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Smyrna Elementary School

Serves grades KG - 3

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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 2022 – 2023 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2021
  • Educational Environment: 2022 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2024

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School Overview

Address
121 South School Lane
Smyrna, DE 19977
Phone
(302) 653-8588
District
Smyrna School District
County
KENT COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
474
Classroom Teachers
31

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Delaware

8

(10 is best)

Better than 75.0% of all DE schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

6

(10 is best)

Smyrna Elementary School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 3

60 50 40 30 20 10 0
46%
41%
39%
39%
52%
43%
    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
15
16
14
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Kindergarten 94 19.8%
Grade 1 126 26.6%
Grade 2 133 28.1%
Grade 3 121 25.5%
Total 474 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 45.5% 55.1% 42.8%
Black 41.2% 33.9% 32.1%
Hispanic 10.8% 9.1% 20.0%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 2.3% 1.5% 4.5%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.2% 0.4% 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 38,346 1,018,396
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 227.9 518
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 6.1% 5.4%
5-19 YEARS OLD 20.0% 18.1%
20-44 YEARS OLD 33.0% 30.8%
45-64 YEARS OLD 25.2% 26.1%
65 OR OLDER 15.7% 19.6%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 12,852 389,000
Single Parent Households With Children 10.4% 8.7%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 91.2% 91.2%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 22.2% 34.5%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 13.5% 20.4%
$100,000 - $149,999 23.9% 18.3%
$75,000 - $99,999 15.0% 14.0%
$50,000 - $74,999 23.3% 16.3%
$30,000 - $49,999 11.2% 14.2%
$15,000 - $29,999 9.0% 9.5%
$15,000 or less 4.1% 7.4%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,405 $50,994,000 60.6%
Support Expenditures
Student $913 $5,540,000 6.6%
Staff $357 $2,164,000 2.6%
General Administration $130 $790,000 0.9%
School Administration $903 $5,479,000 6.5%
Operation $1,137 $6,901,000 8.2%
Transportation $568 $3,448,000 4.1%
Other $396 $2,402,000 2.9%
Total Support $4,405 $26,724,000 31.8%
Non-instructional Expenditures $1,062 $6,443,000 7.7%
Total Expenditures $13,872 $84,161,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $9,459 $1,338,163,000 51.3%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,889 $267,179,000 10.2%
Staff $654 $92,578,000 3.5%
General Administration $169 $23,910,000 0.9%
School Administration $876 $123,958,000 4.7%
Operation $1,704 $241,019,000 9.2%
Transportation $739 $104,529,000 4.0%
Other $600 $84,874,000 3.3%
Total Support $6,631 $938,047,000 35.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,360 $333,874,000 12.8%
Total Expenditures $18,450 $2,610,084,000 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,505 $421,432,149,000 50.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $912 $45,189,184,320 5.4%
Staff $715 $35,442,027,000 4.2%
General Administration $282 $13,997,625,000 1.7%
School Administration $800 $39,661,338,000 4.7%
Operation $1,302 $64,530,934,000 7.7%
Transportation $501 $24,826,324,680 3.0%
Other $567 $28,090,428,000 3.3%
Total Support $5,081 $251,737,861,000 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,383 $167,614,653,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $16,969 $840,784,663,000 100.0%

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