Odessa High School (Delaware)

Public school in Townsend, Delaware, United States

Odessa High School

Address

570 Tony Marchio Dr

Townsend, Delaware

19734

United States

Coordinates| 39°26′18″N 75°39′04″W﻿ / ﻿39.43834°N 75.65102°W﻿ / 39.43834; -75.65102
Information
Type| Public
Established| 2020 (5 years ago) (2020)
School district| Appoquinimink School District
CEEB code| 080018
Principal| Veronica "Voni" Perrine
Teaching staff| 74.00 (FTE)[1]
Grades| 9-12
Enrollment| 1,190 (2023–2024)[1]
Student to teacher ratio| 16.08[1]
Color(s)| Green and yellow[2]

Mascot| Ducks
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.

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

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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

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1. ^ a b c "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. ^ a b Parrish, Amanda (October 14, 2020). "This Delaware district is reinventing the way it does school". Middletown Transcript. Retrieved July 5, 2020.
5. ^ a b "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.

## External links

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* Official website

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Education in New Castle County, Delaware

Public
schools|

| Appoquinimink SD|

* Appoquinimink HS
* Middletown HS
* Odessa HS

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Brandywine SD|

* Brandywine HS
* Concord HS
* Mount Pleasant HS

Christina SD|

* Christiana HS
* Glasgow HS
* Newark HS
* Delaware School for the Deaf

Colonial SD|

* William Penn HS

Red Clay
Cons. SD|

* Alexis I. duPont HS
* John Dickinson HS
* Thomas McKean HS
* Cab Calloway School of the Arts
* Conrad Schools of Science

| Closed|

* Wilmington HS

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Smyrna SD|

* Note that Smyrna HS is located in Kent County

NCCVTSD|

* Delcastle Tech HS
* Hodgson Vo-Tech HS
* Howard HS of Tech
* St. Georges Tech HS

Charter|

* Charter of Wilmington
* Delaware Military Acad
* MOT Charter
* Newark Charter

Historical|

* P. S. Dupont HS
* Wilmington HS
* Charles B. Lore ES

Private
schools|

* Archmere
* Delaware Valley Classical
* Centreville Layton
* Padua
* Red Lion
* St. Andrew's
* St. Anne's Episcopal
* St. Elizabeth
* St. Mark's
* Salesianum
* Sanford
* Tatnall
* Tower Hill
* Ursuline
* Wilmington Christian
* Wilmington Friends
* Wilmington Montessori

| Closed|

* St. Mary's

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Tertiary|

* University of Delaware
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* Goldey–Beacom College
* Wilmington University

Libraries|

* Hagley Museum and Library
* Winterthur Museum, Garden and Library

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