Gauger-Cobbs Middle School

Summary:

Gauger-Cobbs Middle School is a public middle school in Newark, Delaware, serving grades 6-8 and part of the Christina School District. With a diverse student population, the school has consistently ranked in the bottom half of Delaware middle schools and maintains a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger, indicating it is one of the lower-performing middle schools in the state.

Gauger-Cobbs Middle School's student academic performance, as measured by proficiency rates on state assessments, is significantly below the state and district averages across all grade levels and subject areas. For example, in 2023-2024, the school's proficiency rates ranged from just 10.34% to 30.67% in English Language Arts, 15.91% to 20.69% in Mathematics, and only 10.34% in Science. The school also struggles with high chronic absenteeism, which has risen from 9.8% in 2018-2019 to 29.1% in 2022-2023. When analyzing the performance of specific student subgroups, Gauger-Cobbs Middle School ranks in the bottom half or bottom third of Delaware middle schools for female students, male students, African American students, Hispanic students, and students from low socioeconomic backgrounds.

Compared to nearby schools like Shue-Medill Middle School and Kirk (George V.) Middle School, which are also part of the Christina School District, Gauger-Cobbs Middle School's performance is significantly lower. The academic achievement gap widens even further when compared to higher-performing schools in the Appoquinimink School District and Red Clay Consolidated School District, such as Waters (Alfred G.) Middle School and duPont (H.B.) Middle School, which have proficiency rates that are 2-3 times higher than Gauger-Cobbs across all subject areas.


Detail:

Public 6-8

 50 Gender Road
       Newark, DE  19713-2797


(302) 454-2358

District: Christina School District

SchoolDigger Rank:
47th of 54 Delaware Middle Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $16,374 Help


Students who attend Gauger-Cobbs Middle School usually attend:

High:    Glasgow High School

Feeder schools for Gauger-Cobbs Middle School:

Elementary:    Brader (Henry M.) Elementary School
    Keene (William B.) Elementary School
    McVey (Joseph M.) Elementary School
    Oberle (William) Elementary School

Student/teacher ratio:  11.9 Help
Number of students:  779

Racial breakdown:

African American:
42.4%
Hispanic:
30.0%
White:
20.7%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  39.8% Help


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Performance Trends
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Compare Details Gauger-Cobbs Middle School ranks worse than 87% of middle schools in Delaware. It also ranks 2nd among 3 ranked middle schools in the Christina School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 22.02. (See more...)
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Chronic absenteeism in a high school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.
Student Body
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Compare Details Student population at Gauger-Cobbs Middle School is diverse. Racial makeup is: African American (42.4%), Hispanic (30%), White (20.7%). (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Gauger-Cobbs Middle School is 11.9, which is the lowest among 3 middle schools in the Christina School District! (See more...)
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Compare Gauger-Cobbs Middle School employs 65 full-time teachers.
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Gauger-Cobbs Middle School is $16,374. 1 middle schools in the Christina School District spend more per student.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Gauger-Cobbs Middle School:

SchoolDigger ranks Gauger-Cobbs Middle School 47th of 54 Delaware public middle schools. (See Gauger-Cobbs Middle School in the ranking list.)

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Christina School District:

SchoolDigger ranks Christina School District 18th of 32 Delaware school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Gauger-Cobbs Middle School

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Rank History for all students at Gauger-Cobbs Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools DE State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2011 33.60 26th 38 31.6%
2012 30.52 30th 38 21.1%
2013 21.97 30th 37 18.9%
2015 13.02 43rd 49 12.2%
2016 11.73 32nd 35 8.6%
2017 13.78 32nd 35 8.6%
2018 14.65 30th 35 14.3%
2019 13.25 45th 52 13.5%
2021 16.23 42nd 47 10.6%
2022 16.76 44th 51 13.7%
2023 22.64 44th 53 17.0%
2024 22.02 47th 54 13.0%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Gauger-Cobbs Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools DE State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 36.07 7th 8 12.5%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Gauger-Cobbs Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools DE State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 17.12 36th 41 12.2%
2021 23.63 18th 19 5.3%
2022 26.80 28th 38 26.3%
2023 30.13 30th 40 25.0%
2024 24.06 32nd 39 17.9%
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Rank History for Female students at Gauger-Cobbs Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools DE State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 12.32 43rd 49 12.2%
2021 12.08 36th 38 5.3%
2022 20.64 42nd 50 16.0%
2023 22.21 41st 50 18.0%
2024 21.86 42nd 49 14.3%
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Rank History for Male students at Gauger-Cobbs Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools DE State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 11.15 45th 49 8.2%
2021 15.83 35th 38 7.9%
2022 11.26 48th 50 4.0%
2023 19.93 42nd 50 16.0%
2024 17.56 43rd 49 12.2%
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Rank History for African American students at Gauger-Cobbs Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools DE State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 24.52 34th 44 22.7%
2021 28.35 16th 20 20.0%
2022 25.83 33rd 41 19.5%
2023 31.54 28th 43 34.9%
2024 24.23 36th 42 14.3%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Gauger-Cobbs Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools DE State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 14.30 33rd 35 5.7%
2022 24.30 33rd 37 10.8%
2023 29.36 31st 37 16.2%
2024 31.73 28th 37 24.3%
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Rank History for White students at Gauger-Cobbs Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools DE State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 10.55 40th 43 7.0%
2021 23.25 34th 41 17.1%
2022 18.37 40th 45 11.1%
2023 28.99 30th 44 31.8%
2024 24.03 35th 45 22.2%
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Data source: test scores: Delaware Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

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Enrollment information for Gauger-Cobbs Middle School

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 654 198 16 17 0 n/a n/a 0 885
1989 715 253 16 18 1 n/a n/a 0 1003
1990 531 242 12 16 n/a n/a n/a 0 801
1991 580 270 10 10 0 n/a n/a 0 870
1992 640 259 11 12 1 n/a n/a 0 923
1993 684 278 12 19 2 n/a n/a 0 995
1994 707 310 11 28 2 n/a n/a 0 1058
1995 633 362 19 31 1 n/a n/a 0 1046
1996 633 362 19 31 1 n/a n/a 0 1046
1997 651 397 24 34 2 n/a n/a 0 1108
1998 662 426 18 37 4 n/a n/a 0 1147
1999 636 424 15 42 2 n/a n/a 0 1119
2000 578 418 14 44 2 n/a n/a 0 1056
2001 589 425 22 49 4 n/a n/a 0 1089
2002 532 471 24 46 5 n/a n/a 0 1078
2003 532 471 24 46 5 n/a n/a 0 1078
2004 532 516 20 58 0 n/a n/a 0 1126
2005 499 486 25 62 1 n/a n/a 0 1073
2006 426 522 37 86 3 n/a n/a 0 1074
2007 365 493 37 80 1 n/a n/a 0 976
2008 361 414 34 87 3 n/a n/a 0 899
2009 479 473 53 134 4 n/a n/a 0 1143
2010 478 484 50 155 2 n/a n/a 0 1169
2011 506 518 51 180 1 2 2 0 1260
2012 457 472 35 183 4 3 4 0 1158
2013 436 471 37 209 4 2 11 0 1170
2014 415 464 34 197 3 0 24 0 1137
2015 412 482 30 249 5 0 32 0 1210
2016 341 402 24 260 3 3 24 0 1057
2017 325 398 25 268 3 5 33 0 1057
2018 260 370 31 259 1 2 44 0 967
2019 237 364 29 286 2 1 48 0 967
2020 215 362 27 278 1 2 54 0 939
2021 194 349 20 249 1 0 49 0 862
2022 174 336 16 245 2 0 54 0 827
2023 161 330 13 234 1 1 39 0 779

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Gauger-Cobbs Middle School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 885 54.0 16.3 15.7
1989 1003 55.0 18.2 13.1
1990 801 55.0 14.5 22.5
1991 870 50.0 17.4 21.5
1992 923 52.0 17.7 19.7
1993 995 55.0 18.1 24.6
1994 1058 61.0 17.3 26.9
1995 1046 55.0 19.0 28.4
1996 1046 55.0 19.0 28.4
1997 1108 60.0 18.5 31.6
1998 1147 64.0 17.9 36.8
1999 1119 64.7 17.3 34.7
2000 1056 61.1 17.3 36.9
2001 1089 61.1 17.8 32.3
2002 1078 70.0 15.4 42.1
2003 1078 70.0 15.4 42.1
2004 1126 67.0 16.8 37.8
2005 1073 69.0 15.6 40
2006 1074 66.5 16.2 39.5
2007 976 60.5 16.1 42.2
2008 899 59.0 15.2 45.8
2009 1143 72.0 15.9 49.4
2010 1169 70.0 16.7 55.9
2011 1260 76.0 16.5 57.2
2012 1158 73.0 15.8 58.4
2013 1170 71.0 16.4 61.4
2014 1137 77.0 14.7 36.3
2015 1210 77.0 15.7 33.9
2016 1057 63.0 16.7 39.8
2017 1057 63.0 16.7 n/a
2018 967 65.0 14.8 n/a
2019 967 64.0 15.1 n/a
2020 939 59.0 15.9 n/a
2021 862 63.0 13.6 n/a
2022 827 64.0 12.9 n/a
2023 779 65.0 11.9 n/a

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Gauger-Cobbs Middle School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 885 54.0 16.3 15.7
1989 1003 55.0 18.2 13.1
1990 801 55.0 14.5 22.5
1991 870 50.0 17.4 21.5
1992 923 52.0 17.7 19.7
1993 995 55.0 18.1 24.6
1994 1058 61.0 17.3 26.9
1995 1046 55.0 19.0 28.4
1996 1046 55.0 19.0 28.4
1997 1108 60.0 18.5 31.6
1998 1147 64.0 17.9 36.8
1999 1119 64.7 17.3 34.7
2000 1056 61.1 17.3 36.9
2001 1089 61.1 17.8 32.3
2002 1078 70.0 15.4 42.1
2003 1078 70.0 15.4 42.1
2004 1126 67.0 16.8 37.8
2005 1073 69.0 15.6 40
2006 1074 66.5 16.2 39.5
2007 976 60.5 16.1 42.2
2008 899 59.0 15.2 45.8
2009 1143 72.0 15.9 49.4
2010 1169 70.0 16.7 55.9
2011 1260 76.0 16.5 57.2
2012 1158 73.0 15.8 58.4
2013 1170 71.0 16.4 61.4
2014 1137 77.0 14.7 36.3
2015 1210 77.0 15.7 33.9
2016 1057 63.0 16.7 39.8
2017 1057 63.0 16.7 n/a
2018 967 65.0 14.8 n/a
2019 967 64.0 15.1 n/a
2020 939 59.0 15.9 n/a
2021 862 63.0 13.6 n/a
2022 827 64.0 12.9 n/a
2023 779 65.0 11.9 n/a

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
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Per Pupil Expenditures for Gauger-Cobbs Middle School

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $565 (3.5%) $19,715 (120.4%) $16,374

Data source: Delaware Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Gauger-Cobbs Middle School

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 45th of 52 Middle schoolsRanks 44th of 53 Middle schools
 3.5%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
6th Grade English Language Arts (Gauger-Cobbs Middle School)3023.1
 6.9%
   6th Grade English Language Arts (Christina School District)34.827.1
 7.8%
   6th Grade English Language Arts (Delaware)51.935
 16.9%
6th Grade Mathematics (Gauger-Cobbs Middle School)19.220.2
 1%
   6th Grade Mathematics (Christina School District)2421.5
 2.5%
   6th Grade Mathematics (Delaware)37.626.5
 11.1%
7th Grade English Language Arts (Gauger-Cobbs Middle School)34.432.9
 1.5%
   7th Grade English Language Arts (Christina School District)37.132.8
 4.4%
   7th Grade English Language Arts (Delaware)54.642.6
 12%
7th Grade Mathematics (Gauger-Cobbs Middle School)26.422.9
 3.5%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Christina School District)30.325.2
 5%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Delaware)4128.9
 12.1%
8th Grade English Language Arts (Gauger-Cobbs Middle School)27.225.1
 2.1%
   8th Grade English Language Arts (Christina School District)29.828.9
 0.9%
   8th Grade English Language Arts (Delaware)52.141.3
 10.8%
8th Grade Mathematics (Gauger-Cobbs Middle School)20.913.8
 7%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Christina School District)19.917.7
 2.2%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Delaware)3824.3
 13.7%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students967779
 19.4%
African American364330
 9.3%
American Indian21
 50%
Asian2913
 55.2%
Hispanic286234
 18.2%
Pacific Islander11
White237161
 32.1%
Two or More Races4839
 18.8%


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Frequently Asked Questions about Gauger-Cobbs Middle School

Gauger-Cobbs Middle School ranks in the bottom 13.0% of Delaware middle schools.

In the 2022-23 school year, 779 students attended Gauger-Cobbs Middle School.

Students who attend Gauger-Cobbs Middle School usually go on to attend Glasgow High School

Students at Gauger-Cobbs Middle School are 42% African American, 30% Hispanic, 21% White, 5% Two or more races, 2% Asian.


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