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ExploreColonial School District

Regular

Suburb

NCES ID: 1000230

Colonial School District

New Castle, DE

Source: NCES CCD + U.S. Census (open-source sync)

Year: 2025

Coverage: 100.0% (19281/19281)

Dataset refreshed: Feb 24, 2026

Enrollment

8,575

+0.5%YoY

Graduation Rate

85.9%

+0.7%vs. State

Per-Pupil Spending

$24,991

+18.8%vs. State

Student-Teacher Ratio

14.4:1

-4.0%vs. State

Free/Reduced Lunch

14.5%

-35.6%vs. State

English Language Learners

10.9%

-36.3%vs. State

Child Poverty Rate

14.5%

+9.0%vs. State

District vs. Benchmarks

Key metrics compared to state and national averages (% of national avg)

Enrollment Trend

5-year enrollment history+1.9%

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