Nellie Hughes Stokes Elementary School

Regular School · Dover, DE

Nellie Hughes Stokes Elementary School is a regular school school in Dover, Delaware, serving grades 01–05 with 487 students enrolled (SY 2024-2025). The student-teacher ratio is 16.2:1.

Level

Elementary

Grades

01 – 05

Enrollment

487

Teachers (FTE)

30.0

Student–Teacher Ratio

16.2:1

Status

Open

Lunch Program Participation

Yes participating without using any Provision or the CEO

Student Demographics (SY 2024-2025)

Race / Ethnicity	Students	Share
White	248	51%
Black or African American	144	30%
Hispanic/Latino	55	11%
Two or more races	32	7%
Asian	7	1%
American Indian / Alaska Native	1	0%
Total enrollment	487	245M / 242F

English Language Learners: 97 (20% of enrollment) · SY 2021–22

Academic Performance (SY 2021-2022)

Metric	This School	State Avg	Tested
Math Proficiency	10-14%	28.8%	129
Reading Proficiency	25-29%	44.5%	133
Science Proficiency	<=10%	—	49

Source: EDFacts, SY 2020–2021. Suppressed values (e.g. <=10%) indicate fewer than the minimum reportable threshold.

Stanford Achievement Estimate

Pooled score across SY 2009–2022 (grades 3–8), expressed in grade levels relative to the national average. Positive = above average.

Overall (Math + ELA)

+0.24 grade levels

Math

+0.01 grade levels

Programs & Discipline

Gifted & Talented

Program offered

7 students enrolled

Out-of-School Suspensions

0.4% of enrollment · SY 2021–22

Chronically Absent

18.1% of enrollment · SY 2019–20

Source: Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC), Office for Civil Rights & EDFacts.

Lunch Program (SY 2024-2025)

Category	Students	% of School
Total enrollment (est.)	487	100%

Contact & Location

3874 Upper King Road

Dover, DE 19904

Phone: (302)697-3205

http://www.crk12.org/Domain/16

District

Caesar Rodney School District

Per-pupil expenditure: $20,696

District enrollment: 8,286

Other Schools in District

Allen Frear Elementary School Elementary
David E. Robinson Elementary School Elementary
J. Ralph McIlvaine Early Childhood Center Elementary
Kent Elementary Intensive Learning Center Elementary
Major George S. Welch Elementary School Elementary
Star Hill Elementary School Elementary
W. B. Simpson Elementary School Elementary
W. Reily Brown Elementary School Elementary

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Related Data

Neighborhood demographics (ZIP 19904) → CensusDepth.com
Delaware population & income data → CensusDepth.com
Delaware teacher salaries → WageDepth.com

NCES ID

100018000045

Data sources: NCES CCD SY 2024-2025 (directory, staff, lunch), EDFacts SY 2020-21 (assessments), CRDC SY 2021-22 (programs & discipline), SEDA v6.0 (achievement estimates). Updated annually. NCES CCD