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Welch (Major George S.) Elementary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceSchool District

3100 Hawthorne Dr

Dover DE, 19901, Kent County

Phone: 302-674-9080

Ranking:

(18 out of 134, top 13%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 1 to Grade 5

School District: Caesar Rodney School District

Title I Eligible School: No

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:	28		28		27		26		29		28		26
Total Students:	379		444		454		461		341		308		263
Grade 1:	72	19.0%	84	18.9%	79	17.4%	74	16.1%	57	16.7%	58	18.8%	43	16.3%
Grade 2:	83	21.9%	70	15.8%	71	15.6%	86	18.7%	66	19.4%	54	17.5%	52	19.8%
Grade 3:	74	19.5%	70	15.8%	75	16.5%	80	17.4%	58	17.0%	50	16.2%	49	18.6%
Grade 4:	75	19.8%	71	16.0%	81	17.8%	72	15.6%	46	13.5%	52	16.9%	35	13.3%
Grade 5:	75	19.8%	80	18.0%	59	13.0%	74	16.1%	51	15.0%	35	11.4%	34	12.9%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	197	52.0%	224	50.5%	239	52.6%	233	50.5%	163	47.8%	154	50.0%	121	46.0%
Female:	182	48.0%	220	49.5%	215	47.4%	228	49.5%	170	49.9%	146	47.4%	138	52.5%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	0	0.0%	1	0.2%	2	0.4%	4	0.9%	2	0.6%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Asian:	8	2.1%	13	2.9%	18	4.0%	23	5.0%	19	5.6%	13	4.2%	18	6.8%
Hispanic:	50	13.2%	55	12.4%	52	11.5%	45	9.8%	28	8.2%	25	8.1%	15	5.7%
Black:	59	15.6%	83	18.7%	83	18.3%	78	16.9%	44	12.9%	50	16.2%	54	20.5%
White:	249	65.7%	278	62.6%	287	63.2%	305	66.2%	248	72.7%	220	71.4%	176	66.9%
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:	13	3.4%	14	3.2%	12	2.6%	6	1.3%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	26	6.9%	50	11.3%	48	10.6%	35	7.6%	34	10.0%	33	10.7%	38	14.4%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	0	0.0%	69	15.5%	100	22.0%	82	17.8%	83	24.3%	75	24.4%	58	22.1%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	13.54		15.86		16.81		17.73		11.76		11.20		10.30

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
DCAS
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	80.7%	80.5%	N/A
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	90%	87%	N/A
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	89.47%	81.76%	N/A
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	80.5%	75.6%	N/A
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	94%	89%	N/A
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	87.01%	79.87%	N/A
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	90.6%	80.6%	N/A
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	82%	87%	N/A
2013	Math	4th Grade	% met std	90.14%	82.59%	N/A
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	90.6%	77.6%	N/A
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	84%	84%	N/A
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	87.50%	84.59%	N/A
2011	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	84.1%	70.7%	N/A
2012	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	79%	76%	N/A
2013	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	87.32%	73.29%	N/A
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	86.1%	79.6%	N/A
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	95%	83%	N/A
2013	Math	5th Grade	% met std	78.05%	82.51%	N/A
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	86.1%	80.8%	N/A
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	> 95.0%	86%	N/A
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	84.15%	86.08%	N/A
2011	Science	5th Grade	% met std	69.4%	53.1%	N/A
2012	Science	5th Grade	% met std	79%	51%	N/A
2013	Science	5th Grade	% met std	54.88%	49.23%	N/A

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* Welch (Major George S.) Elementary School was rated 4.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.