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)
100001500112	1	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	98.1	94.8	3	2
100130000179	2	North Star Elementary School	Public	K-5	1340 Little Baltimore Road	Hockessin	19707	New Castle County	Red Clay Consolidated School District	No	No	No	No	(302) 234-7200	610	39	15.6		359 (58.9%)	21 (3.4%)	39 (6.4%)	147 (24.1%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	42 (6.9%)	$13,430			$216			$16,417	96.4	95.7	1	1
100018000044	3	Major George S. Welch Elementary School	Public	K-5	3100 Hawthorne Drive	Dover	19901	Kent County	Caesar Rodney School District	No	No	No	No	(302) 674-9080	353	33	10.6		232 (65.7%)	37 (10.5%)	28 (7.9%)	15 (4.2%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	40 (11.3%)	$18,374			$14,757			$3,484	95.3	94.4	4	1
100001900123	4	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	94.9	95.7	2	2
100130000334	5	Linden Hill Elementary School	Public	K-5	3415 Skyline Drive	Wilmington	19808	New Castle County	Red Clay Consolidated School District	No	No	No	No	(302) 454-3406	555	39	14.2		274 (49.4%)	80 (14.4%)	46 (8.3%)	108 (19.5%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	46 (8.3%)	$13,311			$218			$16,279	93	92.7	7	2
100008000332	6	Cedar Lane Elementary School	Public	1-5	1259 Cedar Lane Road	Middletown	19709	New Castle County	Appoquinimink School District	No	No	No	No	(302) 378-5045	600	39	15.3		270 (45.0%)	98 (16.3%)	28 (4.7%)	166 (27.7%)	8 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	30 (5.0%)	$12,350			$257			$14,530	92.9	93.7	5	1
100130000371	7	William F. Cooke Junior Elementary	Public	K-5	2025 Graves Road	Hockessin	19707	New Castle County	Red Clay Consolidated School District	No	No	No	No	(302) 235-6600	621	41	15.3		399 (64.3%)	56 (9.0%)	95 (15.3%)	39 (6.3%)	2 (0.3%)	1 (0.2%)	29 (4.7%)	$13,167			$217			$15,896	91.1	92.8	6	1
100017000035	8	Rehoboth Elementary School	Public	K-5	500 Stockley Street	Rehoboth Beach	19971	Sussex County	Cape Henlopen School District	No	No	No	Yes	(302) 227-2571	525	44	11.9		375 (71.4%)	38 (7.2%)	83 (15.8%)	11 (2.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (3.4%)	$14,469			$954			$16,480	89.8	86.6	12	4
100068000086	9	Lord Baltimore Elementary School	Public	K-5	120 Atlantic Avenue	Ocean View	19970	Sussex County	Indian River School District	No	No	No	Yes	(302) 537-2700	579	44	13.1		486 (83.9%)	21 (3.6%)	48 (8.3%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	22 (3.8%)	$12,739			$632			$14,772	89.5	90.7	9
100018000038	10	Allen Frear Elementary School	Public	1-5	238 Sorghum Mill Road	Camden	19934	Kent County	Caesar Rodney School District	No	No	No	Yes	(302) 697-3279	672	48	14		367 (54.6%)	156 (23.2%)	55 (8.2%)	32 (4.8%)	2 (0.3%)	1 (0.1%)	59 (8.8%)	$10,213			$564			$10,092	88.6	86.6	13	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.