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Rank (of 30)	City	# Elementary Schools	# Middle Schools	# High Schools	# Alt. Schools	# Private Schools*	Rank score (2021)	Rank (2019)	Rank change from 2019
1^st	Ocean View	1	0	0	0	0	0.958	1
2^nd	Rehoboth Beach	1	0	0	0	0	0.884	2
3^rd	Hockessin	2	1	0	0	4	0.869	3
4^th	Lewes	2	1	1	1	1	0.854	4
5^th	Milton	2	1	0	0	1	0.764	13	8
6^th	Middletown	7	3	3	1	3	0.733	8	2
7^th	Dagsboro	0	0	1	0	1	0.718	12	5
8^th	Townsend	4	0	0	1	0	0.689		(n/a)
9^th	Selbyville	2	1	0	1	0	0.68	5	4
10^th	Camden	3	2	2	0	0	0.667	10
11^th	Woodside	0	0	1	0	0	0.59	9	2
12^th	Georgetown	2	1	2	2	2	0.552	11	1
13^th	Felton	2	0	1	0	1	0.52	18	5
14^th	Bear	3	0	0	0	4	0.512	25	11
15^th	Frankford	1	0	0	1	0	0.484	17	2
16^th	Newark	15	3	4	5	11	0.484	20	4
17^th	Clayton	2	1	1	0	1	0.468	14	3
18^th	Wilmington	30	7	14	5	39	0.468	26	8
19^th	Seaford	3	1	1	1	2	0.447	23	4
20^th	Millsboro	2	1	0	0	0	0.444	7	13
21^st	Hartly	1	0	0	0	4	0.442	6	15
22^nd	Smyrna	3	2	1	0	1	0.412	16	6
23^rd	Delmar	0	2	1	0	0	0.392	19	4
24^th	Dover	13	3	3	1	16	0.374	22	2
25^th	Bridgeville	1	1	0	0	0	0.285	28	3
26^th	Milford	3	1	1	0	2	0.247	21	5
27^th	New Castle	10	3	3	1	4	0.178	29	2
28^th	Greenwood	1	0	1	0	1	0.128	30	2
29^th	Laurel	3	1	1	1	1	0.121	27	2
30^th	Greenville	0	1	0	0	0	0.043	31	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 January 5, 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.
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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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