State Profiles of Public Elementary and Secondary Education, 1996-97

Teacher to all other staff ratio

Teacher to administrator ratio

Delaware Delaware Department of Public Instruction, 401 Federal Street, Suite 2, Dover, DE 19903-1402	Download, view and print Delaware's report as a pdf file. 323KB
Superintendent of Education Secretary Iris T. Metts, (302) 739-4601
National Cooperative Education Statistics Liaison Robin R. Taylor, (302) 739-4583
Common Core of Data Survey Coordinator Walter L. Orr, (302) 739-4583

1987	1996	Demographics
GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS


95,659	110,549	Students in public elementary and secondary schools
167	183	Public schools
5,951	6,642	Teachers in public elementary and secondary schools
2,057	2,057	Land area in square miles
46.5	53.7	Public school students per square mile
8.1	8.9	Public schools per 100 square miles

Figure 1
School-age population in public elementary and secondary schools

1987	1996	Fiscal summary

637	723	State population (in thousands)
$3,142	$5,756	State revenue per capita
$2,686	$4,652	State expenditure per capita
$405	$622	State expenditure for elem. and secondary education per capita
$149,132	$223,307	Gross state product per school-age child

1987		1996		Distribution of agencies by type
AGENCY/SCHOOL INFORMATION


100%	22	100%	24	Total public education agencies
86.4%	19	79.2%	19	Regular school districts
0.0%	0	0.0%	0	Regional service agencies
13.6%	3	12.5%	3	State-operated agencies
0.0%	0	8.3%	2	Federally operated and other types

1987		1996		Distribution of agencies by number of schools

0.0%	0	0.0%	0	100 or more schools
4.5%	1	8.3%	2	25 to 99 schools
31.8%	7	20.8%	5	10 to 24 schools
22.7%	5	29.2%	7	5 to 9 schools
27.3%	6	29.2%	7	1 to 4 schools
13.6%	3	12.5%	3	No schools reported

Figure 2
Regular school districts by student membership size

1987		1996		Distribution of schools by type

100%	167	100%	183	Total public elementary and secondary schools reported
86.2%	144	80.3%	147	Regular schools
10.2%	17	15.3%	28	Special education schools
3.6%	6	2.7%	5	Vocational schools
0.0%	0	1.6%	3	Other and alternative schools

Figure 3
Distribution of public schools and students by type of locale: 1996-97

Figure 4
Public schools by size of student membership

1987		1996		Number of public schools by grade span category

37.1%	62	35.0%	64	PK, K, 1 to 3, 4, 5, 6
0.6%	1	1.6%	3	PK, K, 1 to 8
10.8%	18	15.8%	29	4, 5, 6, to 6, 7, 8
7.8%	13	5.5%	10	7 to 8, 9
3.6%	6	1.6%	3	7, 8 to 12
14.4%	24	16.4%	30	9, 10, 11 to 12
25.1%	42	24.0%	44	Other grades
0.0%	0	0.0%	0	Ungraded
0.6%	1	0.0%	0	Not reported

1987	1996	Public school membership by grade
STUDENT INFORMATION


281	597	Prekindergarten
7,772	8,002	Kindergarten
9,103	8,831	First
7,941	8,480	Second
7,455	8,752	Third
7,027	8,329	Fourth
6,786	8,618	Fifth
6,570	8,610	Sixth
7,068	8,942	Seventh
6,711	8,820	Eighth
7,684	10,057	Ninth
7,576	8,956	Tenth
6,818	7,108	Eleventh
6,867	6,447	Twelfth
—	—	Ungraded

Figure 5
Public school student membership by racial/ethnic category

1987	1996

—	12.0%	Students in special education with IEPs
18.7%	29.9%	School membership eligible for free lunch
—	15.6%	School-age children below poverty

1987		1995		High school completers and dropouts

81.5%	5,895	88.3%	5,609	Regular diploma
6.6%	479	4.0%	251	Other diploma
10.8%	784	6.7%	427	High school equivalency
1.0%	74	1.1%	67	Other completers
	—		4.5%	Dropouts
			59.8%	Dropouts who were male
			40.6%	Dropouts who were minority

Figure 6
Grade 8 1996 Mathematics and Science average scale scores for the state (

) and nation (

) and the 25th (

) and 75th (

) percentiles

Grade 4	Grade 8	1996 Mathematics and Science achievement levels

215	266.7	Average Mathematics scale score [scale 0 to 500]
46.4%	44.9%	Students below basic level
53.6%	55.1%	Students at or above basic level
15.9%	18.9%	Students at or above proficient level
1.4%	3.0%	Students at advanced level
—	141.6	Average Science scale score [scale 0 to 300]
	49.1%	Students below basic level
	50.9%	Students at or above basic level
	20.6%	Students at or above proficient level
	1.2%	Students at advanced level

1987		1996		Educational staff
STAFF INFORMATION


100%	10,790	100%	12,203	Total education staff
				Instructional staff
55.2%	5,951	54.4%	6,642	Teachers
6.7%	718	7.4%	898	Instructional aides
				Support staff
1.6%	174	1.8%	221	Guidance counselors/directors
1.6%	175	1.3%	154	Librarians/library support
6.9%	741	7.0%	849	Administrative support
23.3%	2,512	23.6%	2,878	Other support services
				Administrators
3.5%	374	3.4%	414	School-based
1.3%	145	1.2%	147	School district officials/administrators

Figure 7
Average number of students per teacher, by grade level

Figure 8
Average salary of full-time teachers by years of experience

Figure 9
Distribution of public school teachers by age

1987	1993	Preparation of teachers: highest degree earned

0.2%	0.5%	Public school teachers with no degree
66.4%	46.0%	Public school teachers with a Bachelor's or lower degree
27.6%	48.3%	Public school teachers with a Master's degree
5.8%	5.2%	Public school teachers with a degree beyond Master's

FY88	FY97	Federal aid to education under selected programs (in thousands of current dollars)
FISCAL INFORMATION


$5,328	$12,079	National school lunch
$981	$2,779	National school breakfast
$14,509	$17,631	Title I
$4,511	$10,063	Education for the handicapped
$4,905	$5,473	Vocational and adult education
$3,903	$7,656	School improvement
$65	$49	School assistance (federally affected areas)
$50	$168	Bilingual education
—	—	Indian education

Figure 10
Revenues by source

Figure 11
Current expenditures by function

FY88	FY97	Revenues and expenditures (in current dollars)

$464,318	$878,326	Revenues (in thousands of dollars)
$4,854	$7,945	Revenue per pupil in membership
$440,631	$788,715	Current expenditures (in thousands of dollars)
$4,606	$7,135	Current expenditure per pupil in membership