Delaware schools ranked by test score
Latest DeSSA + SBAC year (2024-25). 39 schools with reported English Language Arts scores. State average: 41.4%.
| Rank | School | Level | English Language Arts | vs state |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dover Air Force Base Middle School Dover · Caesar Rodney School District | Middle | 74.5% | +33.1pp |
| 2 | Beacon Middle School Lewes · Cape Henlopen School District | Middle | 71.1% | +29.7pp |
| 3 | Waters (Alfred G.) Middle School Middletown · Appoquinimink School District | Middle | 67.2% | +25.8pp |
| 4 | Frederick D Thomas Middle School Lewes · Cape Henlopen School District | Middle | 66.9% | +25.5pp |
| 5 | duPont (H.B.) Middle School Hockessin · Red Clay Consolidated School District | Middle | 58.4% | +17.0pp |
| 6 | Selbyville Middle School Selbyville · Indian River School District | Middle | 57.3% | +15.9pp |
| 7 | Magnolia Middle School Magnolia · Caesar Rodney School District | Middle | 50.7% | +9.3pp |
| 8 | Cantwells Bridge Middle School Townsend · Appoquinimink School District | Middle | 49.5% | +8.1pp |
| 9 | Clayton Intermediate School Clayton · Smyrna School District | Middle | 48.4% | +7.0pp |
| 10 | Meredith (Everett) Middle School Middletown · Appoquinimink School District | Middle | 47.8% | +6.4pp |
| 11 | Springer Middle School Wilmington · Brandywine School District | Middle | 46.4% | +5.0pp |
| 12 | Fred Fifer III Middle School Camden · Caesar Rodney School District | Middle | 45.0% | +3.6pp |
| 13 | Talley Middle School Wilmington · Brandywine School District | Middle | 41.8% | +0.4pp |
| 14 | Mariner Middle School Milton · Cape Henlopen School District | Middle | 41.2% | -0.2pp |
| 15 | F. Niel Postlethwait Middle School Camden · Caesar Rodney School District | Middle | 40.8% | -0.6pp |
| 16 | Laurel Middle School Laurel · Laurel School District | Middle | 40.6% | -0.8pp |
| 17 | duPont (Pierre S.) Middle School Wilmington · Brandywine School District | Middle | 40.2% | -1.2pp |
| 18 | Moore (John Bassett) School Smyrna · Smyrna School District | Middle | 40.0% | -1.4pp |
| 19 | Georgetown Middle School Georgetown · Indian River School District | Middle | 39.8% | -1.6pp |
| 20 | Chipman (W.T.) Middle School Harrington · Lake Forest School District | Middle | 37.9% | -3.5pp |
| 21 | Delmar Middle School Delmar · Delmar School District | Middle | 37.8% | -3.6pp |
| 22 | Smyrna Middle School Smyrna · Smyrna School District | Middle | 37.7% | -3.7pp |
| 23 | Seaford Middle School Seaford · Seaford School District | Middle | 34.6% | -6.8pp |
| 24 | Redding (Louis L.) Middle School Middletown · Appoquinimink School District | Middle | 34.3% | -7.1pp |
| 25 | Millsboro Middle School Millsboro · Indian River School District | Middle | 33.8% | -7.6pp |
| 26 | Shue-Medill Middle School Newark · Christina School District | Middle | 32.8% | -8.6pp |
| 27 | Woodbridge Middle School Bridgeville · Woodbridge School District | Middle | 32.5% | -8.9pp |
| 28 | Milford Central Academy Milford · Milford School District | Middle | 31.6% | -9.8pp |
| 29 | Bedford (Gunning) Middle School New Castle · Colonial School District | Middle | 27.5% | -13.9pp |
| 30 | Gauger-Cobbs Middle School Newark · Christina School District | Middle | 24.4% | -17.0pp |
| 31 | Middle School of Excellence Dover · Capital School District | Middle | 23.9% | -17.5pp |
| 32 | Kirk (George V.) Middle School Newark · Christina School District | Middle | 22.9% | -18.5pp |
| 33 | Read (George) Middle School New Castle · Colonial School District | Middle | 22.8% | -18.6pp |
| 34 | Middle School of Innovation Dover · Capital School District | Middle | 22.2% | -19.2pp |
| 35 | William Henry Middle School Dover · Capital School District | Middle | 21.3% | -20.1pp |
| 36 | duPont (Alexis I.) Middle School Greenville · Red Clay Consolidated School District | Middle | 19.7% | -21.7pp |
| 37 | Skyline Middle School Wilmington · Red Clay Consolidated School District | Middle | 19.1% | -22.3pp |
| 38 | Stanton Middle School Wilmington · Red Clay Consolidated School District | Middle | 18.8% | -22.6pp |
| 39 | McCullough (Calvin R. ) Middle School New Castle · Colonial School District | Middle | 13.5% | -27.9pp |
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 English Language Arts 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.