Frederick Douglass Elementary School

Summary:

Frederick Douglass Elementary School is a public elementary school serving grades 3-5 in the Seaford School District in Seaford, Delaware, with a diverse student population of over 500 students.

The school consistently outperforms the district and state in academic assessments, with 60.54% of 3rd graders, 53.68% of 4th graders, and 46.15% of 5th graders proficient or better in English Language Arts, compared to the district's 54.85%, 52.01%, and 48.08%, respectively, and the state's 39.45%, 39.05%, and 43.42%. In Mathematics, the school had 56.67% of 3rd graders, 49.65% of 4th graders, and 33.33% of 5th graders proficient or better, compared to the district's 54.87%, 50.86%, and 35.1%, and the state's 43.61%, 38.89%, and 33.04%. The school's exceptional performance for its African American, Hispanic, English Language Learner, and Special Education student populations is a notable strength, ranking among the top schools in the state for these subgroups.

While the school has seen an increase in chronic absenteeism from 6.4% in 2017-2018 to 12.9% in 2022-2023, it still performs better than the nearby Blades Elementary School, which had 21.2% chronic absenteeism in 2022-2023. The school's consistent academic excellence and equity-focused outcomes suggest a strong educational approach, and addressing chronic absenteeism could further strengthen its position as a high-quality institution within the Seaford School District.


Detail:

Public 3-5

 1 Swain Road
       Seaford, DE  19973-2827


(302) 629-4587

District: Seaford School District

SchoolDigger Rank:
33rd of 106 Delaware Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $14,030 Help


Students who attend Frederick Douglass Elementary School usually attend:

Middle:    Seaford Middle School
High:    Seaford Senior High School

Student/teacher ratio:  12.8 Help
Number of students:  411

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
36.5%
African American:
30.7%
White:
27.5%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  61.1% Help


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Compare Details Frederick Douglass Elementary School ranks better than 68.9% of elementary schools in Delaware. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 63.67. (See more...)
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Chronic absenteeism in a high school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.
Student Body
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Compare Details Student population at Frederick Douglass Elementary School is diverse. Racial makeup is: Hispanic (36.5%), African American (30.7%), White (27.5%). (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Frederick Douglass Elementary School is 12.8, which is the lowest among 4 elementary schools in the Seaford School District! (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Frederick Douglass Elementary School is $14,030, which is the 2nd highest among 2 elementary schools in the Seaford School District.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Frederick Douglass Elementary School:

SchoolDigger ranks Frederick Douglass Elementary School 33rd of 106 Delaware public elementary schools. (See Frederick Douglass Elementary School in the ranking list.)

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Seaford School District:

SchoolDigger ranks Seaford School District 15th of 32 Delaware school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Frederick Douglass Elementary School

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Rank History for all students at Frederick Douglass Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools DE State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2011 24.54 74th 91 18.7%
2012 28.27 74th 90 17.8%
2013 20.35 78th 91 14.3%
2014 10.03 31st 36 13.9%
2015 28.64 82nd 108 24.1%
2016 44.22 47th 86 45.3%
2017 49.96 46th 86 46.5%
2018 67.73 29th 85 65.9%
2019 79.43 17th 105 83.8%
2021 68.58 22nd 95 76.8%
2022 52.67 41st 104 60.6%
2023 61.94 34th 103 67.0%
2024 63.67 33rd 106 68.9%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Frederick Douglass Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools DE State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 76.95 1st 4 75.0%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Frederick Douglass Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools DE State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 89.53 2nd 29 93.1%
2021 92.22 1st 4 75.0%
2022 65.72 4th 17 76.5%
2023 79.22 4th 18 77.8%
2024 81.90 3rd 15 80.0%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Frederick Douglass Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools DE State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 95.44 1st 9 88.9%
2021 57.46 2nd 6 66.7%
2022 78.97 2nd 13 84.6%
2023 73.01 3rd 12 75.0%
2024 93.17 1st 17 94.1%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Frederick Douglass Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools DE State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 90.74 4th 92 95.7%
2021 82.72 1st 18 94.4%
2022 72.13 15th 62 75.8%
2023 75.75 9th 66 86.4%
2024 74.74 8th 66 87.9%
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Rank History for Female students at Frederick Douglass Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools DE State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 71.07 24th 99 75.8%
2021 58.66 21st 67 68.7%
2022 54.11 35th 90 61.1%
2023 52.95 33rd 89 62.9%
2024 60.62 32nd 97 67.0%
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Rank History for Male students at Frederick Douglass Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools DE State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 86.27 7th 99 92.9%
2021 59.53 20th 67 70.1%
2022 54.15 36th 90 60.0%
2023 57.97 31st 89 65.2%
2024 56.01 35th 97 63.9%
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Rank History for African American students at Frederick Douglass Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools DE State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 86.30 6th 72 91.7%
2021 73.08 3rd 22 86.4%
2022 69.44 14th 60 76.7%
2023 70.79 12th 60 80.0%
2024 80.37 5th 62 91.9%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Frederick Douglass Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools DE State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 93.12 1st 37 97.3%
2021 92.11 1st 15 93.3%
2022 72.94 6th 36 83.3%
2023 81.68 5th 42 88.1%
2024 76.88 6th 37 83.8%
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Rank History for White students at Frederick Douglass Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools DE State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 72.70 17th 82 79.3%
2021 49.65 31st 65 52.3%
2022 40.98 49th 75 34.7%
2023 60.15 26th 70 62.9%
2024 60.75 29th 73 60.3%
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Data source: test scores: Delaware Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

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Data source: Delaware Department of Education

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Enrollment information for Frederick Douglass Elementary School

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 315 138 6 6 0 n/a n/a 0 465
1989 343 164 3 2 0 n/a n/a 0 512
1990 381 166 5 7 n/a n/a n/a 0 559
1991 392 145 9 6 0 n/a n/a 0 552
1992 401 161 11 10 0 n/a n/a 0 583
1993 371 181 8 10 0 n/a n/a 0 570
1994 378 209 7 8 0 n/a n/a 0 602
1995 386 214 3 10 0 n/a n/a 0 613
1996 386 214 3 10 0 n/a n/a 0 613
1997 372 220 0 13 0 n/a n/a 0 605
1998 372 228 2 11 0 n/a n/a 0 613
1999 355 203 5 11 0 n/a n/a 0 574
2000 359 199 3 12 0 n/a n/a 0 573
2001 311 225 7 14 1 n/a n/a 0 558
2002 207 204 6 15 1 n/a n/a 0 433
2003 207 204 6 15 1 n/a n/a 0 433
2004 216 193 5 12 1 n/a n/a 0 427
2005 219 193 5 18 0 n/a n/a 0 435
2006 229 182 3 23 0 n/a n/a 0 437
2007 235 188 4 25 0 n/a n/a 0 452
2008 245 199 8 34 1 n/a n/a 0 487
2009 218 199 10 34 4 n/a n/a 0 465
2010 216 204 10 28 2 n/a n/a 0 460
2011 206 185 6 55 2 0 23 0 477
2012 182 157 6 58 2 0 21 0 426
2013 176 166 7 61 1 0 23 0 434
2014 173 192 9 71 1 0 24 0 470
2015 162 172 8 72 2 3 18 0 437
2016 161 180 7 69 1 3 14 0 435
2017 199 189 1 101 2 2 29 0 523
2018 152 170 3 111 1 0 45 0 482
2019 146 171 6 110 1 0 42 0 476
2020 124 163 2 147 0 0 36 0 472
2021 111 147 3 134 0 1 19 0 415
2022 123 123 0 153 0 1 19 0 419
2023 113 126 3 150 0 1 18 0 411

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Frederick Douglass Elementary School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 465 25.7 18.0 25.8
1989 512 29.5 17.3 26.2
1990 559 29.5 18.9 25.4
1991 552 30.5 18.0 25
1992 583 29.5 19.7 30.7
1993 570 23.5 24.3 30.4
1994 602 28.5 21.1 38.4
1995 613 30.5 20.1 41.8
1996 613 30.5 20.1 41.8
1997 605 31.5 19.2 44
1998 613 31.5 19.5 43.6
1999 574 34.5 16.6 50.7
2000 573 36.1 15.9 53.1
2001 558 34.1 16.4 50.2
2002 433 26.0 16.7 54.3
2003 433 26.0 16.7 54.3
2004 427 36.0 11.9 56.7
2005 435 35.7 12.2 52.9
2006 437 33.0 13.2 56.1
2007 452 34.0 13.3 55.1
2008 487 37.0 13.2 51.1
2009 465 37.0 12.6 60.4
2010 460 36.5 12.6 62.6
2011 477 33.0 14.4 67.7
2012 426 32.0 13.3 61.5
2013 434 33.0 13.1 69.8
2014 470 33.0 14.2 64
2015 437 30.0 14.5 57.9
2016 435 25.0 17.4 61.1
2017 523 31.0 16.8 n/a
2018 482 36.0 13.3 n/a
2019 476 38.0 12.5 n/a
2020 472 37.0 12.7 n/a
2021 415 36.0 11.5 n/a
2022 419 35.0 11.9 n/a
2023 411 32.0 12.8 n/a

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Frederick Douglass Elementary School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 465 25.7 18.0 25.8
1989 512 29.5 17.3 26.2
1990 559 29.5 18.9 25.4
1991 552 30.5 18.0 25
1992 583 29.5 19.7 30.7
1993 570 23.5 24.3 30.4
1994 602 28.5 21.1 38.4
1995 613 30.5 20.1 41.8
1996 613 30.5 20.1 41.8
1997 605 31.5 19.2 44
1998 613 31.5 19.5 43.6
1999 574 34.5 16.6 50.7
2000 573 36.1 15.9 53.1
2001 558 34.1 16.4 50.2
2002 433 26.0 16.7 54.3
2003 433 26.0 16.7 54.3
2004 427 36.0 11.9 56.7
2005 435 35.7 12.2 52.9
2006 437 33.0 13.2 56.1
2007 452 34.0 13.3 55.1
2008 487 37.0 13.2 51.1
2009 465 37.0 12.6 60.4
2010 460 36.5 12.6 62.6
2011 477 33.0 14.4 67.7
2012 426 32.0 13.3 61.5
2013 434 33.0 13.1 69.8
2014 470 33.0 14.2 64
2015 437 30.0 14.5 57.9
2016 435 25.0 17.4 61.1
2017 523 31.0 16.8 n/a
2018 482 36.0 13.3 n/a
2019 476 38.0 12.5 n/a
2020 472 37.0 12.7 n/a
2021 415 36.0 11.5 n/a
2022 419 35.0 11.9 n/a
2023 411 32.0 12.8 n/a

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
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Per Pupil Expenditures for Frederick Douglass Elementary School

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $1,172 (8.4%) $12,848 (91.6%) $14,030

Data source: Delaware Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Frederick Douglass Elementary School

The coronavirus has had a profound impact on education in America. Learning shifted online overnight, attendance numbers dwindled, and enrollment decreased. SchoolDigger.com is making it easier for you to better assess how COVID-19 has impacted your school. Through the collection of pre-pandemic (2019) and current data, SchoolDigger.com is sharing test scores, enrollment numbers and school demographics from schools across the country – and we make it easy to see how impacted schools compare locally and statewide.

Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 17th of 105 Elementary schoolsRanks 34th of 103 Elementary schools
 16.8%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
3rd Grade English Language Arts (Frederick Douglass Elementary School)69.754.5
 15.2%
   3rd Grade English Language Arts (Seaford School District)63.649.6
 14%
   3rd Grade English Language Arts (Delaware)50.538.4
 12.1%
3rd Grade Mathematics (Frederick Douglass Elementary School)77.142.2
 34.9%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (Seaford School District)73.745.7
 28%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (Delaware)5342.2
 10.8%
4th Grade English Language Arts (Frederick Douglass Elementary School)72.361.4
 10.9%
   4th Grade English Language Arts (Seaford School District)69.856.5
 13.3%
   4th Grade English Language Arts (Delaware)53.539.9
 13.6%
4th Grade Mathematics (Frederick Douglass Elementary School)7556.4
 18.6%
   4th Grade Mathematics (Seaford School District)68.950
 18.9%
   4th Grade Mathematics (Delaware)50.839.1
 11.7%
5th Grade English Language Arts (Frederick Douglass Elementary School)58.543.8
 14.7%
   5th Grade English Language Arts (Seaford School District)5947.9
 11.1%
   5th Grade English Language Arts (Delaware)56.944.1
 12.8%
5th Grade Mathematics (Frederick Douglass Elementary School)56.234.9
 21.3%
   5th Grade Mathematics (Seaford School District)57.639.3
 18.3%
   5th Grade Mathematics (Delaware)44.432.3
 12.1%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students476411
 13.7%
African American171126
 26.3%
American Indian10
 100%
Asian63
 50%
Hispanic110150
 36.4%
Pacific Islander01
White146113
 22.6%
Two or More Races4218
 57.1%


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Frequently Asked Questions about Frederick Douglass Elementary School

In the 2022-23 school year, 411 students attended Frederick Douglass Elementary School.

Students at Frederick Douglass Elementary School are 36% Hispanic, 31% African American, 27% White, 4% Two or more races.

Frederick Douglass Elementary School ranks 33rd of 106 Delaware elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

Students who attend Frederick Douglass Elementary School usually go on to attend:

Middle : Seaford Middle School
High : Seaford Senior High School


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