Educator Characteristics

data.delaware.gov | Last Updated 5 Feb 2024

This dataset contains counts of full-time staff, aggregated at the state, district, and school level. Additionally, the data are aggregated by job classification, education level, gender, race, and experience.

Tags: demographics, characteristics, count, educator, teacher, district, school, school leader

This dataset has the following 18 columns:

Column NameAPI Column NameData TypeDescriptionSample Values
School YearschoolyeartextSchool year for which record is applicable. For example, 2019 = school year which ended in June 2019.
District CodedistrictcodenumberNumber representing each School District. Statewide data rows will have “0” in this column.
DistrictdistricttextFull name of the School District. Statewide data rows have "State of Delaware" in this column.
School CodeschoolcodenumberNumber representing each School within the school district. Statewide or Districtwide data rows will have “0” in this column.
OrganizationorganizationtextFull name of the Organization which is the School if School Code is given in the row. Districtwide data rows give full name of School District. Statewide rows give "State of Delaware" in this column.
RaceracetextRepresents the race/ethnicity of the unique group of students within a school/district.
GendergendertextRepresents the gender of the unique group of students within a school/district.
GradegradetextRepresents the grade level of the unique group of students within a school/district.
SpecialDemospecialdemotextRepresents the special population status of the unique group of students within a school/district.
GeographygeographytextRepresents the geography of the unique group of students within a school/district.
SubGroupsubgrouptextNames the unique group of educators within a school/district/state described by the combination of Race, Gender, Grade, SpecialDemo, and Geography.
Staff Typestaff_typetextColumn identifying staff type.
Staff Categorystaff_categorytextRepresents a respective staff category that certain educators fall under, such as Classroom Teacher, Instructional Support, or Official/Administrative. For full list of staff categories and its subgroups, please see Appendix A.
Job Classificationjob_classificationtextJob classification category, such as Assistant Principal, Teacher, Special Secondary, or Librarian. For full list of job classifications, please see Appendix A.
ExperienceexperiencetextExperience values such as Early Career - educators with 4 or less years of experience in education; Experience – educators with 5 or more years of experience in education; ALL – All experience categories combined
Educational Leveleducational_leveltextRepresents highest educational level for the particular set of educators.
Educators (FTE)educators_ftenumberThe total number of full-time equivalent positions (FTEs) in the specified Organization.
Average Years of Ageaverage_years_of_agenumberAverage years of age for the particular set of educators.