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)
100153000155	31	Seaford Central Elementary School	Public	3-5	1 Delaware Place	Seaford	19973	Sussex County	Seaford School District	No	No	No	Yes	(302) 629-4587	452	31	14.5		147 (32.5%)	180 (39.8%)	82 (18.1%)	7 (1.5%)	3 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	33 (7.3%)	$13,699			$996			$12,956	64.3	61.3	35	4
100130000262	32	Heritage Elementary School	Public	K-5	2815 Highlands Lane	Wilmington	19808	New Castle County	Red Clay Consolidated School District	No	No	No	No	(302) 454-3424	476	40	12		324 (68.1%)	48 (10.1%)	76 (16.0%)	7 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (4.4%)	$14,825			$237			$18,209	63.7	70.1	25	7
100153000157	33	Frederick Douglass Elementary School	Public	3-5	1 Swain Road	Seaford	19973	Sussex County	Seaford School District	No	No	No	Yes	(302) 629-4587	411	32	12.8		113 (27.5%)	126 (30.7%)	150 (36.5%)	3 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	18 (4.4%)	$14,030			$1,172			$12,848	63.7	61.9	34	1
100130000255	34	Marbrook Elementary School	Public	K-5	2101 Centerville Road	Wilmington	19808	New Castle County	Red Clay Consolidated School District	No	No	No	Yes	(302) 992-5555	399	38	10.5		151 (37.8%)	34 (8.5%)	191 (47.9%)	6 (1.5%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (4.0%)	$17,818			$1,498			$19,344	62	65.1	32	2
100068000088	35	Showell (Phillip C.) Elementary School	Public	K-5	41 Bethany Road	Selbyville	19975	Sussex County	Indian River School District	No	No	No	Yes	(302) 436-1040	279	22	12.6		142 (50.9%)	30 (10.8%)	86 (30.8%)	9 (3.2%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (3.9%)	$15,914			$1,157			$17,362	61.1	70.3	24	11
100017000030	36	H. O. Brittingham Elementary School	Public	K-5	402 Mulberry Street	Milton	19968	Sussex County	Cape Henlopen School District	No	No	No	Yes	(302) 684-8522	484	36	13.4		304 (62.8%)	50 (10.3%)	85 (17.6%)	6 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	37 (7.6%)	$14,922			$914			$17,060	60.2	55.3	41	5
100001800122	37	Providence Creek Academy Charter School	Public, Charter	K-8	273 West Duck Creek Road	Clayton	19938	Kent County	Providence Creek Academy Charter School	Yes	No	No	Yes	(302) 653-6276	730	46	15.8		368 (50.4%)	235 (32.2%)	37 (5.1%)	14 (1.9%)	5 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	71 (9.7%)	$9,865			$57			$9,795	59.7	49.5	48	11
100019000053	38	Hartly Elementary School	Public	K-4	2617 Arthursville Road	Hartly	19953	Kent County	Capital School District	No	No	No	Yes	(302) 672-1500	246	22	11.2		168 (68.3%)	21 (8.5%)	27 (11.0%)	1 (0.4%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	28 (11.4%)	$16,264			$1,756			$16,062	59.5	44.3	58	20
100130000104	39	Brandywine Springs School	Public	K-8	2916 Duncan Road	Wilmington	19808	New Castle County	Red Clay Consolidated School District	No	No	No	No	(302) 636-5681	945	62	15.3		610 (64.6%)	73 (7.7%)	155 (16.4%)	47 (5.0%)	2 (0.2%)	2 (0.2%)	56 (5.9%)	$13,934			$246			$16,911	59.1	65.9	31	8
100124000282	40	Lombardy Elementary School	Public	K-5	412 Foulk Road	Wilmington	19803	New Castle County	Brandywine School District	No	No	No	No	(302) 762-7190	464	34	13.8		268 (57.8%)	127 (27.4%)	27 (5.8%)	15 (3.2%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	25 (5.4%)	$15,304			$324			$19,316	58.8	56.8	37	3

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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.