691 | $43.2 million | 4,460 |
| FY2007 | $9,500 | $40.2 million | 4,230 |
| FY2006 | $9,337 | $36.7 million | 3,930 |
| FY2005 | $9,108 | $33.2 million | 3,645 |
Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023
| Source | Revenue | Share of total |
|---|---|---|
| Federal | $9.9 million | 9.7% |
| State | $71.9 million | 70.5% |
| Local | $20.2 million | 19.8% |
| Total | $102.0 million |
Federal, state and local revenue as the F-33 records them. Each share is of the survey’s total revenue, so a part withheld does not inflate the others.
The district’s schools
8 operational schools, A to Z.
2 more columns on a wider screen
| School | Students |
|---|---|
| Clayton Elementary School | 487 |
| Clayton Intermediate School | 490 |
| Moore (John Bassett) School | 638 |
| North Smyrna Elementary School | 557 |
| Smyrna Elementary School | 420 |
| Smyrna High School | 1,777 |
| Smyrna Middle School | 1,011 |
| Sunnyside Elementary School | 507 |
The district’s entry
- Status
- Open
- Type
- Regular public school district that is not a component of a supervisory union
- Charter status
- Not a charter district
- Grades
- Pre-kindergarten to Grade 12
- NCES district ID
- 1001620
Elsewhere
- Public schools in Delaware — enrollment, teachers and spending across the state, against the nation.
- Every school district in Delaware — A to Z, each with its page.
- Delaware on the American Factbook — the state’s entry, across every hub.
Sources
- Common Core of Data (CCD), 2024–25 — National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education · U.S. Government work · retrieved September 25, 2026
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), 2024–25.
- School District Finance Survey (F-33), fiscal years 2005 to 2023
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "School District Finance Survey (F-33)," fiscal years 2005 to 2023.
Data retrieved