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)
100108000109	41	Ross (Lulu M.) Elementary School	Public	1-5	310 Lovers Lane	Milford	19963	Sussex County	Milford School District	No	No	No	Yes	(302) 422-1640	689	47	14.6		305 (44.3%)	160 (23.2%)	183 (26.6%)	2 (0.3%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	38 (5.5%)	$12,348			$1,242			$10,553	58.4	49.6	47	6
100079000077	42	Lake Forest Central Elementary School	Public	4-5	5424 Killens Pond Road	Felton	19943	Kent County	Lake Forest School District	No	No	No	Yes	(302) 284-5810	602	38	16		359 (59.6%)	122 (20.3%)	50 (8.3%)	10 (1.7%)	3 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	58 (9.6%)	$11,702			$441			$11,800	56.9	52.9	42
100124000288	43	Forwood Elementary School	Public	K-5	1900 Westminster Drive	Wilmington	19810	New Castle County	Brandywine School District	No	No	No	No	(302) 475-3956	366	32	11.4		194 (53.0%)	96 (26.2%)	22 (6.0%)	34 (9.3%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	18 (4.9%)	$18,436			$1,159			$22,091	54.3	46.7	52	9
100162000302	44	Clayton Elementary School	Public	K-4	510 West Main Street	Clayton	19938	Kent County	Smyrna School District	No	No	No	Yes	(302) 653-8587	488	28	17.4		312 (63.9%)	110 (22.5%)	38 (7.8%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (5.1%)	$11,453			$645			$10,779	53.5	68	29	15
100020000229	45	Jones (Albert H.) Elementary School	Public	K-5	35 West Main Street	Newark	19702	New Castle County	Christina School District	No	No	No	Yes	(302) 454-2131	327	22	14.8		50 (15.3%)	182 (55.7%)	69 (21.1%)	7 (2.1%)	2 (0.6%)	1 (0.3%)	16 (4.9%)	$18,183			$948			$21,730	52.2	52.8	43	2
100008000027	46	Silver Lake Elementary School	Public	1-5	200 East Cochran Street	Middletown	19709	New Castle County	Appoquinimink School District	No	No	No	Yes	(302) 378-5023	570	40	14.2		230 (40.4%)	192 (33.7%)	91 (16.0%)	12 (2.1%)	3 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	42 (7.4%)	$13,179			$514			$15,238	51.1	46.7	53	7
100185000370	47	Phillis Wheatley Elementary School	Public	3-5	48 Church Street	Bridgeville	19933	Sussex County	Woodbridge School District	No	No	No	Yes	(302) 337-3469	607	44	13.7		286 (47.1%)	108 (17.8%)	163 (26.9%)	5 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.3%)	43 (7.1%)	$13,148			$1,049			$11,755	50.9	45.2	57	10
100020000117	48	Keene (William B.) Elementary School	Public	K-5	200 LaGrange Avenue	Newark	19702	New Castle County	Christina School District	No	No	No	Yes	(302) 454-2018	461	33	13.9		98 (21.3%)	217 (47.1%)	80 (17.4%)	21 (4.6%)	4 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	41 (8.9%)	$16,168			$723			$19,705	49.9	36	67	19
100130000315	49	Richey Elementary School	Public	K-5	105 East Highland Avenue	Wilmington	19804	New Castle County	Red Clay Consolidated School District	No	No	No	Yes	(302) 992-5535	375	29	13.1		179 (47.7%)	64 (17.1%)	107 (28.5%)	7 (1.9%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (4.5%)	$17,060			$847			$19,803	49	47.4	51	2
100124000318	50	Mount Pleasant Elementary School	Public	K-5	500 Duncan Road	Wilmington	19809	New Castle County	Brandywine School District	No	No	No	Yes	(302) 762-7120	710	55	12.8		274 (38.6%)	267 (37.6%)	60 (8.5%)	48 (6.8%)	2 (0.3%)	1 (0.1%)	58 (8.2%)	$17,574			$926			$20,832	46.9	45.3	56	6

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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:

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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.