Southern Elementary School (Colonial School District SCH DIST.), Delaware - School Profile in 2023-2024 School Year

Updated on August 8, 2025.

Southern Elementary School is a Elementary in New Castle, DE. It currently serves 743 students (grades KG-05). The school is part of the Colonial School District School District.

Below, we provide details about the school including the population per grade, the racial demography of the student population, the racial demography of the student population per gender/sex, and the racial demography per grade level.

You can see similar information for other schools in Colonial School District School District and all schools in Delaware.

Other Details

School Type: Regular School
School Level: Elementary
Number of Students:743
Number of Teachers: 61
Student/Teacher Ratio: 12.18

Location Info

Location: 795 Cox Neck Road, New Castle, DE 19720
Mailing Address: 795 Cox Neck Road, New Castle, DE 19720-5704
Phone: (302)832-6300
Data Source: NCES.
Student Population Per Grade
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Grade Population
Grade 1 115
Grade 2 134
Grade 3 113
Grade 4 123
Grade 5 138
Kindergarten 120
Gender/Sex of Southern Elementary School Student Population
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Gender Population Percent of Population (%)
Male 415 55.86
Female 328 44.15
Race/Ethnicity Demography of Southern Elementary School Student Population
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Race/Ethnicity Population Percent of Population (%)
Asian 25 3.37
Black or African American 369 49.66
Hispanic/Latino 63 8.48
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 1 0.14
Two or more races 26 3.50
White 259 34.86
Male - Race/Ethnicity Demography of Student Population
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Race/Ethnicity Population Percent of Population (%)
Asian 17 4.10
Black or African American 203 48.92
Hispanic/Latino 34 8.19
Two or more races 18 4.34
White 143 34.46
Female - Race/Ethnicity Demography of Student Population
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Race/Ethnicity Population Percent of Population (%)
Asian 8 2.44
Black or African American 166 50.61
Hispanic/Latino 29 8.84
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 1 0.31
Two or more races 8 2.44
White 116 35.37

Race Demography Per Grade

The tables below shows the Race/Ethnicity of the student population per grade.
Grade 1 - Race/Ethnicity of Both Genders
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Race/Ethnicity Population Percent of Population (%)
Asian 4 3.48
Black or African American 63 54.78
Hispanic/Latino 11 9.57
Two or more races 5 4.35
White 32 27.83
Grade 2 - Race/Ethnicity of Both Genders
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Race/Ethnicity Population Percent of Population (%)
Asian 7 5.22
Black or African American 71 52.99
Hispanic/Latino 9 6.72
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 1 0.75
Two or more races 2 1.49
White 44 32.84
Grade 3 - Race/Ethnicity of Both Genders
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Race/Ethnicity Population Percent of Population (%)
Asian 1 0.89
Black or African American 51 45.13
Hispanic/Latino 11 9.74
Two or more races 5 4.43
White 45 39.82
Grade 4 - Race/Ethnicity of Both Genders
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Race/Ethnicity Population Percent of Population (%)
Asian 1 0.81
Black or African American 60 48.78
Hispanic/Latino 16 13.01
Two or more races 6 4.88
White 40 32.52
Grade 5 - Race/Ethnicity of Both Genders
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Race/Ethnicity Population Percent of Population (%)
Asian 6 4.35
Black or African American 72 52.17
Hispanic/Latino 8 5.80
Two or more races 3 2.17
White 49 35.51
Kindergarten - Race/Ethnicity of Both Genders
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Race/Ethnicity Population Percent of Population (%)
Asian 6 5.00
Black or African American 52 43.33
Hispanic/Latino 8 6.67
Two or more races 5 4.17
White 49 40.83