Delaware Dropouts, 1998-1999
Summary Statistics
November 1999

 

Table 1. Delaware Dropouts 1998-99, Summary Statistics, Grades 9-12
Table 2. Delaware Dropouts and Student Enrollments, 1998-99, Grade by Race
Table 3. Dropout Rate and Percent of All Dropouts, 1998-99, Grade by Race
Table 4. Delaware Dropouts and Student Enrollments, 1998-99, Gender by Race
Table 5. Dropout Rate and Percent of All Dropouts, 1998-99, Gender by Race
Table 6. Over-Age, Age-Appropriate, or Under-Age Dropouts, 1998-99, by Grade Level
Table 7. Reasons for Dropping Out, 1998-99, Grades 9-12
Table 8. Delaware Dropouts, 1998-99, Grades 7-8
Table 9. Delaware Dropouts and Student Enrollments, 1998-99, County by Race
Table 10. Dropout Rate and Percent of All Dropouts, 1998-99, County by Race
Table 11. Delaware Dropouts and Student Enrollments, 1998-99, County by Grade
Table 12. Dropout Rate and Percent of All Dropouts, 1998-99, County by Grade
Table 13. Grade 9-12 Annual Dropout Rates by District, 1998-99 (G9-12)
Table 14. Grade 9-12 Annual Dropout Rates by School, 1998-99

 

Table 1
Delaware Dropouts 1998-99
Summary Statistics
Grades 9-12
(N=1,361)

Annual Dropout Rate (%)

Percent of All Dropouts (%)

Total		4.1	100
Sex	Male	4.9	61.1
	Female	3.2	38.9
Race/Ethnicity	American Indian	4.3	0.2
	African American	5.2	37.3
	Asian	1.2	0.7
	Hispanic	6.9	6.5
	White	3.5	55.4
Age	Less than 15	0.2	1.2
	15	2.9	18.6
	16	5.8	33.9
	Greater than 16	8.6	46.3

Table 2
Delaware Dropouts and Student Enrollments, 1998-99 (Grade by Race)

Number of Enrolled Students					Number of Dropouts
Grade	Black	Hispanic	White/Other	All	Black	Hispanic	White/Other	All
9	3,392	493	6,530	10,415	187	33	231	451
10	2,627	352	5,954	8,933	181	33	249	463
11	1,858	207	5,125	7,190	81	16	174	271
12	1,784	217	4,778	6,779	58	6	112	176
Total	9,661	1,269	22,387	33,317	507	88	766	1,361

 

Table 3
Dropout Rate and Percent of All Dropouts, 1998-99 (Grade by Race)

Annual Dropout Rate					Percent of All Dropouts
Grade	Black	Hispanic	White/Other	All	Black	Hispanic	White/Other	All
9	5.5%	6.7%	3.5%	4.3%	13.7%	2.4%	17.0%	33.1%
10	6.9%	9.4%	4.2%	5.2%	13.3%	2.4%	18.3%	34.0%
11	4.4%	7.7%	3.4%	3.8%	6.0%	1.2%	12.8%	19.9%
12	3.3%	2.8%	2.3%	2.6%	4.3%	0.4%	8.2%	12.9%
Total	5.2%	6.9%	3.4%	4.1%	37.3%	6.5%	56.3%	100.0%

 

Table 4
Delaware Dropouts and Student Enrollments, 1998-99 (Gender by Race)

Number of Enrolled Students					Number of Dropouts
Gender	Black	Hispanic	White/Other	All	Black	Hispanic	White/Other	All
Male	4,785	646	11,473	16,904	306	51	475	832
Female	4,876	623	10,914	16,413	201	37	291	529
Total	9,661	1,269	22,387	33,317	507	88	766	1,361

 

Table 5
Dropout Rate and Percent of All Dropouts, 1998-99 (Gender by Race)

Annual Dropout Rate					Percent of All Dropouts
Gender	Black	Hispanic	White/Other	All	Black	Hispanic	White/Other	All
Male	6.4%	7.9%	4.1%	4.9%	22.5%	3.7%	34.9%	61.1%
Female	4.1%	5.9%	2.7%	3.2%	14.8%	2.7%	21.4%	38.9%
Total	5.2%	6.9%	3.4%	4.1%	37.3%	6.5%	56.3%	100.0%

 

Table 6
Over-Age, Age-Appropriate, or Under-Age Dropouts, 1998-99 (by Grade Level)

	Grade 9		Grade 10		Grade 11		Grade 12		All Grades
Age	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%
Over-Age	439	97.3	389	84.0	173	63.8	93	52.8	1,094	80.4
Age-Appropriate	12	2.7	69	14.9	87	32.1	66	37.5	234	17.2
Under Age	0	0.0	5	1.1	11	4.1	17	9.7	33	2.4
Total	451	100	463	100	271	100	176	100	1,361	100

 

Table 7
Reasons for Dropping Out 1998-99 (Grades 9-12)

Reason		Number	Percent
School-Related		849	62.4
	Academic, disciplinary, poor attendance
Economic-Related		46	3.4
	Acquired employment, needed at home
Personal		101	7.4
	Illness, pregnancy, marriage, child care, over compulsory age
Failed to Enroll in Groves Adult High School after withdrawal		236	17.3
Unknown		129	9.5
Total		1,361	100

 

Table 8
Delaware Dropouts, 1998-99 (Grades 7-8)

	Grade 7			Grade 8
			Rate			Rate
	No. of	Students	per 1,000	No. of	Students	per 1,000
	Dropouts	Enrolled	Pupils	Dropouts	Enrolled	Pupils
New Castle	9	5,376	1.7	7	5,175	1.4
Kent	1	2,123	0.5	6	1,967	3.1
Sussex	1	1,818	0.6	3	1,814	1.7
State	11	9,317	1.2	16	8,956	1.8

 

Table 9
Delaware Dropouts and Student Enrollments, 1998-99 (County by Race)

	Number of Enrolled Students				Number of Dropouts
County	Black	Hispanic	White/Other	All	Black	Hispanic	White/Other	All
New Castle	6,175	905	12,586	19,666	309	64	435	808
Kent	1,841	190	5,057	7,088	98	6	153	257
Sussex	1,645	174	4,744	6,563	100	18	178	296
Total	9,661	1,269	22,387	33,317	507	88	766	1,361

 

Table 10
Dropout Rate and Percent of All Dropouts, 1998-99 (County by Race)

	Annual Dropout Rate				Percent of All Dropouts
County	Black	Hispanic	White/Other	All	Black	Hispanic	White/Other	All
New Castle	5.0%	7.1%	3.5%	4.1%	22.7%	4.7%	32.0%	59.4%
Kent	5.3%	3.2%	3.0%	3.6%	7.2%	0.4%	11.2%	18.9%
Sussex	6.1%	10.3%	3.8%	4.5%	7.3%	1.3%	13.1%	21.7%
Total	5.2%	6.9%	3.4%	4.1%	37.3%	6.5%	56.3%	100.0%

 

Table 11
Delaware Dropouts and Student Enrollments, 1998-99 (County by Grade)

	Number of Enrolled Students					Number of Dropouts
County	9	10	11	12	All	9	10	11	12	All
New Castle	6,266	5,285	4,196	3,919	19,666	279	278	162	89	808
Kent	2,249	1,893	1,548	1,398	7,088	105	72	52	28	257
Sussex	1,900	1,755	1,446	1,462	6,563	67	113	57	59	296
Total	10,415	8,933	7,190	6,779	33,317	451	463	271	176	1,361

 

Table 12
Dropout Rate and Percent of All Dropouts, 1998-99 (County by Grade)

	Annual Dropout Rate					Percent of All Dropouts
County	9	10	11	12	All	9	10	11	12	All
New Castle	4.5%	5.3%	3.9%	2.3%	4.1%	20.5%	20.4%	11.9%	6.5%	59.4%
Kent	4.7%	3.8%	3.4%	2.0%	3.6%	7.7%	5.3%	3.8%	2.1%	18.9%
Sussex	3.5%	6.4%	3.9%	4.0%	4.5%	4.9%	8.3%	4.2%	4.3%	21.7%
Total	4.3%	5.2%	3.8%	2.6%	4.1%	33.1%	34.0%	19.9%	12.9%	100%

 

Table 13
Annual Dropout Rates by District, 1998-99 (Grades 9-12)

		1998-1999
Code	District	Total Enrollment	Total Dropouts	Dropout Rate
New Castle County		19,666	808	4.1
29	Appoquinimink	1,062	43	4.0
31	Brandywine	3,397	124	3.7
33	Christina	4,922	306	0.1
34	Colonial	2,273	126	5.5
32	Red Clay	3,975	185	4.7
38	New Castle County Vo-Tech	3,485	24	0.5
70	Wilmington Charter	552	0	0.0
Kent County		7,088	257	3.6
10	Caesar Rodney	1,800	65	3.6
13	Capital	1,450	65	4.5
15	Lake Forest	835	43	5.1
18	Milford	988	37	3.7
24	Smyrna	907	31	3.4
39	POLYTECH	1,071	14	1.3
71	Positive Outcomes	37	2	5.4
Sussex County		6,563	296	4.5
17	Cape Henlopen	1,038	55	5.3
37	Delmar	455	17	3.7
36	Indian River	1,932	105	5.4
16	Laurel	512	19	3.7
23	Seaford	1,035	65	6.3
35	Woodbridge	420	22	5.2
40	Sussex Technical	1,171	13	1.1
State		33,317	1,361	4.1
Note:	Special Schools and ILC's ARE included

 

Table 14
Annual Dropout Rates by School, 1998-99 (Grades 9-12)

		1998-1999
Code	District	Total Enrollment	Total Dropouts	Dropout Rate
New Castle County		19,571	776	4.0
18	Middletown HS	1,037	43	4.1
26	Howard Career Center	715	5	0.7
66	Paul M. Hodgson	1,316	13	1.0
80	Delcastle Tech HS	1,414	6	0.4
190	Brandywine HS	1,262	40	3.2
194	Concord HS	1,084	43	4.0
196	Mt. Pleasant HS	1,008	40	4.0
286	Calloway Arts School	514	1	0.2
290	John Dickinson HS	1,048	26	2.5
292	A.I. duPont HS	1,255	54	4.3
294	Thomas McKean HS	1,359	87	6.4
296	Wilmington HS	62	4	6.5
390	Christiana HS	1,639	77	4.7
392	Glasgow HS	1,635	170	10.4
394	Newark HS	1,461	53	3.6
490	William Penn HS	2,210	114	5.2
295	Wilmington Charter	552	0	0.0
Kent County		6,836	255	3.7
626	Caesar Rodney HS	1,612	65	4.0
648	Dover HS	1,435	65	4.5
652	POLYTECH HS	1,025	12	1.2
665	Lake Forest HS	832	43	5.2
678	Milford HS	988	37	3.7
688	Smyrna HS	907	31	3.4
570	Positive Outcomes	37	2	5.4
Sussex County		6,345	295	4.6
726	Cape Henlopen HS	993	54	5.4
730	Delmar Jr-Sr. HS	452	17	3.8
746	Indian River HS	723	30	4.1
748	Sussex Central HS	1,076	75	7.0
756	Laurel Sr. HS	505	19	3.8
766	Seaford HS	1,005	65	6.5
770	Sussex Tech HS	1,171	13	1.1
780	Woodbridge HS	420	22	5.2
Note:	Special Schools and ILC's are NOT included