Newark High School is a public high school in Newark, Delaware, and is one of three high schools within the Christina School District. It is one of the oldest educational institutions in the state, graduating its first class of students in 1893. In 2009, it saw its 20,000th student graduate. Newark has been named by Newsweek magazine as one of their "Top Schools in America." In 2006 Newark was ranked #521, in 2007 it was #271, and in 2008 it was #1041. This list represents the top 5% of the schools in the nation based on the number of AP, IB, and Cambridge exams taken divided by students graduating. The school was also named a GRAMMY Signature School in 2010 by the GRAMMY Foundation for its outstanding commitment to music education. Newark won the DIAA Sportsmanship Award in 2003, 2004, 2005, and 2006. The school serves a portion of Wilmington. In the suburbs it serves almost all of Newark, most of Brookside, and the Christina School District portions of North Star, Pike Creek, and Pike Creek Valley. Within Wilmington it serves the Church Street Historic District. Demographic information All information for this section can be found at the Delaware School profile page. Students As of the 2012-2013 school year the student to teacher ratio was 16 to 1. As of the 2012-2013 school year the percentage of students listed as "English language learner" was 2.5% (down 0.8% compared to the previous year). As of the 2012-2013 school year 48% of the student population was listed as "low income" (up 4.7% compared to the previous year). As of the 2012-2013 school year 8.1% of the student population was listed as "special education" (up 1.1% compared to the previous year). Faculty As of the 2011-2012 school year 111 teachers/instructional staff were allocated for NHS. As of the 2011-2012 school year all teachers/instructional staff were deemed "highly qualified" by the State of Delaware. As of the 2011-2012 school year 46.0% of the instructional staff held a master's degree or higher. As of the 2011-2012 school year 6.1% of the instructional staff were NBPTS (National Board for Professional Teaching Standards) certified. Academics Newark State Testing scores (10th grade) Rankings are created by The News Journal and are not used by DOE for classification. They are computed based on the DSTP performances by all Delaware Public High Schools, so while an individual school may score