Best Schools for Black Students in Delaware (2026)

These are the Delaware public schools where black students scored highest on the state reading and math tests, ranked by the average of the two proficiency rates. Only schools with at least 20 tested black students are included. The list reflects how students in this group perform at each school; it is not a ranking of schools by their demographic makeup.

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Elementary schools

#	School	Reading	Math	Tested	Overall Repit grade
1	Lake Forest North Elementary School Felton	70%	70%	30	A+
2	Allen Frear Elementary School Camden	72%	57%	99	A+
3	Loss (Olive B.) Elementary School Bear	67%	62%	61	A+
4	Wilson (Etta J.) Elementary School Newark	65%	55%	32	A+
5	Major George S. Welch Elementary School Dover	70%	50%	30	A+
6	North Smyrna Elementary School Smyrna	52%	62%	66	B+
7	Frederick Douglass Elementary School Seaford	57%	57%	158	B
8	Long Neck Elementary School Millsboro	55%	55%	37	C+
9	Seaford Central Elementary School Seaford	52%	52%	155	B+
10	Gallaher (Robert S.) Elementary School Newark	57%	47%	63	B+
11	Booker T. Washington Elementary School Dover	52%	52%	90	A
12	Brick Mill Elementary School Middletown	62%	42%	119	B
13	Cedar Lane Elementary School Middletown	57%	42%	130	B+
14	Bunker Hill Elementary School Middletown	57%	42%	102	C+
15	W. B. Simpson Elementary School Camden	57%	42%	79	A+
16	Marshall (Thurgood) Elementary School Newark	52%	47%	142	C+
17	West Park Place Elementary School Newark	50%	50%	30	A+
18	Heritage Elementary School Wilmington	50%	50%	26	B
19	Linden Hill Elementary School Wilmington	55%	45%	37	A
20	North Dover Elementary School Dover	47%	47%	79	A
21	Townsend Elementary School Townsend	57%	37%	64	A
22	Smith (Jennie E.) Elementary School Newark	52%	42%	62	C+
23	Sunnyside Elementary School Smyrna	47%	47%	75	A
24	Ross (Lulu M.) Elementary School Milford	47%	47%	74	C
25	Star Hill Elementary School Dover	47%	42%	71	A

Middle schools

#	School	Reading	Math	Tested	Overall Repit grade
1	Dover Air Force Base Middle School Dover	70%	50%	28	A
2	Georgetown Middle School Georgetown	62%	42%	81	B
3	Providence Creek Academy Charter School Clayton	57%	47%	107	A
4	Clayton Intermediate School Clayton	52%	47%	103	A+
5	Waters (Alfred G.) Middle School Middletown	57%	42%	160	B+
6	Campus Community School Dover	57%	32%	148	B
7	Millsboro Middle School Millsboro	47%	32%	109	D
8	Smyrna Middle School Smyrna	47%	32%	295	A
9	Charter School of New Castle New Castle	39%	38%	404	C+
10	Redding (Louis L.) Middle School Middletown	49%	27%	311	B
11	Moore (John Bassett) School Smyrna	42%	32%	157	A
12	Bedford (Gunning) Middle School New Castle	46%	25%	551	C
13	Meredith (Everett) Middle School Middletown	47%	22%	259	C
14	Beacon Middle School Lewes	32%	37%	64	B+
15	Laurel Middle School Laurel	42%	27%	160	D
16	Chipman (W.T.) Middle School Harrington	37%	27%	201	C
17	Selbyville Middle School Selbyville	42%	22%	111	C
18	F. Niel Postlethwait Middle School Camden	42%	22%	227	B
19	Kuumba Academy Charter School Wilmington	35%	27%	350	C+
20	First State Montessori Academy Wilmington	45%	15%	58	C+
21	Brandywine Springs School Wilmington	35%	25%	45	C+
22	Talley Middle School Wilmington	42%	17%	288	B
23	Laurel Elementary School Laurel	32%	27%	157	C
24	Delmar Middle School Delmar	37%	22%	110	B
25	Fred Fifer III Middle School Camden	42%	17%	280	C

High schools

#	School	Reading	Math	Tested	Overall Repit grade
1	Charter School of Wilmington Wilmington	90%	70%	22	A+
2	Newark Charter School Newark	72%	62%	136	A+
3	MOT Charter School Middletown	72%	47%	124	A+
4	Sussex Academy Georgetown	70%	50%	24	A+
5	Conrad Schools of Science Wilmington	62%	47%	85	A+
6	Calloway (Cab) School of the Arts Wilmington	62%	32%	69	A+
7	Las Americas ASPIRA Academy Newark	55%	35%	60	A
8	POLYTECH High School Woodside	57%	17%	64	A
9	Odyssey Charter School Wilmington	47%	27%	270	A+
10	Christiana High School Newark	42%	27%	136	B+
11	St. Georges Technical High School Middletown	42%	27%	90	A
12	Mount Pleasant High School Wilmington	42%	27%	103	A
13	Sussex Technical High School Georgetown	45%	25%	36	A+
14	Appoquinimink High School Middletown	42%	17%	119	A+
15	Middletown High School Middletown	42%	17%	125	A
16	Cape Henlopen High School Lewes	35%	15%	46	A
17	Early College School at Del State Dover	37%	12%	64	B
18	Smyrna High School Smyrna	32%	12%	157	B
19	Hodgson (Paul M.) Vocational Technical High School Newark	32%	12%	107	B
20	Delcastle Technical High School Wilmington	32%	12%	119	B
21	Caesar Rodney High School Camden	32%	12%	129	A
22	Indian River High School Dagsboro	30%	10%	22	A
23	Dickinson (John) School Wilmington	27%	12%	68	B+
24	Dover High School Dover	27%	12%	230	C+
25	Freire Charter School Wilmington	27%	8%	116	C

Source: U.S. Department of Education EDFacts (state assessment results by student group) via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Small schools report results as ranges; we use the midpoint. Methodology

Best Schools for Black Students in Delaware (2026)

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