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Rank (of 31)	City	# Elementary Schools	# Middle Schools	# High Schools	# Alt. Schools	# Private Schools*	Rank score (2022)	Rank (2021)	Rank change from 2021
1^st	Rehoboth Beach	1	0	0	0	0	0.904	2	1
2^nd	Ocean View	1	0	0	0	0	0.885	1	1
3^rd	Hockessin	2	1	0	0	4	0.877	3
4^th	Lewes	1	1	1	1	1	0.795	4
5^th	Middletown	6	3	3	1	3	0.738	6	1
6^th	Selbyville	2	1	1	0	0	0.73	9	3
7^th	Milton	2	1	0	0	1	0.726	5	2
8^th	Dagsboro	0	0	1	0	1	0.692	7	1
9^th	Camden	3	2	2	0	0	0.68	10	1
10^th	Delmar	0	2	1	0	0	0.668	23	13
11^th	Georgetown	2	1	2	2	2	0.621	12	1
12^th	Woodside	0	0	1	0	0	0.615	11	1
13^th	Bear	3	0	0	0	4	0.535	14	1
14^th	Felton	2	0	1	0	1	0.53	13	1
15^th	Clayton	2	1	1	0	1	0.528	17	2
16^th	Newark	14	3	4	5	11	0.508	16
17^th	Hartly	1	0	0	0	4	0.5	21	4
18^th	Millsboro	2	1	0	0	0	0.497	20	2
19^th	Frankford	1	0	0	0	0	0.481	15	4
20^th	Smyrna	3	2	1	0	1	0.467	22	2
21^st	Claymont	2	0	1	0	0	0.447		(n/a)
22^nd	Harrington	1	1	0	0	0	0.431		(n/a)
23^rd	Wilmington	27	7	14	4	39	0.423	18	5
24^th	Dover	12	3	3	1	16	0.411	24
25^th	Bridgeville	1	1	0	0	0	0.388	25
26^th	Seaford	4	1	1	1	2	0.385	19	7
27^th	Milford	3	1	1	0	2	0.368	26	1
28^th	Laurel	3	1	1	1	1	0.279	29	1
29^th	Greenwood	1	0	1	0	1	0.231	28	1
30^th	New Castle	8	3	3	1	4	0.155	27	3
31^st	Greenville	0	1	0	0	0	0.059	30	1

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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 11, 2022, 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.
For more information about our ranking process, please see our Ranking FAQ. Details about our methodology are here.

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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. School Attendance Areas provided by ATTOM.

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