Delaware schools ranked by test score
Latest DeSSA + SBAC year (2024-25). 37 schools with reported Social Studies scores. State average: 41.7%.
| Rank | School | Level | Social Studies | vs state |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Calloway (Cab) School of the Arts Wilmington · Red Clay Consolidated School District | High | 77.3% | +35.6pp |
| 2 | Christiana High School Newark · Christina School District | High | 54.5% | +12.8pp |
| 3 | Conrad Schools of Science Wilmington · Red Clay Consolidated School District | High | 53.1% | +11.4pp |
| 4 | Odessa High School Townsend · Appoquinimink School District | High | 45.4% | +3.7pp |
| 5 | Dickinson (John) School Wilmington · Red Clay Consolidated School District | High | 43.8% | +2.1pp |
| 6 | Brandywine High School Wilmington · Brandywine School District | High | 43.7% | +2.0pp |
| 7 | Mount Pleasant High School Wilmington · Brandywine School District | High | 37.2% | -4.5pp |
| 8 | Sussex Technical High School Georgetown · Sussex Technical School District | High | 33.2% | -8.5pp |
| 9 | Appoquinimink High School Middletown · Appoquinimink School District | High | 33.1% | -8.6pp |
| 10 | Early College School at Del State Dover · Early College High School at Del State | High | 32.6% | -9.1pp |
| 11 | Cape Henlopen High School Lewes · Cape Henlopen School District | High | 32.4% | -9.3pp |
| 12 | Concord High School Wilmington · Brandywine School District | High | 29.6% | -12.1pp |
| 13 | POLYTECH High School Woodside · POLYTECH School District | High | 29.2% | -12.5pp |
| 14 | Indian River High School Dagsboro · Indian River School District | High | 28.2% | -13.5pp |
| 15 | Caesar Rodney High School Camden · Caesar Rodney School District | High | 27.8% | -13.9pp |
| 16 | Positive Outcomes Charter School Camden · Positive Outcomes Charter School | High | 27.0% | -14.7pp |
| 17 | St. Georges Technical High School Middletown · New Castle County Vocational-Technical School District | High | 25.8% | -15.9pp |
| 18 | Lake Forest High School Felton · Lake Forest School District | High | 24.8% | -16.9pp |
| 19 | Milford Senior High School Milford · Milford School District | High | 22.1% | -19.6pp |
| 20 | First State Military Academy Clayton · First State Military Academy | High | 21.9% | -19.8pp |
| 21 | Newark High School Newark · Christina School District | High | 21.8% | -19.9pp |
| 22 | Dover High School Dover · Capital School District | High | 21.6% | -20.1pp |
| 23 | Delmar High School Delmar · Delmar School District | High | 21.1% | -20.6pp |
| 24 | Penn (William) High School New Castle · Colonial School District | High | 20.9% | -20.8pp |
| 25 | Middletown High School Middletown · Appoquinimink School District | High | 20.6% | -21.1pp |
| 26 | Sussex Central High School Georgetown · Indian River School District | High | 19.2% | -22.5pp |
| 27 | Hodgson (Paul M.) Vocational Technical High School Newark · New Castle County Vocational-Technical School District | High | 19.0% | -22.7pp |
| 28 | Delcastle Technical High School Wilmington · New Castle County Vocational-Technical School District | High | 18.9% | -22.8pp |
| 29 | Smyrna High School Smyrna · Smyrna School District | High | 18.8% | -22.9pp |
| 30 | Seaford Senior High School Seaford · Seaford School District | High | 17.1% | -24.6pp |
| 31 | Laurel Senior High School Laurel · Laurel School District | High | 15.5% | -26.2pp |
| 32 | Woodbridge High School Greenwood · Woodbridge School District | High | 14.7% | -27.0pp |
| 33 | McKean (Thomas) High School Wilmington · Red Clay Consolidated School District | High | 10.1% | -31.6pp |
| 34 | Glasgow High School Newark · Christina School District | High | 9.9% | -31.8pp |
| 35 | duPont (Alexis I.) High School Wilmington · Red Clay Consolidated School District | High | 9.5% | -32.2pp |
| 36 | Freire Charter School Wilmington · Freire Charter School Wilmington | High | 9.2% | -32.5pp |
| 37 | Howard High School of Technology Wilmington · New Castle County Vocational-Technical School District | High | 7.3% | -34.4pp |
About this ranking
Schools are ranked by the percentage of students who scored at or above the DeSSA + SBAC % Proficient threshold on the latest available DeSSA + SBAC Social Studies test (school year 2024-25). A higher percentage is better.
Only public schools with a reasonable cohort size are included (at least 50 total students enrolled, since the source file does not include per-subject student counts), so very small programs and special-purpose centers are filtered out.
The state average shown above is enrollment-weighted: we multiply each school's score by how many of its students tested, sum those across every public school in Delaware, and divide by the total students tested. This way a big school counts more than a tiny one in the typical-student average.