Leach (John G.) School
New Castle · DE · Colonial School District · Public · K-12 combined
Similar nearby schools
Most similar nearby schools
Meadowood Program → Douglass School → Delaware School for the Deaf → Brennen School (The) → Great Oaks Charter School → Kent County Secondary ILC → Talley Middle School → Ennis (Howard T.) School →📋 At a glance
- 🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 6% of US high schools
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How Leach (John G.) School compares for families
What families should know about Leach (John G.) School.
- ▸ LocallyDE sits right at the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math — local school quality will set your kid apart.
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Meadowood Program, Douglass School, Delaware School for the Deaf and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
For Parents
Get alerts when Leach (John G.) School's numbers change
New admissions results, enrollment shifts, test scores — a few alerts a year, no spam. Your email also saves your list across devices.
Objective, government-grade data — no school pays us for placement.
SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-21Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). Volume — not score — is what's reported here. A higher count means more students at this school are entering the college admissions pipeline. Note: 2020-21 was COVID-disrupted; some districts (especially those that stayed remote longer) report unusually low or zero takers.
👩🏫 Teacher workforce · federal CRDC
Teacher experience & reliability
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2017-18 — the most recent vintage that publishes per-school teacher quality fields; the 2020-21 sweep had them suppressed). "Inexperienced" = teachers in their first or second year. "Chronic absence" = teachers absent 10+ days/year.
🏛️ Your state's public flagship
University of Delaware
The in-state tuition gap is the flagship's biggest draw — most in-state families pay far less than the out-of-state sticker. Average net price after aid runs about $17,799/yr. Admission odds depend on your student's GPA and test scores, not which high school they attend.
Source: IPEDS admissions, tuition & enrollment + College Scorecard net price. Flagship = the state's primary public research university.
Chronic absenteeism
Why this matters to enrollment: Chronic absence is the most reliable early indicator that a student will leave a school — either by transferring out, dropping out, or matriculating to a charter or private alternative. At this level, today's absentees become next year's enrollment loss and the year-after's revenue loss.
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020–2021. Rate = students chronically absent ÷ 2024 total enrollment.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of +6.7%/year, projecting from 2024's 95 students:
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Most similar nearby high schools
The schools most like this one — same type, blended on distance and size — and where their enrollment is heading. These are the schools families here weigh against each other.
| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meadowood Program Newark |
Public | 6.8 | 71 | -2.7% |
| Douglass School Wilmington |
Public | 3.8 | 82 | — |
| Delaware School for the Deaf Newark |
Public | 7.9 | 40 | — |
| Brennen School (The) Newark |
Public | 8.2 | 103 | -29.5% |
| Great Oaks Charter School Wilmington |
Public · charter | 4.2 | 149 | -25.1% |
| Kent County Secondary ILC Dover |
Public | 36.1 | 68 | +19.3% |
| Talley Middle School Wilmington |
Public | 10.5 | 16 | — |
| Ennis (Howard T.) School Georgetown |
Public | 74.0 | 73 | +28.1% |