Table of contents
•	Title page
•	Introduction
•	Acknowledgments
•	National Summary
	State Profiles
	-	Alabama
	-	Alaska
	-	Arizona
	-	Arkansas
	-	California
	-	Colorado
	-	Connecticut
	-	Delaware
	-	District of Columbia
	-	Florida
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	-	Hawaii
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	-	Oregon
	-	Pennsylvania
	-	Puerto Rico
	-	Rhode Island
	-	South Carolina
	-	South Dakota
	-	Tennessee
	-	Texas
	-	Utah
	-	Vermont
	-	Virginia
	-	Washington
	-	West Virginia
	-	Wisconsin
	-	Wyoming
•	Sources
•	Appendix A
•	Appendix B
•	Appendix C
•	Full report in PDF format (956K)

State Education Indicators With a Focus on Title I

A r c h i v e d I n f o r m a t i o n

Delaware
http://www.doe.state.de.us/

School and Teacher Demographics
Student Demographics
Statewide Accountability Information
Title I Schools
Assessment Information
Student Achievement 1998-1999
NAEP State Results
Printable version of this profile (PDF format)

School and Teacher Demographics

Number of districts
(CCD, 1998-99)

Number of public schools in state
(CCD, 1998-99)
Elementary	Middle	High	Combined	Other
93	45	33	14	0

Student/teacher ratio
(CCD, 1998-99)
Elementary	Middle	High
17:1	17:1	16:1

Number of FTE teachers in state
(CCD, 1998-99)
Elementary	Middle	High	Combined	Other
2,767	1,895	2,062	268	0

Public school enrollment
	1989-90	1998-99
K-8 (CCD)	70,699	79,353
9-12 (CCD)	27,109	33,355
Pre-K (by state definition)	n/a	602

Sources of funding
District average
(CCD, 1996-97)

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Student Demographics

Race/ethnicity
(CCD, K-12)
	1989-90	1998-99
American Indian/Alaskan Natives	0.1%	0.2%
Asian/Pacific Islander	1.5	2.0
Black	26.9	30.4
Hispanic	2.6	4.9
White	68.7	62.4

Students with disabilities
(OSEP, K-12)
1990-91	1998-99
12.4%	11.5%

Limited English proficient
(USED/NCBE, K-12)
1989-90	1996-97
1,470	1,928

Migrant
(OME, K-12)
1993-94	1998-99
740	586

High school dropout rate
(CCD, event)
1993-94	1997-98
4.6%	4.7%

Postsecondary enrollment
(IPEDS, High school grads enrolled in college)
1994-95	1997-98
65%	84%

All schools by percent of students eligible to participate in the Free Lunch Program
(CCD, 1998-99)

For 0 to 34%, 118 schools; 35 to 49%, 51 schools; 50 to 74%, 15 schools; and 75 to 100%, 1 school.

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Statewide Accountability Information

Statewide Goal for Schools on State Assessment
Meet state standards on DSTP (4 subjects)--Performance Ratings

Expected School Improvement on Assessment
Absolute score, average improved performance, and improved lower levels over 2 years of scores.

Indicators for School Accountability
CRT (DSTP)

Title I Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) for Schools
Same system (by 2001)

Schools Meeting Title I AYP Goal
13 (12.9%)

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Title I Schools

Title I enrollment
(USED)
	1998-99
K-8	16,199
9-12	189
Pre-K	n/a

Race/ethnicity
(USED, K-12)
	Schoolwide	Targeted Assistance
American Indian/Alaskan Natives	n/a	20
Asian/Pacific Islander	2,228	3,678
Black	70	94
Hispanic	457	691
White	4,385	4,977

Title I allocation
(Includes Basic, Concentration, and LEA grants, Capital Expenditures, Even Start, Migrant Education, and Neglected & Delinquent, USED, 1998-99)

$19,525,179

Number of schools with Title I programs
Schoolwide vs. targeted assistance (USED)

In 1996, no schools with schoolwide programs and 110 schools with targeted assistance; in 1998, 12 schoolwide, 96 targeted assistance; in 1999, 12 schoolwide, 89 targeted assistance

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Assessment Information

Assessment Reported
Delaware Student Testing Program

Progress Toward Assessment Aligned with Standards
Performance standards met review criteria of the U.S. Department of Education.

State Definition of "Proficient"
Meets the standard-very good performance.

Exclusion from Assessment
Small percentage of students with disabilities and LEP students as per decision of IEP or child study team

Other Assessments
None

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Student Achievement 1998-1999

Percentage of students meeting state proficiency levels

Grade 3

Reading/LanguageArts
		Well Below the Standard	Below the Standard	Meets Standard	Exceeds Standard	Distinguished
All Students		16.0%	15.4%	47.7%	11.7%	9.2%
Title I Schoolwide		32.0	26.3	35.6	4.0	2.1
Title I Targeted
Percent of School in Poverty
	00-34
	75-100
LEP Students		61.6	21.2	14.1	2.0	1.0
Migrant students

Mathematics
		Well Below the Standard	Below the Standard	Meets Standard	Exceeds Standard	Distinguished
All Students		17.5%	19.0%	49.0%	10.9%	3.7%
Title I Schoolwide		29.9	27.7	36.7	4.2	1.6
Title I Targeted
Percent of School in Poverty
	00-34
	75-100
LEP Students		49.5	27.3	22.2	0.0	1.0
Migrant students

Grade 8

Reading/LanguageArts
		Well Below the Standard	Below the Standard	Meets Standard	Exceeds Standard	Distinguished
All Students		20.1%	17.8%	54.1%	5.3%	2.8%
Title I Schoolwide		20.1	17.8	54.1	5.3	2.8
Title I Targeted
Percent of School in Poverty
	00-34
	75-100
LEP Students		53.6	16.1	28.6	1.8	0
Migrant students

Mathematics
		Well Below the Standard	Below the Standard	Meets Standard	Exceeds Standard	Distinguished
All Students		40.0%	24.2%	23.7%	5.4%	6.6%
Title I Schoolwide		49.6	22.4	19.2	3.9	4.9
Title I Targeted
Percent of School in Poverty
	00-34
	75-100
LEP Students		78.6	16.1	1.8	0	3.6
Migrant students

Grade 10

Reading
	Well Below the Standard	Below the Standard	Meets Standard	Exceeds Standard	Distinguished
All Students	25.2%	21.1%	49.1%	3.1%	1.5%
Title I	64.0	22.0	14.0	0	0
Title I Targeted

Mathematics
	Well Below the Standard	Below the Standard	Meets Standard	Exceeds Standard	Distinguished
All Students	42.3%	27.2%	20.7%	3.4%	6.5%
Title I	76.0	20.0	4.0	0	0
Title I Targeted

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NAEP State Results
	Grade 4	Grade 8
Reading, 1998:
Proficient level and above	25%	25%
Basic level and above	57%	66%
Math, 2000:
Proficient level and above	n/a	n/a
Basic level and above	n/a	n/a