Best School Districts in Delaware

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The list is updated annually upon the release of the test scores by the Delaware Department of Education. The most recent update was on Monday, August 19, 2024.

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Rank (of 32)	District	Grades	# Elementary Schools	# Middle Schools	# High Schools	# Alt. Schools	City	County	Rank score (2024)	Rank (2023)	Rank change from 2023
32^nd	Academia Antonia Alonso	K-7	1	0	0	0	Newark	New Castle County	0.061	31	1
16^th	Academy of Dover Charter School	K-8	1	0	0	0	Dover	Kent County	0.425	18	2
3^rd	Appoquinimink School District	PK, KG-12	12	4	3	0	Odessa	New Castle County	0.7	3
9^th	Brandywine School District	PK, KG-12	9	3	3	0	Wilmington	New Castle County	0.569	12	3
6^th	Caesar Rodney School District	PK, KG-12	9	4	1	1	Wyoming	Kent County	0.603	6
12^th	Campus Community School	K-8	1	0	0	0	Dover	Kent County	0.504	9	3
2^nd	Cape Henlopen School District	PK, KG-12	5	2	1	1	Lewes	Sussex County	0.8	1	1
20^th	Capital School District	PK, KG-12	7	3	2	1	Dover	Kent County	0.357	21	1
24^th	Charter School of New Castle	K-8	1	0	0	0	New Castle	New Castle County	0.294	28	4
	Charter School of Wilmington	9-12	0	0	1	0	Wilmington	New Castle County			(n/a)
18^th	Christina School District	PK, KG-12	17	3	3	4	Newark	New Castle County	0.417	15	3
28^th	Colonial School District	PK, KG-12	8	3	1	1	New Castle	New Castle County	0.157	26	2
	Delaware Military Academy	9-12	0	0	1	0	Wilmington	New Castle County			(n/a)
11^th	Delmar School District	5-12	0	1	1	0	Delmar	Sussex County	0.524	5	6
17^th	Early College High School at Del State	7-12	0	0	1	0	Dover	Kent County	0.419	10	7
25^th	East Side Charter School	K-8	1	0	0	0	Wilmington	New Castle County	0.265	25
30^th	Edison (Thomas A.) Charter School	K-8	1	0	0	0	Wilmington	New Castle County	0.102	27	3
19^th	First State Military Academy	9-12	0	0	1	0	Clayton	Kent County	0.415	17	2
1^st	First State Montessori Academy	K-8	1	0	0	0	Wilmington	New Castle County	0.818	2	1
31^st	Freire Charter School Wilmington	8-12	0	0	1	0	Wilmington	New Castle County	0.098	29	2
	Gateway Charter School	K-8	1	0	0	0	Wilmington	New Castle County			(n/a)
	Great Oaks Charter School	9-12	0	0	1	0	Wilmington	New Castle County			(n/a)
7^th	Indian River School District	PK, KG-12	8	3	3	1	Selbyville	Sussex County	0.599	7
27^th	Kuumba Academy Charter School	K-8	1	0	0	0	Wilmington	New Castle County	0.224	24	3
13^th	Lake Forest School District	PK, KG-12	4	1	1	0	Felton	Kent County	0.471		(n/a)
	Las Americas Aspira Academy	K-12	0	0	0	1	Newark	New Castle County			(n/a)
29^th	Laurel School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Laurel	Sussex County	0.152	22	7
22^nd	Milford School District	PK, KG-12	4	1	1	0	Milford	Sussex County	0.329	20	2
	MOT Charter School	K-12	0	0	0	1	Middletown	Kent County			(n/a)
23^rd	New Castle County Vocational-Technical School District	9-12	0	0	4	0	Wilmington	New Castle County	0.317	23
	Newark Charter School	K-12	0	0	0	1	Newark	New Castle County			(n/a)
	Odyssey Charter School	K-12	0	0	0	1	Wilmington	New Castle County			(n/a)
5^th	POLYTECH School District	9-12	0	0	1	0	Woodside	Kent County	0.683	4	1
	Positive Outcomes Charter School	7-12	0	0	1	0	Camden	Kent County			(n/a)
4^th	Providence Creek Academy Charter School	K-8	1	0	0	0	Clayton	Kent County	0.687	8	4
14^th	Red Clay Consolidated School District	PK, KG-12	15	4	5	2	Wilmington	New Castle County	0.459	14
15^th	Seaford School District	PK, KG-12	4	1	1	1	Seaford	Sussex County	0.447	16	1
8^th	Smyrna School District	PK, KG-12	4	3	1	0	Smyrna	Kent County	0.591	11	3
	Sussex Academy	K-12	0	0	0	1	Georgetown	Sussex County			(n/a)
26^th	Sussex Montessori School	K-6	1	0	0	0	Seaford	Sussex County	0.226	30	4
10^th	Sussex Technical School District	9-12	0	0	1	0	Georgetown	Sussex County	0.537	13	3
21^st	Woodbridge School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Bridgeville	Sussex County	0.339	19	2

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About our rankings:

Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on test scores released by the Delaware Department of Education.
These rankings were last updated on August 19, 2024, and are based on the most recent test scores available. We update rankings as we receive new test scores from the Delaware Department of Education, usually on a yearly basis.
Our sources of data include the National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education and the Delaware Department of Education.
For more information about our ranking process, please see our Ranking FAQ. Details about our methodology are here.

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Delaware Department of Education.