Best Elementary Schools in Delaware

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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.

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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)
100162000300	51	Moore (John Bassett) School	Public	4-6	20 West Frazier Street	Smyrna	19977	Kent County	Smyrna School District	No	No	No	No	(302) 659-6297	724	47	15.4		339 (46.8%)	275 (38.0%)	64 (8.8%)	16 (2.2%)	4 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	26 (3.6%)	$12,740			$285			$12,692	45.2	36.8	65	14
100068000081	52	East Millsboro Elementary School	Public	K-5	29346 Iron Branch Road	Millsboro	19966	Sussex County	Indian River School District	No	No	No	Yes	(302) 934-3222	815	46	17.7		435 (53.4%)	121 (14.8%)	178 (21.8%)	14 (1.7%)	2 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	65 (8.0%)	$12,770			$687			$14,460	45.1	55.5	40	12
100019000011	53	North Dover Elementary School	Public	K-4	855 College Road	Dover	19904	Kent County	Capital School District	No	No	No	Yes	(302) 672-1500	315	23	13.6		76 (24.1%)	162 (51.4%)	44 (14.0%)	2 (0.6%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	29 (9.2%)	$14,186			$1,231			$14,133	45	44.2	59	6
100018000395	54	David E. Robinson Elementary School	Public	1-5	1038 Briarbush road	Wyoming	19934	Kent County	Caesar Rodney School District	No	No	No	No	(302) 698-4230	522	40	13		273 (52.3%)	136 (26.1%)	51 (9.8%)	11 (2.1%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	50 (9.6%)								44.9			(n/a)
100019000057	55	Booker T. Washington Elementary School	Public	K-4	901 Forest Street	Dover	19904	Kent County	Capital School District	No	No	No	Yes	(302) 672-1900	334	32	10.4		72 (21.6%)	190 (56.9%)	34 (10.2%)	4 (1.2%)	3 (0.9%)	1 (0.3%)	30 (9.0%)	$21,632			$1,660			$21,966	44.8	48.2	50	5
100020000218	56	Smith (Jennie E.) Elementary School	Public	K-5	142 Brennen Drive	Newark	19713	New Castle County	Christina School District	No	No	No	Yes	(302) 454-2174	456	37	12.1		133 (29.2%)	126 (27.6%)	122 (26.8%)	45 (9.9%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	28 (6.1%)	$15,306			$804			$18,274	43.3	33.3	69	13
100068000082	57	Clayton (John M.) Elementary School	Public	K-5	252 Clayton Ave	Frankford	19945	Sussex County	Indian River School District	No	No	No	Yes	(302) 732-3808	481	37	13		216 (44.9%)	79 (16.4%)	170 (35.3%)	4 (0.8%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (2.1%)	$15,855			$878			$17,586	42.6	49.9	46	11
100124000291	58	Carrcroft Elementary School	Public	K-5	503 Crest Road	Wilmington	19803	New Castle County	Brandywine School District	No	No	No	Yes	(302) 762-7165	477	36	13.2		209 (43.8%)	205 (43.0%)	21 (4.4%)	10 (2.1%)	4 (0.8%)	1 (0.2%)	27 (5.7%)	$16,601			$1,415			$18,981	42.6	45.9	54	4
100008000339	59	Bunker Hill Elementary School	Public	1-5	1070 Bunker Hill Road	Middletown	19709	New Castle County	Appoquinimink School District	No	No	No	Yes	(302) 378-5135	655	43	15.2		252 (38.5%)	227 (34.7%)	64 (9.8%)	64 (9.8%)	6 (0.9%)	4 (0.6%)	38 (5.8%)	$14,615			$412			$17,384	41.3	48.5	49	10
100068000074	60	Long Neck Elementary School	Public	K-5	26064 School Lane	Millsboro	19966	Sussex County	Indian River School District	No	No	No	Yes	(302) 945-6200	693	47	14.7		393 (56.7%)	70 (10.1%)	180 (26.0%)	6 (0.9%)	4 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	40 (5.8%)	$11,933			$858			$13,018	39.3	52	45	15

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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.