Best High Schools in Delaware

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School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)							Ranking (2024 vs 2023)
ID	Rank (of 41)	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)
100002600259	21	Odyssey Charter School	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	4409 Lancaster Pike	Wilmington	19805	New Castle County	Odyssey Charter School	Yes	No	No	Yes	(302) 516-8000	2,123	163	13		812 (38.2%)	588 (27.7%)	196 (9.2%)	411 (19.4%)	3 (0.1%)	3 (0.1%)	110 (5.2%)	$11,529			$290			$14,109	38	47.2	21
100020000240	22	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	37.2	41.1	23	1
100079000095	23	Lake Forest High School	Public	9-12	5407 Killens Pond Road	Felton	19943	Kent County	Lake Forest School District	No	No	No	Yes	(302) 284-9291	870	54	16.1		525 (60.3%)	201 (23.1%)	59 (6.8%)	13 (1.5%)	5 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	67 (7.7%)	$13,224			$572			$12,868	33.5	55.8	15	8
100005700368	24	First State Military Academy	Public, Charter	9-12	355 West Duck Creek Road	Clayton	19938	Kent County	First State Military Academy	Yes	No	No	Yes	(302) 223-2150	439	24	18.2		241 (54.9%)	107 (24.4%)	64 (14.6%)	10 (2.3%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.9%)	13 (3.0%)	$12,478			$461			$11,071	33.4	39.5	24
100068000090	25	Sussex Central High School	Public	9-12	26026 Patriots Way	Georgetown	19947	Sussex County	Indian River School District	No	No	No	Yes	(302) 934-3166	2,039	138	14.7		733 (35.9%)	240 (11.8%)	953 (46.7%)	22 (1.1%)	12 (0.6%)	2 (0.1%)	77 (3.8%)	$14,583			$627			$16,435	32.7	32.3	25
100020000238	26	Newark High School	Public	8-12	750 East Delaware Avenue	Newark	19711	New Castle County	Christina School District	No	No	No	Yes	(302) 631-4700	1,105	65	17		380 (34.4%)	412 (37.3%)	230 (20.8%)	44 (4.0%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	38 (3.4%)	$20,046			$816			$23,730	31.3	41.1	22	4
100130000275	27	Dickinson (John) School	Public	6-12	1801 Milltown Road	Wilmington	19808	New Castle County	Red Clay Consolidated School District	No	No	No	No	(302) 992-5500	1,058	64	16.5		386 (36.5%)	295 (27.9%)	326 (30.8%)	17 (1.6%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	33 (3.1%)	$16,480			$248			$20,680	29.1	29.1	27
100019000050	28	Dover High School	Public	9-12	One Dover High Drive	Dover	19904	Kent County	Capital School District	No	No	No	No	(302) 241-2400	1,771	107	16.5		373 (21.1%)	956 (54.0%)	279 (15.8%)	54 (3.0%)	14 (0.8%)	9 (0.5%)	86 (4.9%)	$13,251			$697			$13,690	27.9	30.6	26	2
100185000194	29	Woodbridge High School	Public	9-12	14712 Woodbridge Road	Greenwood	19950	Sussex County	Woodbridge School District	No	No	No	Yes	(302) 232-3333	723	47	15.3		268 (37.1%)	168 (23.2%)	251 (34.7%)	6 (0.8%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	28 (3.9%)	$14,899			$1,225			$13,491	26.8	28.7	28	1
100128000296	30	Hodgson (Paul M.) Vocational Technical High School	Public	9-12	2575 Glasgow Avenue	Newark	19702	New Castle County	New Castle County Vocational-Technical School District	No	No	No	No	(302) 834-0990	1,061	80	13.2		317 (29.9%)	450 (42.4%)	196 (18.5%)	17 (1.6%)	6 (0.6%)	1 (0.1%)	74 (7.0%)	$18,080			$295			$21,125	25.5	16.6	35	5

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About our rankings:

Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on DeSSA Science, SAT English Language Arts, SAT Mathematics, SAT Essay, 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.
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