Summary:
The five schools in Delhi Unified serve students from kindergarten through grade 12: three K–6 elementary schools, one middle school and one high school. Results are generally below state levels: the schools’ average was 35% in ELA and 29% in math, compared with state rates of 49% and 38%. The most important area-wide concern is science, where the schools averaged 18%, 18 percentage points below the state’s 36%.
Harmony Elementary is the clearest academic standout, leading the schools in ELA at 48% and math at 45%; its math result was 7 points above the state rate, while its ELA result was 1 point below. Among the elementary schools, Harmony’s lead over the next-highest result was 19 points in ELA and 14 in math. At the other end, Delhi Middle had the lowest all-grades results in all three core subjects: 30% in ELA, 15% in math and 14% in science—19, 24 and 22 points below state rates. Delhi High led in science at 24%, though still below the state’s 36%; its 99% graduation rate was well above the state’s 88%.
From 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, the schools’ average proficiency fell 1 point in ELA, about 0.3 in math and 1 in science, while state results rose about 0.5, 1 and 3 points, respectively; individual school trends varied. SchoolDigger lists Harmony at the 59th percentile with 3 stars, Delhi High at the 45th percentile with 2 stars, and Schendel Elementary, Schendel Elementary and Schendel Elementary? No: the other three schools—Schendel Elementary, El Capitan Elementary and Delhi Middle—at the 16th–26th percentiles with 1 star each. As context, 2024–2025 free/reduced lunch eligible figures were 84% at Harmony, 91% at El Capitan, 90% at Delhi High and 87% at Delhi Middle; Schendel reported 54% directly certified for free meals and is marked as likely to have all students receive free meals (Community Eligibility). Harmony’s 2024–2025 student-teacher ratio was 18.8, compared with Schendel’s 16.3, despite Harmony’s stronger ELA and math results.
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