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Seaford's Graduation Rate Fell 5.8 Points, Delaware's Steepest District Decline
Correction (July 21, 2026): The original headline said no other Delaware district had declined. The complete package-backed panel shows four districts finished 2023 below their 2015 rates. The article...
Delaware's Hispanic Graduation Gap Nearly Doubled in Three Years
In Laurel, about two in three Hispanic seniors graduated in 2023. In the same town, nearly nine in 10 white seniors did. The 24.3 percentage-point gap between them is the widest in the state, three ti...
Four Districts, One City, 6,476 Fewer Students
The four districts that share responsibility for educating Wilmington's children lost 6,476 students over the past decade, an 11.0% decline that left them serving 52,641 in 2024-25, down from 59,117. ...
Delaware's English Learner Population Has Doubled in a Decade
In Sussex County, where poultry processing plants and agricultural operations line the coastal plain, the Laurel School District enrolled 199 English learners in 2014-15. One in 12 students. A decade ...
Cape Henlopen Grew 45%, and Its Schools Can't Keep Up
Most Delaware superintendents spend their winters worrying about enrollment loss. In Cape Henlopen, the problem is the opposite: where to put everyone.
One in Five Delaware Students Is Now Hispanic
In 2015, about one in six Delaware public school students was Hispanic. By 2025, it was one in five. That shift, from 21,480 to 31,113 students, represents a 44.8% increase and the addition of 9,633 s...