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New Castle County Vocational-Technical School District, DE: schools, enrollment and spending

New Castle County Vocational-Technical School District runs 4 public schools with 4,812 students in grades 9 to 12. Its ratio of 14.3 students per teacher is about the same as the Delaware figure of 14.7.

At a glance

Schools
4
Students
4,812
Teachers (FTE)
337
Students per teacher
14.3
DE: 14.7 · US: 15.3
Address
1417 Newport Road, Wilmington, DE 19804
County
New Castle County
Locale
Suburb: Large
Grades offered
9 to 12
Agency type
Regular local school district
NCES district ID
1001280
State district ID
DE-38
Total staff (FTE)
522
School counselors (FTE)
17.0About 283 students per counselor.
School administrators (FTE)
17.0
Location from NCES coordinates. Map data OpenStreetMap contributors. Open larger map

Students per teacher compared

This district14.3
Delaware14.7
United States15.3

2020 finance data

From the F-33 School District Finance Survey for fiscal year 2020, in nominal dollars. Enrollment used for per-pupil figures is the finance survey count (4,644), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
Total revenue
$103.2 million
Federal revenue
$5.1 million
State revenue
$62.0 million
Local revenue
$36.2 million
Total spending
$95.6 million
Spending per pupil
$20,582
Salaries
$45.7 million47.8% of total spending.
Long-term debt (end of year)
$41.6 million

Where revenue came from

  • Federal: 4.9%
  • State: 60.0%
  • Local: 35.0%

Delaware overall

  • Federal: 7.3%
  • State: 60.7%
  • Local: 32.0%

Spending per pupil compared

This district$20,582
Delaware$18,901
United States$16,826

Schools in New Castle County Vocational-Technical School District

By level: 4 high. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
Delcastle Technical High SchoolHigh9 to 121,60513.6
Hodgson (Paul M.) Vocational Technical High SchoolHigh9 to 121,10413.5
Howard High School of TechnologyHigh9 to 1290515.9
St. Georges Technical High SchoolHigh9 to 121,19815.0

Nearby and related

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Finance figures are 2020 finance data in nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.