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)
100023000198	91	Pleasantville Elementary School	Public	K-5	16 Pleasant Street	New Castle	19720	New Castle County	Colonial School District	No	No	No	Yes	(302) 323-2935	384	30	12.8		97 (25.3%)	177 (46.1%)	82 (21.4%)	5 (1.3%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (5.7%)	$17,096			$672			$19,897	15.6	14.4	89	2
100020000343	92	Oberle (William) Elementary School	Public	K-5	500 South Caledonia Way	Bear	19701	New Castle County	Christina School District	No	No	No	Yes	(302) 834-5910	548	41	13.4		82 (15.0%)	158 (28.8%)	287 (52.4%)	4 (0.7%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	14 (2.6%)	$15,226			$837			$17,922	14.7	20.5	79	13
100000600017	93	East Side Charter School	Public, Charter	K-8	3000 North Claymont Street	Wilmington	19802	New Castle County	East Side Charter School	Yes	No	No	No	(302) 762-5834	446	43	10.3		13 (2.9%)	415 (93.0%)	12 (2.7%)	3 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	$18,093			$1,727			$19,180	13.6	14.1	91	2
100124000285	94	Harlan (David W. ) Elementary School	Public	K-5	3601 Jefferson Street	Wilmington	19802	New Castle County	Brandywine School District	No	No	No	Yes	(302) 762-7156	343	33	10.3		26 (7.6%)	268 (78.1%)	28 (8.2%)	3 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (5.2%)	$20,957			$2,214			$23,497	12.9	16.7	84	10
100023000118	95	Southern Elementary School	Public	K-5	795 Cox Neck Road	New Castle	19720	New Castle County	Colonial School District	No	No	No	Yes	(302) 832-6300	743	61	12.1		259 (34.9%)	369 (49.7%)	63 (8.5%)	25 (3.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	26 (3.5%)	$21,301			$1,249			$23,783	12.4	15.3	87	8
100023000204	96	Castle Hills Elementary School	Public	K-5	502 Moores Lane	New Castle	19720	New Castle County	Colonial School District	No	No	No	Yes	(302) 323-2915	479	38	12.6		85 (17.7%)	202 (42.2%)	134 (28.0%)	23 (4.8%)	4 (0.8%)	1 (0.2%)	30 (6.3%)	$15,324			$814			$17,498	12.3	16.5	85	11
100023000366	97	New Castle Elementary School	Public	K-5	903 Delaware Street	New Castle	19720	New Castle County	Colonial School District	No	No	No	Yes	(302) 323-2880	388	31	12.5		78 (20.1%)	181 (46.6%)	111 (28.6%)	2 (0.5%)	4 (1.0%)	3 (0.8%)	9 (2.3%)	$14,895			$676			$16,750	12	5.4	100	3
100019000055	98	South Dover Elementary School	Public	K-4	955 South State Street	Dover	19901	Kent County	Capital School District	No	No	No	Yes	(302) 672-1980	606	38	15.9		79 (13.0%)	360 (59.4%)	98 (16.2%)	5 (0.8%)	3 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	61 (10.1%)	$13,243			$1,432			$12,252	11.7	16.8	83	15
100130000264	99	Baltz (Austin D.) Elementary School	Public	K-5	1500 Spruce Avenue	Wilmington	19805	New Castle County	Red Clay Consolidated School District	No	No	No	Yes	(302) 992-5560	528	45	11.7		108 (20.5%)	127 (24.1%)	267 (50.6%)	3 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	21 (4.0%)	$17,310			$1,554			$18,790	11.3	14.1	90	9
100023000205	100	Downie (Carrie) Elementary School	Public	K-5	1201 Delaware Street	New Castle	19720	New Castle County	Colonial School District	No	No	No	Yes	(302) 323-2926	356	24	14.8		99 (27.8%)	133 (37.4%)	96 (27.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.6%)	25 (7.0%)	$14,319			$403			$16,680	10	14.4	88	12

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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.