School district · Delaware
Colonial School District
Colonial School District in Delaware: 15 public schools with 8,575 students and 14.4 students per teacher in the 2024–25 school year. It spent $23,840 per student in FY2024.
- Schools
- 15
- Students
- 8,575
- Students per teacher
- 14.4
- DE 14.8 · US 15.1
- Spending per student
- $23,840
- DE $22.2K · US $17.6K
Staff
Full-time equivalents reported by the district. Ratios are students per staff member: lower means more staff for each student, not better results.
- Teachers (FTE)
- 595
- Counselors (FTE)
- 31.0
- Students per counselor
- 277
- DE 316 · US 357
- Psychologists (FTE)
- 16.0
- Librarians (FTE): 3.0
State test results
Share of students scoring proficient or above on Delaware's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.
Reading and writing
Delaware: 41%24%proficient
−0.5 points from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 85% of school districts in Delaware
Median 37% · 34 school districts compared
4,055 students tested, grades 3–8 · Smarter Balanced Summative Assessment; proficient means Levels 3-4
Math
Delaware: 34%18%proficient
+1.6 points from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 81% of school districts in Delaware
Median 29% · 32 school districts compared
4,082 students tested, grades 3–8 · Smarter Balanced Summative Assessment; proficient means Levels 3-4
Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
Money
Current spending pays for staff, services and supplies; buildings and debt are counted apart. It follows local costs and needs (special education, long bus routes), so it is a comparison, not a grade.
- Federal
- 13% · $29.5M
- State
- 55% · $123M
- Local
- 32% · $71.1M
Per student (FY2024)
- Instruction
- $13,252
- Support services
- $9,778
- Buildings and equipment (capital outlay)
- $9.8M
- Long-term debt
- $71.5M
Schools
Open public schools of the district in the 2024–25 school year.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher | Reading | Math |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
The Colwyck CenterFree meals for all | Pre-K | 222 | 8.9 | — | — |
Castle Hills Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | K–5 | 462 | 12.2 | 27% | 24% |
Downie (Carrie) Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | K–5 | 324 | 13.0 | 17% | 15% |
Eisenberg (Harry O.) Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | K–5 | 436 | 13.6 | 27% | 24% |
New Castle Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | K–5 | 383 | 13.2 | 22% | 23% |
Pleasantville Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | K–5 | 389 | 13.4 | 25% | 19% |
Southern Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | K–5 | 729 | 12.8 | 20% | 21% |
Wilbur (Kathleen H.) ElementaryFree meals for all | K–5 | 1,052 | 15.9 | 31% | 28% |
Wilmington Manor Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | K–5 | 291 | 13.2 | 27% | 29% |
Bedford (Gunning) Middle SchoolFree meals for all | 6–8 | 846 | 15.1 | 28% | 18% |
McCullough (Calvin R. ) Middle SchoolFree meals for all | 6–8 | 615 | 17.6 | 14% | 7.5% |
Read (George) Middle SchoolFree meals for all | 6–8 | 662 | 13.5 | 23% | 12% |
Penn (William) High SchoolFree meals for all | 9–12 | 2,069 | 17.7 | — | — |
Leach (John G.) SchoolSpecial educationFree meals for all | Pre-K–12 | 95 | 6.3 | — | — |
The Wallace Wallin SchoolSpecial educationFree meals for all | Ungraded | 0 | — | — | — |
Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
Sources
- Address
- 318 East Basin Road, New Castle, DE 19720
- Phone
- (302)323-2700
- Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
- Annual Survey of School System Finances (U.S. Census Bureau), FY2024. U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances (F-33).
- State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.