Elementary · Delaware
Loss (Olive B.) Elementary School
Loss (Olive B.) Elementary School, a public elementary school in Bear, Delaware: grades 1–5, 499 students, 13.7 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Appoquinimink School District.
Size and class size
Compared with elementary schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.
- Students
- 499
- Teachers (FTE)
- 36.5
- Students per teacher
- 13.7
- Grades
- 1–5
- Elementary
More students per teacher than 49% of elementary schools in Delaware
Median 13.7 · 121 schools compared
Fewer students per teacher than 60% of elementary schools in the US
Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared
Larger than 59% of elementary schools in Delaware
Median 459 · 122 schools compared
Larger than 66% of elementary schools in the US
Median 415 · 51,933 schools compared
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%61%proficient
+3.9 points from 2023–24 school year
A higher share proficient than 89% of elementary schools in Delaware
Median 38% · 108 elementary schools compared
317 students tested, grades 3, 4, 5 · Smarter Balanced Summative Assessment; proficient means Levels 3-4
Math
Delaware: 34%61%proficient
+3.3 points from 2023–24 school year
A higher share proficient than 90% of elementary schools in Delaware
Median 37% · 105 elementary schools compared
317 students tested, grades 3, 4, 5 · 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.
What it offers
- Grades
- Elementary · Grades 1–5
- Type
- District school · Regular
- Instruction
- In person
- Area
- Large suburb
Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Appoquinimink School District.
Location
- Address
- 200 Brennan Boulevard, Bear, DE 19701
- Phone
- (302)832-1343
- County
- New Castle County
Nearby elementary schools
The closest public elementary schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1–5 | 427 | 14.7 | |
| K–5 | 408 | 13.2 | |
| 1–5 | 492 | 15.4 | |
Wilbur (Kathleen H.) ElementaryFree meals for all | K–5 | 1,052 | 15.9 |
Thomson Estates ElementaryFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 456 | 13.7 |
| K–5 | 324 | 12.0 |
Sources
- 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).
- 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.
Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.
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