Silver Lake Elementary School in Middletown, Delaware on �ǿմ�ý

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Silver Lake Elementary School

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Silver Lake Elementary School is a town public school in Middletown, Delaware that is part of Appoquinimink School District. It serves 624 students in grades 1 - 5 with a student/teacher ratio of 18.4:1. Its teachers have had 108 projects funded on �ǿմ�ý.

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Title 1

Grades 1 - 5

624 Students

34 Teachers

200 E Cochran St

Middletown, DE 19709 View local requests

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Silver Lake Elementary School Demographics

20%

of students receive free or reduced price lunch

Source: the National Center for Education Statistics

50%

of students are Black, Latino, Native American, or Asian

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