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Fingertip Facts on Education 1998-1999
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Public Schools in Delaware 1998-1999
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Public School Students
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School Districts
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Enrollment as of September 30, 1998
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| Regular Districts |
16
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Regular (FTE) |
99,580 |
88.0% |
| Vocational Technical |
3
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Special Ed (FTE) |
11,961 |
10.6% |
| Charter Schools |
4
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Special Ed (PTE) |
1,541 |
1.4% |
| TOTAL |
23
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TOTAL |
113,082 |
100% |
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Enrollment
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Districts |
Schools |
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Racial and Ethnic Distribution
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| NCC |
65,524 |
6 |
99 |
American Indian |
235 |
0.2% |
| Kent |
24,412 |
6 |
42 |
Asian |
2,315 |
2.1% |
| Sussex |
21,158 |
7 |
37 |
Hispanic |
5,554 |
4.9% |
| Charter |
957 |
0 |
4 |
Black |
34,386 |
30.4% |
| TOTAL |
112,051 |
19 |
182 |
White |
70,592 |
62.4% |
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TOTAL |
113,082 |
100% |
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Other Facts
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| 1998-99 Public School Students Receiving Free or Reduced Lunch |
34.2% |
| 1998-99 Limited English Proficient |
1,972 |
| 1998-99 Public Students Transported |
86.6% |
May 1998 Advanced Placement Exams with Qualifying Scores for Public Schools:
Delaware: 63%
Nation: 62% |
| 1997-98 High School Completers: |
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| Regular Delaware Diploma |
6,388 |
| High School Equivalency Recipients |
612 |
| Records of Performance |
93 |
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Full-Time Public School Educational Personnel 1998-1999
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Official/Administrative
(Superintendents, Directors, Supervisors, Principals, etc.) |
569 |
4.4% |
| Classroom Teachers |
7,073 |
55.0% |
| Elementary Regular |
2,645 |
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| Secondary Regular |
2,925 |
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| Elementary Special |
905 |
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| Secondary Special |
598 |
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| Instructional Support (Librarians, Guidance, Specialists, etc.) |
491 |
3.8% |
Professional - Other
(Nurses, Speech/Hearing Therapists, Psychologists, Home Visitors, etc.) |
516 |
4.0% |
Skilled and Service Workers
(Custodians, Secretaries, Clerks, Aides, Cafeteria Workers, etc.) |
4,218 |
32.8% |
| TOTAL PERSONNEL |
12,867 |
100% |
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| Nonpublic Schools in Delaware 1998-1999 |
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Type
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Number of Schools |
K-12 Enrollment |
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| Diocesan Catholic |
26 |
10,809 |
| Private Catholic |
5 |
2,350 |
| Other Religious |
124 |
6,993 |
| Independent |
178 |
5,503 |
| TOTAL |
333 |
25,655 |
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K-12 Enrollment by County:
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| New Castle County |
19,255 |
| Kent County |
2,262 |
| Sussex County |
1,277 |
| Out of State |
2,861 |
| TOTAL |
25,655 |
| Total Number of Homeschools |
199 |
| Total Homeschool Enrollment |
1,645 |
| Schools in Delaware |
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Special Education Students (FTE)
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| Early Ed (K, 1 and/or 2 only) |
17
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Educable Mentally Handicapped |
896 |
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| Elementary |
86 |
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Seriously Emotionally Disturbed |
289 |
| Junior High/Middle |
31 |
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Learning Disability |
7,980 |
| High |
31 |
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Trainable Mentally Handicapped |
487 |
| Special |
16 |
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Severely Mentally Handicapped |
174 |
| TOTAL |
181 |
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Physically Impaired |
778 |
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Hard of Hearing or Partially Deaf |
202 |
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Enrollments - Regular & Special Combined
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Blind |
11 |
| PK and K |
8,532
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7.5% |
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Partially Sighted |
7 |
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| Grades 1-3 |
26,934
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23.8% |
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Autistic |
263 |
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| Grades 4-8 |
44,299
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39.2% |
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Deaf/Blind |
53 |
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| Grades 9-12 |
33,317
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29.5% |
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ILC |
1,471 |
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| TOTAL |
113,082
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