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)
100023000237	61	Wilbur (Kathleen H.) Elementary	Public	K-5	4050 Wrangle Hill Road	Bear	19701	New Castle County	Colonial School District	No	No	No	Yes	(302) 832-6330	1,044	75	13.9		288 (27.6%)	470 (45.0%)	169 (16.2%)	44 (4.2%)	3 (0.3%)	2 (0.2%)	68 (6.5%)	$13,044			$645			$14,882	38.9	42.7	60	1
100000700070	62	Campus Community School	Public, Charter	K-8	350 Pear Street	Dover	19904	Kent County	Campus Community School	Yes	No	No	Yes	(302) 736-0403	402	27	14.8		92 (22.9%)	240 (59.7%)	27 (6.7%)	9 (2.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	34 (8.5%)	$10,236			$644			$8,881	37.8	45.6	55	7
100068000083	63	Georgetown Elementary School	Public	K-5	301-A West Market Street	Georgetown	19947	Sussex County	Indian River School District	No	No	No	Yes	(302) 856-1940	840	62	13.5		254 (30.2%)	106 (12.6%)	455 (54.2%)	4 (0.5%)	3 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (2.1%)	$14,056			$1,175			$15,464	37.6	34.4	68	5
100020000312	64	Gallaher (Robert S.) Elementary School	Public	K-5	800 North Brownleaf Road	Newark	19713	New Castle County	Christina School District	No	No	No	Yes	(302) 454-2464	519	48	10.8		137 (26.4%)	169 (32.6%)	145 (27.9%)	35 (6.7%)	2 (0.4%)	2 (0.4%)	29 (5.6%)	$14,947			$887			$17,800	36.4	39.7	62	2
100020000221	65	McVey (Joseph M.) Elementary School	Public	K-5	908 Janice Drive	Newark	19713	New Castle County	Christina School District	No	No	No	Yes	(302) 454-2145	330	29	11.2		111 (33.6%)	128 (38.8%)	61 (18.5%)	17 (5.2%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (3.6%)	$19,047			$1,049			$23,054	36.1	52.3	44	21
100130000265	66	Forest Oak Elementary School	Public	K-5	55 South Meadowood Drive	Newark	19711	New Castle County	Red Clay Consolidated School District	No	No	No	Yes	(302) 454-3420	465	36	13		157 (33.8%)	47 (10.1%)	232 (49.9%)	6 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (4.9%)	$15,190			$672			$17,559	35.6	56.3	39	27
100020000223	67	Maclary (R. Elisabeth) Elementary School	Public	K-5	300 St. Regis Drive	Newark	19711	New Castle County	Christina School District	No	No	No	Yes	(302) 454-2142	266	23	11.5		103 (38.7%)	72 (27.1%)	74 (27.8%)	6 (2.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (4.1%)	$21,898			$1,015			$26,528	35.4	56.8	38	29
100020000231	68	Brookside Elementary School	Public	K-5	800 Marrows Road	Newark	19713	New Castle County	Christina School District	No	No	No	Yes	(302) 454-5454	253	26	9.7		56 (22.1%)	77 (30.4%)	98 (38.7%)	9 (3.6%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (4.7%)	$20,812			$1,117			$24,641	33.8	37.6	64	4
100001700144	69	Academy Of Dover Charter School	Public, Charter	K-8	104 Saulsbury Road	Dover	19904	Kent County	Academy of Dover Charter School	Yes	No	No	Yes	(302) 674-0684	411	29	14.1		58 (14.1%)	291 (70.8%)	44 (10.7%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (3.9%)	$11,670			$929			$8,541	33.8	24.1	76	7
100108000107	70	Banneker (Benjamin) Elementary School	Public	1-5	449 North Street	Milford	19963	Sussex County	Milford School District	No	No	No	Yes	(302) 422-1630	484	32	15.1		225 (46.5%)	143 (29.5%)	89 (18.4%)	3 (0.6%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (4.8%)	$12,813			$1,286			$11,083	33.2	41.5	61	9

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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.