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DoDEA Today

DoDEA operates 194 schools in 14 districts located in 12 foreign countries, seven states, Guam, and Puerto Rico.

All schools within DoDEA are fully accredited by U.S. accreditation agencies. Approximately 8,700 educators serve more than 86,000 DoDEA students.

	DoDEA	DoDDS-E	DoDDS-P	DDESS
Districts	14	5	3	6
Schools	194	79	45	70
Employees	12,583	4,741	3,131	3,987
Students	87,186	35,692	23,770	27,724
As of September 19, 2011

Locations of DoDEA Schools

DDESS	DoDDS-E	DoDDS-P
Alabama	Bahrain
Georgia	Belgium	Japan
Kentucky	England	Korea
New York	Germany
North Carolina	Italy
South Carolina	The Netherlands
Virginia	Portugal
Guam	Spain
Puerto Rico	Turkey
Cuba

DoDEA Today Scope of Responsibility

Children-the focus of our mission

• Today there are approximately 1.2 million military student-age children being educated in public, private and home-based schools in the USA and around the world.
• Military students have a mobility rate of about 31%.

DoDEA Components

• Department of Defense Dependents Schools (DoDDS)
• Domestic Dependent Elementary and Secondary Schools (DDESS)
• Non-DoD Schools Program (NDSP)
• Partnership Branch

DoDEA Schools, Enrollment, and FTEs Totals

• 194 schools worldwide
• 84,000+ students
• 12,583 FTEs
• 89% of employees are school based

DoDDS

• DoDDS operates 130 schools for eligible dependents of active duty and DoD civilians overseas in 9 districts located in 12 foreign countries.
• Schools are located in: Bahrain, Belgium, Cuba, England (UK), Germany, Italy, Japan, Korea, The Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, and Turkey.

DDESS

• DDESS operates 64 schools at stateside locations in 5 districts located in 7 states and 2 territories for eligible dependents of active duty and DoD civilians who reside on military installations.
• DDESS Schools are located in: Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, New York, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Guam, and Puerto Rico.

Non-DoD Schools Program (NDSP)

• The Non-DoD Program supports 3,455 students in 188 countries at an annual cost of $50M (FY10 projection).

Partnership Branch

• DoDEA shares expertise with local education agencies (LEA) and public schools that educate military students through our Partnership Branch.

Assessment

DoDEA monitors student progress through the use of standardized tests. Students take the Terra Nova Achievement Test, a norm-referenced test for students in grades 3 through 11. Every year, at every grade level tested, and in every subject area, DoDEA students score above the national average. DoDEA 4th and 8th grade students also take the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), "the Nation's Report Card." DoDDS and DDESS student scores consistently rank at or near the top of the scale when compared with the scores of other participating states and jurisdictions.

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