Best Elementary Schools in Delaware for Special Education Students

Check out our new feature available only on SchoolDigger: rankings for different groups of students in Delaware!

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, Special Education 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 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 (Special Education vs All Students - 2024)
ID	Rank (of 17)	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 (Special Education)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (Special Education)	SchoolDigger Rating (All Students)
100153000157	1	Frederick Douglass Elementary School	Public	3-5	1 Swain Road	Seaford	19973	Sussex County	Seaford School District	No	No	No	Yes	(302) 629-4587	411	32	12.8		113 (27.5%)	126 (30.7%)	150 (36.5%)	3 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	18 (4.4%)	$14,030			$1,172			$12,848	94.1%	68.9%	25.25%
100008000121	2	Loss (Olive B.) Elementary School	Public	1-5	200 Brennan Boulevard	Bear	19701	New Castle County	Appoquinimink School District	No	No	No	No	(302) 832-1343	576	38	15.3		244 (42.4%)	92 (16.0%)	26 (4.5%)	175 (30.4%)	7 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	32 (5.6%)	$12,755			$230			$15,364	88.2%	87.7%	0.50%
100018000038	3	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	82.4%	90.6%	8.21%
100008000332	4	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	76.5%	94.3%	17.87%
100017000035	5	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	70.6%	92.5%	21.86%
100130000371	6	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	64.7%	93.4%	28.69%
100124000293	7	Hanby Elementary School	Public	K-5	2523 Berwyn Road	Wilmington	19810	New Castle County	Brandywine School District	No	No	No	No	(302) 479-2220	530	38	13.9		304 (57.4%)	132 (24.9%)	20 (3.8%)	53 (10.0%)	3 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (3.4%)	$17,560			$472			$22,500	58.8%	77.4%	18.53%
100130000262	8	Heritage Elementary School	Public	K-5	2815 Highlands Lane	Wilmington	19808	New Castle County	Red Clay Consolidated School District	No	No	No	No	(302) 454-3424	476	40	12		324 (68.1%)	48 (10.1%)	76 (16.0%)	7 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (4.4%)	$14,825			$237			$18,209	52.9%	69.8%	16.87%
100001500112	9	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	47.1%	99.1%	52.00%
100068000086	10	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	41.2%	91.5%	50.33%

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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.

Educational resources:

Student-Teacher Ratios and their Impact on Class Sizes & School Selection

Public School Districts and Their Services: A Comprehensive Guide

SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Delaware Department of Education.