Delaware · NCES F-33 finance data
Highest Spending Districts in Delaware The 33 Delaware districts that spend the most per student, ranked from NCES F-33 finance data (2021-22). Only districts enrolling 500 or more students are included.
$26,659 Top per-pupil spend
$16,245 Avg across top 33
33 Districts listed The spending picture in one line
Christina School District spends $26,659 per student, the most of any Delaware district listed, against an average of $16,245 across the top 33.
$26,659 top spend (Christina School District)
$9,658 lowest on this list
2.8× spread across the listed districts
13,092 students in the top district # District Enrollment Schools Per-Pupil $ 1 Christina School District Newark 13,092 28 $26,659 2 Capital School District Dover 6,396 13 $24,337 3 Red Clay Consolidated School District Wilmington 14,771 28 $21,267 4 New Castle County Vocational-Technical School District Wilmington 4,688 4 $20,607 5 Brandywine School District Wilmington 10,367 17 $20,248 6 Colonial School District New Castle 9,132 15 $19,934 7 Cape Henlopen School District Lewes 6,336 9 $19,754 8 Sussex Technical School District Georgetown 1,292 1 $19,157 9 Kuumba Academy Charter School Wilmington 643 1 $19,041 10 Polytech School District Woodside 1,203 1 $18,564 11 Indian River School District Selbyville 10,799 16 $17,680 12 Seaford School District Seaford 3,410 7 $17,673 13 Woodbridge School District Bridgeville 2,494 4 $17,263 14 Academia Antonia Alonso Newark 718 1 $16,936 15 Caesar Rodney School District Wyoming 8,286 15 $16,572 16 Appoquinimink School District Odessa 12,804 20 $15,779 17 Lake Forest School District Felton 3,611 7 $15,646 18 Smyrna School District Smyrna 6,067 8 $15,084 19 Edison (Thomas a.) Charter School Wilmington 632 1 $15,010 20 Las Americas Aspira Academy Newark 1,341 1 $14,876 21 Charter School of New Castle New Castle 752 1 $14,720 22 Laurel School District Laurel 2,598 4 $14,677 23 Milford School District Milford 4,470 6 $14,480 24 Newark Charter School Newark 2,987 1 $13,745 25 Early College High School at Del State Dover 519 1 $13,626 26 Odyssey Charter School Wilmington 2,123 1 $13,048 27 First State Montessori Academy Wilmington 629 1 $12,838 28 Sussex Academy Georgetown 1,118 1 $12,636 29 Mot Charter School Middletown 1,383 1 $11,392 30 Delaware Military Academy Wilmington 584 1 $11,089 31 Providence Creek Academy Charter School Clayton 730 1 $11,074 32 Delmar School District Delmar 1,427 3 $11,013 33 Charter School of Wilmington Wilmington 968 1 $9,658
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Per-pupil expenditure data comes from the NCES F-33 Finance Survey. Only districts with
500 or more students are included to ensure meaningful comparisons. Spending figures
include all current operational expenditures divided by total enrollment.
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