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)
100019000056	71	Towne Point Elementary School	Public	K-4	629 Buckson Drive	Dover	19901	Kent County	Capital School District	No	No	No	Yes	(302) 672-1590	334	20	16.7		38 (11.4%)	226 (67.7%)	33 (9.9%)	5 (1.5%)	2 (0.6%)	3 (0.9%)	27 (8.1%)	$14,327			$1,649			$13,968	32.9	19.2	82	11
100018000045	72	Nellie Hughes Stokes Elementary School	Public	1-5	3874 Upper King Road	Dover	19904	Kent County	Caesar Rodney School District	No	No	No	Yes	(302) 697-3205	461	32	14.4		184 (39.9%)	161 (34.9%)	65 (14.1%)	14 (3.0%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	35 (7.6%)	$13,676			$1,316			$12,790	32.1	36.1	66	6
100018000048	73	W. Reily Brown Elementary School	Public	1-5	360 Webbs Lane	Dover	19904	Kent County	Caesar Rodney School District	No	No	No	Yes	(302) 697-2101	540	40	13.5		209 (38.7%)	179 (33.1%)	78 (14.4%)	11 (2.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	62 (11.5%)	$11,799			$1,350			$10,716	31	23.5	77	4
100019000052	74	Fairview Elementary School	Public	K-4	700 Walker Road	Dover	19904	Kent County	Capital School District	No	No	No	Yes	(302) 672-1500	281	18	15.8		78 (27.8%)	144 (51.2%)	37 (13.2%)	2 (0.7%)	2 (0.7%)	1 (0.4%)	17 (6.0%)	$14,667			$1,727			$13,448	30.5	22.9	78	4
100068000067	75	North Georgetown Elementary School	Public	K-5	664 North Bedford Street	Georgetown	19947	Sussex County	Indian River School District	No	No	No	Yes	(302) 855-2430	774	53	14.7		130 (16.8%)	51 (6.6%)	579 (74.8%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (1.7%)	$13,388			$937			$14,341	30.1	27.9	70	5
100008000142	76	Brick Mill Elementary School	Public	1-5	378 Brick Mill Road	Middletown	19709	New Castle County	Appoquinimink School District	No	No	No	Yes	(302) 378-5288	451	33	13.6		155 (34.4%)	164 (36.4%)	72 (16.0%)	27 (6.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	31 (6.9%)	$15,082			$481			$18,244	29.6	39	63	13
100002400256	77	Charter School of New Castle	Public, Charter	K-8	170 Lukens Drive	New Castle	19720	New Castle County	Charter School of New Castle	Yes	No	No	Yes	(302) 324-8901	752	42	17.9		22 (2.9%)	677 (90.0%)	38 (5.1%)	2 (0.3%)	1 (0.1%)	2 (0.3%)	10 (1.3%)	$14,089			$1,604			$12,400	29.4	15.4	86	9
100023000200	78	Eisenberg (Harry O.) Elementary School	Public	K-5	27 Landers Lane	New Castle	19720	New Castle County	Colonial School District	No	No	No	Yes	(302) 429-4074	399	34	11.7		38 (9.5%)	178 (44.6%)	158 (39.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (6.3%)	$14,790			$695			$16,625	29.3	25.9	72	6
100020000323	79	Brader (Henry M.) Elementary School	Public	K-5	350 Four Seasons Parkway	Newark	19702	New Castle County	Christina School District	No	No	No	Yes	(302) 454-5959	323	30	10.7		95 (29.4%)	118 (36.5%)	70 (21.7%)	8 (2.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	32 (9.9%)	$18,895			$834			$22,734	24.3	27.6	71	8
100020000224	80	Leasure (May B.) Elementary School	Public	K-5	1015 Church Road	Newark	19702	New Castle County	Christina School District	No	No	No	Yes	(302) 454-2103	335	30	11.1		41 (12.2%)	227 (67.8%)	51 (15.2%)	4 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (3.6%)	$20,320			$861			$24,071	24.1	24.9	73	7

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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.

Educational resources:

Charter Schools vs Regular Public Schools: Understanding the Key Differences

No Child Left Behind (NCLB): A Comprehensive Analysis of Its Impact on Education

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