chronic-absenteeism
Delaware's Racial Attendance Gap Is Wider Than Before COVID
Black students in Delaware are chronically absent at 20.3%, down from a 31.3% peak but still 6.3 pp above white peers. The gap is 0.8 pp wider than 2019.
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equity
19 Points Apart in the Same City
Red Clay graduates 92% of students. Christina, sharing Wilmington, graduates 73%. The Redding Consortium voted to merge them into one district.
chronic-absenteeism
Dover's Capital District: 1 in 4 Students Still Missing School
Capital School District has the highest chronic absenteeism rate of any traditional district in Delaware at 26.1%, nearly double the state average.
achievement-gap
Delaware's Hispanic Graduation Gap Nearly Doubled in Three Years
The white-Hispanic graduation gap shrank to 5 points by 2019. By 2022 it had ballooned to 9.6 points. Sussex County districts show gaps exceeding 20 points.
chronic-absenteeism
One in Four Colonial Students Misses Too Much School
Colonial's 24.9% chronic absenteeism rate leads NCC peers, sitting 7.7 points above Delaware's average despite a 12.9-point drop from its 2022 peak.
district-spotlight
Christina Graduates 73%. The State Wants to Redraw the Map.
Christina School District's 73.2% graduation rate is Delaware's lowest by a full percentage point, and the gap to the state runs deeper than the headline.
chronic-absenteeism
1 in 2: Delaware's Students Who Are Homeless and the Attendance Crisis
Nearly 45% of Delaware's 3,946 students who are currently homeless were chronically absent in 2024-25, 2.6 times the statewide rate. The gap is closing but 1,772 students still miss too much school.
graduation-rate
Delaware Hits an All-Time High 88.9% Graduation Rate. The 90% Line Is Still 1.1 Points Away.
Delaware's four-year graduation rate reached 88.9% for the class of 2023, its highest ever, but the state has never crossed 90%. The DOE wants 91% by 2028.
chronic-absenteeism
Delaware Claws Back 81% of Its Attendance Crisis
Delaware cut chronic absenteeism from 25.7% to 17.1% in three years, with each year's improvement larger than the last.
district-spotlight
Four Districts, One City, 6,476 Fewer Students
Brandywine, Christina, Colonial, and Red Clay lost 6,476 students combined while the rest of Delaware grew 20.3%. The Redding Consortium voted to merge them.
enrollment
15 Delaware Districts Hit All-Time Highs
15 of 41 Delaware districts set enrollment records in 2024-25 while only 3 hit lows. Sussex County growth and charter expansion drive the rare ratio.
school-choice
Odyssey Charter's Greek Experiment Draws 2,375 Students
Delaware's only Greek immersion charter has grown 150% over 10 consecutive years, becoming the state's most racially diverse district in the process.
equity
Nearly One in Three Christina Students Receives Special Ed
Christina's special education rate hit 29.5% as enrollment fell 21.8% over a decade, creating a structural mismatch between growing service needs and a shrinking revenue base.
special-populations
Delaware's English Learner Population Has Doubled in a Decade
Delaware added 7,893 English learners in 10 years, a 69.5% surge that accounts for more than two-thirds of the state's total enrollment growth.
district-spotlight
Cape Henlopen Grew 45%, and Its Schools Can't Keep Up
Sussex County's beach district added 2,217 students in a decade, outpacing every traditional district in Delaware. The high school is already over capacity.
