Best Middle Schools in Delaware

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School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)							Ranking (2024 vs 2023)
ID	Rank (of 54)	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)
100005400362	11	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	79.4	81	11
100130000269	12	duPont (H.B.) Middle School	Public	6-8	735 Meeting House Road	Hockessin	19707	New Castle County	Red Clay Consolidated School District	No	No	No	No	(302) 239-3420	754	48	15.7		409 (54.2%)	115 (15.3%)	155 (20.6%)	45 (6.0%)	3 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	27 (3.6%)	$14,489			$341			$17,689	78.4	74.8	12
100068000087	13	Selbyville Middle School	Public	6-8	80 Bethany Rd.	Selbyville	19975	Sussex County	Indian River School District	No	No	No	Yes	(302) 436-1020	719	52	13.8		419 (58.3%)	78 (10.8%)	178 (24.8%)	8 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.4%)	33 (4.6%)	$14,435			$755			$16,006	73.4	62.3	16	3
100002600259	14	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	71.9	74.1	13	1
100001800122	15	Providence Creek Academy Charter School	Public, Charter	K-8	273 West Duck Creek Road	Clayton	19938	Kent County	Providence Creek Academy Charter School	Yes	No	No	Yes	(302) 653-6276	730	46	15.8		368 (50.4%)	235 (32.2%)	37 (5.1%)	14 (1.9%)	5 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	71 (9.7%)	$9,865			$57			$9,795	70.4	59.4	17	2
100008000391	16	Cantwells Bridge Middle School	Public	6-8	550 Tony Marchio Drive	Townsend	19734	New Castle County	Appoquinimink School District	No	No	No	No	(302) 376-4128	805	47	17.2		396 (49.2%)	269 (33.4%)	62 (7.7%)	31 (3.9%)	6 (0.7%)	3 (0.4%)	38 (4.7%)								69.3	65.6	15	1
100017000033	17	Mariner Middle School	Public	6-8	16391 Harbeson Rd	Milton	19968	Sussex County	Cape Henlopen School District	No	No	No	No	(302) 685-8516	664	47	14.1		381 (57.4%)	84 (12.7%)	157 (23.6%)	6 (0.9%)	4 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	32 (4.8%)	$14,284			$427			$16,887	62.2	59	18	1
100008000014	18	Meredith (Everett) Middle School	Public	6-8	504 South Broad Street	Middletown	19709	New Castle County	Appoquinimink School District	No	No	No	No	(302) 378-5001	810	54	15		376 (46.4%)	255 (31.5%)	92 (11.4%)	47 (5.8%)	2 (0.2%)	4 (0.5%)	34 (4.2%)	$12,293			$178			$14,494	56.9	50.8	20	2
100130000104	19	Brandywine Springs School	Public	K-8	2916 Duncan Road	Wilmington	19808	New Castle County	Red Clay Consolidated School District	No	No	No	No	(302) 636-5681	945	62	15.3		610 (64.6%)	73 (7.7%)	155 (16.4%)	47 (5.0%)	2 (0.2%)	2 (0.2%)	56 (5.9%)	$13,934			$246			$16,911	53.2	52.9	19
100130000275	20	Dickinson (John) School	Public	6-12	1801 Milltown Road	Wilmington	19808	New Castle County	Red Clay Consolidated School District	No	No	No	No	(302) 992-5500	1,058	64	16.5		386 (36.5%)	295 (27.9%)	326 (30.8%)	17 (1.6%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	33 (3.1%)	$16,480			$248			$20,680	50.7	38.5	31	11

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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, DeSSA Social Studies 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

Charter Schools vs Regular Public Schools: Understanding the Key Differences

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