About Colonial School District
Colonial School District is a public school system serving New Castle County, Delaware, based in New Castle. It serves 8,575 students across 15 schools spanning PreK–12, and is classified as a suburb: large district. By enrollment it is the #6 largest of Delaware’s 43 school systems.
Size and structure
Colonial School District enrolls 8,575 students in 15 schools — an average of about 572 students per school. It serves grades PreK–12 and ranks #6 of 43 statewide by enrollment.
Who the district serves
Student race and ethnicity in Colonial School District, from the NCES Common Core of Data (8,575 students reported):
For economically-disadvantaged, English-learner, and special-education shares, plus school-by-school detail, see the federal sources in the full-data section.
Teachers & staff
Colonial School District employs about 595 full-time-equivalent teachers for a student–teacher ratio of 14.4:1 — below the Delaware average of about 14.8:1, meaning comparatively smaller classes. Total district staff is roughly 1,320.
Counselor and librarian/media counts are not published at the district level in the current NCES release; see the federal full-data links for staffing detail.
How Delaware funds schools
District-level per-pupil spending and the local/state/federal revenue split for Colonial School District are published in the federal school-finance files — see the full-data links below for the current figures.
Report card & state results
Delaware reports school and district performance on the Delaware Report Card, built on the Delaware School Success Framework (proficiency and growth in ELA and math, English-learner progress, chronic absenteeism, graduation and college-and-career readiness). Look up Colonial School District on the Delaware Report Card.
Accreditation status
Delaware does not require a single statewide K-12 accreditor; accreditation is voluntary, with Cognia and the Middle States Association the bodies most districts use. Look up Colonial School District in the free Cognia registry.
Colonial School District vs. Delaware
See every Delaware district side by side in the Delaware directory.
Look up Colonial School District’s full data
These official sources carry the district-level detail — finances, discipline, equity, test scores, boundaries. Direct links for this district (via its NCES ID):