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Downie (carrie) Elementary School

(302) 323-2926

Physical Address:
1201 Delaware ST
New Castle, DE  19720
Mailing Address:
1201 Delaware Street
New Castle, DE  19720

School Information

District:
Colonial School District
Type:
Public (Regular school)
Status:
Operational
County:
New Castle County
Level:
Primary
Grade Span:
KG - 5
Number of Students:
432

Student Enrollment Information in 2009-10

Ethnicity in Downie (carrie) Elementary School

This School County Average State Average
Black 41.90% 39.49% 35.14%
White 33.56% 42.78% 49.82%
Hispanic 21.30% 13.62% 11.73%
Asian/Pacific 2.55% 4.55% 3.41%
American Indian 0.69% 0.54% 0.61%

Genders in Downie (carrie) Elementary School

This School County Average State Average
Male 50.93% 51.21% 51.17%
Female 49.07% 48.79% 48.83%

Student Enrollment Information

Enrollment by Ethnicity for Downie (carrie) Elementary School

Year 2007 2008 2009
Black 195 205 181
White 158 156 145
Hispanic 91 99 92
Asian/Pacific 12 8 11
American Indian 2 4 3
Others 0 0 0
Total 458 472 432

Enrollment by Gender for Downie (carrie) Elementary School

Year 2007 2008 2009
Male 231 246 220
Female 227 226 212
Total 458 472 432

Students eligible for free or reduced lunch

Students eligible for free or reduced lunch for Downie (carrie) Elementary School

Year 2007 2008 2009
Total students 458 472 432
# Eligible for free lunch 168 (37%) 176 (37%) 247 (57%)
# Eligible for reduced lunch 40 (9%) 33 (7%) 35 (8%)
# Eligible for both free and reduced lunch 208 (45%) 209 (44%) 282 (65%)

Student/Teacher Ratios

Student/Teacher Ratios for Downie (carrie) Elementary School

Year 2007 2008 2009
Total students 458 472 432
Fulltime teachers 30.0 31.0 28.0
Student/Teacher Ratio 15.30 15.20 15.43
County Average(Student/Teacher Ratio) 15.16 14.92 14.12