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)
100017000029	11	Cape Henlopen High School	Public	9-12	1250 Kings Highway	Lewes	19958	Sussex County	Cape Henlopen School District	No	No	No	No	(302) 645-7711	1,918	131	14.6		1,244 (64.9%)	188 (9.8%)	359 (18.7%)	30 (1.6%)	11 (0.6%)	1 (0.1%)	85 (4.4%)	$14,851			$443			$17,500	67.8	75.8	6	5
100128000181	12	St. Georges Technical High School	Public	9-12	555 Hyetts Corner Rd.	Middletown	19709	New Castle County	New Castle County Vocational-Technical School District	No	No	No	No	(302) 449-3360	1,188	78	15.2		524 (44.1%)	395 (33.2%)	163 (13.7%)	25 (2.1%)	5 (0.4%)	2 (0.2%)	74 (6.2%)	$17,207			$292			$20,063	60.9	52.8	17	5
100075000092	13	POLYTECH High School	Public	9-12	823 Walnut Shade Road	Woodside	19980	Kent County	POLYTECH School District	No	No	No	Yes	(302) 697-3255	1,225	91	13.4		682 (55.7%)	298 (24.3%)	124 (10.1%)	23 (1.9%)	7 (0.6%)	2 (0.2%)	89 (7.3%)	$16,759			$361			$17,459	60	62.6	12	1
100027000080	14	Delmar High School	Public	9-12	200 North Eighth Street	Delmar	19940	Sussex County	Delmar School District	No	No	No	No	(302) 846-9544	714	36	19.8		423 (59.2%)	115 (16.1%)	92 (12.9%)	24 (3.4%)	2 (0.3%)	1 (0.1%)	57 (8.0%)	$11,342			$335			$10,724	58.9	64.9	11	3
100124000246	15	Mount Pleasant High School	Public	9-12	5201 Washington Street Extensi	Wilmington	19809	New Castle County	Brandywine School District	No	No	No	No	(302) 762-7125	1,074	72	14.8		365 (34.0%)	508 (47.3%)	93 (8.7%)	55 (5.1%)	8 (0.7%)	1 (0.1%)	44 (4.1%)	$17,142			$360			$21,678	57.4	48	19	4
100124000242	16	Brandywine High School	Public	9-12	1400 Foulk Road	Wilmington	19803	New Castle County	Brandywine School District	No	No	No	Yes	(302) 479-1600	941	68	13.8		408 (43.4%)	353 (37.5%)	104 (11.1%)	25 (2.7%)	9 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	42 (4.5%)	$18,488			$655			$22,590	57.2	59.5	13	3
100018000040	17	Caesar Rodney High School	Public	9-12	239 Old North Road	Camden	19934	Kent County	Caesar Rodney School District	No	No	No	No	(302) 697-2161	2,242	134	16.7		1,043 (46.5%)	673 (30.0%)	245 (10.9%)	93 (4.1%)	8 (0.4%)	4 (0.2%)	176 (7.9%)	$11,904			$587			$11,750	56.3	70.3	8	9
100005500363	18	Early College School at Del State	Public, Charter	7-12	1570 North DuPont Highway	Dover	19901	Kent County	Early College High School at Del State	Yes	No	No	Yes	(302) 857-3510	533	21	25.3		47 (8.8%)	418 (78.4%)	51 (9.6%)	2 (0.4%)	3 (0.6%)	3 (0.6%)	9 (1.7%)	$10,189			$579			$7,989	56.1	54	16	2
100168000170	19	Sussex Technical High School	Public	9-12	17099 County Seat Highway	Georgetown	19947	Sussex County	Sussex Technical School District	No	No	No	Yes	(302) 856-0961	1,323	91	14.5		655 (49.5%)	223 (16.9%)	359 (27.1%)	17 (1.3%)	10 (0.8%)	2 (0.2%)	57 (4.3%)	$18,289			$490			$20,690	55.4	47.6	20	1
100162000299	20	Smyrna High School	Public	9-12	500 Duck Creek Parkway	Smyrna	19977	Kent County	Smyrna School District	No	No	No	No	(302) 653-8581	1,790	106	16.8		916 (51.2%)	598 (33.4%)	177 (9.9%)	25 (1.4%)	4 (0.2%)	3 (0.2%)	67 (3.7%)	$12,883			$362			$12,456	39.8	50.6	18	2

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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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