Cape Henlopen School District

It was created in 1969 by the merger of the Lewes, Milton, and Rehoboth school districts.{{cite web|last=MacArthur|first=Ron|url=https://www.capegazette.com/article/cape-henlopen-high-school-bridges-past-present-dedication-cornerstone/8713|title=Cape Henlopen High school bridges past to present with dedication of cornerstone|newspaper=Cape Gazette|date=2010-11-11|accessdate=2021-06-17}}

In March 2016,{{cite web|last=Hughes|first=Gray|url=https://www.delmarvanow.com/story/news/local/delaware/2017/02/08/new-cape-henlopen-school-love-creek-taking-shape/97641508/|title=New Cape Henlopen school, Love Creek, taking shape|newspaper=The Daily Times|location=Salisbury, Maryland|date=2017-02-08|accessdate=2021-06-16}} voters approved of a bond referendum to build new schools, with 74% of voters, numbering 2,947, choosing yes.{{cite web|last=Hughes|first=Gray|url=https://www.delmarvanow.com/story/news/local/delaware/2017/03/24/cape-henlopen-brittingham-elementary/99561430/|title=Tax vote bears fruit with Cape school groundbreaking|newspaper=The Daily Times|location=Salisbury, Maryland|date=2017-03-24|accessdate=2021-06-16}}

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; High school

• Cape Henlopen High School

; Middle schools

• Beacon Middle School
• Mariner Middle School
• A new middle school with a capacity of 600 students is planned in Lewes. It will be built on the previous campus of Shields Elementary.{{cite web|url=https://www.wboc.com/story/44099864/lewes-middle-school-site-plan-approved|title=Lewes Middle School Site Plan Approved|publisher=WBOC|date=2021-06-14|accessdate=2021-06-16}} ABHA Architects is the architectural firm.{{cite web|last=Driscoll|first=Ellen|url=https://www.capegazette.com/article/cape-district-names-architect-new-lewes-middle-school/203094|title=Cape district names architect for new Lewes middle school|newspaper=Cape Gazette|date=2020-06-10|accessdate=2021-06-16}} Its facility will not be as large as the former Shields Elementary, and its opening is scheduled for 2024.{{cite web|last=Roth|first=Nick|url=https://www.capegazette.com/article/lewes-council-consider-middle-school-site-plan-june-14/221730?source=rs|title=Lewes council to consider middle school site plan June 14|newspaper=Cape Gazette|date=2021-06-11|accessdate=2021-06-16}} It will have a capacity of about 500 students.{{cite news|last=Roth|first=Nick|url=https://www.capegazette.com/article/lewes-planners-review-new-shields-elementary-site-plan/183239|title=Lewes planners review new Shields Elementary site plan |newspaper=Cape Gazette|date=2019-07-17|accessdate=2021-07-05}}

; Elementary schools

• Brittingham (H.O.) Elementary School
• The original school was built in 1966. The current school was built on the grounds of the previous facility, with groundbreaking in 2017. The roof has a learning area. Compared to the original building, there is more space for kindergarten and first grade classrooms.
• Love Creek Elementary School
• On the other side of Beacon Middle School, it has two sections. It has a two-story grade 2-5 wing with grades 2-3 and 4-5 on their respective upper and lower floors; each grade has six classrooms. There is a separate kindergarten wing and a separate first grade wing; the kindergarten classrooms have in-suite bathrooms.{{cite web|last=Steele|first=Melissa|url=https://www.capegazette.com/node/85745|title=New school built for the 21st century|newspaper=Cape Gazette|date=2015-06-23|accessdate=2021-06-15}} The rooms are arranged in hub formats. Love Creek Elementary is on a {{convert|25|acre|ha}} plot of land, and was to be {{convert|90000|sqft|sqm}} of space. The price tag was about $29 million. It was to absorb about 100-200 students from each of the existing schools.
• It opened in 2017.{{cite web|last=Hughes|first=Gray|url=https://www.delmarvanow.com/story/news/local/delaware/2017/09/05/cape-henlopen-school-district-grows/479952001/|title=As Love Creek Elementary opens, a growing Cape Henlopen School District plans for future|newspaper=The Daily Times|date=2017-09-05|accessdate=2021-06-16}} Of the schools that opened in its bond cohort, it was the only new school.
• Milton Elementary School
• Rehoboth Elementary School
• It is on a {{convert|25|acre|ha|adj=on}} plot of land.{{cite web|last=Mavity|first=Ryan|url=https://www.capegazette.com/article/new-rehoboth-elementary-school-open-fall-2019/147697|title=New Rehoboth Elementary School to open in fall 2019|newspaper=Cape Gazette|date=2017-12-21|accessdate=2021-06-16}} The current building was to open in 2019.{{cite web|last=Driscoll|first=Ellen|url=https://www.capegazette.com/article/construction-full-swing-rehoboth-consortium/176535|title=Construction in full swing at Rehoboth, Consortium|newspaper=Cape Gazette|date=2019-03-29|accessdate=2021-06-15}} It has {{convert|92000|sqft|sqm}} of space.{{cite web|url=https://www.cityofrehoboth.com/news/general/new-rehoboth-elementary-school-open-fall-2019|title=New Rehoboth Elementary School to open in fall 2019|publisher=City of Rehoboth Beach|accessdate=2021-06-16}} In the same location as the former building, uses the same design as Brittingham and Love Creek schools. It had a cost of $33 million. It has features that refer to the local area.{{cite web|last=Goebel|first=Taylor|url=https://www.delmarvanow.com/story/news/local/delaware/2019/09/12/33-million-rehoboth-elementary-school-welcomes-first-students/2284968001/|title=$33 million Rehoboth Elementary School opens as district tackles capacity issues|newspaper=The Daily Times|date=2019-09-12|accessdate=2021-06-16}}
• Shields (Richard A.) Elementary School
• The original Shields Elementary opened in 1966. In 1987, 1994, and 2007 the building was either given an addition or it was renovated. The school had about 800 students until 2017, when the student body declined to 550, as Love Creek Elementary opened and took some of the students. The district planned to demolish the current Shields facility in 2022, so it could build a new middle school on the site, and Shields Elementary will be moved to the first Lewes School building. The gymnasium was preserved while the Little Vikings section, a 1921 addition at Lewes School, was demolished. The district plans to build new two story additions at the Lewes School building. The new school will have a capacity of about 650 students.

; Alternative

• Sussex Consortium (Lewes)

; Former schools:

• Ninth Grade Campus{{cite web|url=http://www.k12.de.us/capehenlopen/schools.htm|title=Schools|publisher=Cape Henlopen School District|date=2006-10-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061019130251/http://www.k12.de.us/capehenlopen/schools.htm|accessdate=2021-06-16|archive-date=2006-10-19}}
• Lewes Middle School{{cite web|url=http://www.k12.de.us/capehenlopen/sitemap.htm|title=Site Map|publisher=Cape Henlopen School District|date=2002-04-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020425032256/http://www.k12.de.us/capehenlopen/sitemap.htm|accessdate=2021-06-16|archive-date=2002-04-25}} - "New Middle Schools Construction" shows that the former Lewes and Milton middles were replaced.
• Milton Middle School

• Bryan Stevenson, lawyer, activist, author, law professor; founder and executive director of Equal Justice Initiative based in Montgomery, Alabama.
• John Morris – MLB pitcher, born in Lewes
• Jimmie Allen American country singer

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