Smyrna High School
500 Duck Creek Parkway Smyrna DE, 19977, Kent County Phone: 302-653-8581 Ranking:  (11 out of 25, top 44%)*Type: Regular High School Status: Currently Operational Grade: Grade 9 to Grade 12 School District: Smyrna School District Title I Eligible School: Yes School-Wide Title I: NA Magnet: NA Charter: NA Shared-Time School: NA |
Students and Teachers
| 2013-2014 | 2012-2013 | 2011-2012 | 2010-2011 | 2009-2010 | 2008-2009 | 2007-2008 | ||||||||
| Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | |
| Total Teachers: | 97 | 94 | 92 | 93 | 88 | 80 | 75 | |||||||
| Total Students: | 1,452 | 1,387 | 1,387 | 1,420 | 1,372 | 1,305 | 1,240 | |||||||
| Grade 9: | 469 | 32.3% | 438 | 31.6% | 409 | 29.5% | 436 | 30.7% | 416 | 30.3% | 395 | 30.3% | 407 | 32.8% |
| Grade 10: | 368 | 25.3% | 380 | 27.4% | 368 | 26.5% | 369 | 26.0% | 363 | 26.5% | 372 | 28.5% | 350 | 28.2% |
| Grade 11: | 354 | 24.4% | 314 | 22.6% | 338 | 24.4% | 366 | 25.8% | 334 | 24.3% | 307 | 23.5% | 264 | 21.3% |
| Grade 12: | 261 | 18.0% | 255 | 18.4% | 272 | 19.6% | 249 | 17.5% | 259 | 18.9% | 231 | 17.7% | 219 | 17.7% |
| Ungraded: | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||||
| Male: | 755 | 52.0% | 695 | 50.1% | 698 | 50.3% | 737 | 51.9% | 686 | 50.0% | 644 | 49.3% | 621 | 50.1% |
| Female: | 697 | 48.0% | 692 | 49.9% | 689 | 49.7% | 683 | 48.1% | 678 | 49.4% | 653 | 50.0% | 615 | 49.6% |
| Student By Races: | ||||||||||||||
| American Indian/Alaska Native: | 2 | 0.1% | 2 | 0.1% | 3 | 0.2% | 4 | 0.3% | 3 | 0.2% | 3 | 0.2% | 2 | 0.2% |
| Asian: | 24 | 1.7% | 21 | 1.5% | 19 | 1.4% | 21 | 1.5% | 23 | 1.7% | 21 | 1.6% | 21 | 1.7% |
| Hispanic: | 78 | 5.4% | 65 | 4.7% | 55 | 4.0% | 52 | 3.7% | 56 | 4.1% | 45 | 3.4% | 43 | 3.5% |
| Black: | 479 | 33.0% | 434 | 31.3% | 412 | 29.7% | 410 | 28.9% | 354 | 25.8% | 347 | 26.6% | 309 | 24.9% |
| White: | 864 | 59.5% | 864 | 62.3% | 898 | 64.7% | 933 | 65.7% | 936 | 68.2% | 889 | 68.1% | 865 | 69.8% |
| Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander: | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Two or More Races: | 5 | 0.3% | 1 | 0.1% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||||
| Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 408 | 28.1% | 547 | 39.4% | 461 | 33.2% | 293 | 20.6% | 306 | 22.3% | 212 | 16.2% | 146 | 11.8% |
| Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 0 | 0.0% | 79 | 5.7% | 83 | 6.0% | 80 | 5.6% | 81 | 5.9% | 64 | 4.9% | 29 | 2.3% |
| Student-Teacher Ratio: | 14.97 | 14.76 | 15.08 | 15.27 | 15.59 | 16.30 | 16.50 | |||||||
Test Performance
| Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
| DCAS | ||||||
| 2011 | Math | 10th Grade | % met std | 43.1% | 43.1% | 58.7% |
| 2012 | Math | 10th Grade | % met std | 65% | 65% | 71% |
| 2013 | Math | 10th Grade | % met std | 74.58% | 74.58% | 69.24% |
| 2011 | Reading | 10th Grade | % met std | 50.9% | 50.9% | 63.4% |
| 2012 | Reading | 10th Grade | % met std | 65% | 65% | 71% |
| 2013 | Reading | 10th Grade | % met std | 72.78% | 72.78% | 73.34% |
| 2011 | Math | 9th Grade | % met std | 59.4% | 59.4% | 62.1% |
| 2012 | Math | 9th Grade | % met std | 82% | 82% | 72% |
| 2013 | Math | 9th Grade | % met std | 70.90% | 70.90% | 69.35% |
| 2011 | Reading | 9th Grade | % met std | 56.7% | 56.7% | 57.8% |
| 2012 | Reading | 9th Grade | % met std | 71% | 71% | 67% |
| 2013 | Reading | 9th Grade | % met std | 63.45% | 63.45% | 66.80% |
Some data by SchoolDigger.com.
* Smyrna High School was rated 4 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.