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The highest-performing public middle schools in reading in Delaware

38 public middle schools in Delaware appear in this ranking of the highest-performing public middle schools in reading, ranked by the share of students meeting or exceeding the state reading and writing standard. Beacon Middle School leads the list at 71.1%, against a median of 37.8% across the ranked schools.

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Delaware

Top % Proficient (Reading)

71.1%

Median % Proficient (Reading)

37.8%

BEST IN READING · DELAWARE

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	% Proficient (Reading)
1	Beacon Middle School	Lewes, DE	Cape Henlopen School District	Middle	427	71.1%
2	Waters (Alfred G.) Middle School	Middletown, DE	Appoquinimink School District	Middle	935	67.2%
3	Frederick D Thomas Middle School	Lewes, DE	Cape Henlopen School District	Middle	451	66.9%
4	duPont (H.B.) Middle School	Hockessin, DE	Red Clay Consolidated School District	Middle	764	58.4%
5	Selbyville Middle School	Selbyville, DE	Indian River School District	Middle	770	57.3%
6	Magnolia Middle School	Magnolia, DE	Caesar Rodney School District	Middle	460	50.7%
7	Cantwells Bridge Middle School	Townsend, DE	Appoquinimink School District	Middle	852	49.5%
8	Clayton Intermediate School	Clayton, DE	Smyrna School District	Middle	490	48.4%
9	Meredith (Everett) Middle School	Middletown, DE	Appoquinimink School District	Middle	867	47.8%
10	Springer Middle School	Wilmington, DE	Brandywine School District	Middle	776	46.4%
11	Fred Fifer III Middle School	Camden, DE	Caesar Rodney School District	Middle	839	45.0%
12	Talley Middle School	Wilmington, DE	Brandywine School District	Middle	900	41.8%
13	Mariner Middle School	Milton, DE	Cape Henlopen School District	Middle	552	41.2%
14	F. Niel Postlethwait Middle School	Camden, DE	Caesar Rodney School District	Middle	647	40.8%
15	Laurel Middle School	Laurel, DE	Laurel School District	Middle	373	40.6%
16	duPont (Pierre S.) Middle School	Wilmington, DE	Brandywine School District	Middle	730	40.2%
17	Moore (John Bassett) School	Smyrna, DE	Smyrna School District	Middle	638	40.0%
18	Georgetown Middle School	Georgetown, DE	Indian River School District	Middle	861	39.8%
19	Chipman (W.T.) Middle School	Harrington, DE	Lake Forest School District	Middle	905	37.9%
20	Delmar Middle School	Delmar, DE	Delmar School District	Middle	732	37.8%
21	Smyrna Middle School	Smyrna, DE	Smyrna School District	Middle	1,011	37.7%
22	Seaford Middle School	Seaford, DE	Seaford School District	Middle	800	34.6%
23	Redding (Louis L.) Middle School	Middletown, DE	Appoquinimink School District	Middle	451	34.3%
24	Millsboro Middle School	Millsboro, DE	Indian River School District	Middle	726	33.8%
25	Shue-Medill Middle School	Newark, DE	Christina School District	Middle	763	32.8%
26	Woodbridge Middle School	Bridgeville, DE	Woodbridge School District	Middle	596	32.5%
27	Milford Central Academy	Milford, DE	Milford School District	Middle	1,013	31.6%
28	Bedford (Gunning) Middle School	New Castle, DE	Colonial School District	Middle	846	27.5%
29	Gauger-Cobbs Middle School	Newark, DE	Christina School District	Middle	681	24.4%
30	Middle School of Excellence	Dover, DE	Capital School District	Middle	608	23.9%
31	Kirk (George V.) Middle School	Newark, DE	Christina School District	Middle	612	22.9%
32	Read (George) Middle School	New Castle, DE	Colonial School District	Middle	662	22.8%
33	Middle School of Innovation	Dover, DE	Capital School District	Middle	690	22.2%
34	William Henry Middle School	Dover, DE	Capital School District	Middle	432	21.3%
35	duPont (Alexis I.) Middle School	Greenville, DE	Red Clay Consolidated School District	Middle	455	19.7%
36	Skyline Middle School	Wilmington, DE	Red Clay Consolidated School District	Middle	408	19.1%
37	Stanton Middle School	Wilmington, DE	Red Clay Consolidated School District	Middle	558	18.8%
38	McCullough (Calvin R. ) Middle School	New Castle, DE	Colonial School District	Middle	615	13.5%

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