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)
100018000398	31	Magnolia Middle School	Public	6-8	133 Thomas More Dr	Magnolia	19962	Kent County	Caesar Rodney School District	No	No	No	No	(302) 387-1780	518	25	20.7		267 (51.5%)	139 (26.8%)	59 (11.4%)	7 (1.4%)	5 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	41 (7.9%)								38			(n/a)
100000600017	32	East Side Charter School	Public, Charter	K-8	3000 North Claymont Street	Wilmington	19802	New Castle County	East Side Charter School	Yes	No	No	No	(302) 762-5834	472	42	11.2		6 (1.3%)	443 (93.9%)	17 (3.6%)	3 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	$18,093			$1,727			$19,180	37.6	27.7	39	7
100027000078	33	Delmar Middle School	Public	5-8	200 North Eighth Street	Delmar	19940	Sussex County	Delmar School District	No	No	No	Yes	(302) 846-9544	757	34	22.2		426 (56.3%)	138 (18.2%)	105 (13.9%)	28 (3.7%)	3 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	57 (7.5%)	$9,600			$664			$8,753	37.4	50.3	21	12
100079000098	34	Chipman (W.T.) Middle School	Public	6-8	101 West Center Street	Harrington	19952	Kent County	Lake Forest School District	No	No	No	Yes	(302) 398-8197	965	52	18.5		558 (57.8%)	225 (23.3%)	85 (8.8%)	13 (1.3%)	5 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	79 (8.2%)	$10,942			$456			$10,483	36.5	35.7	32	2
100008000026	35	Redding (Louis L.) Middle School	Public	6-8	201 New Street	Middletown	19709	New Castle County	Appoquinimink School District	No	No	No	No	(302) 378-5030	618	44	14		218 (35.3%)	240 (38.8%)	92 (14.9%)	35 (5.7%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.3%)	30 (4.9%)	$11,794			$202			$13,951	33.7	42.6	24	11
100005000342	36	Las Americas ASPIRA Academy	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	326 Ruthar Drive	Newark	19711	New Castle County	Las Americas Aspira Academy	Yes	No	No	Yes	(302) 292-1463	1,341	89	15.1		159 (11.9%)	180 (13.4%)	955 (71.2%)	11 (0.8%)	2 (0.1%)	2 (0.1%)	32 (2.4%)	$14,228			$664			$16,891	31.3	26.2	40	4
100002400256	37	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	29.7	17.5	48	11
100001400106	38	Kuumba Academy Charter School	Public, Charter	K-8	1200 North French Street	Wilmington	19801	New Castle County	Kuumba Academy Charter School	Yes	No	No	Yes	(302) 472-6450	643	58	11		6 (0.9%)	577 (89.7%)	32 (5.0%)	1 (0.2%)	9 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (2.8%)	$14,625			$1,500			$13,687	28.7	29.7	36	2
100005500363	39	Early College School at Del State	Public, Charter	7-12	1570 North DuPont Highway	Dover	19901	Kent County	Early College High School at Del State	Yes	No	No	Yes	(302) 857-3510	519	27	19.2		46 (8.9%)	398 (76.7%)	61 (11.8%)	5 (1.0%)	1 (0.2%)	3 (0.6%)	5 (1.0%)	$10,189			$579			$7,989	28.4			(n/a)
100108000345	40	Milford Central Academy	Public	6-8	1021 N Walnut Street	Milford	19963	Sussex County	Milford School District	No	No	No	Yes	(302) 430-7900	1,068	63	16.9		491 (46.0%)	279 (26.1%)	232 (21.7%)	19 (1.8%)	3 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	44 (4.1%)	$11,819			$741			$11,039	28.2	28.8	38	2

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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.

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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.