Delaware school board elections, 2023
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Elections
No Delaware school districts within Ballotpedia's coverage scope held school board elections in 2023.
Academic performance
- See also:Public education in Delaware
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NAEP scores
- See also:NAEP scores by state
The National Center for Education Statistics provides state-by-state data on student achievement levels in mathematics and reading in theNational Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). The chart below presents the percentage of fourth and eighth grade students that scored at or above proficient in reading and math during school year 2012-2013.Delaware's scores were lower across the board than its neighboring states, (Maryland,New Jersey andPennsylvania).[1]
| Percent of students scoring at or above proficient, 2012-2013 | ||||
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| Math - Grade 4 | Math - Grade 8 | Reading - Grade 4 | Reading - Grade 8 | |
| Delaware | 42% | 33% | 38% | 33% |
| Maryland | 47% | 37% | 45% | 42% |
| New Jersey | 49% | 49% | 42% | 46% |
| Pennsylvania | 44% | 42% | 40% | 42% |
| United States | 41% | 34% | 34% | 34% |
| Source:United States Department of Education, ED Data Express, "State Tables" | ||||
Graduation, ACT and SAT scores
The following table shows the graduation rates and average composite ACT and SAT scores for Delaware and surrounding states during the 2012-2013 school year. All statements made in this section refer to that school year.[2][3][4]
In the United States, public schools reported graduation rates that averaged to about 81.4 percent. About 54 percent of all students in the country took the ACT, while 50 percent reported taking the SAT. The average national composite scores for those tests were 20.9 out of a possible 36 for the ACT, and 1498 out of a possible 2400 for the SAT.[5]
Delaware schools reported agraduation rate of 80.4 percent during the 2012-2013 school year, lowest among its neighboring states.
In Delaware, more students took the SAT than the ACT in 2013, earning anaverage SAT score of 1351.
| Comparison table for graduation rates and test scores, 2012-2013 | |||||||
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| State | Graduation rate, 2013 | Average ACT composite, 2013 | Average SAT composite, 2013 | ||||
| Percent | Quintile ranking** | Score | Participation rate | Score | Participation rate | ||
| Delaware | 80.4% | Fourth | 22.9 | 15% | 1351 | 100% | |
| Maryland | 85% | Second | 22.3 | 21% | 1483 | 73% | |
| New Jersey | 87.5% | First | 23 | 23% | 1521 | 78% | |
| Pennsylvania | 85.5% | Second | 22.7 | 18% | 1480 | 71% | |
| United States | 81.4% | 20.9 | 54% | 1498 | 50% | ||
| **Graduation rates for states in the first quintile ranked in the top 20 percent nationally. Similarly, graduation rates for states in the fifth quintile ranked in the bottom 20 percent nationally. Sources:United States Department of Education, "ED Data Express" ACT.org, "2013 ACT National and State Scores" The Commonwealth Foundation, "SAT scores by state, 2013" | |||||||
Dropout rate
- See also:Public high school dropout rates by state for a full comparison of dropout rates by group in all states
The high school eventdropout rate indicates the proportion of students who were enrolled at some time during the school year and were expected to be enrolled in grades nine through 12 in the following school year but were not enrolled by October 1 of the following school year. Students who have graduated, transferred to another school, died, moved to another country, or who are out of school due to illness are not considered dropouts. The average public high school event dropout rate for the United States remained constant at 3.3 percent for both school year 2010–2011 and school year 2011–2012. The event dropout rate for Delaware was higher than the national average at 3.6 percent in the 2010-2011 school year, and 3.5 percent in the 2011-2012 school year.[6]
State profile
State profile
| Demographic data for Delaware | ||
|---|---|---|
| Delaware | U.S. | |
| Total population: | 944,076 | 316,515,021 |
| Land area (sq mi): | 1,949 | 3,531,905 |
| Race and ethnicity** | ||
| White: | 69.4% | 73.6% |
| Black/African American: | 21.6% | 12.6% |
| Asian: | 3.6% | 5.1% |
| Native American: | 0.3% | 0.8% |
| Pacific Islander: | 0% | 0.2% |
| Two or more: | 2.7% | 3% |
| Hispanic/Latino: | 8.7% | 17.1% |
| Education | ||
| High school graduation rate: | 88.4% | 86.7% |
| College graduation rate: | 30% | 29.8% |
| Income | ||
| Median household income: | $60,509 | $53,889 |
| Persons below poverty level: | 13.9% | 11.3% |
| Source:U.S. Census Bureau, "American Community Survey" (5-year estimates 2010-2015) Clickhere for more information on the 2020 census andhere for more on its impact on the redistricting process in Delaware. **Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the censushere. | ||
Presidential voting pattern
Delawarevoted for the Democratic candidate in all seven presidential elections between 2000 and 2024.
Pivot Counties (2016)
Ballotpedia identified 206 counties that voted forDonald Trump (R) in 2016 after voting forBarack Obama (D) in 2008 and 2012. Collectively, Trump won thesePivot Counties by more than 580,000 votes. Of these 206 counties, one is located in Delaware, accounting for 0.5 percent of the total pivot counties.[7] As of May 2017, eight state House districts and five state Senate districtsintersected with a Pivot County in Delaware. The state has one at-large congressional district.
Pivot Counties (2020)
In2020, Ballotpedia re-examined the 206 Pivot Counties to view their voting patterns following that year's presidential election. Ballotpedia defined those won by Trump won asRetained Pivot Counties and those won byJoe Biden (D) asBoomerang Pivot Counties. Nationwide, there were 181 Retained Pivot Counties and 25 Boomerang Pivot Counties. Delaware had one Boomerang Pivot County, 4.00% of all Boomerang Pivot Counties.
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Pivot Counties
Pivot Counties
- See also:Pivot Counties by state
One of three Delaware counties—33.33 percent—is aPivot County. Pivot Counties are counties that voted forBarack Obama (D) in 2008 and 2012 and forDonald Trump (R) in 2016. Altogether, the nation had 206 Pivot Counties, with most being concentrated in upper midwestern and northeastern states.
| Counties won by Trump in 2016 and Obama in 2012 and 2008 | |||||||
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| County | Trump margin of victory in 2016 | Obama margin of victory in 2012 | Obama margin of victory in 2008 | ||||
| Kent County, Delaware | 4.87% | 4.94% | 9.81% | ||||
In the 2016 presidential election,Hillary Clinton (D) won Delaware with 53.4 percent of the vote.Donald Trump (R) received 41.9 percent. In presidential elections between 1900 and 2016, Delaware voted Republican 53.33 percent of the time and Democratic 46.67 percent of the time. In the five presidential elections between 2000 and 2016, Delaware voted Democratic all five times.
Presidential results by legislative district
The following table details results of the 2012 and 2016 presidential elections by state House districts in Delaware. Click[show] to expand the table. The "Obama," "Romney," "Clinton," and "Trump" columns describe the percent of the vote each presidential candidate received in the district. The "2012 Margin" and "2016 Margin" columns describe the margin of victory between the two presidential candidates in those years. The "Party Control" column notes which party held that seat heading into the 2018 general election. Data on the results of the 2012 and 2016 presidential elections broken down by state legislative districts was compiled byDaily Kos.[8][9]
| In 2012, Barack Obama (D) won 28 out of 41 state House districts in Delaware with an average margin of victory of 35.2 points. In 2016, Hillary Clinton (D) won 27 out of 41 state House districts in Delaware with an average margin of victory of 31.7 points. Clinton won three districts controlled by Republicans heading into the 2018 elections. |
| In 2012, Mitt Romney (R) won 13 out of 41 state House districts in Delaware with an average margin of victory of 12.8 points. In 2016, Donald Trump (R) won 14 out of 41 state House districts in Delaware with an average margin of victory of 22.3 points. Trump won one district controlled by a Democrat heading into the 2018 elections. |
| 2016 presidential results by state House district | |||||||
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| District | Obama | Romney | 2012 Margin | Clinton | Trump | 2016 Margin | Party Control |
| 1 | 90.63% | 8.63% | D+82 | 87.34% | 9.62% | D+77.7 | D |
| 2 | 92.21% | 7.06% | D+85.1 | 88.72% | 8.32% | D+80.4 | D |
| 3 | 88.46% | 10.52% | D+77.9 | 84.86% | 12.35% | D+72.5 | D |
| 4 | 59.01% | 39.33% | D+19.7 | 62.94% | 31.39% | D+31.6 | D |
| 5 | 83.11% | 15.90% | D+67.2 | 78.51% | 18.23% | D+60.3 | D |
| 6 | 60.77% | 37.50% | D+23.3 | 60.56% | 34.04% | D+26.5 | D |
| 7 | 64.21% | 34.08% | D+30.1 | 61.76% | 32.89% | D+28.9 | D |
| 8 | 60.00% | 38.72% | D+21.3 | 54.75% | 40.34% | D+14.4 | D |
| 9 | 51.62% | 47.03% | D+4.6 | 46.45% | 48.21% | R+1.8 | R |
| 10 | 60.49% | 37.91% | D+22.6 | 58.39% | 36.45% | D+21.9 | D |
| 11 | 44.38% | 53.62% | R+9.2 | 34.07% | 60.29% | R+26.2 | R |
| 12 | 48.50% | 50.01% | R+1.5 | 53.04% | 41.44% | D+11.6 | R |
| 13 | 69.88% | 28.51% | D+41.4 | 59.74% | 34.95% | D+24.8 | D |
| 14 | 50.16% | 48.86% | D+1.3 | 50.08% | 46.81% | D+3.3 | D |
| 15 | 66.88% | 31.72% | D+35.2 | 61.89% | 33.61% | D+28.3 | D |
| 16 | 86.44% | 12.71% | D+73.7 | 79.69% | 17.08% | D+62.6 | D |
| 17 | 75.35% | 23.44% | D+51.9 | 67.45% | 28.15% | D+39.3 | D |
| 18 | 73.77% | 24.71% | D+49.1 | 66.80% | 28.17% | D+38.6 | D |
| 19 | 63.86% | 34.20% | D+29.7 | 54.36% | 40.20% | D+14.2 | D |
| 20 | 46.68% | 52.12% | R+5.4 | 42.84% | 52.98% | R+10.1 | R |
| 21 | 58.87% | 39.52% | D+19.3 | 53.84% | 40.20% | D+13.6 | R |
| 22 | 50.65% | 47.97% | D+2.7 | 51.53% | 43.26% | D+8.3 | R |
| 23 | 59.53% | 38.25% | D+21.3 | 59.93% | 33.33% | D+26.6 | D |
| 24 | 67.87% | 30.39% | D+37.5 | 59.76% | 34.09% | D+25.7 | D |
| 25 | 63.13% | 34.55% | D+28.6 | 59.44% | 34.18% | D+25.3 | D |
| 26 | 73.18% | 25.66% | D+47.5 | 67.83% | 27.17% | D+40.7 | D |
| 27 | 61.16% | 37.36% | D+23.8 | 56.68% | 38.07% | D+18.6 | D |
| 28 | 61.47% | 37.05% | D+24.4 | 52.86% | 42.09% | D+10.8 | D |
| 29 | 52.73% | 46.05% | D+6.7 | 47.38% | 48.10% | R+0.7 | D |
| 30 | 38.81% | 59.30% | R+20.5 | 28.57% | 66.67% | R+38.1 | R |
| 31 | 63.67% | 35.03% | D+28.6 | 61.48% | 32.66% | D+28.8 | D |
| 32 | 63.41% | 35.03% | D+28.4 | 57.28% | 36.72% | D+20.6 | D |
| 33 | 45.67% | 53.08% | R+7.4 | 37.57% | 57.12% | R+19.5 | R |
| 34 | 46.85% | 51.75% | R+4.9 | 42.61% | 51.87% | R+9.3 | R |
| 35 | 39.90% | 58.62% | R+18.7 | 32.25% | 64.32% | R+32.1 | R |
| 36 | 43.06% | 55.73% | R+12.7 | 36.10% | 59.53% | R+23.4 | R |
| 37 | 46.44% | 52.42% | R+6 | 37.67% | 59.00% | R+21.3 | R |
| 38 | 36.85% | 62.07% | R+25.2 | 32.78% | 64.18% | R+31.4 | R |
| 39 | 41.34% | 57.27% | R+15.9 | 34.48% | 61.33% | R+26.9 | R |
| 40 | 37.36% | 61.31% | R+23.9 | 26.76% | 69.12% | R+42.4 | R |
| 41 | 42.12% | 56.63% | R+14.5 | 33.75% | 62.59% | R+28.8 | R |
| Total | 58.61% | 39.98% | D+18.6 | 53.35% | 41.92% | D+11.4 | - |
| Source:Daily Kos | |||||||
Additional elections
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Footnotes
- ↑National Center for Education Statistices, "State Profiles," accessed May 14, 2014
- ↑United States Department of Education, ED Data Express, "State Tables," accessed May 13, 2014
- ↑ACT, "2012 ACT National and State Scores," accessed May 13, 2014
- ↑Commonwealth Foundation, "SAT Scores by State 2013," October 10, 2013
- ↑StudyPoints, "What's a good SAT score or ACT score?" accessed June 7, 2015
- ↑United States Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, "Common Core of Data (CCD), State Dropout and Graduation Rate Data File, School Year 2010-11, Provision Version 1a and School Year 2011-12, Preliminary Version 1a," accessed May 13, 2014
- ↑The raw data for this study was provided by Dave Leip ofAtlas of U.S. Presidential Elections.
- ↑Daily Kos, "Daily Kos Elections' statewide election results by congressional and legislative districts," July 9, 2013
- ↑Daily Kos, "Daily Kos Elections' 2016 presidential results for congressional and legislative districts," February 6, 2017
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