Best Elementary Schools in Delaware

A teacher high-fives a student in a classroom.

Find the best Delaware elementary schools with SchoolDigger.com! Focused on test scores for accurate rankings, our user-friendly site simplifies your search. Empower your decisions by exploring top-rated schools, only on SchoolDigger.com - the ultimate guide to K-12 schools!

Year after year, SchoolDigger is always the first to publish Delaware test scores and rankings. Other sites use stale test score data that are several years old! Be in the know with the very latest performance metrics.

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

Be the first to know when we post new test scores and rankings!

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)
100162000216	21	Sunnyside Elementary School	Public	K-4	123 Rabbit Chase Road	Smyrna	19977	Kent County	Smyrna School District	No	No	No	Yes	(302) 653-8580	538	34	15.8		292 (54.3%)	173 (32.2%)	33 (6.1%)	3 (0.6%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	35 (6.5%)	$12,548			$733			$11,972	76.6	73.5	21
100002600259	22	Odyssey Charter School	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	4409 Lancaster Pike	Wilmington	19805	New Castle County	Odyssey Charter School	Yes	No	No	Yes	(302) 516-8000	2,123	163	13		812 (38.2%)	588 (27.7%)	196 (9.2%)	411 (19.4%)	3 (0.1%)	3 (0.1%)	110 (5.2%)	$11,529			$290			$14,109	76	76.4	18	4
100008000380	23	Lorewood Grove Elementary School	Public	1-5	820 Mapleton Ave.	Middletown	19709	New Castle County	Appoquinimink School District	No	No	No	No	(302) 842-2575	763	51	15.1		376 (49.3%)	182 (23.9%)	48 (6.3%)	115 (15.1%)	5 (0.7%)	2 (0.3%)	35 (4.6%)								75.9	71.5	23
100124000293	24	Hanby Elementary School	Public	K-5	2523 Berwyn Road	Wilmington	19810	New Castle County	Brandywine School District	No	No	No	No	(302) 479-2220	530	38	13.9		304 (57.4%)	132 (24.9%)	20 (3.8%)	53 (10.0%)	3 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (3.4%)	$17,560			$472			$22,500	75.3	69.6	27	3
100008000347	25	Old State Elementary School	Public	1-5	580 Tony Marchio Drive	Townsend	19734	New Castle County	Appoquinimink School District	No	No	No	No	(302) 378-6720	763	53	14.3		405 (53.1%)	208 (27.3%)	71 (9.3%)	25 (3.3%)	3 (0.4%)	1 (0.1%)	50 (6.6%)	$14,627			$233			$17,708	74.2	69.8	26	1
100124000283	26	Lancashire Elementary School	Public	K-5	2000 Naamans Road	Wilmington	19810	New Castle County	Brandywine School District	No	No	No	No	(302) 475-3990	514	34	15.1		258 (50.2%)	139 (27.0%)	42 (8.2%)	47 (9.1%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	26 (5.1%)	$15,221			$794			$18,457	72	68.2	28	2
100020000005	27	Marshall (Thurgood) Elementary School	Public	K-5	101 Barrett Run Road	Newark	19702	New Castle County	Christina School District	No	No	No	No	(302) 454-4700	556	38	14.6		107 (19.2%)	223 (40.1%)	74 (13.3%)	121 (21.8%)	3 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	28 (5.0%)	$13,704			$481			$16,562	71.8	64.9	33	6
100018000047	28	W. B. Simpson Elementary School	Public	1-5	5 Old North Road	Camden	19934	Kent County	Caesar Rodney School District	No	No	No	Yes	(302) 697-3207	571	39	14.6		347 (60.8%)	96 (16.8%)	50 (8.8%)	14 (2.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	64 (11.2%)	$10,252			$726			$9,651	66.4	66	30	2
100017000140	29	Milton Elementary School	Public	K-5	512 Federal Street	Milton	19968	Sussex County	Cape Henlopen School District	No	No	No	Yes	(302) 684-2516	556	40	13.9		316 (56.8%)	55 (9.9%)	141 (25.4%)	9 (1.6%)	3 (0.5%)	1 (0.2%)	31 (5.6%)	$14,028			$1,174			$15,680	65.6	79.7	17	12
100020000228	30	Downes (John R.) Elementary School	Public	K-5	220 Casho Mill Road	Newark	19711	New Castle County	Christina School District	No	No	No	Yes	(302) 454-2133	385	32	11.8		161 (41.8%)	85 (22.1%)	69 (17.9%)	42 (10.9%)	2 (0.5%)	1 (0.3%)	25 (6.5%)	$14,743			$636			$17,779	65.2	59.9	36	6

Sign up for updates!

Be the first to know when we update our rankings!

Other SchoolDigger ranking lists for Delaware

Elementary Schools Middle Schools High Schools Districts Cities

New! SchoolDigger ranking lists for DE student subgroups:

Female Students Male Students African American Students Hispanic Students White Students English Language Learner Students Special Education Students Low Socio Economic Status Students

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.

Educational resources:

Per-Pupil Spending: Understanding the Breakdown of Federal, State, and Local Funds

Alternative Schools vs Public Schools: A Comparison

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