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Southern Delaware School Of The Arts

5.00 (1 review)

27 Hosier Street

Tel: (302)436-1066

Southern Delaware School Of The Arts serves 402 students in grades 1-8.
The student:teacher ratio of 15:1 is higher than the DE average of 14:1.
Minority enrollment is 19% of the student body (majority Hispanic), which is less than the state average of 53%.
Southern Delaware School Of The Arts operates within the Indian River School District.

The student population of 402 students has stayed relatively flat over five years.
The teacher population of 27 teachers has grown by 12% over five years.

The student:teacher ratio of 15:1 has decreased from 17:1 over five years.
The school's diversity score of 0.33 is less 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	15:1	14:1

Asian	1%	4%

Hispanic	11%	15%

Black	5%	31%

White	81%	47%

Hawaiian	n/a	n/a

Two or more races	2%	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.	0.33	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.	20%	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

Indian River School District's student population of 9,403 students has grown by 7% over five years.
The revenue/student of $15,439 is higher than the state average of $10,798. The district revenue/student has grown by 19% over four years.
The district's spending/student of $14,595 is higher than the state average of $10,466. The district spending/student has grown by 9% over four years.

School District Name	Indian River School District
Number of Schools Managed	15	1
Number of Students Managed	9,403	933

District Total Revenue	$144 MM	$10 MM

District Spending	$136 MM	$10 MM

District Revenue / Student	$15,439	$10,798

District Spending / Student	$14,595	$10,466

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