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Saturday, February 02, 2019

Seaford School District Salaries Over $100,000

The Seaford School District lies on the western edge of Sussex County. The district hovers around the just below 3,500 mark most of the time. Even though their enrollment is the same, they have two more administrators making over $100,000 than they did four years ago. Like their neighbor to the south, Laurel, they have a high percentage of low-income students and English Language learners. 

The Wilmington Education Improvement Commission brought up both of these districts many times in their reports on Delaware public schools. Seaford reminds me of the school district I grew up in with its make-up four elementary schools, a middle school, and a high school. But that’s where the similarities end. My school district was about 3/5ths the size of Seaford. Which means they have a lot of kids in their buildings.

Seaford School District
6 Schools
3,475 Students, 3,486 four years ago
14 Over $100k

DEMOGRAPHICS
African-American: 37.2%
American Indian: .3%
Asian: 1.1%
Hawaiian: .5%
Hispanic/Latino: 20.4%
White: 35.5%
Multi-Racial: 5%
English Language Learners: 18.3%
Low-Income: 47.7%
Special Education: 17.5%

SALARIES OVER $100k
Jason Cameron, Principal, Seaford M.S., $113,045

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2 comments:

Anonymous said...

whats the school systems budget? appointed school board like in maryland regulated heavily by the state and the unions? no accountability to the taxpayer like it is here in maryland? SAT scores below the rest of the state?

Anonymous said...

Lot of money spent. Seems like a poor return on their money. Probably better spent on the employees at Sussex Correctional.