State of Delaware Department of Education

Delaware Dropout Summary Statistics 2011 - 2012

December 2012

State of Delaware
OFFICERS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Townsend Building 401 Federal Street, Suite 2 Dover, Delaware 19901 Mark T. Murphy Secretary of Education David Blowman Deputy Secretary of Education Susan Keene Haberstroh Acting Associate Secretary of Education College and Workforce Readiness Karen Field Rogers Associate Secretary of Education Financial Reform and Resource Management Mary Ann Mieczkowski Acting Associate Secretary of Education Teaching and Learning

DELAWARE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION Teri Quinn Gray, Ph.D., President Jorge L. Melendez, Vice President Gregory B. Coverdale, Jr. G. Patrick Heffernan Randall L. Hughes II Barbara B. Rutt Terry M. Whittaker, Ed.D.. Donna Johnson, State Board Executive Director Mark T. Murphy, Executive Secretary Dani Moore, Administrative Secretary

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Executive Summary

The Delaware Department of Education (DDOE) report on secondary schools dropouts is from data collected annually. Delaware collects data from all public schools including grades 7 through 12, but calculates the yearly dropout rate from grades 9 through 12, as is prescribed by the National Center for Educational Statistics (NCES), which provides data to the Federal No Child Left Behind (NCLB) reporting system. Information is gathered from families that home school their children as well as from private schools. The data from private and home schools are only used to verify the transfer from public to private and home schools. This report does not contain data reflecting private, parochial, or home schooled students in Delaware. Delaware complies with the NCES requirements for reporting and uses the Event Rate method for our reporting. Event Rate reporting is a snapshot that reflects the total number of students (grades 912) who dropped out of school in a single year divided by the fall enrollment of the same year. For the 20112012 school year, 1,527 of the 38,900 students enrolled in grades 912 dropped out of school. The 2011-2012 dropout rate was 3.9%, which is an increase compared to the previous years rate of 3.7%. Table 12 shows a three-year average rate which has been calculated in addition to annual district data. We continue to show trend data so that they may be viewed to provide better insight into long-term planning for improved student outcomes. The DDOE continues to support school district efforts to lower their numbers of students exiting school prematurely. As schools and districts provide the DDOE with their plans for improved student outcomes, DDOE staff provides guidance and support to explore alternative avenues to dropping out. State leaders from education, government, business, industry, and communitybased programs meet annually with local regional and national experts to evaluate data and provide support for necessary program changes. Definition of Dropout: A dropout is an individual who either: 1. Was enrolled at the end of the previous school year and was expected to be enrolled in the current school year but did not attend any days of the current school year and does not meet any of the following exclusionary conditions: Graduated from high school or completed a state- or district-approved educational program; or Transferred to another public school district, private school, or state- or districtapproved educational program with documentation on file; Moved out of state with official documentation on file; or Died. OR

2. Was enrolled and attended at the beginning of the current school year and was withdrawn by parent, legal guardian or Relative Caregiver at age 16 or older, or was withdrawn by self after 18th birthday.

Criteria for being identified as a dropout in the current school year dropout report: 1. A student who completed the previous school year and who did not reach his or her 16th birthday by the beginning of the current school and did not attend any days of the current school year is considered dropout underage from the receiving school. This student should be coded in eSchoolPLUS as Dropout-Underage. This underage dropout should have a withdrawal date that is the same as the entry date (i.e., first day of school of the reporting year). 2. A student who completed the previous school year and who did reach his or her 16th birthday by the beginning of the current school and did not attend any days of the current school year is considered dropout-truancy from the receiving school. This student should be coded in eSchoolPLUS as Dropout-Truancy. This dropout should have a withdrawal date that is the same as the entry date (i.e., first day of school of the reporting year). 3. If a student has moved and there is no official documentation that he or she has transferred to another school, he or she is counted as a dropout and code in eSchoolPLUS as Dropout-Underage or Dropout-Truancy depending on age. 4. A student who transfers to James H. Groves Adult High School during the current school year and is not in attendance (enrolled) by September 30 of the next school year, is counted as Dropout-Academic from the home school. 5. A student who transfers to James H. Groves Adult Basic Education (ABE) programs during the current school year is counted as Dropout-Academic from the home school. 6. An expelled student is counted as a dropout if he or she does not return at the end of the disciplinary period. This student should be coded in eSchoolPLUS as DropoutBehavior. 7. A school leaver who has joined the military is counted as a dropout. This student should be coded in eSchoolPLUS as Dropout-Military. 8. A school leaver who has joined Job Corps is counted as a dropout. This student should be coded in eSchoolPLUS as Dropout-Employment. 9. A student withdrawn because of truancy is counted as a dropout. This student shall be coded in eSchoolPLUS as Dropout-Underage or Dropout- Truancy depending on age. (A student with an active truancy case with the Justice of the Peace Court shall not be withdrawn from eSchoolPLUS.) Criteria for not being counted as a dropout: 1. A student who receives a diploma or in the case of a special education student a district or charter school issued Certificate should not be reported as a dropout. 2. A student who transfers to another public or private school should not be reported as a dropout. Documentation of transfer needs to be preserved.

3. A student who moves out of state should not be reported as a dropout. Documentation of the move needs to be preserved. 4. A students who dies should not be reported as a dropout. 5. A school leaver who is in a correctional institution or other state agency placement should not be counted as a dropout. 6. A student who leaves the United States is not considered to be a dropout even if the school district cannot document the students subsequent enrollment in school.

Dropout Reason Codes The following dropout reason codes have been incorporated into Exit/Withdrawal codes for eSchoolPLUS: Dropout-Academic Dropout-Behavior Dropout-Dislike experience Dropout-Economic Dropout-Employment Dropout-Curriculum Dropout-Childcare Dropout-Truancy Dropout-Transportation Dropout-Language Dropout-Marriage Dropout-Military Dropout-Needed at home Dropout-Pregnancy Dropout-Religion Dropout- Underage

A student can be withdrawn/exited from eSchoolPLUS with the appropriate code provided there is documentation to support the withdrawal and selected code. Any student withdrawn because of truancy will be considered a dropout and the school shall code the student in eSchoolPLUS as Dropout-Underage or Dropout-Truancy depending on age.

Table 1

Delaware Dropouts 2011-12 Summary Statistics Grades 9-12

(N =1527)
Annual Dropout Rate (%) Percent of All Dropouts (%)

TOTAL
SEX Male Female RACE / ETHNICITY American Indian African American Asian Hispanic White

3.9
4.6 3.2

100
59.3 40.7

3.9 5.2 3.2 5.2 2.9

0.4 43.2 2.8 13.4 39.5

AGE Less than 15 Age 15 Age 16 Age 17 and over 0.6 0.5 2.3 6.4 0.6 2.9 14.1 82.4

Figure 1. Delaware Dropout Rate 1990-2012

14.0

12.0

10.0

8.0

6.0

4.0

2.0
90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12

White/Other

Black

Hispanic

State

Table 2 Delaware Dropouts and Student Enrollments Grade by Race Grade 9 10 11 12 Total Number of Enrolled Students Black Hispanic White/Other All 3,951 3,225 2,735 2,699 12,610 1254 1060 873 732 3,919 6,132 5,663 5,260 5,316 22,371 11,337 9,948 8,868 8,747 38,900 Black 264 176 115 104 659 Number of Dropouts Hispanic White/Other 86 56 34 28 204 206 196 128 134 664 All 556 428 277 266 1,527

Table 3 Dropout Rate and Percent of All Dropouts Grade by Race Annual Dropout Rate Grade Grade 9 Grade 10 Grade 11 Grade 12 Total Black 6.7% 5.5% 4.2% 3.9% 5.2% Hispanic White/Other 6.9% 5.3% 3.9% 3.8% 5.2% 3.4% 3.5% 2.4% 2.5% 3.0% All 4.9% 4.3% 3.1% 3.0% 3.9% Black 17.3% 11.5% 7.5% 6.8% 43.2% Percent of All Dropouts Hispanic White/Other 5.6% 3.7% 2.2% 1.8% 13.4% 13.5% 12.8% 8.4% 8.8% 43.5% All 36.4% 28.0% 18.1% 17.4% 100.0%

Figure 2. Percent of Dropouts by Race/Ethnicity, 2011-12

43.0%

43.5%

Af rican American Hispanic

White/Other

13.5%

Table 4 Delaware Dropouts and Student Enrollments Gender by Race (Grades 9-12) Number of Enrolled Students Gender Male Female Total Black 6,390 6,220 12,610 Hispanic White/Other 1,942 1,977 3,919 11,353 11,018 22,371 All 19,685 19,215 38,900 Black 403 256 659 Number of Dropouts Hispanic White/Other 111 93 204 392 272 664 All 906 621 1,527

Table 5 Dropout Rate and Percent of All Dropouts Gender by Race (Grades 9-12) Annual Dropout Rate Gender Male Female Total Black 6.3% 4.1% 5.2% Hispanic White/Other 5.7% 4.7% 5.2% 3.5% 2.5% 3.0% All 4.6% 3.2% 3.9% Black 26.4% 16.8% 43.2% Percent of All Dropouts Hispanic White/Other 7.3% 6.1% 13.4% 25.7% 17.8% 43.5% All 59.3% 40.7% 100.0%

Figure 3. Percent of Dropouts by Gender, 2011-12

41%

Male
Female

59%

Figure 4. Percent of All Dropouts by Grade 2011-12

17.4% 36.4% 18.1% Grade 9 Grade 10 Grade 11 Grade 12

28.0%

15.0%

Figure 5. Dropout Rate by Gender by Race 2011-12

Black

12.0%

Hispanic White/Other

9.0% 6.3% 6.0% 5.7% 3.5% 3.0% 4.1% 4.7% 2.5%

0.0% Male Female

Table 6 Reasons for Dropping Out Grades 9-12 Number Percent School-Related Academic, Behavior, Dislike experience, Curriculum, Substance Abuse Economic-Related Economic and Employment Personal Pregnancy, Marriage, Child care, Language, Religion Needed at home, Military, Transportation School/District Did Not Report Data Total 1,350 1,527 88.4% 100% 120 7.9%

34

2.2%

23

1.5%

Figure 6: Reasons for Dropping Out 2011-12

8%

2%

2%

School-related Economic-related Personal School/District Did Not Report Data 88%

Table 7

Delaware Dropouts Grades 7-8

Grade 7 No. of Students Dropouts Enrolled Kent New Castle Sussex State 39 82 24 145 2,300 5,678 1,883 9,861 Rate 1.7% 1.4% 1.3% 1.5% Grade 8 No. of Students Dropouts Enrolled 54 141 18 213 2,318 5,606 1,771 9,695 Rate 2.3% 2.5% 1.0% 2.2%

Figure 7. 2011-12 Dropout Rate by Grade

6.0%

5.0%

4.9% 4.3%

4.0% 3.1%
3.0% 2.2% 2.0% 3.2%

Dropout Rate

3.0%

1.5% 1.0%

0.0% 7th 8th 9th 10th Grades 11th 12th Gr 7-12

Table 8 Delaware Dropouts and Student Enrollments County by Race (Grades 9-12) Number of Enrolled Students Black Hispanic White/Other All 544 2,609 766 3,919 5,367 11,997 5,007 22,371 8,683 22,773 7,444 38,900 Number of Dropouts Hispanic White/Other 16 166 22 204 162 376 126 664

County

Black 111 480 68 659

All 289 1,022 216 1,527

Kent 2,772 New Castle 8,167 Sussex 1,671 State 12,610

Table 9 Dropout Rate and Percent of All Dropouts County by Race (Grades 9-12) Annual Dropout Rate Hispanic White/Other
2.9% 6.4% 2.9% 5.2% 3.0% 3.1% 2.5% 3.0%

County Kent New Castle Sussex State

Black
4.0% 5.9% 4.1% 5.2%

All
3.3% 4.5% 2.9% 3.9%

Percent of All Dropouts Black Hispanic White/Other

7.3% 31.4% 4.5% 43.2% 1.0% 10.9% 1.4% 13.4% 10.6% 24.6% 8.3% 43.5%

All
18.9% 66.9% 14.1% 100.0%

Figure 8. Percent of All Dropouts by County, 2011-12

14.1%

18.9%

Kent
New Castle Sussex 66.9%

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Table 10 Delaware Dropouts and Student Enrollments County by Grade County Kent New Castle Sussex State 9 2,687 6,618 2,032 11,337 Number of Enrolled Students 10 11 12 All 2,123 5,848 1,977 9,948 2,007 5,137 1,724 8,868 1,866 5,170 1,711 8,747 8,683 22,773 7,444 38,900 9 107 385 64 556 Number of Dropouts 10 11 12 72 285 71 428 59 182 36 277 51 170 45 266 All 289 1,022 216 1,527

Table 11 Dropout Rate and Percent of All Dropouts Table 11 County by Grade Dropout Rate and Percent of All Dropouts Annual DropoutCounty by Grade rate Percent of All Dropouts 10 11 12 All 9 10 11 12 All Annual Dropout rate Percent of All Dropouts 3.4% 2.9% 2.7% 3.3% 7.0% 4.7% 3.9% 3.3% 18.9% 10 11 12 All 9 10 11 12 All 4.9% 3.5% 3.3% 4.5% 25.2% 18.7% 11.9% 11.1% 66.9% 3.4% 2.9% 2.7% 3.3% 7.0% 4.7% 3.9% 3.3% 18.9% 3.6% 2.1% 2.6% 2.9% 4.2% 4.6% 2.4% 2.9% 66.9% 4.9% 3.5% 3.3% 4.5% 25.2% 18.7% 11.9% 11.1% 14.1%
4.3% 3.6% 3.1% 2.1% 3.0% 2.6% 3.9% 2.9% 36.4%

County Kent County New Castle Kent Sussex New Castle State Sussex

9 4.0% 9 5.8% 4.0% 3.1% 5.8%

4.9% 3.1%

4.2%

28.0%

4.6%

18.1%

2.4%

17.4%

2.9%

100% 14.1%

State

4.9%

4.3%

3.1%

3.0%

3.9%

36.4%

28.0%

18.1%

17.4%

100%

Figure 9: Dropout Rate by County by Grade, 2011-12

10.0% 8.0%
Grade 9

6.0%

Grade 10 Grade 11 Grade 12

4.0%
2.0% 0.0% Kent New Castle Sussex

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Table 12 ANNUAL DROPOUT RATES BY DISTRICT Grades 9-12

2009-10
TOTAL CODE DIS TRICT/CHARTER ENROLLMENT TOTAL DROP OUTS DROP OUT RATE TOTAL ENROLLMENT

2010-11
TOTAL DROP OUTS DROP OUT RATE TOTAL ENROLLMENT

2011-12
TOTAL DROP OUTS DROP OUT RATE

2010-2012
3-Ye ar Ave rag e Drop ou t Rate

New Castle County 29 Appoquinimink 31 Brandywine 70 Charter School of Wilmington 33 Christina 34 Colonial 68 DE Academy of Public Safety 79 Delaware Military Academy 75 M.J. Moyer Academy 38 NCC Voc Tech 83 Pencader Charter School 32 Red Clay Kent County 10 Caesar Rodney 74 Campus Community 13 Capital 15 Lake Forest 18 Milford 39 Polytech 71 Positive Outcomes 24 Smyrna Sussex County 17 Cape Henlopen 37 Delmar 36 Indian River 16 Laurel 23 Seaford 40 Sussex Tech 35 Woodbridge STATE

22,857 2,505 3,249 987 4,186 2,114 540 224 4,635 619 3,798 8,708 2,119 232 1,579 909 1,217 1,177 85 1,390 7,526 1,318 643 2,340 554 849 1,283 539

852 102 83 9 233 109 7 17 111 23 158 351 90 7 104 43 64 3 3 37 310 52 29 82 34 63 14 36

3.7 4.1 2.6 0.9 5.6 5.2 1.3 7.6 2.4 3.7 4.2 4.0 4.2 3.0 6.6 4.7 5.3 0.3 3.5 2.7 4.1 3.9 4.5 3.5 6.1 7.4 1.1 6.7

22,856 2,643 3,246 970 4,081 2,041 556 101 4,723 616 3,879 8,765 2,168 227 1,596 903 1,182 1,185 84 1,420 7,482 1,339 631 2,286 542 818 1,295 571 39,103

879 63 66 17 319 134 7 30 38 22 183 339 93 9 63 41 67 9 10 47 224 64 11 44 26 42 8 29 1,442

3.8 2.4 2.0 1.8 7.8 6.6 1.3 29.7 0.8 3.6 4.7 3.9 4.3 4.0 3.9 4.5 5.7 0.8 11.9 3.3 3.0 4.8 1.7 1.9 4.8 5.1 0.6 5.1 3.7

22,773 2,713 3,243 970 3,929 2,035 117 559 102 4,759 507 3,839 8,683 2,157 206 1,617 899 1,154 1,180 83 1,387 7,444 1,382 632 2,228 506 795 1,309 592 38,900

1,006 56 125 15 365 105 1 6 29 123 22 159 294 72 6 80 31 45 11 3 46 227 44 14 47 45 47 4 26 1,527

4.4 2.1 3.9 1.5 9.3 5.2 0.9 1.1 28.4 2.6 4.3 4.1 3.4 3.3 2.9 4.9 3.4 3.9 0.9 3.6 3.3 3.0 3.2 2.2 2.1 8.9 5.9 0.3 4.4 3.9

4.0 2.8 2.8 1.4 7.6 5.6 1.2 1.9 3.9 4.3 3.8 4.0 3.3 5.2 4.2 4.9 0.6 3.1 3.4 4.0 2.8 2.5 6.6 6.2 0.7 5.4 3.8

Note:

39,091 1,513 3.9 Special Schools and ILCs are included in district dropout summary statistics.

3-Year Dropout Rates are calculated for schools with 3 years of data and three-year enrollment totaling at least 150 students.

Figure 10. Dropout Rate by District, 2010-11

20.0 18.0
16.0

14.0 12.0
10.0 8.0

6.0
4.0 2.0
Campus Community Colonial Appoquinimink Polytech Delaware Military Academy NCC Voc Tech Lake Forest Red Clay Smyrna Delmar

Laurel

Charter School of Wilmington

12

Sussex Tech

STATE

0.0

Table 13. Grades 9-12 Annual Dropout Rates by School

2009-2010
TOTAL CODE HIGH S CHOOLS ENROLLMENT TOTAL DROP OUTS DROP OUT RATE TOTAL ENROLLMENT

2010-11
TOTAL DROP OUTS DROP OUT RATE TOTAL ENROLLMENT

2011-12
TOTAL DROP OUTS DROP OUT RATE

New Castle County 18 24 26 44 66 80 190 194 196 290 292 294 295 390 392 394 490 574 578 582 Middletown HS Appoquinimink HS Howard Tech HS St Georges Tech HS Paul M. Hodgson Delcastle Tech HS Brandywine HS Concord HS Mt Pleasant HS John Dickinson HS A. I. duPont HS Thomas McKean HS Charter Sch of Wilm Christiana HS Glasgow HS Newark HS William Penn HS M.J. Moyer Academy Delaware Mil. Acad. Pencader Charter HS

21,444 1,430 1,003 862 1,002 1,262 1,483 1,131 1,282 836 661 1,480 881 987 1,098 1,107 1,512 2,044 224 540 619 8,406 85 232 2,009 1,449 1,177 892 1,190 1,372 7,238 1,222 633 911 1,316 531 803 1,283 539

696 84 18 13 3 8 17 34 16 33 49 48 39 9 76 45 53 104 17 7 23 328 3 7 88 85 3 41 64 37 296 50 29 31 42 31 63 14 36

3.2 5.9 1.8 1.5 0.3 0.6 1.1 3.0 1.2 3.9 7.4 3.2 4.4 0.9 6.9 4.1 3.5 5.1 7.6 1.3 3.7 3.9 3.5 3.0 4.4 5.9 0.3 4.6 5.4 2.7 4.1 4.1 4.6 3.4 3.2 5.8 7.8 1.1 6.7

21,351 1,193 1,381 848 1,039 1,323 1,485 1,023 1,353 867 644 1,386 911 970 1,016 1,141 1,517 1,981 101 556 616 8,543 84 227 2,067 1,489 1,185 889 1,182 1,420 7,231 1,237 626 921 1,285 520 779 1,295 568

826 27 36 13 1 6 17 17 27 22 78 51 40 17 80 101 107 127 30 7 22 318 10 9 90 46 9 40 67 47 213 62 11 9 28 24 42 8 29

3.9 2.3 2.6 1.5 0.1 0.5 1.1 1.7 2.0 2.5 12.1 3.7 4.4 1.8 7.9 8.9 7.1 6.4 29.7 1.3 3.6 3.7 11.9 4.0 4.4 3.1 0.8 4.5 5.7 3.3 2.9 5.0 1.8 1.0 2.2 4.6 5.4 0.6 5.1

20,935 1,164 1,492 895 1,043 1,310 1,456 999 1,315 929 618 1,254 897 970 984 1,070 1,449 1,922 102 559 507 8,151 83 206 2,067 1,507 1,180 891 830 1,387 7,202 1,302 628 910 1,215 492 754 1,309 592

800 29 27 11 10 3 23 54 40 29 39 57 44 15 72 116 99 75 29 6 22 253 3 6 69 57 11 28 33 46 201 35 14 18 20 42 45 4 23

3.8 2.5 1.8 1.2 1.0 0.2 1.6 5.4 3.0 3.1 6.3 4.5 4.9 1.5 7.3 10.8 6.8 3.9 28.4 1.1 4.3 3.1 3.6 2.9 3.3 3.8 0.9 3.1 4.0 3.3 2.8 2.7 2.2 2.0 1.6 8.5 6.0 0.3 3.9

Kent County 570 573 626 648 652 665 678 688 Positive Outcomes Campus Community Caesar Rodney HS Dover HS Polytech HS Lake Forest HS Milford SR HS Smyrna HS

Sussex County 726 730 746 748 756 766 770 780 Cape Henlopen HS Delmar Sr HS Indian River HS Sussex Central Sr HS Laurel Sr HS Seaford Sr HS Sussex Tech HS Woodbridge HS

Note: Special Schools and ILCs are NOT included in this table. All schools include grades 9 to 12.

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3.9

STATE

28.4

M.J. Moyer Academy

9.1

Christina Laurel

8.7

5.7

Seaford
Capital Colonial

Figure 10. Dropout Rate by District 2011-12

4.3

4.7

4.9

Pencader Charter School

Red Clay Woodbridge

3.8

3.9

3.9

Brandywine
Positive Outcomes Milford

3.4

3.5

3.6

Lake Forest

3.3

Caesar Rodney

3.3

Smyrna

2.9

Campus Community

2.8

Cape Henlopen

2.6

NCC Voc Tech

2.2

Delmar

2.1

Indian River

2.1

Appoquinimink

1.5

Charter School of Wilmington

1.1

Delaware Military Academy

0.9

Polytech Delaware Academy of Public Safety

0.3

0.9

Sussex Tech

32.0

28.0

26.0

22.0

16.0

12.0

30.0

24.0

20.0

18.0

14.0

10.0

6.0

2.0

0.0

8.0

4.0

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Table 14 Delaware Dropouts and Student Enrollments County by Special-Ed (Grades 9-12) Number of Enrolled Students SpecialRegular-Ed All Ed 1,355 2,767 1,137 5,259 7,328 20,006 6,307 33,641 8,683 22,773 7,444 38,900 Number of Dropouts SpecialRegular-Ed All Ed 77 181 51 309 210 843 165 1,218 287 1,024 216 1,527

County Kent New Castle Sussex Total

Table 15 Dropout Rate and Percent of All Dropouts County by Special-Ed (Grades 9-12) Annual Dropout rate Special-Ed Regular-Ed All 5.7% 6.5% 4.5% 5.9% 2.9% 4.2% 2.6% 3.6% 3.3% 4.5% 2.9% 3.9% Percent of All Dropouts Special-Ed Regular-Ed All 5.0% 11.9% 3.3% 20.2% 13.8% 55.2% 10.8% 79.8% 18.8% 67.1% 14.1% 100.0%

County New Castle Kent Sussex Total

Figure 12.

2011-12 Enrollment and Dropout Percents by Special Ed Status

100.0%

80.0%

60.0%

40.0%

20.0%

0.0% Special-Ed Regular-Ed

% of Enrollment
13.5%

% of Dropouts
20.2%

86.5%

79.8%

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Table 16 Delaware Dropouts and Student Enrollments Race by Special-Ed (Grades 9-12) Group Number of Enrolled Students Black Hispanic White/Other All 521 3,398 3,919 2,589 19,782 22,371 5,259 33,641 38,900 Black 157 502 659 Number of Dropouts Hispanic White/Other 25 179 204 127 537 664 All 309 1,218 1,527

Special-ED 2,149 Regular-ED 10,461 Total 12,610

Table 17 Dropout Rate and Percent of All Dropouts Race by Special-Ed (Grades 9-12) Annual Dropout Rate Black Hispanic White/Other 4.8% 5.3% 5.2% 4.9% 2.7% 3.0% Percent of All Dropouts Black Hispanic White/Other 10.3% 32.9% 43.2% 1.6% 11.7% 13.4% 8.3% 35.2% 43.5%

Group

All 5.9% 3.6% 3.9%

All 20.2% 79.8% 100.0%

Special-ED 7.3% Regular-ED 4.8% Total 5.2%

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Table 18 Delaware Special Education Enrollments and Dropouts by Race Grades 9-12

Year 2006 Enrolled Dropouts Annual Dropout Rate Percent of All Dropouts Enrolled Dropouts Annual Dropout Rate Percent of All Dropouts Enrolled Dropouts Annual Dropout Rate Percent of All Dropouts Enrolled Dropouts Annual Dropout Rate Percent of All Dropouts Enrolled Dropouts Annual Dropout Rate Percent of All Dropouts Enrolled Dropouts Annual Dropout Rate Percent of All Dropouts Enrolled Dropouts Annual Dropout Rate Percent of All Dropouts

Black 2,152 117 5.4% 5.9% 2,223 130 5.8% 6.4% 1,990 106 5.3% 6.4% 2,000 74 3.7% 3.7% 2,294 125 5.4% 8.3% 2,329 160 6.9% 11.1% 2,149 157 7.3% 10.3%

Hispanic White/Other 271 19 7.0% 1.0% 356 18 5.1% 0.9% 350 17 4.9% 0.8% 406 21 5.2% 1.1% 473 23 4.9% 1.5% 494 37 7.5% 2.6% 521 25 4.8% 1.6% 2,532 128 4.8% 6.4% 2,668 139 5.2% 6.9% 2,476 83 3.4% 3.8% 2,423 84 3.5% 4.2% 2,692 127 4.7% 8.4% 2,695 125 4.6% 8.7% 2,589 127 4.9% 8.3%

All 4,955 264 5.0% 13.0% 5,247 287 5.5% 14.2% 4,816 206 4.3% 9.3% 4,829 179 3.7% 9.0% 5,459 350 5.0% 18.2% 5,518 322 5.8% 22.3% 5,259 309 5.9% 20.2%

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

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Table 19 Annual Delaware Dropout Rates, Grades 9-12 Year White/Other 1979-80 7.0 1980-81 6.9 1981-82 8.1 1982- 83 6.2 1983-84 6.2 1984-85 7.3 1985-86 7.1 1986-87 6.2 1987-88 6.0 1988-89 1989-90 1990-91 1991-92 1992-93 1993-94 1994-95 1995-96 1996-97 1997-98 1998-99 1999-00 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 6.1 5.3 4.8 3.0 3.5 3.7 4.0 3.9 3.7 3.8 3.4 3.4 3.5 4.5 4.0 4.9 4.2 4.2 4.3 4.6 4.0 3.2 2.8 2.9 Black 12.1 10.7 10.8 9.2 9.2 8.7 8.9 9.5 10.0 10.2 10.0 7.9 6.2 5.8 6.8 5.8 5.3 6.1 6.4 5.2 5.6 5.3 8.9 8.0 7.4 6.6 7.3 7.0 7.5 6.9 5.0 5.1 5.2 Hispanic 14.6 13.7 22.0 15.5 17.2 12.3 11.5 14.1 13.6 14.2 11.9 8.8 7.9 5.1 6.7 7.5 8.3 7.3 8.2 6.9 7.2 7.4 11.5 9.6 12.1 10.4 9.8 8.5 8.0 6.6 4.7 4.4 5.2 State 7.9 7.8 8.1 6.9 7.2 7.6 7.6 7.2 7.2 7.3 6.6 5.7 4.0 4.2 4.6 4.6 4.5 4.5 4.7 4.1 4.2 4.2 6.2 5.4 6.0 5.3 5.5 5.4 5.8 5.1 3.9 3.7 3.9

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Table 20. Special Education Grade 9-12 Dropouts by School

2010
S P ECIAL ED CODE HIGH S CHOOLS ENROLLMENT S P ECIAL ED DROP OUTS

2011
S P ECIAL ED ENROLLMENT S P ECIAL ED DROP OUTS

2012
S P ECIAL ED ENROLLMENT S P ECIAL ED DROP OUTS

2010-2012 3-Yr Average Dropout Rate*

Delaware Public Schools

New Castle County
18 24 26 44 66 80 190 194 196 284 286 290 292 294 295 390 392 394 490 505 507 512 514 516 522 527 530 535 537 538 539 540 567 574 578 582 Middletown HS Appoquinimink HS HowardTech HS St. Georges Tech HS Paul M. Hodgson Delcastle Tech HS Brandywine HS Concord HS Mt Pleasant HS Conrad School of Science Calloway Arts Sch John Dickinson HS A. I. duPont HS Thomas McKean HS Charter School of Wilmington Christiana HS Glasgow HS Newark HS William Penn HS Appoquinimink ILC Appo Low Incident REACH John G. Leach School Meadowood Program New Castle/Colonial ILC Central School (PACE) First State School Christina ILC Douglass School Brenen School (The) Delcastle ILC Margaret S. Sterck Del Acad Public Safety Maurice Moyer Academy Delaware Mil. Acad. Pencader Charter

4,720
2,376
117 78 106 88 113 180 106 94 116 14 109 129 158 107 117 131 298

176
96
9 1 2 0 1 0 6 9 7 0 1 3 9 7 3 7 14

4,733
2,472
112 78 106 87 111 178 106 90 116 14 108 128 158 107 117 130 297

174
94
9 1 2 0 1 0 6 9 7 0 1 3 9 7 3 7 14

5,259
2,767
87 94 92 121 140 140 110 90 126 10 12 103 124 167 2 112 91 101 252 26 31 58 25 48 54 85 9 175 8 106 55 33 14 29 5 32

291
170
6 2 2 0 0 8 9 4 8 0 0 5 7 11 0 18 17 18 15 0 0 0 0 1 10 5 0 0 11 1 0 0 0 9 1 2

3.7% 3.9% 7.6% 1.6% 2.0% 0.0% 0.5% 1.6% 6.5% 8.0% 6.1% 2.2% 3.4% 6.0% 9.8% 7.1% 8.8% 5.1%

50

57 37 72 6 13 36

1 4 8 0 2 2

33 57 37 72 6 13 117

0 1 4 8 0 2 0

1.9% 9.2%

1.2%
792 689

57 11 26

0 0 0

57 11 26

0 0 0

Kent County
570 573 626 630 648 649 650 652 655 659 665 675 678 679 688 Positive Outcomes Campus Community Caesar Rodney HS John S. Charlton School Dover HS Capital ILC Kent Co. Community School Polytech HS Kent County Alternative Programs Lake Forest ILC Lake Forest HS Central Academy Milford SR HS Milford ILC Smyrna HS

1,395
51 35 295 94 241 33 111 62 17 114 146 196

51
2 0 9 1 20 0 0 6 0 2 6 5

1,369
51 35 309 94 240

51
2 0 9 1 20

1,355
47 36 255 90 216 33 29 104 47 8 115 45 95 17 218

77
1 3 13 3 14 0 0 2 17 3 4 2 8 0 7

3.7% 3.6% 1.8% 7.7% 0.6% 17.0% 2.3% 5.2% 2.8% 3.1%

501 - Kingswood Academy - 2 dropouts (no

110 62 17 114 146 191

0 6 0 2 6 5

Sussex County

949

29

892

29

1,137

44

726 Cape Henlopen HS 145 2 144 2 185 7 2.3% 728 Sussex Consortium 65 2 65 2 80 4 3.8% 730 Delmar Sr HS 55 3 55 3 52 2 4.9% 737 Delmar Secondary ILC 4 0 745 Indian River ILC 45 0 746 Indian River HS 105 7 105 7 126 4 5.4% 748 Sussex Central Sr HS 131 0 131 0 166 3 0.7% 750 Ennis (Howard T) School 50 0 58 1 756 Laurel Sr HS 87 3 83 3 78 6 4.8% 763 Seaford Autistic Program 2 0 765 Western Sussex Academy 10 0 10 0 6 2 766 Seaford SR HS 94 5 93 5 82 8 6.7% 767 Seaford ILC 28 0 768 Sussex Ortho Prog 11 0 770 Sussex Tech HS 110 4 109 4 115 0 2.4% 780 Woodbridge HS 97 3 97 3 91 7 4.6% 781 Laurel Sec ILC 8 0 * 3-year Average Dropout Rates are calculated for schools with 3 years of data and 3 years SPED enrollment of at least 50 students.

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DELAWARE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Annual Dropout Report Summary Delaware Public Schools

Compiled by Joanne Reihm Education Associate, Accountability Fran Purnell Education Specialist, Data Analysis Adrian Peoples, Ed.D. Education Associate, Education Research

Thanks to DDOEs Technology Management and Design Workgroup

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