Best Schools for Low-income Students in Delaware (2026)

These are the Delaware public schools where low-income 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 low-income 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	75%	85%	44	A+
2	Lake Forest East Elementary School Frederica	70%	70%	30	A+
3	Lord Baltimore Elementary School Ocean View	67%	67%	86	B+
4	Wilson (Etta J.) Elementary School Newark	65%	65%	55	A+
5	Rehoboth Elementary School Rehoboth Beach	67%	57%	73	B+
6	Frederick Douglass Elementary School Seaford	62%	62%	245	B
7	Booker T. Washington Elementary School Dover	57%	62%	80	A
8	Allen Frear Elementary School Camden	67%	52%	129	A+
9	Loss (Olive B.) Elementary School Bear	75%	45%	31	A+
10	Long Neck Elementary School Millsboro	52%	62%	174	C+
11	North Dover Elementary School Dover	57%	52%	82	A
12	East Millsboro Elementary School Millsboro	52%	57%	127	B+
13	Seaford Central Elementary School Seaford	47%	57%	203	B+
14	Showell (Phillip C.) Elementary School Selbyville	57%	47%	78	A+
15	Cedar Lane Elementary School Middletown	55%	45%	48	B+
16	Maclary (R. Elisabeth) Elementary School Newark	42%	57%	67	C
17	Love Creek Elementary School Lewes	57%	42%	82	A+
18	Star Hill Elementary School Dover	47%	52%	74	A
19	Hartly Elementary School Hartly	55%	45%	38	A
20	Marshall (Thurgood) Elementary School Newark	52%	47%	79	C+
21	West Park Place Elementary School Newark	45%	55%	53	A+
22	Linden Hill Elementary School Wilmington	55%	45%	34	A
23	North Smyrna Elementary School Smyrna	47%	52%	68	B+
24	Bunker Hill Elementary School Middletown	65%	35%	47	C+
25	Smith (Jennie E.) Elementary School Newark	47%	47%	107	C+

Middle schools

#	School	Reading	Math	Tested	Overall Repit grade
1	Southern Delaware School of the Arts Selbyville	75%	55%	46	B+
2	Georgetown Middle School Georgetown	59%	49%	313	B
3	Clayton Intermediate School Clayton	57%	47%	117	A+
4	Beacon Middle School Lewes	52%	47%	161	B+
5	Campus Community School Dover	62%	32%	99	B
6	Providence Creek Academy Charter School Clayton	47%	42%	65	A
7	Selbyville Middle School Selbyville	57%	32%	234	C
8	Brandywine Springs School Wilmington	52%	37%	98	C+
9	Millsboro Middle School Millsboro	47%	32%	266	D
10	Mariner Middle School Milton	47%	32%	200	B+
11	Moore (John Bassett) School Smyrna	42%	32%	149	A
12	Chipman (W.T.) Middle School Harrington	44%	29%	350	C
13	Redding (Louis L.) Middle School Middletown	42%	27%	145	B
14	Waters (Alfred G.) Middle School Middletown	35%	35%	57	B+
15	Wilmington Manor Elementary School New Castle	42%	27%	74	C+
16	Laurel Middle School Laurel	42%	27%	260	D
17	Smyrna Middle School Smyrna	42%	27%	243	A
18	Fred Fifer III Middle School Camden	44%	20%	311	C
19	Milford Central Academy Milford	36%	28%	424	D
20	Laurel Elementary School Laurel	34%	28%	327	C
21	Seaford Middle School Seaford	39%	21%	393	C
22	First State Montessori Academy Wilmington	45%	15%	34	C+
23	Bedford (Gunning) Middle School New Castle	37%	22%	264	C
24	F. Niel Postlethwait Middle School Camden	37%	22%	217	B
25	Charter School of New Castle New Castle	32%	27%	220	C+

High schools

#	School	Reading	Math	Tested	Overall Repit grade
1	Newark Charter School Newark	77%	72%	123	A+
2	Sussex Academy Georgetown	75%	55%	42	A+
3	Conrad Schools of Science Wilmington	62%	47%	122	A+
4	MOT Charter School Middletown	70%	30%	26	A+
5	Calloway (Cab) School of the Arts Wilmington	65%	35%	53	A+
6	Sussex Technical High School Georgetown	55%	35%	44	A+
7	Delmar High School Delmar	50%	30%	21	B+
8	Christiana High School Newark	47%	32%	101	B+
9	Odyssey Charter School Wilmington	47%	27%	155	A+
10	POLYTECH High School Woodside	55%	15%	39	A
11	Mount Pleasant High School Wilmington	45%	15%	54	A
12	First State Military Academy Clayton	50%	10%	20	C
13	Indian River High School Dagsboro	45%	15%	43	A
14	St. Georges Technical High School Middletown	35%	25%	34	A
15	Cape Henlopen High School Lewes	42%	17%	69	A
16	Las Americas ASPIRA Academy Newark	32%	22%	124	A
17	Caesar Rodney High School Camden	32%	22%	84	A
18	Smyrna High School Smyrna	37%	17%	81	B
19	Appoquinimink High School Middletown	35%	15%	49	A+
20	Middletown High School Middletown	35%	15%	40	A
21	Meadowood Program Newark	30%	10%	25	D
22	Brandywine High School Wilmington	30%	10%	29	B
23	Early College School at Del State Dover	30%	10%	27	B
24	Delcastle Technical High School Wilmington	32%	8%	102	B
25	Concord High School Wilmington	32%	8%	61	B+

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

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