Enrollment
329
Elementary
DISTRICT 362 · STATE 461
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHRISTINA SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 100020000229
Jones (Albert H.) Elementary School
35 West Main Street, Newark, DE 19702 · (302) 454-2131 · New Castle County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL329 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 75% of Delaware public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ·Beats expectations Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Delaware public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
14.3:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.9:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
,
Title I proxy
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 52 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 62 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 59 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 55 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 54 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 47 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (52) is 11% larger than its 5th grade class (47).
Student demographics
62%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 70% · STATE 71% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
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DeSSA + SBAC 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
59.6%
DE avg 41.4% . +14.9pp since 2023
Math
59.0%
DE avg 34.0% . +19.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the DeSSA + SBAC, Delaware's statewide test, about 60 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 59 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Delaware schools, those numbers are about 41 and 34. Reading and writing scores are up about 15 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 20 points.
DeSSA + SBAC results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 59.6% | 59.0% |
| 2023-24 | 44.7% | 39.5% |
% Proficient, all students and all tested grades.
Source: DeSSA + SBAC. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
Where Jones (Albert H.) Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Delaware | In New Castle County |
|---|---|---|---|
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 59.0% | #12 of 108 ▲ 36 | #8 of 62 ▲ 15 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 59.6% | #18 of 108 ▲ 23 | #11 of 62 ▲ 11 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 329 | #99 of 127 | #53 of 72 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.3:1 | #69 of 119 | #49 of 67 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.7% | #69 of 120 | #41 of 68 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.3% | #43 of 78 | #30 of 50 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
329
-11 (-3%) vs 2020
-30% since 1990-91, when it was 469
Student : Teacher
14.3:1
was 13.1:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 329 | 23 | 14.3:1 | N/A |
| 2023-24 | 327 | 22 | 14.9:1 | N/A |
| 2022-23 | 301 | 23 | 13.1:1 | N/A |
| 2020-21 | 340 | 26 | 13.1:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 371 | 29 | 12.8:1 | N/A |
| 2015-16 | 426 | 26 | 16.4:1 | 45% (193) |
| 2010-11 | 409 | 31 | 13.2:1 | 68% (279) |
| 2000-01 | 590 | 35 | 16.9:1 | 33% (193) |
| 1990-91 | 469 | 25 | 18.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Jones (Albert H.) Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (371 to 329); teachers down 21% (29 to 23).
About Jones (Albert H.) Elementary School
Jones (Albert H.) Elementary School is a low-enrollment elementary school in Delaware, with an address in Newark. The school enrolls 329 students in kindergarten through 5. Elementary schools in Delaware average about 461 students, which makes this school 29% below average.
Christina School District is the district for Jones (Albert H.) Elementary School. It has 28 schools and 12,954 students.
The largest group at Jones (Albert H.) Elementary School is Black students, at 56%. Smaller groups are 21% Hispanic, 15% White, 5% multiracial, and 3% Asian. County-wide, 26% of New Castle County residents are Black. The diversity index for Jones (Albert H.) Elementary School is 62%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Classroom staffing at Jones (Albert H.) Elementary School totals 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 14.3:1. The ratio is within a point of the 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Delaware.
On the allk12 Grade, Jones (Albert H.) Elementary School lands at A-, ahead of 75% of Delaware public elementary schools.
American Community Survey estimates for New Castle County show that the median household earns about $91,166 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 40%, and about 7% of people live in poverty. New Castle County has 129 public schools with about 78,534 students, including Jones (Albert H.) Elementary School.
Of the public schools around it, Jones (Albert H.) Elementary School is closest to Academia Antonia Alonso, about 0.8 miles away. Jones (Albert H.) Elementary School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles.
By NCES locale, the school is Suburb: Large, or in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 329, compared with 340 in 2020-21. Students per teacher increased from 13.1 in 2020-21 to 14.3 in 2024-25.
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New Castle County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
577,961
Census ACS
Median income
$91,166
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
40%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
129
78,534 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Christina School District
- Christiana High SchoolHigh · 1,425 students
- Newark High SchoolHigh · 1,039 students
- Glasgow High SchoolHigh · 908 students
- Shue-Medill Middle SchoolMiddle · 763 students
- Gauger-Cobbs Middle SchoolMiddle · 681 students
- Maurice Pritchett SR. AcademyElementary · 616 students
Other schools in Newark
- Newark Charter SchoolCombined · 3,109 students
- ASPIRA DelawareCombined · 1,471 students
- Christiana High SchoolHigh · 1,425 students
- Hodgson (Paul M.) Vocational Technical High SchoolHigh · 1,104 students
- Newark High SchoolHigh · 1,039 students
- Academia Antonia AlonsoElementary · 910 students
Nearby schools
- Academia Antonia Alonso0.8 mi · 910
- Gallaher (Robert S.) Elementary School1.3 mi · 469
- Christiana High School1.8 mi · 1,425
- Marshall (Thurgood) Elementary School1.9 mi · 529
- Pleasantville Elementary School2.0 mi · 389
- Delaware School for the Deaf2.4 mi · 108
Frequently asked questions
About Jones (Albert H.) Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Jones (Albert H.) Elementary School?
Jones (Albert H.) Elementary School enrolls approximately 329 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Jones (Albert H.) Elementary School serve?
Jones (Albert H.) Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Jones (Albert H.) Elementary School?
Approximately 14.3:1 students per teacher at Jones (Albert H.) Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at Jones (Albert H.) Elementary School?
Student demographics at Jones (Albert H.) Elementary School are roughly 15% White, 21% Hispanic, 56% Black, 3% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Jones (Albert H.) Elementary School in?
Jones (Albert H.) Elementary School is part of Christina School District.
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