Odessa High School (Delaware)

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Odessa High School
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Odessa High School (Delaware)
570 Tony Marchio Dr

19734

United States
Coordinates 39°26′18″N75°39′04″W / 39.43834°N 75.65102°W / 39.43834; -75.65102
Information
Type Public
Established2020(5 years ago) (2020)
School district Appoquinimink School District
CEEB code 080018
PrincipalVeronica "Voni" Perrine
Teaching staff74.00 (FTE) [1]
Grades9-12
Enrollment1,190 (2023–2024) [1]
Student to teacher ratio16.08 [1]
Color(s)Green and yellow [2]
   
MascotDucks
Website www.odessahs.org

Odessa High School is a public high school in unincorporated New Castle County, Delaware. It has a Townsend postal address, [3] while its name refers to nearby Odessa. It is a part of the Appoquinimink School District. The ducks are the mascot.

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It is a part of the Fairview K-12 Campus, which is on a former corn field and also includes the Old State Elementary School and Spring Meadow Early Childhood Center. [4] It shares its building with Cantwell's Bridge Middle School. [5]

History

The Appoquinimink district began developing the complex circa 2010. [4]

The district selected the duck mascot in 2017. [6] The building had a cost of $148 million. Groundbreaking began in January 2018. [5]

Construction completed in fall 2020 and opened with grade 9 students. As the COVID-19 pandemic in Delaware occurred, the initial students did virtual learning. The athletic teams began in November 2020. [7]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Odessa High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved February 9, 2025.
  2. "Colors | University Communications". University of Oregon Brand and Style Guide. Retrieved October 23, 2023.
  3. "Home". Odessa High School. Retrieved July 5, 2021. 570 Tony Marchio Drive, Townsend, DE 19734
  4. 1 2 Parrish, Amanda (October 14, 2020). "This Delaware district is reinventing the way it does school". Middletown Transcript. Retrieved July 5, 2020.
  5. 1 2 "Groundbreaking for new school building next week". Middletown Transcript. January 18, 2018. Retrieved July 5, 2021.
  6. "Ducks chosen as mascot for new Odessa High School". Middletown Transcript. November 15, 2017. Retrieved July 5, 2021.
  7. Parrish, Amanda (December 14, 2020). "New school, new sports: Odessa High fall coaches let players set culture for first season". Middletown Transcript. Retrieved July 5, 2021.