Best Public Schools in Newark, Delaware & Rankings

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2022)				Ranking (2021)				DeSSA Science (2022)				DeSSA Social Studies (2022)			SAT English Language Arts (2022)	SAT Mathematics (2022)	SAT Essay (2022)	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts (2022)						Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics (2022)						Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2022)	Statewide Rank (2022)	State Percentile (2022)	SchoolDigger Rating (2022)	Average Standard Score (2021)	Statewide Rank (2021)	State Percentile (2021)	Rank Change from Previous Year	DeSSA Science 5th Grade	DeSSA Science 8th Grade	DeSSA Science 9th Grade	DeSSA Science 10th Grade	DeSSA Social Studies 4th Grade	DeSSA Social Studies 7th Grade	DeSSA Social Studies 11th Grade	SAT English Language Arts 11th Grade	SAT Mathematics 11th Grade	SAT Essay 11th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts 3rd Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts 4th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts 8th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 3rd Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 4th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 8th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Newark Charter School	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	200 McIntire Drive	Newark	19711	New Castle County	Newark Charter School	Yes	No	No	Yes	(302) 369-2001	2,458	147	16.7		1,449 (59.0%)	299 (12.2%)	156 (6.3%)	400 (16.3%)	2 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	152 (6.2%)								(n/a)	42.7	47.3	84.5		52.4	62.4	56.9	80.1	63.0	54.7	70.1	61.8	71.9	75.0	78.4	79.3	76.1	64.2	66.2	76.3	73.2	57.5	$12,033	$231	$13,047
Las Americas ASPIRA Academy	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-10	326 Ruthar Drive	Newark	19711	New Castle County	Las Americas Aspira Academy	Yes	No	No	Yes	(302) 292-1463	1,225	83	14.8		156 (12.7%)	162 (13.2%)	860 (70.2%)	14 (1.1%)	3 (0.2%)	2 (0.2%)	28 (2.3%)								(n/a)	17.9			10.9	22.6	20.6					33.6	33.3	44.6	31.1	41.4	23.6	27.3	24.3	19.1	10.8	34.5	14.2	$14,228	$664	$16,891
Marshall (Thurgood) Elementary School	Public	K-5	101 Barrett Run Road	Newark	19702	New Castle County	Christina School District	No	No	No	No	(302) 454-4700	570	42	13.7		110 (19.3%)	210 (36.8%)	71 (12.5%)	151 (26.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	27 (4.7%)	79.2	17^th of 104 public elementary schools	83.7%		77.3	17^th of 95 public elementary schools	82.1%		18.0				49.0						67.4	63.7	61.5				57.6	59.4	42.6				$13,704	$481	$16,562
Keene (William B.) Elementary School	Public	K-5	200 LaGrange Avenue	Newark	19702	New Castle County	Christina School District	No	No	No	Yes	(302) 454-2018	507	37	13.7		133 (26.2%)	237 (46.7%)	76 (15.0%)	22 (4.3%)	4 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	35 (6.9%)	44.1	59^th of 104 public elementary schools	43.3%		32.2	62^nd of 95 public elementary schools	34.7%	3	19.3				29.7						42.5	37.8	45.5				35.6	31.9	28.4				$16,168	$723	$19,705
Delaware School for the Deaf	Public, Alternative	PK, KG-12	630 East Chestnut Hill Road	Newark	19713	New Castle County	Christina School District	No	No	No	No	(302) 454-2301	122	35	3.4		47 (38.5%)	33 (27.0%)	27 (22.1%)	7 (5.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.8%)	7 (5.7%)								(n/a)																							$123,712	$2,244	$148,799
Wilson (Etta J.) Elementary School	Public	K-5	14 Forge Road	Newark	19711	New Castle County	Christina School District	No	No	No	Yes	(302) 454-2180	279	18	15.5		126 (45.2%)	74 (26.5%)	42 (15.1%)	14 (5.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (8.2%)	72.5	24^th of 104 public elementary schools	76.9%		61.6	32^nd of 95 public elementary schools	66.3%	8	21.6				50.0						47.6	61.9	52.0				45.2	50.0	49.0				$18,138	$1,184	$21,370
Smith (Jennie E.) Elementary School	Public	K-5	142 Brennen Drive	Newark	19713	New Castle County	Christina School District	No	No	No	Yes	(302) 454-2174	479	32	14.7		177 (37.0%)	122 (25.5%)	100 (20.9%)	51 (10.6%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.6%)	26 (5.4%)	21.7	79^th of 104 public elementary schools	24.0%		17.6	80^th of 95 public elementary schools	15.8%	1	7.3				27.9						29.0	31.3	27.0				30.8	23.5	10.4				$15,306	$804	$18,274
McVey (Joseph M.) Elementary School	Public	K-5	908 Janice Drive	Newark	19713	New Castle County	Christina School District	No	No	No	Yes	(302) 454-2145	343	29	11.6		119 (34.7%)	107 (31.2%)	80 (23.3%)	18 (5.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (5.5%)	46	53^rd of 104 public elementary schools	49.0%		46.5	42^nd of 95 public elementary schools	55.8%	11					28.6						27.7	46.8	46.7				40.0	30.2	35.0				$19,047	$1,049	$23,054
Maclary (R. Elisabeth) Elementary School	Public	K-5	300 St. Regis Drive	Newark	19711	New Castle County	Christina School District	No	No	No	Yes	(302) 454-2142	285	25	11.4		95 (33.3%)	83 (29.1%)	89 (31.2%)	6 (2.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (4.2%)	56.7	37^th of 104 public elementary schools	64.4%		50.5	37^th of 95 public elementary schools	61.1%		20.5				23.8						50.0	35.7	47.6				56.3	42.9	37.8				$21,898	$1,015	$26,528
Leasure (May B.) Elementary School	Public	K-5	1015 Church Road	Newark	19702	New Castle County	Christina School District	No	No	No	Yes	(302) 454-2103	334	28	11.9		56 (16.8%)	200 (59.9%)	52 (15.6%)	10 (3.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	15 (4.5%)	27.4	72^nd of 104 public elementary schools	30.8%		25.3	71^st of 95 public elementary schools	25.3%	1	8.1				22.8						38.3	38.2	37.7				32.3	19.3	14.5				$20,320	$861	$24,071
Downes (John R.) Elementary School	Public	K-5	220 Casho Mill Road	Newark	19711	New Castle County	Christina School District	No	No	No	Yes	(302) 454-2133	430	31	13.8		196 (45.6%)	89 (20.7%)	72 (16.7%)	44 (10.2%)	4 (0.9%)	1 (0.2%)	24 (5.6%)	67.2	29^th of 104 public elementary schools	72.1%		66	25^th of 95 public elementary schools	73.7%	4	26.1				30.3						68.7	50.0	47.8				58.2	40.0	37.7				$14,743	$636	$17,779
Jones (Albert H.) Elementary School	Public	K-5	35 West Main Street	Newark	19702	New Castle County	Christina School District	No	No	No	Yes	(302) 454-2131	304	24	12.6		53 (17.4%)	155 (51.0%)	67 (22.0%)	9 (3.0%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	18 (5.9%)	45.8	55^th of 104 public elementary schools	47.1%		47.6	40^th of 95 public elementary schools	57.9%	15	12.2				25.0						56.3	39.0	42.6				52.1	18.0	30.6				$18,183	$948	$21,730
Brookside Elementary School	Public	K-5	800 Marrows Road	Newark	19713	New Castle County	Christina School District	No	No	No	Yes	(302) 454-5454	267	27	9.8		55 (20.6%)	69 (25.8%)	120 (44.9%)	3 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (7.5%)	45.3	56^th of 104 public elementary schools	46.2%		27.7	66^th of 95 public elementary schools	30.5%	10					20.0						43.5	40.5	43.2				36.2	30.8	37.8				$20,812	$1,117	$24,641
Shue-Medill Middle School	Public	6-8	1500 Capitol Trail	Newark	19711	New Castle County	Christina School District	No	No	No	Yes	(302) 454-2171	864	61	14.1		301 (34.8%)	279 (32.3%)	199 (23.0%)	24 (2.8%)	3 (0.3%)	4 (0.5%)	54 (6.3%)	21.5	41^st of 51 public middle schools	19.6%		28	34^th of 47 public middle schools	27.7%	7		11.9				13.1								24.6	28.0	31.1				14.5	18.0	16.3	$15,950	$585	$19,038
Kirk (George V.) Middle School	Public	6-8	140 Brennen Drive	Newark	19713	New Castle County	Christina School District	No	No	No	Yes	(302) 451-7021	820	52	15.7		223 (27.2%)	318 (38.8%)	170 (20.7%)	45 (5.5%)	4 (0.5%)	4 (0.5%)	56 (6.8%)	16	46^th of 51 public middle schools	9.8%		15.3	43^rd of 47 public middle schools	8.5%	3		5.5				10.9								24.6	30.5	27.9				10.1	15.1	9.7	$16,953	$899	$19,752
Gauger-Cobbs Middle School	Public	6-8	50 Gender Road	Newark	19713	New Castle County	Christina School District	No	No	No	Yes	(302) 454-2358	827	64	12.9		174 (21.0%)	336 (40.6%)	245 (29.6%)	16 (1.9%)	2 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	54 (6.5%)	16.8	44^th of 51 public middle schools	13.7%		16.2	42^nd of 47 public middle schools	10.6%	2		3.8				7.7								28.2	23.9	23.2				17.5	12.2	16.7	$16,374	$565	$19,715
Newark High School	Public	9-12	750 East Delaware Avenue	Newark	19711	New Castle County	Christina School District	No	No	No	Yes	(302) 631-4700	1,091	68	16.0		408 (37.4%)	390 (35.7%)	211 (19.3%)	42 (3.8%)	3 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	37 (3.4%)	47.9	20^th of 39 public high schools	48.7%		47	20^th of 39 public high schools	48.7%					28.5			24.0	44.2	22.1	30.2													$20,046	$816	$23,730
Glasgow High School	Public	9-12	1901 South College Avenue	Newark	19702	New Castle County	Christina School District	No	No	No	Yes	(302) 631-5600	784	42	18.6		153 (19.5%)	340 (43.4%)	224 (28.6%)	20 (2.6%)	4 (0.5%)	5 (0.6%)	38 (4.8%)	10.1	37^th of 39 public high schools	5.1%		9.4	37^th of 39 public high schools	5.1%					10.2			6.5	23.5	5.2	16.8													$20,800	$739	$24,962
Christiana High School	Public	6-12	190 Salem Church Road	Newark	19713	New Castle County	Christina School District	No	No	No	Yes	(302) 631-2400	1,173	74	15.8		391 (33.3%)	456 (38.9%)	161 (13.7%)	88 (7.5%)	3 (0.3%)	4 (0.3%)	70 (6.0%)	38.6	23^rd of 39 public high schools	41.0%		29	26^th of 39 public high schools	33.3%	3				41.7		56.4	14.7	32.4	11.5	25.2				88.5	86.1	88.9				81.1	72.3	72.2	$22,171	$691	$26,496
Brennen School (The)	Public, Alternative	PK, KG-12	144 Brennen Drive	Newark	19713	New Castle County	Christina School District	No	No	No	No	(302) 292-6021	409	99	4.1		143 (35.0%)	162 (39.6%)	58 (14.2%)	32 (7.8%)	3 (0.7%)	1 (0.2%)	10 (2.4%)								(n/a)																							$87,582	$1,680	$102,586
Gallaher (Robert S.) Elementary School	Public	K-5	800 North Brownleaf Road	Newark	19713	New Castle County	Christina School District	No	No	No	Yes	(302) 454-2464	705	49	14.3		179 (25.4%)	240 (34.0%)	162 (23.0%)	68 (9.6%)	2 (0.3%)	1 (0.1%)	53 (7.5%)	42.9	62^nd of 104 public elementary schools	40.4%		33.1	60^th of 95 public elementary schools	36.8%	2	18.8				26.5						35.0	39.9	50.7				33.1	31.6	30.2				$14,947	$887	$17,800
West Park Place Elementary School	Public	K-5	193 West Park Place	Newark	19711	New Castle County	Christina School District	No	No	No	Yes	(302) 454-2290	353	26	13.5		148 (41.9%)	92 (26.1%)	30 (8.5%)	52 (14.7%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.8%)	28 (7.9%)	79.9	16^th of 104 public elementary schools	84.6%		90.4	10^th of 95 public elementary schools	89.5%	6	27.1				42.0						65.9	68.0	56.7				60.0	56.9	39.3				$16,302	$742	$19,916
Brader (Henry M.) Elementary School	Public	K-5	350 Four Seasons Parkway	Newark	19702	New Castle County	Christina School District	No	No	No	Yes	(302) 454-5959	349	33	10.5		114 (32.7%)	121 (34.7%)	72 (20.6%)	13 (3.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	29 (8.3%)	39.6	64^th of 104 public elementary schools	38.5%		27.6	67^th of 95 public elementary schools	29.5%	3	16.7				25.0						32.3	39.0	47.8				35.5	35.0	25.4				$18,895	$834	$22,734
Christina Early Education Center	Public	PK	620 East Chestnut Hill Rd	Newark	19713	New Castle County	Christina School District	No	No	No	No	(302) 454-2720	281	25	11.2		118 (42.0%)	90 (32.0%)	37 (13.2%)	32 (11.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.4%)								(n/a)																							$32,578	$1,326	$39,564
Hodgson (Paul M.) Vocational Technical High School	Public	9-12	2575 Glasgow Avenue	Newark	19702	New Castle County	New Castle County Vocational-Technical School District	No	No	No	No	(302) 834-0990	1,087	79	13.7		337 (31.0%)	454 (41.8%)	204 (18.8%)	20 (1.8%)	12 (1.1%)	1 (0.1%)	59 (5.4%)	14.1	33^rd of 39 public high schools	15.4%		19.4	32^nd of 39 public high schools	17.9%	1				10.8			7.2	27.8	9.3	21.8													$18,080	$295	$21,125
Meadowood Program	Public, Alternative	K-12	55A South Meadowood Drive	Newark	19711	New Castle County	Red Clay Consolidated School District	No	No	No	No	(302) 454-3400	124	19	6.5		47 (37.9%)	40 (32.3%)	31 (25.0%)	4 (3.2%)	2 (1.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)																							$99,739	$1,172	$112,845
Forest Oak Elementary School	Public	K-5	55 South Meadowood Drive	Newark	19711	New Castle County	Red Clay Consolidated School District	No	No	No	Yes	(302) 454-3420	460	35	13.3		157 (34.1%)	40 (8.7%)	237 (51.5%)	3 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (5.0%)	63.1	34^th of 104 public elementary schools	67.3%		36	56^th of 95 public elementary schools	41.1%	22	29.7				35.5						38.7	52.0	56.8				44.0	35.1	40.5				$15,190	$672	$17,559

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Bear	2.78 mi	3	13^th
Middletown	6.08 mi	15	5^th
New Castle	6.79 mi	15	30^th
Wilmington	8.79 mi	58	23^rd
Hockessin	11.34 mi	3	3^rd

Best Public Schools in Newark, DE

West Park Place Elementary School

Marshall (Thurgood) Elementary School

Wilson (Etta J.) Elementary School

Downes (John R.) Elementary School

Forest Oak Elementary School

Maclary (R. Elisabeth) Elementary School

Newark High School

McVey (Joseph M.) Elementary School

Jones (Albert H.) Elementary School

Brookside Elementary School

Keene (William B.) Elementary School

Gallaher (Robert S.) Elementary School

Brader (Henry M.) Elementary School

Christiana High School

Leasure (May B.) Elementary School

Smith (Jennie E.) Elementary School

Shue-Medill Middle School

Gauger-Cobbs Middle School

Kirk (George V.) Middle School

Hodgson (Paul M.) Vocational Technical High School

Glasgow High School

Brennen School (The)

Christina Early Education Center

Delaware School for the Deaf

Las Americas ASPIRA Academy

Meadowood Program

Newark Charter School

Cities Near Newark