Best Elementary Schools in Delaware

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School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)							Ranking (2024 vs 2023)
ID	Rank (of 106)	School	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Disc Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Per Pupil Expenditures: Total	Personnel from Federal Funds	Non-Personnel from Federal Funds	Total from Federal Funds	Personnel from State and Local Funds	Non-Personnel from State and Local Funds	Total from State and Local Funds	Average Standard Score (2024)	Average Standard Score (2023)	Rank (2023)	Rank Change from 2023	SchoolDigger Rating (2024)
100017000382	11	Love Creek Elementary School	Public	K-5	19488 John J. Williams Hwy	Lewes	19958	Sussex County	Cape Henlopen School District	No	No	No	Yes	(302) 703-3456	643	0			470 (73.1%)	41 (6.4%)	72 (11.2%)	15 (2.3%)	6 (0.9%)	3 (0.5%)	36 (5.6%)	$14,449			$432			$17,097	87.7			(n/a)
100001100091	12	Sussex Academy	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	21150 Airport Road	Georgetown	19947	Sussex County	Sussex Academy	Yes	No	No	Yes	(302) 856-3636	1,118	61	18.3		801 (71.6%)	46 (4.1%)	170 (15.2%)	39 (3.5%)	17 (1.5%)	3 (0.3%)	42 (3.8%)	$11,274			$245			$10,926	87.4	90.8	8	4
100008000121	13	Loss (Olive B.) Elementary School	Public	1-5	200 Brennan Boulevard	Bear	19701	New Castle County	Appoquinimink School District	No	No	No	No	(302) 832-1343	576	38	15.3		244 (42.4%)	92 (16.0%)	26 (4.5%)	175 (30.4%)	7 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	32 (5.6%)	$12,755			$230			$15,364	86.3	89.2	10	3
100017000036	14	Lewes Elementary School	Public	K-5	820 Savannah Road	Lewes	19958	Sussex County	Cape Henlopen School District	No	No	No	Yes	(302) 645-7748	582	41	14.1		429 (73.7%)	43 (7.4%)	79 (13.6%)	8 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (4.0%)	$13,757			$412			$16,270	86	81.8	14
100020000214	15	Wilson (Etta J.) Elementary School	Public	K-5	14 Forge Road	Newark	19711	New Castle County	Christina School District	No	No	No	Yes	(302) 454-2180	267	20	13.3		129 (48.3%)	75 (28.1%)	33 (12.4%)	12 (4.5%)	1 (0.4%)	2 (0.7%)	15 (5.6%)	$18,138			$1,184			$21,370	85.8	80.6	16	1
100068000075	16	Southern Delaware School of the Arts	Public, Magnet	K-8	27 Hosier Street	Selbyville	19975	Sussex County	Indian River School District	No	Yes	No	No	(302) 436-1066	456	32	14.2		354 (77.6%)	7 (1.5%)	63 (13.8%)	6 (1.3%)	3 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (5.0%)	$13,539			$372			$15,541	81.5	86.8	11	5
100005400362	17	First State Montessori Academy	Public, Charter	K-8	Null	Wilmington	19801	New Castle County	First State Montessori Academy	Yes	No	No	Yes	(302) 576-1500	629	34	18.5		430 (68.4%)	119 (18.9%)	12 (1.9%)	15 (2.4%)	3 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	50 (7.9%)	$13,194			$351			$13,226	79.8	73.7	20	3
100124000062	18	Claymont Elementary School	Public	K-5	3401 Green Street	Claymont	19703	New Castle County	Brandywine School District	No	No	No	Yes	(302) 792-3880	850	61	14		300 (35.3%)	290 (34.1%)	101 (11.9%)	97 (11.4%)	4 (0.5%)	1 (0.1%)	57 (6.7%)	$16,658			$901			$20,455	79.8	80.6	15	3
100020000316	19	West Park Place Elementary School	Public	K-5	193 West Park Place	Newark	19711	New Castle County	Christina School District	No	No	No	Yes	(302) 454-2290	319	27	11.8		121 (37.9%)	97 (30.4%)	29 (9.1%)	47 (14.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	24 (7.5%)	$16,302			$742			$19,916	78.4	73.1	22	3
100008000028	20	Townsend Elementary School	Public	1-5	126 Main Street	Townsend	19734	New Castle County	Appoquinimink School District	No	No	No	Yes	(302) 378-5020	432	30	14.4		252 (58.3%)	95 (22.0%)	53 (12.3%)	3 (0.7%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	27 (6.3%)	$12,130			$315			$14,235	77.4	74.8	19	1

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About our rankings:

Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts, Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics, DeSSA Science 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.