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Fingertip Facts on Education 1999-2000

School Districts | Public School Enrollment | Number of Public Schools | Special Education Enrollment |
Enrollment - Regular and Combined | Enrollment by County | Racial & Ethnic Distribution | Other Facts |
Full-Time Public Educational Personnel | DSTP 1998-2000

Public Schools in Delaware 1999-2000

Public School Students

School Districts

Enrollment as of September 30, 1999
Regular Districts

16

 Regular (FTE) 100,949 88.9%
Vocational Technical

3

 Special Ed (FTE) 12,649 11.1%
Charter Schools

5

 TOTAL 113,598 100%
TOTAL

24

Schools in Delaware

Special Education Students (FTE)
Early Ed (K, 1 and/or 2 only)

14
Educable Mentally Handicapped 921
Elementary 82 Seriously Emotionally Disturbed 266
Junior High/Middle 32 Learning Disability 7,857
High 32 Trainable Mentally Handicapped 473
Special 16 Severely Mentally Handicapped 169
TOTAL 176 Physically Impaired 913
Hard of Hearing or Partially Deaf 208

Enrollments - Regular & Special Combined

 Blind 12
PK and K

8,253
7.3%
 Partially Sighted 7
Grades 1-3

27,304
24.0%
 Autistic 306
Grades 4-8

44,605
39.3%
 Deaf/Blind 54
Grades 9-12

33,436
29.4%
 ILC 1,463
TOTAL

113,598
100%
 TOTAL 12,649

Enrollment

 Districts Schools

Racial and Ethnic Distribution
NCC 66,235 6 96 American Indian 250 0.2%
Kent 24,731 6 41 Asian 2,426 2.1%
Sussex 21,432 7 34 Hispanic 6,140 5.4%
Charter 1,200 0 5 Black 34,744 30.6%
TOTAL 113,598 19 176 White 70,038 61.7%
TOTAL 113,598 100%

Other Facts
1999-00 Public School Students Receiving Free or Reduced Lunch 32.7%
1999-00 Limited English Proficient 2,284
1999-00 Public Students Transported 87.8%
May 1999 Advanced Placement Exams with Qualifying Scores for Public Schools:
Delaware: 56%
Nation: 62%
1998-99 High School Completers:
Regular Delaware Diploma 6,295
High School Equivalency Recipients 612
Records of Performance 93

Full-Time Public School Educational Personnel 1999-2000
Official/Administrative
(Superintendents, Directors, Supervisors, Principals, etc.)		 579 4.7%
Classroom Teachers 7,311 59.5%
Elementary Regular 2,769
Secondary Regular 2,993
Elementary Special 923
Secondary Special 626
Instructional Support (Librarians, Guidance, Specialists, etc.) 494 4.0%
Professional - Other
(Nurses, Speech/Hearing Therapists, Psychologists, Home Visitors, etc.)		 528 4.3%
Skilled and Service Workers
(Custodians, Secretaries, Clerks, Aides, Cafeteria Workers, etc.)		 3,373 27.5%
TOTAL PERSONNEL 12,285 100%

Delaware Student Testing Program 1998-2000

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