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Educational Attainment

Educational Attainment (2007)
Number of persons 25 years and older with a:
Bachelor's Degree 63,787
Graduate or Professional Degree 41,789
Percent of persons 25 years and older with a:
High School Degree or Higher 89.4%
Bachelor's Degree or Higher 30.5%

School Enrollment 2007
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school 143,877
Nursery school, preschool 9,111
Kindergarten 6,317
Elementary school (grades 1-8) 55,799
High school  (grades 9 - 12) 29,408
College or graduate school 43,242

Class of 2006 Public School Scholastic (SAT 1) Scores
New Castle County School Districts Math Critical Reading Writing
Appoquinimink 488 480 466
Brandywine 513 501 495
Christina 478 475 464
Colonial 459 452 447
Red Clay 491 483 476
State of Delaware 487 479 469
US - national* 518 503 497
*includes public and non-public schools combined