Editing Kent County, Delaware (section)

==Education==
School districts include:<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st10_de/schooldistrict_maps/c10001_kent/DC20SD_C10001.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st10_de/schooldistrict_maps/c10001_kent/DC20SD_C10001.pdf |archive-date=October 9, 2022 |url-status=live|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Kent County, DE|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|accessdate=July 20, 2022}} - [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st10_de/schooldistrict_maps/c10001_kent/DC20SD_C10001_SD2MS.txt Text list] - It only includes geographical districts and does not have county-wide overlay districts.</ref>
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* [[Caesar Rodney School District]]
* [[Capital School District]]
* [[Lake Forest School District]]
* [[Milford School District]]
* [[Smyrna School District]]
* [[Woodbridge School District]]
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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> [[St. Thomas More Academy (Delaware)|St. Thomas More Academy]] was formerly in the county.

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 W. M. Henry Comprehensive High School District 133]] housed high school students of black African descent during the period 1952 to 1966. Desegregation occurred after 1966.<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>

Tertiary institutions:
* [[Delaware State University]] (DSU)

[[Wesley College (Delaware)|Wesley College]] merged into DSU in 2021.<ref>{{cite web|title=Delaware State University will acquire Wesley College, a first for HBCUs|url=https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2020/07/10/delaware-state-university-will-acquire-wesley-college-first-hbcus|access-date=July 20, 2020|website=insidehighered.com|language=en|quote=The acquisition will be finalized by the end of June next year.}}</ref>