Alexis I. Dupont High School - Wilmington, Delaware/DE

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Alexis I. Dupont High School

50 Hillside Road, Wilmington, DE, 19807-2297 -

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Definition of Terms

Alexis I. Dupont High School

School Level

High school

Grades Offered

Grades 8 - 12

County

New Castle County, DE

Students & Faculty

Total Students

1323 students

% Male / % Female

49% / 51%

Total Classroom Teachers

73 teachers

Students by Grade

Grade 8 - 37 students

Grade 9 - 432 students

Grade 10 - 337 students

Grade 11 - 246 students

Grade 12 - 271 students

This School

(DE) School Average

Teacher : Student Ratio

1:18

1:16

Students by Ethnicity

This School

(DE) School Average

% American Indian	n/a	n/a
% Asian	4%	2%
% Hispanic	13%	6%
% Black	25%	30%
% White	58%	59%

Additional Student Information

This School

(DE) School Average

% Eligible for Free Lunch

22%

22%

% Eligible for Reduced Lunch

% Migrant Students Enrolled

n/a

n/a

(DE) Statewide Testing Performance

School Statewide Performance

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School District Name

Red Clay Consolidated School District

This School's Agency

(DE) District Average

Number of Schools Managed	28	7
Number of Students Managed	16,023 students	3,740 students
District Total Revenue	$221,310,000	$38,482,000
District Expenditure	$218,451,000	$37,716,000
District Revenue / Student	$13,812	$10,289
District Expenditure / Student	$13,634	$10,084
District Graduation Rates	71%	92%

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Alexis I. duPont High School is a public high school located in Greenville, Delaware, USA, a suburb of Wilmington. It is one of three high schools in the Red Clay Consolidated School District. There were 1,481 students enrolled in the fall for the 2008-2009 school year.
Founded in 1893, Alexis I. duPont (A.I.) moved to its current location in 1966, when the old high school was re-purposed as a middle school to handle grades 5 through 8. The students of A.I. come from Wilmington and its suburbs, including Hockessin, Centreville, Elsmere, Greenville, and Newport.
Academics
In 2008, A.I. ranked #388 in Newsweek's top 1300 high schools, which uses a ratio of the number of AP, IB and/or Cambridge tests taken by all students at a school divided by the number of graduating seniors.
Every year before graduation is held, an awards night honors A.I.'s top students. The highest award presented is the prestigious Kuespert Excelsior Award, given to a graduating senior who best exemplified the ideals of the school, through excellence in academics, leadership, community service, and athleticism.
A.I. is the only school in the state of Delaware with a working observatory, which is used by the earth sciences class and the astronomy club.
Athletics
A.I., a member of the Delaware Interscholastic Athletic Association, participates in Flight A of the Blue Hen Conference. A.I. is a perennial contender in many sports. In 2007, A.I. sent four Spring Track women athletes, 3 seniors and 1 sophomore, to the National Track and Field Championships in North Carolina for the 4x400 meter race.
A.I. participates in the following DIAA sports:
Cross Country
Soccer
American Football
Field Hockey
Volleyball
Basketball
Swimming
Diving
Wrestling
Indoor Track
Baseball
Tennis
Track and Field
Lacrosse
Softball
Golf
A.I. also sports an ice hockey team, although ice hockey is not an official DIAA sport. The team participates in the Delaware Scholastic Hockey Association league, which plays games at the Pond Ice Arena.
Clubs
Academic Bowl
Amnesty International
Anime Club
Astronomy Club
Book club
Bowling Club
Blue/Gold Club
Class Boards
Drama Club
Environmental Action Club
Family, Career, and Community Leaders of America
Fencing Club
Habitat for Humanity
International Club
Journalism: Tiger Pause
Key Club
Literary Magazine: Roar
Math League
Mock trial
Multicultural Dance Club
National Honor Society
Science Olympiad
Student Council
Yearbook: The Alexis
Young Republicans
Gay-Straight Alliance
Music
The 210(as of the 09-10 school year) member Tiger Marching Band has a history of participation in musical, cultural and sports events across the nation and the globe. The Tigers have appeared in the Pasadena Tournament of Roses Parade in 1990, 1995, 1999, 2004, and 2008; they are one of three bands outside California to take part five times. Other notable appearances by the Tiger Marching Band include parades for the Inauguration of Barack Obama, the Orange Bowl and Fiesta Bowl (2006,2010), the St. Patrick's Day Parade in Dublin, Ireland (1993,1997,2000,2003), and New Year's Day Parades in London, England (1989,1992,1996,2002,2005,2009) and Rome, Italy (2007). The Tiger Marching Band has attended the 6abc Boscov's Thanksgiving Day Parade in Philadelphia, PA and the Latin American and Christmas Parades in Wilmington for many years. The band is a student-run organization in which students, specifically an executive board of seniors, make nearly all of the governing decisions.
Vocal music at A.I. comprises several different ensembles, including a concert and a chamber choir, designed to meet the variety of needs, talents, and interests of high school vocalists. The program has evolved from what was once an after-school, Tuesday night elective as recently as 1996 to a formidable collection of high school ensembles.
Notable alumni
Leo E. Strine, Jr. (1982), Vice Chancellor, Delaware Court of Chancery
Judge Reinhold, actor, attended A.I. for 9th and 10th Grade
Mangesh Hattikudur (1997), co-founder of mental_floss magazine
Vincenza Carrieri-Russo (2003), Miss Delaware USA 2008
Melody Woodin (2004), Model
External links
School website
Tiger Bands website
Tiger Athletics homepage

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