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Rank (of 31)	City	# Elementary Schools	# Middle Schools	# High Schools	# Alt. Schools	# Private Schools*	Rank score (2019)	Rank (2018)	Rank change from 2018
1^st	Ocean View	1	0	0	0	0	0.952	1
2^nd	Rehoboth Beach	1	0	0	0	0	0.924	2
3^rd	Hockessin	2	1	0	0	4	0.812	7	4
4^th	Lewes	2	1	1	1	1	0.803	5	1
5^th	Selbyville	3	1	0	0	0	0.78	6	1
6^th	Hartly	1	0	0	0	4	0.724	8	2
7^th	Millsboro	2	1	0	0	0	0.713	3	4
8^th	Middletown	6	3	3	1	3	0.71		(n/a)
9^th	Woodside	0	0	1	0	0	0.7	4	5
10^th	Camden	3	2	2	0	0	0.668	9	1
11^th	Georgetown	3	1	3	1	2	0.656	14	3
12^th	Dagsboro	0	0	1	0	1	0.6	11	1
13^th	Milton	2	1	0	0	1	0.567	16	3
14^th	Clayton	2	1	1	0	1	0.566		(n/a)
15^th	Odessa	1	0	0	0	0	0.562		(n/a)
16^th	Smyrna	3	2	1	0	1	0.555	10	6
17^th	Frankford	1	0	0	1	0	0.543	13	4
18^th	Felton	2	0	1	0	1	0.536	18
19^th	Delmar	0	2	1	0	0	0.532	19
20^th	Newark	16	3	5	4	10	0.501	22	2
21^st	Milford	3	1	1	0	2	0.497	21
22^nd	Dover	12	3	3	1	14	0.485	17	5
23^rd	Seaford	3	1	1	1	1	0.481	20	3
24^th	Claymont	2	0	1	0	0	0.471	15	9
25^th	Bear	3	0	0	0	3	0.444	28	3
26^th	Wilmington	30	9	13	4	31	0.384	23	3
27^th	Laurel	3	1	1	1	1	0.298	24	3
28^th	Bridgeville	1	1	0	0	0	0.263	25	3
29^th	New Castle	9	3	3	1	3	0.205	26	3
30^th	Greenwood	1	0	1	0	1	0.125	27	3
31^st	Greenville	0	1	0	0	0	0.058	29	2

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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 November 14, 2019, 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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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Delaware Department of Education.

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