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Forwood Elementary School

1900 Westminster Drive

Tel: (302)475-3956

Forwood Elementary School serves 411 students in grades KG-5.
The student:teacher ratio of 16:1 is higher than the DE average of 14:1.
Minority enrollment is 43% of the student body (majority Black), which is less than the state average of 53%.
Forwood Elementary School operates within the Brandywine School District.

The student:teacher ratio of 16:1 has increased from 15:1 over five years.
The school's diversity score of 0.61 is more than the state average of 0.52. The school's diversity has stayed relatively flat over five years.

	This School	(DE) School Average
Student : Teacher Ratio	16:1	14:1

Asian	10%	4%

Hispanic	7%	15%

Black	23%	31%

White	57%	47%

Hawaiian	n/a	n/a

Two or more races	3%	3%

All Ethnic Groups
Diversity Score The chance that two students selected at random would be members of a different ethnic group. Scored from 0 to 1, a diversity score closer to 1 indicates a more diverse student body.	0.61	0.52

Eligible for Free Lunch Families meeting income eligibility guidelines may qualify for free and reduced price meals or free milk. These guidelines are used by schools, institutions, and facilities participating in the National School Lunch Program (and Commodity School Program), School Breakfast Program, Special Milk Program for Children, Child and Adult Care Food Program and Summer Food Service Program.	23%	37%

Eligible for Reduced Lunch Families meeting income eligibility guidelines may qualify for free and reduced price meals or free milk. These guidelines are used by schools, institutions, and facilities participating in the National School Lunch Program (and Commodity School Program), School Breakfast Program, Special Milk Program for Children, Child and Adult Care Food Program and Summer Food Service Program.	n/a	n/a

Brandywine School District's student population of 10,739 students has stayed relatively flat over five years.
The revenue/student of $16,669 is higher than the state average of $10,798. The district revenue/student has grown by 10% over four years.
The district's spending/student of $15,334 is higher than the state average of $10,466. The district spending/student has declined by 16% over four years.

School District Name	Brandywine School District
Number of Schools Managed	16	1
Number of Students Managed	10,739	933

District Total Revenue	$180 MM	$10 MM

District Spending	$166 MM	$10 MM

District Revenue / Student	$16,669	$10,798

District Spending / Student	$15,334	$10,466

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