Woodbridge
1 in 2: Delaware's Homeless Students and the Attendance Crisis
At the Hope Center in New Castle County, Delaware's largest family shelter, more than half of the 300-plus residents are children. They sleep in converted hotel rooms, ride buses to schools across the...
Delaware Claws Back 81% of Its Attendance Crisis
Three years ago, more than one in four Delaware students was chronically absent. In 2022, 37,520 students missed 10% or more of the school year, a rate of 25.7%, more than 10 percentage points above t...
Delaware's Special Education Rate Hits 22%, Seven Points Above the Nation
Delaware added 11,546 public school students over the past decade. It added 11,728 students with Individualized Education Programs. The entire net enrollment gain, and then some, came from special edu...
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 21,902 to 31,113 students, represents a 42.1% increase and the addition of 9,211 s...