Delaware State Information

	Delaware	National Average	Rank
Education spending per student adjusted for regional cost differences (2002)	$9,072	$7,734	7
Average class size for self-contained classes in elementary schools (2000)	20.6	21.2	26
Average Beginning Teacher Salary (2002-03)	$33,811	$29,564	9
Average Teacher Salary (2002-03)	$49,821	$45,771	12
Graduation rates (2002) State overall	63 %	71 %	43
Black	54 %	56 %
Hispanic	-- %	52 %
White	68 %	78 %
Additional state-by-state K-12 education data, definitions and source information are available in Education Counts.