Best Cities in Delaware for Schools

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Rank (of 34)	City	# Elementary Schools	# Middle Schools	# High Schools	# Alt. Schools	# Private Schools*	Rank score (2026)	Rank (2025)	Rank change from 2025
1^st	Rehoboth Beach	1	0	0	0	0	0.906	4	3
2^nd	Hockessin	2	1	0	0	4	0.888	1	1
3^rd	Ocean View	1	0	0	0	0	0.84	2	1
4^th	Lewes	2	2	1	1	1	0.801	3	1
5^th	Townsend	4	1	1	0	0	0.787	5
6^th	Middletown	8	3	3	1	3	0.772	8	2
7^th	Magnolia	1	1	0	0	1	0.763	10	3
8^th	Selbyville	2	1	1	0	0	0.711	7	1
9^th	Camden	3	2	2	1	0	0.697	9
10^th	Clayton	2	1	1	0	1	0.69	13	3
11^th	Milton	2	1	0	0	2	0.684	11
12^th	Dagsboro	0	0	1	0	1	0.659	6	6
13^th	Wyoming	1	0	0	0	1	0.623	12	1
14^th	Smyrna	3	2	1	0	1	0.582	17	3
15^th	Harrington	1	1	0	0	0	0.576	23	8
16^th	Delmar	0	1	1	0	0	0.568	24	8
17^th	Georgetown	2	2	2	2	2	0.53	15	2
18^th	Claymont	2	0	0	0	0	0.524	21	3
19^th	Woodside	0	0	1	0	0	0.512	14	5
20^th	Frankford	1	0	0	0	0	0.509	19	1
21^st	Felton	2	0	1	0	1	0.505	18	3
22^nd	Newark	15	3	4	5	12	0.498	20	2
23^rd	Hartly	1	0	0	0	4	0.481	16	7
24^th	Bear	3	0	0	0	5	0.469	22	2
25^th	Wilmington	27	6	14	5	44	0.394	27	2
26^th	Bridgeville	1	1	0	0	0	0.392	26
27^th	Dover	12	4	2	2	18	0.391	28	1
28^th	Greenwood	1	0	1	0	1	0.366	32	4
29^th	Milford	3	1	1	0	2	0.355	30	1
30^th	Seaford	4	1	1	1	3	0.332	29	1
31^st	Millsboro	2	1	0	0	0	0.33	25	6
32^nd	Laurel	3	1	1	1	1	0.279	31	1
33^rd	New Castle	8	3	2	1	5	0.209	33
34^th	Greenville	0	1	0	0	0	0.085	34

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* Private schools are not used in determining city rank.
Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on test scores released by the Delaware Department of Education.
These rankings were last updated on August 18, 2026, and are based on the most recent test scores available. We update rankings as we receive new test scores from the Delaware Department of Education, usually on a yearly basis.
Our sources of data include the National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education and the Delaware Department of Education.
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