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New Castle County Vocational-Technical School District

New Castle County Vocational-Technical School District in Delaware: 4 public schools with 4,812 students and 14.3 students per teacher in the 2024–25 school year. It spent $24,889 per student in FY2024.

Schools
4
Students
4,812
Students per teacher
14.3
DE 14.8 · US 15.1
Spending per student
$24,889
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)
338
Counselors (FTE)
17.0
Students per counselor
283
DE 316 · US 357
Psychologists (FTE)
3.6
Librarians (FTE): 1.0

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.

Spending per student, 2015–2024
$16.5K15
$16.7K16
$17.3K17
$17.5K18
$18.7K19
$20.3K20
$19.3K21
$20.6K22
$22.6K23
$24.9K24
Where the money comes from (FY2024)
Federal
8.4% · $10.1M
State
58% · $68.8M
Local
34% · $40.3M

Per student (FY2024)

Instruction
$13,415
Support services
$10,900
Buildings and equipment (capital outlay)
$24.5M
Long-term debt
$77.1M

Schools

Open public schools of the district in the 2024–25 school year.

High schools: 4
SchoolGradesStudentsStudents / teacher
9–121,60513.6
9–121,10413.5
9–1290515.7
9–121,19815.0

Sources

Address
1417 Newport Road, Wilmington, DE 19804
Phone
(302)995-8000
Website