Best Schools for White Students in Delaware (2026)

These are the Delaware public schools where white 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 white 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	82%	87%	79	A+
2	Lake Forest East Elementary School Frederica	85%	85%	45	A+
3	Major George S. Welch Elementary School Dover	82%	82%	118	A+
4	Allen Frear Elementary School Camden	87%	77%	248	A+
5	Loss (Olive B.) Elementary School Bear	82%	77%	226	A+
6	Rehoboth Elementary School Rehoboth Beach	82%	77%	158	B+
7	Lewes Elementary School Lewes	82%	77%	218	A
8	Milton Elementary School Milton	77%	82%	112	B
9	West Park Place Elementary School Newark	82%	77%	69	A+
10	Lord Baltimore Elementary School Ocean View	77%	82%	263	B+
11	North Star Elementary School Hockessin	82%	77%	214	B+
12	Wilson (Etta J.) Elementary School Newark	77%	77%	68	A+
13	East Millsboro Elementary School Millsboro	77%	77%	219	B+
14	Claymont Elementary School Claymont	77%	77%	193	A+
15	Lombardy Elementary School Wilmington	77%	77%	141	B+
16	William F. Cooke Jr. Elementary Hockessin	77%	72%	217	A+
17	Linden Hill Elementary School Wilmington	77%	72%	119	A
18	North Dover Elementary School Dover	75%	75%	51	A
19	Cedar Lane Elementary School Middletown	77%	68%	301	B+
20	Downes (John R.) Elementary School Newark	67%	77%	120	C
21	Star Hill Elementary School Dover	72%	72%	167	A
22	Forest Oak Elementary School Newark	77%	67%	90	B
23	Frederick Douglass Elementary School Seaford	72%	72%	147	B
24	Seaford Central Elementary School Seaford	72%	72%	179	B+
25	Love Creek Elementary School Lewes	72%	67%	266	A+

Middle schools

#	School	Reading	Math	Tested	Overall Repit grade
1	Dover Air Force Base Middle School Dover	87%	72%	104	A
2	Southern Delaware School of the Arts Selbyville	82%	72%	249	B+
3	Beacon Middle School Lewes	80%	72%	514	B+
4	duPont (Pierre S.) Middle School Wilmington	77%	67%	279	C+
5	duPont (H.B.) Middle School Hockessin	77%	65%	376	A+
6	Brandywine Springs School Wilmington	75%	66%	460	C+
7	Georgetown Middle School Georgetown	72%	67%	218	B
8	Selbyville Middle School Selbyville	76%	59%	397	C
9	Waters (Alfred G.) Middle School Middletown	71%	64%	592	B+
10	Campus Community School Dover	77%	57%	72	B
11	First State Montessori Academy Wilmington	72%	62%	218	C+
12	Clayton Intermediate School Clayton	69%	64%	334	A+
13	Providence Creek Academy Charter School Clayton	67%	62%	286	A
14	Mariner Middle School Milton	72%	55%	346	B+
15	Redding (Louis L.) Middle School Middletown	70%	55%	406	B
16	F. Niel Postlethwait Middle School Camden	69%	54%	487	B
17	Millsboro Middle School Millsboro	67%	52%	396	D
18	Springer Middle School Wilmington	70%	49%	498	C
19	Chipman (W.T.) Middle School Harrington	66%	52%	549	C
20	Smyrna Middle School Smyrna	62%	54%	537	A
21	Laurel Middle School Laurel	63%	52%	313	D
22	Talley Middle School Wilmington	67%	44%	323	B
23	Milford Central Academy Milford	57%	52%	466	D
24	Fred Fifer III Middle School Camden	67%	42%	419	C
25	Delmar Middle School Delmar	57%	50%	443	B

High schools

#	School	Reading	Math	Tested	Overall Repit grade
1	Charter School of Wilmington Wilmington	98%	92%	133	A+
2	Sussex Academy Georgetown	98%	84%	327	A+
3	Newark Charter School Newark	89%	85%	825	A+
4	MOT Charter School Middletown	80%	66%	363	A+
5	Conrad Schools of Science Wilmington	79%	66%	349	A+
6	Calloway (Cab) School of the Arts Wilmington	82%	62%	297	A+
7	Odyssey Charter School Wilmington	75%	63%	573	A+
8	Christiana High School Newark	77%	57%	115	B+
9	Las Americas ASPIRA Academy Newark	67%	67%	99	A
10	Appoquinimink High School Middletown	77%	52%	235	A+
11	Delaware Military Academy Wilmington	82%	42%	119	A+
12	Mount Pleasant High School Wilmington	77%	47%	86	A
13	Sussex Technical High School Georgetown	72%	47%	190	A+
14	Concord High School Wilmington	72%	47%	167	B+
15	Brandywine High School Wilmington	75%	45%	43	B
16	Middletown High School Middletown	72%	42%	192	A
17	Cape Henlopen High School Lewes	72%	42%	228	A
18	Dickinson (John) School Wilmington	62%	52%	197	B+
19	Newark High School Newark	62%	47%	66	C+
20	Caesar Rodney High School Camden	67%	42%	245	A
21	duPont (Alexis I.) High School Wilmington	67%	37%	69	B
22	POLYTECH High School Woodside	67%	37%	185	A
23	Indian River High School Dagsboro	62%	42%	153	A
24	Delmar High School Delmar	57%	42%	121	B+
25	Smyrna High School Smyrna	62%	32%	202	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

Best Schools for White Students in Delaware (2026)

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