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Penn (william) High School

(302) 323-2800

Physical Address:
713 East Basin RD
New Castle, DE  19720
Mailing Address:
713 East Basin Road
New Castle, DE  19720

School Information

District:
Colonial School District
Type:
Public (Regular school)
Status:
Operational
County:
New Castle County
Level:
High
Grade Span:
9 - 12
Number of Students:
2044

Student Enrollment Information in 2009-10

Ethnicity in Penn (william) High School

This School County Average State Average
Black 50.15% 39.49% 35.14%
White 30.53% 42.78% 49.82%
Hispanic 15.51% 13.62% 11.73%
Asian/Pacific 3.52% 4.55% 3.41%
American Indian 0.29% 0.54% 0.61%

Genders in Penn (william) High School

This School County Average State Average
Male 52.05% 51.21% 51.17%
Female 47.95% 48.79% 48.83%

Student Enrollment Information

Enrollment by Ethnicity for Penn (william) High School

Year 2007 2008 2009
Black 1164 1105 1025
White 746 738 624
Hispanic 303 319 317
Asian/Pacific 62 75 72
American Indian 7 7 6
Others 0 0 0
Total 2282 2244 2044

Enrollment by Gender for Penn (william) High School

Year 2007 2008 2009
Male 1183 1173 1064
Female 1099 1071 980
Total 2282 2244 2044

Students eligible for free or reduced lunch

Students eligible for free or reduced lunch for Penn (william) High School

Year 2007 2008 2009
Total students 2282 2244 2044
# Eligible for free lunch 744 (33%) 719 (32%) 918 (45%)
# Eligible for reduced lunch 187 (8%) 163 (7%) 190 (9%)
# Eligible for both free and reduced lunch 931 (41%) 882 (39%) 1108 (54%)

Student/Teacher Ratios

Student/Teacher Ratios for Penn (william) High School

Year 2007 2008 2009
Total students 2282 2244 2044
Fulltime teachers 134.0 132.0 128.0
Student/Teacher Ratio 17.00 17.00 15.97
County Average(Student/Teacher Ratio) 15.16 14.92 14.12