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Delaware School Districts Ranked by Expenditures

Normalized from state-comptroller audits and annual financial reports. Every agency is a live report card — click through for peer percentiles, fund balance, and distress indicators.

Cohort size 19
Median expenditures $102.2M
25th–75th percentile $52.7M  –  $215.6M
Total spend $2.69B
  1. #1
    Christiana School District
    FY 2022 pop. 13,397
    Expenditures $405.5M
    Revenue $435.5M
  2. #2
    Redclay Consolidated School District
    FY 2022 pop. 14,837
    Expenditures $342.8M
    Revenue $352.2M
  3. #3
    Appoquinimink School District
    FY 2022 pop. 12,466
    Expenditures $264.7M
    Revenue $233.0M
  4. #4
    Brandywine School District
    FY 2022 pop. 10,401
    Expenditures $226.7M
    Revenue $228.1M
  5. #5
    Indian River School District
    FY 2022 pop. 10,651
    Expenditures $224.7M
    Revenue $211.7M
  6. #6
    Colonial School District
    FY 2022 pop. 9,531
    Expenditures $206.5M
    Revenue $212.8M
  7. #7
    Capital School District
    FY 2022 pop. 6,384
    Expenditures $171.1M
    Revenue $156.5M
  8. #8
    CAPE Henlopen School District
    FY 2022 pop. 6,078
    Expenditures $153.0M
    Revenue $147.5M
  9. #9
    Caesar Rodney School District
    FY 2022 pop. 8,201
    Expenditures $149.6M
    Revenue $149.0M
  10. #10
    NEW Castle County Vocational-technical School District
    FY 2022 pop. 4,684
    Expenditures $102.2M
    Revenue $105.3M
  11. #11
    Smyrna School District
    FY 2022 pop. 6,034
    Expenditures $95.7M
    Revenue $98.7M
  12. #12
    Milford School District
    FY 2022 pop. 4,325
    Expenditures $67.1M
    Revenue $73.7M
  13. #13
    Seaford School District
    FY 2022 pop. 3,222
    Expenditures $60.8M
    Revenue $62.1M
  14. #14
    LAKE Forest School District
    FY 2022 pop. 3,544
    Expenditures $60.1M
    Revenue $62.3M
  15. #15
    Woodbridge School District
    FY 2022 pop. 2,495
    Expenditures $45.4M
    Revenue $48.2M
  16. #16
    Laurel School District
    FY 2022 pop. 2,566
    Expenditures $40.6M
    Revenue $42.4M
  17. #17
    Sussex Technical SCHL Distr
    FY 2022 pop. 1,306
    Expenditures $28.8M
    Revenue $32.0M
  18. #18
    Polytech School District
    FY 2022 pop. 1,196
    Expenditures $26.9M
    Revenue $28.2M
  19. #19
    Delmar School District
    FY 2022 pop. 1,416
    Expenditures $17.5M
    Revenue $18.7M