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Newark High School

Serves grades 8 - 12

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2023 – 2024 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2022
  • Educational Environment: 2023 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated June 2025

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School Overview

Address
750 East Delaware Avenue
Newark, DE 19711
Phone
(302) 631-4700
District
Christina School District
County
NEW CASTLE COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
1055
Classroom Teachers
65

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Delaware

5

(10 is best)

Better than 40.2% of all DE schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

4

(10 is best)

Newark High School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 11

50 40 30 20 10 0
24%
31%
32%
44%
15%
19%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

17.5 15 12.5 10 7.5 5 2.5 0
16
12
14
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 8 1 0.1%
Grade 9 336 31.8%
Grade 10 250 23.7%
Grade 11 255 24.2%
Grade 12 213 20.2%
Total 1055 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 33.9% 25.7% 41.7%
Black 38.7% 44.5% 32.5%
Hispanic 23.1% 23.8% 20.6%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 4.0% 5.6% 4.7%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.3% 0.5% 0.6%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged Unreported Unreported Unreported
Free lunch eligible Unreported Unreported Unreported
Reduced lunch eligible Unreported Unreported Unreported
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 179,226 1,031,890
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 2,698.9 525
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 5.6% 5.4%
5-19 YEARS OLD 18.9% 18.1%
20-44 YEARS OLD 38.1% 30.6%
45-64 YEARS OLD 23.7% 25.8%
65 OR OLDER 13.6% 20.0%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 68,670 396,209
Single Parent Households With Children 9.1% 8.7%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 91.1% 91.4%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 35.8% 35.3%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 19.7% 22.2%
$100,000 - $149,999 18.8% 18.7%
$75,000 - $99,999 14.0% 13.7%
$50,000 - $74,999 17.3% 16.0%
$30,000 - $49,999 13.4% 13.8%
$15,000 - $29,999 8.6% 8.6%
$15,000 or less 8.1% 6.9%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $15,173 $198,398,000 48.9%
Support Expenditures
Student $2,804 $36,662,000 9.0%
Staff $879 $11,495,000 2.8%
General Administration $253 $3,305,000 0.8%
School Administration $1,122 $14,669,000 3.6%
Operation $3,924 $51,307,000 12.7%
Transportation $1,437 $18,785,000 4.6%
Other $1,059 $13,848,000 3.4%
Total Support $11,477 $150,071,000 37.0%
Non-instructional Expenditures $4,361 $57,020,000 14.1%
Total Expenditures $31,010 $405,489,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $10,129 $1,436,706,000 48.7%
Support Expenditures
Student $2,073 $294,086,000 10.0%
Staff $773 $109,662,000 3.7%
General Administration $179 $25,412,000 0.9%
School Administration $907 $128,702,000 4.4%
Operation $2,101 $297,980,000 10.1%
Transportation $952 $134,981,000 4.6%
Other $746 $105,766,000 3.6%
Total Support $7,731 $1,096,589,000 37.2%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,932 $415,892,000 14.1%
Total Expenditures $20,792 $2,949,187,000 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $9,169 $453,314,948,000 49.6%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,031 $50,976,033,477 5.6%
Staff $799 $39,519,417,000 4.3%
General Administration $308 $15,224,255,000 1.7%
School Administration $850 $42,029,112,000 4.6%
Operation $1,430 $70,704,769,000 7.7%
Transportation $613 $30,295,759,523 3.3%
Other $623 $30,798,344,000 3.4%
Total Support $5,654 $279,547,690,000 30.6%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,675 $181,697,172,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $18,499 $914,559,810,000 100.0%

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