Delaware schools ranked by test score
Latest DeSSA + SBAC year (2024-25). 39 schools with reported Social Studies scores. State average: 41.7%.
| Rank | School | Level | Social Studies | vs state |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dover Air Force Base Middle School Dover · Caesar Rodney School District | Middle | 74.0% | +32.3pp |
| 2 | Waters (Alfred G.) Middle School Middletown · Appoquinimink School District | Middle | 73.2% | +31.5pp |
| 3 | Beacon Middle School Lewes · Cape Henlopen School District | Middle | 59.6% | +17.9pp |
| 4 | Clayton Intermediate School Clayton · Smyrna School District | Middle | 59.6% | +17.9pp |
| 5 | duPont (H.B.) Middle School Hockessin · Red Clay Consolidated School District | Middle | 59.3% | +17.6pp |
| 6 | Selbyville Middle School Selbyville · Indian River School District | Middle | 56.1% | +14.4pp |
| 7 | Cantwells Bridge Middle School Townsend · Appoquinimink School District | Middle | 55.8% | +14.1pp |
| 8 | Frederick D Thomas Middle School Lewes · Cape Henlopen School District | Middle | 55.0% | +13.3pp |
| 9 | Magnolia Middle School Magnolia · Caesar Rodney School District | Middle | 53.5% | +11.8pp |
| 10 | Meredith (Everett) Middle School Middletown · Appoquinimink School District | Middle | 52.1% | +10.4pp |
| 11 | Fred Fifer III Middle School Camden · Caesar Rodney School District | Middle | 48.8% | +7.1pp |
| 12 | Moore (John Bassett) School Smyrna · Smyrna School District | Middle | 47.0% | +5.3pp |
| 13 | Springer Middle School Wilmington · Brandywine School District | Middle | 45.5% | +3.8pp |
| 14 | Delmar Middle School Delmar · Delmar School District | Middle | 45.3% | +3.6pp |
| 15 | Georgetown Middle School Georgetown · Indian River School District | Middle | 45.1% | +3.4pp |
| 16 | duPont (Pierre S.) Middle School Wilmington · Brandywine School District | Middle | 44.9% | +3.2pp |
| 17 | Chipman (W.T.) Middle School Harrington · Lake Forest School District | Middle | 43.9% | +2.2pp |
| 18 | F. Niel Postlethwait Middle School Camden · Caesar Rodney School District | Middle | 43.6% | +1.9pp |
| 19 | Smyrna Middle School Smyrna · Smyrna School District | Middle | 43.6% | +1.9pp |
| 20 | Mariner Middle School Milton · Cape Henlopen School District | Middle | 43.4% | +1.7pp |
| 21 | Millsboro Middle School Millsboro · Indian River School District | Middle | 42.3% | +0.6pp |
| 22 | Talley Middle School Wilmington · Brandywine School District | Middle | 41.1% | -0.6pp |
| 23 | William Henry Middle School Dover · Capital School District | Middle | 40.1% | -1.6pp |
| 24 | Redding (Louis L.) Middle School Middletown · Appoquinimink School District | Middle | 39.0% | -2.7pp |
| 25 | Bedford (Gunning) Middle School New Castle · Colonial School District | Middle | 36.2% | -5.5pp |
| 26 | Laurel Middle School Laurel · Laurel School District | Middle | 36.0% | -5.7pp |
| 27 | Woodbridge Middle School Bridgeville · Woodbridge School District | Middle | 35.8% | -5.9pp |
| 28 | Milford Central Academy Milford · Milford School District | Middle | 34.0% | -7.7pp |
| 29 | Middle School of Excellence Dover · Capital School District | Middle | 32.4% | -9.3pp |
| 30 | Read (George) Middle School New Castle · Colonial School District | Middle | 32.2% | -9.5pp |
| 31 | Seaford Middle School Seaford · Seaford School District | Middle | 32.1% | -9.6pp |
| 32 | Shue-Medill Middle School Newark · Christina School District | Middle | 29.9% | -11.8pp |
| 33 | Middle School of Innovation Dover · Capital School District | Middle | 27.6% | -14.1pp |
| 34 | Kirk (George V.) Middle School Newark · Christina School District | Middle | 24.4% | -17.3pp |
| 35 | Gauger-Cobbs Middle School Newark · Christina School District | Middle | 21.2% | -20.5pp |
| 36 | Skyline Middle School Wilmington · Red Clay Consolidated School District | Middle | 21.1% | -20.6pp |
| 37 | duPont (Alexis I.) Middle School Greenville · Red Clay Consolidated School District | Middle | 19.9% | -21.8pp |
| 38 | McCullough (Calvin R. ) Middle School New Castle · Colonial School District | Middle | 19.6% | -22.1pp |
| 39 | Stanton Middle School Wilmington · Red Clay Consolidated School District | Middle | 19.4% | -22.3pp |
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.