Editing Sussex County, Delaware (section)

==Education==

===Public===
{{see also|List of school districts in Delaware}}
Sussex County is served by eight public school districts.<ref name="DelDistricts">{{cite web
 |url          = http://www.doe.k12.de.us/EduDir/DistAnchor.asp
 |title        = Delaware Public School Districts for K-12 Education
 |access-date  = March 11, 2008
|work         = Delaware Educational Directory
 |publisher    = Delaware Department of Education
 |url-status   = dead
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20071111225505/http://www.doe.k12.de.us/EduDir/DistAnchor.asp
 |archive-date = November 11, 2007
}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st10_de/schooldistrict_maps/c10005_sussex/DC20SD_C10005.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st10_de/schooldistrict_maps/c10005_sussex/DC20SD_C10005.pdf |archive-date=October 9, 2022 |url-status=live|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Sussex County, DE|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|accessdate=July 20, 2022}} - [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st10_de/schooldistrict_maps/c10005_sussex/DC20SD_C10005_SD2MS.txt Text list] - This list only includes the seven geographical school districts and does not include the county-wide overlay school district.</ref>
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* [[Cape Henlopen School District]]
* [[Delmar School District]]
* [[Indian River School District (Delaware)|Indian River School District]]
* [[Laurel School District (Delaware)|Laurel School District]]
* [[Milford School District]] (also serves Kent County)
* [[Seaford School District]]
* [[Woodbridge School District]] (also serves Kent County)
* [[Sussex Technical School District]] (County-wide overlay school district)
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The county also contains one charter school, the Sussex Academy of Arts & Sciences.<ref>{{cite web | last = Department of Education | title = List of Delaware Charter Schools | publisher = State of Delaware | date = 2010–2011 <!--school year--> | url = http://www.doe.k12.de.us/infosuites/schools/charterschools/listofDECS/list.shtml | access-date = September 14, 2010 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100917230929/http://www.doe.k12.de.us/infosuites/schools/charterschools/listofDECS/list.shtml | archive-date = September 17, 2010 }}</ref>

Those state funded public high schools which participate in sporting events are members of the [[Henlopen Conference]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ereferencedesk.com/resources/counties/delaware/sussex.html|title=Sussex County, Delaware: History and Information|website=www.ereferencedesk.com|access-date=February 6, 2018|archive-date=February 7, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180207005823/http://www.ereferencedesk.com/resources/counties/delaware/sussex.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

In the period of de jure [[educational segregation in the United States]], K-12 students of black African descent attended [[History of African-American education|segregated schools]]. [[William C. Jason Comprehensive High School District 192]] in Georgetown housed high school students of black African descent during the period 1951 to 1967. Desegregation occurred after 1967.<ref>{{cite web|last=Mowery|first=Roger|url=https://archivesfiles.delaware.gov/ebooks/Delaware_School_Districts_1974.pdf|title=Delaware School District Organization and Boundaries|publisher=[[Delaware State Department of Instruction]]|place=[[Dover, Delaware]]|year=1974|page=6 (PDF p. 12/97)|access-date=2025-03-30}}</ref>

In the past, a school called Warwick School 225 educated [[Nanticoke people]].<ref name=DiehlPT35>{{cite book|last=Diehl|first=James|title=Remembering Sussex County: From Zwaanendael to King Chicken|publisher=[[Arcadia Publishing]]|date=April 2009|isbn=9781625842497<!--Old: 162584249X-->|page=[https://books.google.com/books?id=Z8R2CQAAQBAJ&pg=PT35 PT35]|via=[[Google Books]]}}</ref>

===Private===
In 2010, 14.8% of the county students enrolled in K-12 schools were in private institutions.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.delawarepublic.org/2010-12-16/private-schools-increasing-financial-aid-to-retain-students|title=Private schools increasing financial aid to retain students |publisher=[[Delaware Public Media]]|date=2010-12-16|access-date=2025-03-30|quote=In Delaware, with the nation’s highest percentage of private school enrollment,[...]}}</ref>

There are several private schools in Sussex County: [[Bible Center Christian Academy]] (Laurel), [[Children Craft CO]] (Seaford), [[Delmarva Christian High School]] (Georgetown, [[Destiny Christian School (Georgetown)|Destiny Christian School]] (Georgetown), [[Eagle's Nest Christian School]] (Milton), [[Epworth Christian School]] (Laurel), [[Greenwood Mennonite School]] (Greenwood), [[Harbor Christian Academy]] (Ellendale), The Jefferson School (Georgetown), [[Jesus Is Lord Christian Academy]] (Georgetown), [[Lighthouse Christian School Dagsboro|Lighthouse Christian School]] (Dagsboro), [[Lighted Pathway Christian Academy]] (Seaford), [[Milford Christian School]] (Milford) and [[Seaford Christian Academy]] (Seaford).<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://delaware.educationbug.org/private-schools/county-sussex.html |title=Sussex County, Delaware Private Schools |access-date=December 19, 2007 |archive-date=September 3, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070903095551/http://delaware.educationbug.org/private-schools/county-sussex.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Higher education===
There are several colleges and universities in Sussex County. [[Delaware Technical Community College]] has the largest presence in the county, but students can also attend [[Delaware State University]], [[Goldey-Beacom College]], [[University of Delaware]] all in Georgetown, the Philadelphia Bible College in Ellendale, and the Beebe Hospital School of Nursing in Lewes. The University of Delaware also maintains a marine science campus in Lewes.