State overview
Delaware
42 NCES district and charter agencies · 139,877 students in the linked federal file
Spending per student
$20,525
Average current spending per student in the latest comparable NCES district-finance data.
What stands out
Chronic absence is lower than in a typical state.
24.3% of students were chronically absent in the latest comparable data. Spending was 38% above a typical state. Open a local profile below to see how much results vary within Delaware.
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Districts and charter agencies in Delaware
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Return to the national view →Christina School DistrictNewark · NCES 1000200$33,954spending per student · FY 2023Positive Outcomes Charter SchoolCamden · NCES 1000005$30,383spending per student · FY 2023Great Oaks Charter SchoolWilmington · NCES 1000062$28,207spending per student · FY 2023Gateway Lab SchoolWilmington · NCES 1000052$27,796spending per student · FY 2023Capital School DistrictDover · NCES 1000190$26,301spending per student · FY 2023Kuumba Academy Charter SchoolWilmington · NCES 1000014$23,305spending per student · FY 2023Colonial School DistrictNew Castle · NCES 1000230$23,018spending per student · FY 2023New Castle County Vocational-Technical School DistrictWilmington · NCES 1001280$22,587spending per student · FY 2023Red Clay Consolidated School DistrictWilmington · NCES 1001300$22,094spending per student · FY 2023Brandywine School DistrictWilmington · NCES 1001240$21,228spending per student · FY 2023Sussex Technical School DistrictGeorgetown · NCES 1001680$20,906spending per student · FY 2023Cape Henlopen School DistrictLewes · NCES 1000170$20,712spending per student · FY 2023East Side Charter SchoolWilmington · NCES 1000006$20,684spending per student · FY 2023POLYTECH School DistrictWoodside · NCES 1000750$19,904spending per student · FY 2023Woodbridge School DistrictBridgeville · NCES 1001850$19,527spending per student · FY 2023Indian River School DistrictFrankford · NCES 1000680$19,367spending per student · FY 2023Freire Charter School WilmingtonWilmington · NCES 1000059$18,793spending per student · FY 2023Seaford School DistrictBlades · NCES 1001530$18,422spending per student · FY 2023Caesar Rodney School DistrictCamden · NCES 1000180$18,253spending per student · FY 2023Academy of Dover Charter SchoolDover · NCES 1000017$17,557spending per student · FY 2023Academia Antonia AlonsoWilmington · NCES 1000053$17,060spending per student · FY 2023Appoquinimink School DistrictMiddletown · NCES 1000080$17,023spending per student · FY 2023First State Military AcademyClayton · NCES 1000057$16,959spending per student · FY 2023Charter School of New CastleNew Castle · NCES 1000024$16,539spending per student · FY 2023Lake Forest School DistrictHarrington · NCES 1000790$16,347spending per student · FY 2023Edison (Thomas A.) Charter SchoolWilmington · NCES 1000010$16,334spending per student · FY 2023Smyrna School DistrictClayton · NCES 1001620$16,084spending per student · FY 2023Laurel School DistrictLaurel · NCES 1000810$15,553spending per student · FY 2023Las Americas Aspira AcademyNewark · NCES 1000050$15,406spending per student · FY 2023Milford School DistrictMilford · NCES 1001080$15,324spending per student · FY 2023Odyssey Charter SchoolWilmington · NCES 1000026$14,631spending per student · FY 2023Newark Charter SchoolNewark · NCES 1000015$13,705spending per student · FY 2023First State Montessori AcademyWilmington · NCES 1000054$13,615spending per student · FY 2023Campus Community SchoolDover · NCES 1000007$13,604spending per student · FY 2023Sussex AcademyGeorgetown · NCES 1000011$12,841spending per student · FY 2023Delaware Military AcademyWilmington · NCES 1000016$12,815spending per student · FY 2023Early College High School at Del StateDover · NCES 1000055$12,788spending per student · FY 2023Sussex Montessori SchoolSeaford · NCES 1000063$12,633spending per student · FY 2023MOT Charter SchoolMiddletown · NCES 1000019$12,401spending per student · FY 2023Delmar School DistrictDelmar · NCES 1000270$12,046spending per student · FY 2023Providence Creek Academy Charter SchoolClayton · NCES 1000018$11,967spending per student · FY 2023Charter School of WilmingtonWilmington · NCES 1000004$10,086spending per student · FY 2023