Best High Schools in Delaware for Low Socio Economic Status Students

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Every year, the Delaware Department of Education shares test results for various student groups in each school. We use these results to find out which schools do best for each group and list them from the best to the worst.

Additionally, we also compare the performance of the subgroup to the performance of the school as a whole. This makes it easy to see if, for example, Low Socio Economic Status students are overperforming or underperforming their peers in each school.

Year after year, SchoolDigger is always the first to publish Delaware test scores and rankings. Other sites use stale test score data that are several years old! Be in the know with the very latest performance metrics.

The list is updated annually upon the release of the DeSSA and SAT 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 (Low Socio Economic Status vs All Students - 2024)
ID	Rank (of 32)	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	Statewide Rank Percentile (Low Socio Economic Status)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (Low Socio Economic Status)	SchoolDigger Rating (All Students)
100001900123	1	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	96.9%	90.2%	6.63%
100068000085	2	Indian River High School	Public	9-12	29772 Armory Road	Dagsboro	19945	Sussex County	Indian River School District	No	No	No	Yes	(302) 732-1500	1,088	82	13.2		660 (60.7%)	92 (8.5%)	294 (27.0%)	11 (1.0%)	3 (0.3%)	1 (0.1%)	27 (2.5%)	$17,433			$668			$19,469	93.8%	82.9%	10.82%
100005500363	3	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	519	27	19.2		46 (8.9%)	398 (76.7%)	61 (11.8%)	5 (1.0%)	1 (0.2%)	3 (0.6%)	5 (1.0%)	$10,189			$579			$7,989	90.6%	56.1%	34.53%
100008000024	4	Middletown High School	Public	9-12	120 Silver Lake Road	Middletown	19709	New Castle County	Appoquinimink School District	No	No	No	No	(302) 376-4141	1,355	95	14.2		632 (46.6%)	470 (34.7%)	107 (7.9%)	83 (6.1%)	4 (0.3%)	4 (0.3%)	55 (4.1%)	$12,738			$264			$15,053	87.5%	78.0%	9.45%
100130000270	5	Conrad Schools of Science	Public, Magnet	6-12	201 Jackson Avenue	Wilmington	19804	New Castle County	Red Clay Consolidated School District	No	Yes	No	No	(302) 992-5545	1,169	65	17.9		621 (53.1%)	133 (11.4%)	298 (25.5%)	69 (5.9%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	47 (4.0%)	$12,754			$266			$15,533	84.4%	87.8%	3.43%
100168000170	6	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	1,292	89	14.5		684 (52.9%)	237 (18.3%)	293 (22.7%)	10 (0.8%)	8 (0.6%)	2 (0.2%)	58 (4.5%)	$18,289			$490			$20,690	81.3%	53.7%	27.59%
100075000092	7	POLYTECH High School	Public	9-12	823 Walnut Shade Road	Woodside	19980	Kent County	POLYTECH School District	No	No	No	Yes	(302) 697-3255	1,203	93	12.9		666 (55.4%)	301 (25.0%)	112 (9.3%)	22 (1.8%)	10 (0.8%)	2 (0.2%)	90 (7.5%)	$16,759			$361			$17,459	78.1%	68.3%	9.83%
100124000246	8	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	1,107	77	14.3		391 (35.3%)	517 (46.7%)	89 (8.0%)	62 (5.6%)	8 (0.7%)	1 (0.1%)	39 (3.5%)	$17,142			$360			$21,678	75.0%	63.4%	11.59%
100128000181	9	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	1,153	79	14.5		496 (43.0%)	387 (33.6%)	170 (14.7%)	28 (2.4%)	4 (0.3%)	4 (0.3%)	64 (5.6%)	$17,207			$292			$20,063	71.9%	70.7%	1.14%
100008000390	10	Odessa High School	Public	9-12	570 Tony Marchio Drive	Townsend	19734	New Castle County	Appoquinimink School District	No	No	No	No	(302) 842-2625	917	61	15		451 (49.2%)	320 (34.9%)	59 (6.4%)	36 (3.9%)	4 (0.4%)	1 (0.1%)	46 (5.0%)								68.8%	85.4%	16.62%

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About our rankings:

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.
For more information about our ranking process, please see our Ranking FAQ. Details about our methodology are here.

Educational resources:

Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA): Transforming Education in America

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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.