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Beacon Middle School

Serves grades 6 - 8

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2022 – 2023 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2021
  • Educational Environment: 2022 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2024

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School Overview

Address
19483 John J. Williams Highway
Lewes, DE 19958
Phone
(302) 645-6288
District
Cape Henlopen School District
County
SUSSEX COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
648
Classroom Teachers
48

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Delaware

10

(10 is best)

Better than 94.1% of all DE schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

9

(10 is best)

Beacon Middle School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 6

80 60 40 20 0
67%
33%
72%
37%
61%
29%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 7

80 60 40 20 0
63%
37%
68%
44%
57%
31%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 8

70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0
80 60 40 20 0
59%
34%
64%
43%
53%
26%
59%
34%
64%
43%
53%
26%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

17.5 15 12.5 10 7.5 5 2.5 0
14
14
14
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 6 202 31.2%
Grade 7 227 35.0%
Grade 8 219 33.8%
Total 648 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 76.0% 70.5% 42.8%
Black 8.2% 9.9% 32.1%
Hispanic 12.6% 17.2% 20.0%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 2.1% 1.8% 4.5%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 1.1% 0.6% 0.6%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged Unreported Unreported Unreported
Free lunch eligible Unreported Unreported Unreported
Reduced lunch eligible Unreported Unreported Unreported
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 64,212 1,018,396
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 397.1 518
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 3.0% 5.4%
5-19 YEARS OLD 10.6% 18.1%
20-44 YEARS OLD 20.3% 30.8%
45-64 YEARS OLD 28.5% 26.1%
65 OR OLDER 37.5% 19.6%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 29,350 389,000
Single Parent Households With Children 4.6% 8.7%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 94.0% 91.2%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 45.4% 34.5%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 26.6% 20.4%
$100,000 - $149,999 16.8% 18.3%
$75,000 - $99,999 13.9% 14.0%
$50,000 - $74,999 14.2% 16.3%
$30,000 - $49,999 13.4% 14.2%
$15,000 - $29,999 9.3% 9.5%
$15,000 or less 5.9% 7.4%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $10,197 $64,608,000 38.8%
Support Expenditures
Student $2,982 $18,892,000 11.3%
Staff $795 $5,037,000 3.0%
General Administration $199 $1,261,000 0.8%
School Administration $1,047 $6,631,000 4.0%
Operation $1,931 $12,234,000 7.3%
Transportation $908 $5,753,000 3.5%
Other $762 $4,826,000 2.9%
Total Support $8,623 $54,634,000 32.8%
Non-instructional Expenditures $7,455 $47,232,000 28.4%
Total Expenditures $26,274 $166,474,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $9,459 $1,338,163,000 51.3%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,889 $267,179,000 10.2%
Staff $654 $92,578,000 3.5%
General Administration $169 $23,910,000 0.9%
School Administration $876 $123,958,000 4.7%
Operation $1,704 $241,019,000 9.2%
Transportation $739 $104,529,000 4.0%
Other $600 $84,874,000 3.3%
Total Support $6,631 $938,047,000 35.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,360 $333,874,000 12.8%
Total Expenditures $18,450 $2,610,084,000 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,505 $421,432,149,000 50.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $912 $45,189,184,320 5.4%
Staff $715 $35,442,027,000 4.2%
General Administration $282 $13,997,625,000 1.7%
School Administration $800 $39,661,338,000 4.7%
Operation $1,302 $64,530,934,000 7.7%
Transportation $501 $24,826,324,680 3.0%
Other $567 $28,090,428,000 3.3%
Total Support $5,081 $251,737,861,000 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,383 $167,614,653,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $16,969 $840,784,663,000 100.0%

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