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)
100020000240	1	Christiana High School	Public	6-12	190 Salem Church Road	Newark	19713	New Castle County	Christina School District	No	No	No	Yes	(302) 631-2400	1,256	86	14.6		385 (30.7%)	494 (39.3%)	178 (14.2%)	99 (7.9%)	4 (0.3%)	8 (0.6%)	88 (7.0%)	$22,171			$691			$26,496	99.2	99.4	1
100018000041	2	Dover Air Force Base Middle School	Public	6-8	3100 Hawthorne Drive	Dover	19901	Kent County	Caesar Rodney School District	No	No	No	No	(302) 674-3284	125	15	8.3		80 (64.0%)	15 (12.0%)	10 (8.0%)	3 (2.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.8%)	16 (12.8%)	$26,336			$21,473			$4,673	97	95.4	4	2
100001500112	3	Newark Charter School	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	200 McIntire Drive	Newark	19711	New Castle County	Newark Charter School	Yes	No	No	Yes	(302) 369-2001	2,987	177	16.8		1,612 (54.0%)	419 (14.0%)	223 (7.5%)	541 (18.1%)	6 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	186 (6.2%)	$12,033			$231			$13,047	96.6	97.6	2	1
100001100091	4	Sussex Academy	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	21150 Airport Road	Georgetown	19947	Sussex County	Sussex Academy	Yes	No	No	Yes	(302) 856-3636	1,118	61	18.3		801 (71.6%)	46 (4.1%)	170 (15.2%)	39 (3.5%)	17 (1.5%)	3 (0.3%)	42 (3.8%)	$11,274			$245			$10,926	95.8	96.2	3	1
100017000037	5	Beacon Middle School	Public	6-8	19483 John J. Williams Highway	Lewes	19958	Sussex County	Cape Henlopen School District	No	No	No	No	(302) 645-6288	648	48	13.5		471 (72.7%)	51 (7.9%)	78 (12.0%)	13 (2.0%)	6 (0.9%)	1 (0.2%)	28 (4.3%)	$13,093			$391			$15,473	92	92.9	5
100001900123	6	MOT Charter School	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	1156 Levels Road	Middletown	19709	New Castle County	MOT Charter School	Yes	No	No	Yes	(302) 376-5125	1,383	72	19.2		602 (43.5%)	412 (29.8%)	78 (5.6%)	218 (15.8%)	4 (0.3%)	2 (0.1%)	67 (4.8%)	$10,748			$220			$10,175	91.4	91.8	6
100008000222	7	Waters (Alfred G.) Middle School	Public	6-8	1235 Cedar Lane Road	Middletown	19709	New Castle County	Appoquinimink School District	No	No	No	No	(302) 449-3490	911	52	17.5		462 (50.7%)	182 (20.0%)	55 (6.0%)	183 (20.1%)	2 (0.2%)	1 (0.1%)	26 (2.9%)	$12,493			$190			$15,189	90.1	88.2	8	1
100130000004	8	Calloway (Cab) School of the Arts	Public, Magnet	6-12	100 North duPont Road	Wilmington	19807	New Castle County	Red Clay Consolidated School District	No	Yes	No	No	(302) 651-2700	930	52	17.8		449 (48.3%)	183 (19.7%)	113 (12.2%)	135 (14.5%)	3 (0.3%)	1 (0.1%)	46 (4.9%)	$13,394			$258			$16,458	88.6	90.1	7	1
100068000075	9	Southern Delaware School of the Arts	Public, Magnet	K-8	27 Hosier Street	Selbyville	19975	Sussex County	Indian River School District	No	Yes	No	No	(302) 436-1066	456	32	14.2		354 (77.6%)	7 (1.5%)	63 (13.8%)	6 (1.3%)	3 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (5.0%)	$13,539			$372			$15,541	88.6	85.7	10	1
100130000270	10	Conrad Schools of Science	Public, Magnet	6-12	201 Jackson Avenue	Wilmington	19804	New Castle County	Red Clay Consolidated School District	No	Yes	No	No	(302) 992-5545	1,169	65	17.9		621 (53.1%)	133 (11.4%)	298 (25.5%)	69 (5.9%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	47 (4.0%)	$12,754			$266			$15,533	86.3	86.1	9	1

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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.

Educational resources:

Student-Teacher Ratios and their Impact on Class Sizes & School Selection

Per-Pupil Spending: Understanding the Breakdown of Federal, State, and Local Funds

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