Southern Delaware School of the Arts
Magnet · Grades K–8 · 404 students
Showell (Phillip C.) Elementary School
41 Bethany Road, Selbyville, DE 19975
Grades
K–5
Elementary
Students
297
Enrolled 2024–25
Students per teacher
11.9 : 1
Full-time teachers
District
Indian River School District
Sussex County
Schola Grade A · Excellent
Letter grade (A–F) · compared with 107 Delaware elementary schools · How we grade
Percentiles compare this school with other Delaware elementary schools; the line marks the middle. Data: test scores 2021–22, graduation and absenteeism 2022–23 (U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts); coursework 2023–24 (Civil Rights Data Collection); staffing 2024–25 (NCES).
About Showell (Phillip C.) Elementary School
Showell (Phillip C.) Elementary School is a public elementary school in Selbyville, Delaware, serving grades K–5. It is part of Indian River School District. The school is located in a rural area in Sussex County.
In the 2024–25 school year, 297 students were enrolled, with about 11.9 students for every full-time teacher. That ratio is smaller than the typical Delaware elementary school (13.3 students per teacher). Its Schola Grade is A (excellent), compared with 107 Delaware elementary schools.
Grades & enrollment
Students per grade, 2024–25Grades K–5
Location & nearby schools
School details
- Type
- Public School · What this means
- Level
- Elementary
- Grades offered
- K–5
- Enrollment (2024–25)
- 297 students
- Students per teacher
- 11.9 to 1
- Charter school
- No
- Magnet school
- No
- Locale
- Rural — Distant
- School district
- Indian River School District
- County
- Sussex County
- NCES school ID
- 100068000088
Schools near Showell (Phillip C.) Elementary School
All 4 schools in Selbyville →
Showell Elementary
Public · Grades Pre-K–4 · 638 students
Most Blessed Sacrament Catholic School
Private · Grades Pre-K–8 · 223 students
Clayton (John M.) Elementary School
Public · Grades K–5 · 446 students
Lord Baltimore Elementary School
Public · Grades K–5 · 557 students
Willards Elementary
Public · Grades Pre-K–3 · 311 students
School data comes from the U.S. Department of Education: the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Common Core of Data and EDGE school locations (2024–25) and Private School Survey (2023–24), the Civil Rights Data Collection (2023–24), and EDFacts (test results 2021–22; graduation and chronic absenteeism 2022–23), plus other public sources. Please contact the school to confirm enrollment, programs, and other details. How we source data.