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Newark High School

Serves grades 9 - 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 2021 – 2022 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2020
  • Educational Environment: 2021 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2023

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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
1091
Classroom Teachers
68

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Delaware

6

(10 is best)

Better than 58.1% 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
33%
35%
44%
46%
22%
23%
    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 9 395 36.2%
Grade 10 235 21.5%
Grade 11 253 23.2%
Grade 12 208 19.1%
Total 1091 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 38.7% 29.2% 43.8%
Black 37.0% 41.9% 31.8%
Hispanic 20.0% 22.3% 19.3%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 4.0% 6.1% 4.5%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.3% 0.6% 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 176,947 1,018,396
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 2,662.5 517
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 5.6% 5.4%
5-19 YEARS OLD 19.2% 18.1%
20-44 YEARS OLD 37.7% 30.8%
45-64 YEARS OLD 24.6% 26.1%
65 OR OLDER 12.9% 19.6%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 67,042 389,000
Single Parent Households With Children 8.7% 8.7%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 91.1% 91.2%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 34.5% 34.5%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 14.8% 20.4%
$100,000 - $149,999 16.8% 18.3%
$75,000 - $99,999 14.4% 14.0%
$50,000 - $74,999 19.0% 16.3%
$30,000 - $49,999 15.3% 14.2%
$15,000 - $29,999 10.2% 9.5%
$15,000 or less 9.5% 7.4%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $13,733 $183,610,210 53.2%
Support Expenditures
Student $2,765 $36,968,050 10.7%
Staff $738 $9,867,060 2.9%
General Administration $224 $2,994,880 0.9%
School Administration $1,043 $13,944,910 4.0%
Operation $2,207 $29,507,590 8.5%
Transportation $1,211 $16,191,070 4.7%
Other $621 $8,302,770 2.4%
Total Support $8,809 $117,776,330 34.1%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,291 $44,000,670 12.7%
Total Expenditures $25,832 $345,373,840 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $9,504 $1,329,903,646 50.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,810 $253,332,080 9.6%
Staff $620 $86,740,356 3.3%
General Administration $169 $23,596,455 0.9%
School Administration $881 $123,245,067 4.7%
Operation $1,693 $236,883,323 9.0%
Transportation $893 $124,955,667 4.7%
Other $560 $78,376,073 3.0%
Total Support $6,625 $927,097,293 35.2%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,695 $377,122,409 14.3%
Total Expenditures $18,824 $2,634,113,333 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,794 $384,567,026,223 49.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $841 $41,500,431,613 5.3%
Staff $665 $32,787,987,253 4.2%
General Administration $269 $13,273,339,703 1.7%
School Administration $756 $37,281,585,830 4.8%
Operation $1,191 $58,747,506,944 7.6%
Transportation $504 $24,858,475,672 3.2%
Other $491 $24,247,526,162 3.1%
Total Support $4,716 $232,696,768,378 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,247 $160,183,697,619 20.6%
Total Expenditures $15,757 $777,446,989,564 100.0%