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The highest-performing public middle schools in reading in New Castle County, Delaware

This ranking covers the highest-performing public middle schools in reading in New Castle County, Delaware, drawn from 17 qualifying public middle schools. Waters (Alfred G.) Middle School leads the list at 67.2%, against a median of 32.8% 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

New Castle County, Delaware

Top % Proficient (Reading)

67.2%

Median % Proficient (Reading)

32.8%

BEST IN READING · NEW CASTLE COUNTY, DELAWARE

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	% Proficient (Reading)	Rank change
1	Waters (Alfred G.) Middle School	Middletown, DE	Appoquinimink School District	Middle	935	67.2%	no change
2	duPont (H.B.) Middle School	Hockessin, DE	Red Clay Consolidated School District	Middle	764	58.4%	no change
3	Cantwells Bridge Middle School	Townsend, DE	Appoquinimink School District	Middle	852	49.5%	no change
4	Meredith (Everett) Middle School	Middletown, DE	Appoquinimink School District	Middle	867	47.8%	no change
5	Springer Middle School	Wilmington, DE	Brandywine School District	Middle	776	46.4%	▲ 1
6	Talley Middle School	Wilmington, DE	Brandywine School District	Middle	900	41.8%	▼ 1
7	duPont (Pierre S.) Middle School	Wilmington, DE	Brandywine School District	Middle	730	40.2%	no change
8	Redding (Louis L.) Middle School	Middletown, DE	Appoquinimink School District	Middle	451	34.3%	no change
9	Shue-Medill Middle School	Newark, DE	Christina School District	Middle	763	32.8%	▲ 1
10	Bedford (Gunning) Middle School	New Castle, DE	Colonial School District	Middle	846	27.5%	▼ 1
11	Gauger-Cobbs Middle School	Newark, DE	Christina School District	Middle	681	24.4%	▲ 1
12	Kirk (George V.) Middle School	Newark, DE	Christina School District	Middle	612	22.9%	▼ 1
13	Read (George) Middle School	New Castle, DE	Colonial School District	Middle	662	22.8%	no change
14	duPont (Alexis I.) Middle School	Greenville, DE	Red Clay Consolidated School District	Middle	455	19.7%	▲ 1
15	Skyline Middle School	Wilmington, DE	Red Clay Consolidated School District	Middle	408	19.1%	▲ 1
16	Stanton Middle School	Wilmington, DE	Red Clay Consolidated School District	Middle	558	18.8%	▼ 2
17	McCullough (Calvin R. ) Middle School	New Castle, DE	Colonial School District	Middle	615	13.5%	no change

Rank change counts the places a school moved since its prior test year, among the schools on this list that were tested both years. A dash means the school has no prior-year result.

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