State of Delaware - DE School Dropout Statistics

INDEX OF TABLES

Delaware Dropouts 1997-98, Summary Statistics, Grade 9-12
Delaware Dropouts and Student Enrollments, 1997-98, Grade by Race
Dropout Rate and Percent of All Dropouts, 1997-98, Grade by Race
Delaware Dropouts and Student Enrollments, 1997-98, Gender by Race
Percent of All Dropouts, 1997-98, Gender by Race
Over-Age, Age-Appropriate, or Under-Age Dropouts, 1997-98, By Grade Level
Reasons for Dropping out, 1997-98, Grade 9-12
Delaware Dropouts, 1997-98, Grade 7-8
Delaware Dropouts and Student Enrollments, 1997-98, County by Race
Percent of All Dropouts, 1997-98, County by Race
Rate of All Dropouts, 1997-98, County by Race
Delaware Dropouts and Student Enrollments, 1997-98, County by Grade
Percent of All Dropouts, 1997-98, County by Grade
Annual Dropout Rates by District, by School, 1994-95 through 1997-98

INDEX OF FIGURES

Delaware Dropout Rate 1986-98
Percent of Dropouts by Race/Ethnicity, 1997-98
Percent of Dropouts by Gender, 1997-98
Percent of Dropouts by Age Group, 1997-98
Percent of All Dropouts by Grade, 1997-98
Dropout Rate by Gender by Race, 1997-98
Reasons for Dropping out, 1997-98
Percent of Dropouts by County, 1997-98
Dropout Rate by County by Race, 1997-98
Dropout Rate by District, 1997-98

Table 1
Delaware Dropouts 1997-98
Summary Statistics - Grades 9-12

Annual Dropout Rate (%)		Percent of All Dropouts (%)
TOTAL	4.7	100
SEX
Male	5.5	59.9
Female	3.9	40.1
RACE / ETHNICITY
American Indian	0	0
African American	6.4	38.9
Asian	1.3	0.6
Hispanic	8.2	6.6
White	3.9	53.9
AGE
< 15	0.2	1.8
15	3.8	18.1
16	9.9	34.7
> 16	53.1	45.5

Table 2
Delaware Dropouts and Student Enrollments, 1997-1998
Grade by Race

Number of Enrolled Students					Number of Dropouts
Grade	Black	Hispanic	White/Other	All	Black	Hispanic	White/Other	All
9	3,277	494	6,488	10,259	247	42	253	542
10	2,534	296	5,977	8,807	169	38	286	493
11	1,935	253	5,193	7,381	120	17	194	331
12	1,789	211	4,741	6,741	72	6	118	196
Total	9,535	1,254	22,399	33,188	608	103	851	1562

Table 3
Dropout Rate and Percent of All Dropouts, 1997-1998
Grade by Race

Annual Dropout Rate					Percent of All Dropouts
Grade	Black	Hispanic	White/Other	All	Black	Hispanic	White/Other	All
9	7.5%	8.5%	3.9%	5.3%	15.8%	2.7%	16.2%	34.7%
10	6.7%	12.8%	4.8%	5.6%	10.8%	2.4%	18.3%	31.6%
11	6.2%	6.7%	3.7%	4.5%	7.7%	1.1%	12.4%	21.2%
12	4.0%	2.8%	2.5%	2.9%	4.6%	0.4%	7.6%	12.5%
Total	6.4%	8.2%	3.8%	4.7%	38.9%	6.6%	54.5%	100.0%

Table 4
Delaware Dropouts and Student Enrollments, 1997-1998
Gender by Race

Number of Enrolled Students					Number of Dropouts
Gender	Black	Hispanic	White/Other	All	Black	Hispanic	White/Other	All
Male	4,807	654	11,576	17,037	358	65	513	936
Female	4,728	600	10,823	16,151	250	38	338	626
Total	9,535	1,254	22,399	33,188	608	103	851	1562

Table 5
Percent of All Dropouts, 1997-1998
Gender by Race

Gender	Black	Hispanic	White/Other	All	Black	Hispanic	White/Other	All
Male	7.4%	9.9%	4.4%	5.5%	22.9%	4.2%	32.8%	59.9%
Female	5.3%	6.3%	3.1%	3.9%	16.0%	2.4%	21.6%	40.1%
Total	6.4%	8.2%	3.8%	4.7%	38.9%	6.6%	54.5%	100.0%

Table 6
Over-Age, Age-Appropriate, or Under-Age Dropouts, 1997-1998
By Grade Level

	Grade 9		Grade 10		Grade 11		Grade 12		All Grades
Age	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%
Over-Age	516	95.2%	418	84.8%	225	68.0%	100	51.0%	1,259	80.6%
Age-Appropriate	23	4.2%	73	14.8%	91	27.5%	78	39.8%	265	17.0%
Under Age	3	0.6%	2	0.4%	15	4.5%	18	9.2%	38	2.4%
Total	542	100%	493	100%	331	100%	196	100%	1,562	100%

Table 7
Reasons for Dropping Out 1997-98
Grades 9-12

Reason	Number	Percent
School-Related (Academic, disciplinary, poor attendance)	953	61.0%
Economic-Related (Acquired employment, needed at home)	59	3.8%
Personal (Illness, pregnancy, marriage, child care, over compulsory age)	113	7.2%
Failed to Enroll in Groves Adult High School after Withdrawal	264	16.9%
Unknown	173	11.1%
Total	1562	100%

Table 8
Delaware Dropouts, 1997-1998
Grades 7-8

Grade 7				Grade 8
County	No. of Dropouts	Students Enrolled	Rate per 1000 Pupils	No. of Dropouts	Students Enrolled	Rate per 1000 Pupils
New Castle	3	5,267	0.6	11	5,204	2.1
Kent	0	2,022	0.0	5	2,003	2.5
Sussex	0	1,796	0.0	0	1,698	0.0
State	3	9,085	0.3	16	8,905	1.8

Table 9
Delaware Dropouts and Student Enrollments, 1997-1998
County by Race

Number of Enrolled Students					Number of Dropouts
County	Black	Hispanic	White/Other	All	Black	Hispanic	White/Other	All
New Castle	6050	905	12557	19,512	389	85	490	964
Kent	1817	177	5051	7,045	102	8	155	265
Sussex	1668	172	4791	6,631	117	10	206	333
Total	9,535	1,254	22,399	33,188	608	103	851	1562

Table 10
Percent of All Dropouts, 1997-1998
County by Race

Table 11
Rate of All Dropouts, 1997-1998
County by Race


Black				Hispanic			White/Other			Total
County	No. of Pupils	No. of Dropouts	Dropout Rate	No. of Pupils	No. of Dropouts	Dropout Rate	No. of Pupils	No. of Dropouts	Dropout Rate	No. of Pupils	No. of Dropouts	Dropout Rate
New Castle	5933	391	6.6%	855	61	7.1%	12350	485	3.9%	19138	937	4.9%
Kent	1760	85	4.8%	179	13	7.3%	5027	141	2.8%	6966	239	3.4%
Sussex	1618	96	5.9%	150	12	8.0%	4696	180	3.8%	6464	288	4.5%
Total	9311	572	6.1%	1184	86	7.3%	22073	806	3.7%	32568	1464	4.5%

Table 12
Delaware Dropouts and Student Enrollments, 1997-1998
County by Grade

Number of Enrolled Students						Number of Dropouts
County	9	10	11	12	All	9	10	11	12	All
New Castle	6084	5183	4352	3893	19,512	333	314	199	118	964
Kent	2211	1932	1502	1400	7,045	93	81	54	37	265
Sussex	1964	1692	1527	1448	6,631	116	98	78	41	333
Total	10,259	8,807	7,381	6,741	33,188	542	493	331	196	1562

Table 13
Percent of All Dropouts, 1997-1998
County by Grade

Annual Dropout Rate						Percent of All Dropouts
County	9	10	11	12	All	9	10	11	12	All
New Castle	5.5%	6.1%	4.6%	3.0%	4.9%	21.3%	20.1%	12.7%	7.6%	61.7%
Kent	4.2%	4.2%	3.6%	2.6%	3.8%	6.0%	5.2%	3.5%	2.4%	17.0%
Sussex	5.9%	5.8%	5.1%	2.8%	5.0%	7.4%	6.3%	5.0%	2.6%	21.3%
Total	5.3%	5.6%	4.5%	2.9%	4.7%	34.7%	31.6%	21.2%	12.5%	100%

Table 14
GRADE 9-12 ANNUAL DROPOUT RATES BY SCHOOL,
1994-95 THRU 1997-98

94-95				95-96			96-97			97-98
HIGH SCHOOLS	TOTAL ENROLLMENT	TOTAL DROPOUTS	DROPOUT RATE	TOTAL ENROLLMENT	TOTAL DROPOUTS	DROPOUT RATE	TOTAL ENROLLMENT	TOTAL DROPOUTS	DROPOUT RATE	TOTAL ENROLLMENT	TOTAL DROPOUTS	DROPOUT RATE
New Castle County	17,347	837	4.8	18,061	880	4.9	18,721	924	4.9	19,078	937	4.9
Middletown	774	43	5.6	822	44	5.4	894	48	5.4	980	50	5.1
Howard Career Ctr	671	22	3.3	811	11	1.4	858	8	0.9	1017	3	0.3
Paul Hodgson	1,028	1	0.1	1,034	3	0.3	971	7	0.7	966	6	0.6
Delcastle Tech	1,452	15	1.0	1,401	10	0.7	1472	15	1.0	1435	5	0.3
Brandywine	1,250	64	5.1	1,274	46	3.6	1214	60	4.9	1230	41	3.3
Concord	931	30	3.2	954	27	2.8	1005	35	3.5	1024	39	3.8
Mt Pleasant	993	55	5.5	1,064	59	5.5	1029	62	6.0	1040	62	6.0
Calloway School of Arts										78	1	1.3
John Dickinson	789	28	3.5	853	53	6.2	967	69	7.1	1115	59	5.3
A. I. duPont	875	8	0.9	1,001	34	3.4	1182	23	1.9	1237	65	5.3
Thomas McKean	893	58	6.5	979	66	6.7	1175	70	6.0	1276	56	4.4
Wilmington	968	110	11.4	831	72	8.7	516	41	7.9	184	6	3.3
Christiana	1,531	55	3.6	1,650	83	5.0	1633	111	6.8	1668	130	7.8
Glasgow	1,701	134	7.9	1,789	135	7.5	1813	164	9.0	1808	160	8.8
Newark	1,310	68	5.2	1,386	79	5.7	1475	79	5.4	1417	85	6.0
William Penn	2,181	146	6.7	2,212	158	7.1	2274	132	5.8	2207	166	7.5
Wilmington Charter							243	0	0.0	396	3	0.8
Kent County	6,309	274	4.3	6,523	251	3.8	6,672	232	3.5	6,800	264	3.9
Caesar Rodney	1,494	68	4.6	1,477	59	4.0	1563	74	4.7	1617	72	4.5
Dover	1,346	65	4.8	1,437	28	1.9	1409	33	2.3	1424	62	4.4
POLYTECH	953	32	3.4	977	17	1.7	1016	13	1.3	1060	13	1.2
Lake Forest	804	62	7.7	840	45	5.4	859	35	4.1	815	35	4.3
Milford SR	881	35	4.0	927	76	8.2	960	52	5.4	960	48	5.0
Smyrna	831	12	1.4	865	26	3.0	865	25	2.9	890	30	3.4
Positive Outcomes							37	7		34	4	11.8
Sussex County	5,635	260	4.6	5,956	304	5.1	6,222	288	4.6	6,401	332	5.2
Cape Henlopen	918	40	4.4	929	65	7.0	1010	60	5.9	1034	46	4.4
Delmar Jr-Sr	408	19	4.7	417	15	3.6	440	16	3.6	468	27	5.8
Indian River	678	50	7.4	699	44	6.3	709	32	4.5	722	46	6.4
Sussex Central Sr	861	40	4.6	930	35	3.8	997	44	4.4	1062	33	3.1
Laurel Sr	513	20	3.9	516	28	5.4	508	27	5.3	520	66	12.7
Seaford SR	862	33	3.8	998	53	5.3	1025	50	4.9	1045	62	5.9
Sussex Tech	1,008	29	2.9	1,071	26	2.4	1131	14	1.2	1141	17	1.5
Woodbridge	387	29	7.5	396	38	9.6	402	45	11.2	409	35	8.6
Note: Special Schools and ILC's are not included. All schools include grades 9 thru 12.