Delaware Dropouts, 1999-2000
Summary Statistics
December 2000

Delaware Dropout Rates Annual Trend 1979-1980 Through 1999-2000
Table 1. Delaware Dropouts 1999-00, Summary Statistics, Grades 9-12
Table 2. Delaware Dropouts and Student Enrollments, 1999-00, Grade by Race
Table 3. Dropout Rate and Percent of All Dropouts, 1999-00, Grade by Race
Table 4. Delaware Dropouts and Student Enrollments, 1999-00, Gender by Race
Table 5. Dropout Rate and Percent of All Dropouts, 1999-00, Gender by Race
Table 6. Over-Age, Age-Appropriate, or Under-Age Dropouts, 1999-00, by Grade Level
Table 7. Reasons for Dropping Out, 1999-00, Grades 9-12
Table 8. Delaware Dropouts, 1999-00, Grades 7-8
Table 9. Delaware Dropouts and Student Enrollments, 1999-00, County by Race
Table 10. Dropout Rate and Percent of All Dropouts, 1999-00, County by Race
Table 11. Delaware Dropouts and Student Enrollments, 1999-00, County by Grade
Table 12. Dropout Rate and Percent of All Dropouts, 1999-00, County by Grade
Table 13. Grade 9-12 Annual Dropout Rates by District, 1999-00
Table 14. Grade 9-12 Annual Dropout Rates by School, 1999-00

Delaware Dropout Rates Annual Trend
1979-1980 Through 1999-2000

Year	White/Other	Black	Hispanic	State
1979-1980	7.0	12.1	14.6	7.9
1980-1981	6.9	10.7	13.7	7.8
1981-1982	8.1	10.8	22.0	8.1
1982-1983	6.2	9.2	15.5	6.9
1983-1984	6.2	9.2	17.2	7.2
1984-1985	7.3	8.7	12.3	7.6
1985-1986	7.1	8.9	11.5	7.6
1986-1987	6.2	9.5	14.1	7.2
1987-1988	6.0	10.0	13.6	7.2
1988-1989	6.1	10.2	14.2	7.3
1989-1990	5.3	10.0	11.9	6.6
1990-1991	4.8	7.9	8.8	5.7
1991-1992	3.0	6.2	7.9	4.0
1992-1993	3.5	5.8	5.1	4.2
1993-1994	3.7	6.8	6.7	4.6
1994-1995	4.0	5.8	7.5	4.6
1995-1996	3.9	5.3	8.3	4.5
1996-1997	3.7	6.1	7.3	4.5
1997-1998	3.8	6.4	8.2	4.7
1998-1999	3.4	5.2	6.9	4.1
1999-2000	3.4	5.6	7.2	4.2

 

Table 1
Delaware Dropouts 1999-2000
Summary Statistics
Grades 9-12
(N=1,413)

Annual Dropout Rate (%)

Percent of All Dropouts (%)

Total		4.2	100
Sex	Male	4.9	59.4
	Female	3.5	40.6
Race/Ethnicity	American Indian	6.7	0.4
	African American	5.6	38.3
	Asian	1.5	0.8
	Hispanic	7.2	6.8
	White	3.5	53.7
Age	Less than 15	0.2	1.5
	15	2.9	17.4
	16	5.2	30.4
	Greater than 16	9.3	50.7

 

Table 2
Delaware Dropouts and Student Enrollments, 1999-2000 (Grade by Race)

Number of Enrolled Students					Number of Dropouts
Grade	Black	Hispanic	White/Other	All	Black	Hispanic	White/Other	All
9	3,305	476	6,624	10,405	208	37	197	442
10	2,640	387	5,914	8,941	167	36	234	437
11	2,015	288	5,244	7,547	93	13	196	302
12	1,705	190	4,753	6,648	73	10	149	232
Total	9,665	1,341	22,535	33,541	541	96	776	1,413

 

Table 3
Dropout Rate and Percent of All Dropouts, 1999-2000 (Grade by Race)

Annual Dropout Rate					Percent of All Dropouts
Grade	Black	Hispanic	White/Other	All	Black	Hispanic	White/Other	All
9	6.3%	7.8%	3.0%	4.2%	14.7%	2.6%	13.9%	31.3%
10	6.3%	9.3%	4.0%	4.9%	11.8%	2.5%	16.6%	30.9%
11	4.6%	4.5%	3.7%	4.0%	6.6%	0.9%	13.9%	21.4%
12	4.3%	5.3%	3.1%	3.5%	5.2%	0.7%	10.5%	16.4%
Total	5.6%	7.2%	3.4%	4.2%	38.3%	6.8%	54.9%	100.0%

 

Table 4
Delaware Dropouts and Student Enrollments, 1999-2000 (Gender by Race)

Number of Enrolled Students					Number of Dropouts
Gender	Black	Hispanic	White/Other	All	Black	Hispanic	White/Other	All
Male	4,831	676	11,642	17,149	318	62	459	839
Female	4,834	665	10,893	16,392	223	34	317	574
Total	9,665	1,341	22,535	33,541	541	96	776	1,413

 

Table 5
Dropout Rate and Percent of All Dropouts, 1999-2000 (Gender by Race)

Annual Dropout Rate					Percent of All Dropouts
Gender	Black	Hispanic	White/Other	All	Black	Hispanic	White/Other	All
Male	6.6%	9.2%	3.9%	4.9%	22.5%	4.4%	32.5%	59.4%
Female	4.6%	5.1%	2.9%	3.5%	15.8%	2.4%	22.4%	40.6%
Total	5.6%	7.2%	3.4%	4.2%	38.3%	6.8%	54.9%	100.0%

 

Table 6
Over-Age, Age-Appropriate, or Under-Age Dropouts, 1999-2000 (by Grade Level)

	Grade 9		Grade 10		Grade 11		Grade 12		All Grades
Age	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%
Over-Age	423	95.7%	371	84.9%	211	69.9%	122	52.6%	1,127	79.8%
Age-Appropriate	18	4.1%	64	14.6%	82	27.2%	89	38.4%	253	17.9%
Under Age	1	0.2%	2	0.5%	9	3.0%	21	9.1%	33	2.3%
Total	442	100%	437	100%	302	100%	232	100%	1,413	100%

 

Table 7
Reasons for Dropping Out 1999-2000 (Grades 9-12)

Reason		Number	Percent
School-Related		784	55.5%
	Academic, disciplinary, poor attendance
Economic-Related		78	5.5%
	Acquired employment, needed at home
Personal		16	1.1%
	Illness, pregnancy, marriage, child care, over compulsory age
Failed to Enroll in Groves Adult High School after withdrawal		289	20.5%
Unknown		246	17.4%
Total		1,413	100%

 

Table 8
Delaware Dropouts, 1999-2000 (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	5	5,272	0.9	11	5,204	2.1
Kent	2	2,177	0.9	6	2,061	2.9
Sussex	0	1,849	0.0	9	1,876	4.8
State	7	9,298	0.8	26	9,141	2.8

 

Table 9
Delaware Dropouts and Student Enrollments, 1999-2000 (County by Race)

	Number of Enrolled Students				Number of Dropouts
County	Black	Hispanic	White/Other	All	Black	Hispanic	White/Other	All
New Castle	6,131	963	12,582	19,676	341	71	386	798
Kent	1,842	193	5,110	7,145	111	11	214	336
Sussex	1,692	185	4,843	6,720	89	14	176	279
Total	9,665	1,341	22,535	33,541	541	96	776	1,413

 

Table 10
Dropout Rate and Percent of All Dropouts, 1999-2000 (County by Race)

	Annual Dropout Rate				Percent of All Dropouts
County	Black	Hispanic	White/Other	All	Black	Hispanic	White/Other	All
New Castle	5.6%	7.4%	3.1%	4.1%	24.1%	5.0%	27.3%	56.5%
Kent	6.0%	5.7%	4.2%	4.7%	7.9%	0.8%	15.1%	23.8%
Sussex	5.3%	7.6%	3.6%	4.2%	6.3%	1.0%	12.5%	19.7%
Total	5.6%	7.2%	3.4%	4.2%	38.3%	6.8%	54.9%	100.0%

 

Table 11
Delaware Dropouts and Student Enrollments, 1999-2000 (County by Grade)

	Number of Enrolled Students					Number of Dropouts
County	9	10	11	12	All	9	10	11	12	All
New Castle	6,202	5,321	4,398	3,755	19,676	268	259	157	114	798
Kent	2,198	1,884	1,593	1,470	7,145	112	105	61	58	336
Sussex	2,005	1,736	1,556	1,423	6,720	62	73	84	60	279
Total	10,405	8,941	7,547	6,648	33,541	442	437	302	232	1,413

 

Table 12
Dropout Rate and Percent of All Dropouts, 1999-2000 (County by Grade)

	Annual Dropout Rate					Percent of All Dropouts
County	9	10	11	12	All	9	10	11	12	All
New Castle	4.3%	4.9%	3.6%	3.0%	4.1%	19.0%	18.3%	11.1%	8.1%	56.5%
Kent	5.1%	5.6%	3.8%	3.9%	4.7%	7.9%	7.4%	4.3%	4.1%	23.8%
Sussex	3.1%	4.2%	5.4%	4.2%	4.2%	4.4%	5.2%	5.9%	4.2%	19.7%
Total	4.2%	4.9%	4.0%	3.5%	4.2%	31.3%	30.9%	21.4%	16.4%	100%

 

Table 13
Annual Dropout Rates by District, 1999-2000 (Grades 9-12)

		1999-2000
Code	District	Total Enrollment	Total Dropouts	Dropout Rate
New Castle County		19,676	798	4.1
29	Appoquinimink	1,163	11	0.9
31	Brandywine	3,294	129	3.9
33	Christina	4,786	235	4.9
34	Colonial	2,290	150	6.6
32	Red Clay	3,969	186	4.7
38	New Castle County Vo-Tech	3,388	11	0.3
70	Wilmington Charter	686	0	0.0
78	Richard Milburn Academy*	100	76	76.0
Kent County		7,145	336	4.7
10	Caesar Rodney	1,791	94	5.2
13	Capital	1,433	66	4.6
15	Lake Forest	827	51	6.2
18	Milford	1,021	42	4.1
24	Smyrna	910	51	5.6
39	POLYTECH	1,122	31	2.8
71	Positive Outcomes	41	1	2.4
Sussex County		6,720	279	4.2
17	Cape Henlopen	1,104	53	4.8
37	Delmar	491	18	3.7
36	Indian River	1,922	72	3.7
16	Laurel	541	30	5.5
23	Seaford	1,063	42	4.0
35	Woodbridge	415	38	9.2
40	Sussex Technical	1,184	26	2.2
State		33,541	1,413	4.2
Note:	Special Schools and ILC's ARE included * Richard Milburn Academy closed at the end of the 1999-2000 school year (charter school primarily for at-risk students.

 

Table 14
Annual Dropout Rates by School, 1999-2000 (Grades 9-12)

		1998-1999
Code	District	Total Enrollment	Total Dropouts	Dropout Rate
New Castle County		18,535	644	3.5
18	Middletown HS	1,163	11	0.9
26	Howard Career Center	762	4	0.5
66	Paul M. Hodgson	1,039	5	0.5
80	Delcastle Tech HS	1,587	2	0.1
190	Brandywine HS	1,210	43	3.6
194	Concord HS	1,089	35	3.2
196	Mt. Pleasant HS	993	51	5.1
286	Calloway Arts School	220	6	2.7
290	John Dickinson HS	1,042	26	2.5
292	A.I. duPont HS	1,255	45	3.6
294	Thomas McKean HS	1,301	55	4.2
390	Christiana HS	1,574	51	3.2
392	Glasgow HS	1,499	111	7.4
394	Newark HS	1,575	54	3.4
490	William Penn HS	2,226	145	6.5
295	Wilmington Charter
577	Richard Milburn Academy	100	76	76.0
Kent County		6,976	334	4.8
626	Caesar Rodney HS	1,723	94	5.5
648	Dover HS	1,419	66	4.7
652	POLYTECH HS	1,076	30	2.8
665	Lake Forest HS	827	51	6.2
678	Milford HS	1,021	42	4.1
688	Smyrna HS	910	51	5.6
570	Positive Outcomes	41	1	2.4
Sussex County		6,510	273	4.2
726	Cape Henlopen HS	1,054	50	4.7
730	Delmar Jr-Sr. HS	491	18	3.7
746	Indian River HS	737	22	3.0
748	Sussex Central HS	1,077	50	4.6
756	Laurel Sr. HS	531	27	5.1
766	Seaford HS	1,048	42	4.0
770	Sussex Tech HS	1,157	26	2.2
780	Woodbridge HS	415	38	9.2
Note:	Special Schools and ILC's are NOT included Richard Milburn Academy closed at the end of the 1999-2000 school year; it was a charter school primarily for at-risk students.