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The top-graded public middle schools in Delaware

This ranking covers the top-graded public middle schools in Delaware, drawn from 39 qualifying public middle schools. Dover Air Force Base Middle School leads the list at A+, against a median of B- across the ranked schools.

The table below is sortable and filterable, and the full list downloads as a CSV. Figures come from federal NCES enrollment data and, where applicable, state assessment results for 2024-25.

Schools ranked

Delaware

Top Grade

A+

Median Grade

B-

TOP GRADED · DELAWARE

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	Grade	Percentile in state
1	Dover Air Force Base Middle School	Dover, DE	Caesar Rodney School District	Middle	98	A+	98.7
2	Waters (Alfred G.) Middle School	Middletown, DE	Appoquinimink School District	Middle	935	A+	96.2
3	Frederick D Thomas Middle School	Lewes, DE	Cape Henlopen School District	Middle	451	A	93.6
4	Beacon Middle School	Lewes, DE	Cape Henlopen School District	Middle	427	A	91
5	duPont (H.B.) Middle School	Hockessin, DE	Red Clay Consolidated School District	Middle	764	A	88.5
6	Selbyville Middle School	Selbyville, DE	Indian River School District	Middle	770	A	85.9
7	Cantwells Bridge Middle School	Townsend, DE	Appoquinimink School District	Middle	852	A-	83.3
8	Clayton Intermediate School	Clayton, DE	Smyrna School District	Middle	490	A-	80.8
9	Mariner Middle School	Milton, DE	Cape Henlopen School District	Middle	552	A-	78.2
10	Meredith (Everett) Middle School	Middletown, DE	Appoquinimink School District	Middle	867	A-	75.6
11	Moore (John Bassett) School	Smyrna, DE	Smyrna School District	Middle	638	B+	73.1
12	Magnolia Middle School	Magnolia, DE	Caesar Rodney School District	Middle	460	B+	70.5
13	duPont (Pierre S.) Middle School	Wilmington, DE	Brandywine School District	Middle	730	B+	67.9
14	Fred Fifer III Middle School	Camden, DE	Caesar Rodney School District	Middle	839	B+	65.4
15	Georgetown Middle School	Georgetown, DE	Indian River School District	Middle	861	B	62.8
16	Springer Middle School	Wilmington, DE	Brandywine School District	Middle	776	B	60.3
17	Talley Middle School	Wilmington, DE	Brandywine School District	Middle	900	B	57.7
18	Smyrna Middle School	Smyrna, DE	Smyrna School District	Middle	1,011	B	55.1
19	Delmar Middle School	Delmar, DE	Delmar School District	Middle	732	B-	52.6
20	F. Niel Postlethwait Middle School	Camden, DE	Caesar Rodney School District	Middle	647	B-	50
21	Chipman (W.T.) Middle School	Harrington, DE	Lake Forest School District	Middle	905	B-	47.4
22	Millsboro Middle School	Millsboro, DE	Indian River School District	Middle	726	C+	44.9
23	Redding (Louis L.) Middle School	Middletown, DE	Appoquinimink School District	Middle	451	C+	42.3
24	Laurel Middle School	Laurel, DE	Laurel School District	Middle	373	C+	39.7
25	Milford Central Academy	Milford, DE	Milford School District	Middle	1,013	C+	37.2
26	Seaford Middle School	Seaford, DE	Seaford School District	Middle	800	C	34.6
27	Shue-Medill Middle School	Newark, DE	Christina School District	Middle	763	C	32.1
28	Woodbridge Middle School	Bridgeville, DE	Woodbridge School District	Middle	596	C	29.5
29	Bedford (Gunning) Middle School	New Castle, DE	Colonial School District	Middle	846	C	26.9
30	William Henry Middle School	Dover, DE	Capital School District	Middle	432	C-	24.4
31	Gauger-Cobbs Middle School	Newark, DE	Christina School District	Middle	681	C-	21.8
32	Middle School of Excellence	Dover, DE	Capital School District	Middle	608	C-	19.2
33	Kirk (George V.) Middle School	Newark, DE	Christina School District	Middle	612	C-	16.7
34	Read (George) Middle School	New Castle, DE	Colonial School District	Middle	662	D	14.1
35	Middle School of Innovation	Dover, DE	Capital School District	Middle	690	D	11.5
36	duPont (Alexis I.) Middle School	Greenville, DE	Red Clay Consolidated School District	Middle	455	D	9
37	Skyline Middle School	Wilmington, DE	Red Clay Consolidated School District	Middle	408	D	6.4
38	Stanton Middle School	Wilmington, DE	Red Clay Consolidated School District	Middle	558	F	3.8
39	McCullough (Calvin R. ) Middle School	New Castle, DE	Colonial School District	Middle	615	F	1.3

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