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)
100005300359	101	Academia Antonia Alonso	Public, Charter	K-7	300 North Wakefield Drive	Newark	19702	New Castle County	Academia Antonia Alonso	Yes	No	No	Yes	(302) 351-8200	718	43	16.6		58 (8.1%)	56 (7.8%)	590 (82.2%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (1.7%)	$13,286			$927			$12,123	9.2	11.1	98	3
100130000261	102	Johnson (Joseph E. Junior) Elementary School	Public	K-5	2100 Gilpin Avenue	Wilmington	19806	New Castle County	Red Clay Consolidated School District	No	No	No	Yes	(302) 651-2715	284	22	13.2		30 (10.6%)	195 (68.7%)	48 (16.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (3.9%)	$18,945			$4,010			$18,401	5	11.5	97	5
100130000250	103	Warner Elementary School	Public	3-5	801 West 18th Street	Wilmington	19802	New Castle County	Red Clay Consolidated School District	No	No	No	Yes	(302) 651-2740	360	41	8.7		16 (4.4%)	281 (78.1%)	51 (14.2%)	1 (0.3%)	2 (0.6%)	2 (0.6%)	7 (1.9%)	$23,146			$3,422			$23,526	4.8	4.5	102	1
100001000079	104	Edison (Thomas A.) Charter School	Public, Charter	K-8	2200 North Locust Street	Wilmington	19802	New Castle County	Edison (Thomas A.) Charter School	Yes	No	No	Yes	(302) 778-1101	632	37	17		7 (1.1%)	611 (96.7%)	8 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (0.8%)	$12,255			$1,492			$11,434	3.5	5	101	3
100130000252	105	Richardson Park Elementary School	Public	K-5	16 Idella Avenue	Wilmington	19804	New Castle County	Red Clay Consolidated School District	No	No	No	Yes	(302) 992-5570	519	57	9.1		110 (21.2%)	116 (22.4%)	264 (50.9%)	5 (1.0%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (4.2%)	$17,794			$2,017			$18,796	3.1	3.9	103	2
100020000233	106	The Bancroft School	Public, Alternative	1-9	700 North Lombard Street	Wilmington	19801	New Castle County	Christina School District	No	No	No	Yes	(302) 429-4102	524	45	11.6		24 (4.6%)	449 (85.7%)	35 (6.7%)	3 (0.6%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (2.3%)	$28,875			$2,648			$31,417	2.4			(n/a)

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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.