Appoquinimink School District

Summary:

The Appoquinimink School District in Delaware is home to 20 schools, including 13 elementary schools, 4 middle schools, and 3 high schools. The district is highly ranked, coming in 4th out of 32 districts in the state and earning a 5-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Within the district, several schools stand out as top performers. Cedar Lane Elementary School is ranked 3rd out of 109 Delaware elementary schools, with exceptional test scores in English Language Arts and Mathematics. Loss (Olive B.) Elementary School and Waters (Alfred G.) Middle School also demonstrate strong academic performance, ranking 7th and 4th in their respective categories. At the high school level, Odessa High School stands out, ranking 5th out of 41 Delaware high schools.

The district as a whole boasts high graduation rates, low dropout rates, and test scores that generally exceed state averages. However, the chronic absenteeism rate across all schools is higher than the state average, which could be an area for improvement. The district's spending per student and student-teacher ratios vary, with the early childhood centers having the highest spending and lowest ratios, likely due to the specialized nature of early childhood education.

District Detail

313 South Fifth Street
Odessa, DE 19730-4010

(302) 376-4128

SchoolDigger Rank:
4^th of 32 Delaware districts

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Grades served: PK, KG-12
Students: 12,897

Primary Schools: 13
Middle Schools: 4
High Schools: 3
Alternative Schools: 0

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				DeSSA Science (2025)				DeSSA Social Studies (2025)						SAT English Language Arts (2025)	SAT Mathematics (2025)	SAT Essay (2025)	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts (2025)						Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics (2025)						Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
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 (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	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 5th Grade	DeSSA Social Studies 6th Grade	DeSSA Social Studies 7th Grade	DeSSA Social Studies 8th 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	Total
Meredith (Everett) Middle School	Public	6-8	504 South Broad Street	Middletown	19709	New Castle County	Appoquinimink School District	No	No	No	No	(302) 378-5001	867	62	13.9		372 (42.9%)	274 (31.6%)	105 (12.1%)	59 (6.8%)	4 (0.5%)	4 (0.5%)	49 (5.7%)	58.3	19^th of 59 public middle schools	67.8%		56.9	18^th of 54 public middle schools	66.7%	1		16.8					53.4	69.1	31.5								48.8	48.9	45.6				39.0	30.5	29.0	$18,226
Middletown High School	Public	9-12	120 Silver Lake Road	Middletown	19709	New Castle County	Appoquinimink School District	No	No	No	No	(302) 376-4141	1,231	80	15.3		492 (40.0%)	448 (36.4%)	118 (9.6%)	101 (8.2%)	3 (0.2%)	1 (0.1%)	68 (5.5%)	51.1	17^th of 41 public high schools	58.5%		73.4	9^th of 41 public high schools	78.0%	8			29.2	18.7						20.6	53.2	19.2	35.5													$19,820
Redding (Louis L.) Middle School	Public	6-8	201 New Street	Middletown	19709	New Castle County	Appoquinimink School District	No	No	No	No	(302) 378-5030	451	31	14.5		127 (28.2%)	203 (45.0%)	65 (14.4%)	29 (6.4%)	3 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (5.3%)	37	35^th of 59 public middle schools	40.7%		33.7	35^th of 54 public middle schools	35.2%			19.0					36.3	54.6	27.6								27.9	44.7	31.5				17.0	29.6	23.0	$94,844
Silver Lake Elementary School	Public	1-5	200 East Cochran Street	Middletown	19709	New Castle County	Appoquinimink School District	No	No	No	Yes	(302) 378-5023	552	40	13.8		215 (38.9%)	193 (35.0%)	83 (15.0%)	11 (2.0%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	48 (8.7%)	58.9	37^th of 109 public elementary schools	66.1%		51.1	46^th of 106 public elementary schools	56.6%	9	28.0				44.0	65.9								50.9	41.2	48.4				49.6	35.0	32.8				$20,180
Townsend Elementary School	Public	1-5	126 Main Street	Townsend	19734	New Castle County	Appoquinimink School District	No	No	No	Yes	(302) 378-5020	435	32	13.5		250 (57.5%)	85 (19.5%)	59 (13.6%)	7 (1.6%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	33 (7.6%)	84.5	16^th of 109 public elementary schools	85.3%		77.4	20^th of 106 public elementary schools	81.1%	4	64.0				54.4	80.2								57.0	60.0	57.0				60.8	50.0	44.2				$20,122
Appoquinimink PreSchool Center	Public	PK	502 South Broad Street	Middletown	19709	New Castle County	Appoquinimink School District	No	No	No	No	(302) 376-4400	150	20	7.5		75 (50.0%)	43 (28.7%)	13 (8.7%)	13 (8.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (4.0%)								(n/a)																										$52,755
Loss (Olive B.) Elementary School	Public	1-5	200 Brennan Boulevard	Bear	19701	New Castle County	Appoquinimink School District	No	No	No	No	(302) 832-1343	499	37	13.6		175 (35.1%)	100 (20.0%)	38 (7.6%)	145 (29.1%)	4 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	37 (7.4%)	91	7^th of 109 public elementary schools	93.6%		86.3	13^th of 106 public elementary schools	87.7%	6	60.2				68.0	80.0								55.9	61.7	64.8				60.8	63.6	57.4				$18,162
Brick Mill Elementary School	Public	1-5	378 Brick Mill Road	Middletown	19709	New Castle County	Appoquinimink School District	No	No	No	Yes	(302) 378-5288	524	37	14.1		180 (34.4%)	175 (33.4%)	95 (18.1%)	33 (6.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	40 (7.6%)	43.7	55^th of 109 public elementary schools	49.5%		29.6	76^th of 106 public elementary schools	28.3%	21	30.4				41.1	60.3								32.2	42.2	32.9				34.8	35.6	24.1				$21,157
Cedar Lane Early Childhood Center	Public	K	1221 Cedar Lane Road	Middletown	19709	New Castle County	Appoquinimink School District	No	No	No	No	(302) 449-5873	265	15	17.6		113 (42.6%)	40 (15.1%)	13 (4.9%)	73 (27.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	26 (9.8%)								(n/a)																										$18,014
Waters (Alfred G.) Middle School	Public	6-8	1235 Cedar Lane Road	Middletown	19709	New Castle County	Appoquinimink School District	No	No	No	No	(302) 449-3490	935	55	17.0		401 (42.9%)	155 (16.6%)	45 (4.8%)	274 (29.3%)	8 (0.9%)	2 (0.2%)	50 (5.3%)	93.5	4^th of 59 public middle schools	93.2%		90.1	7^th of 54 public middle schools	87.0%	3		37.3					71.7	87.1	60.2								60.4	72.3	69.3				57.1	62.6	54.5	$18,142
Appoquinimink High School	Public	9-12	1080 Bunker Hill Road	Middletown	19709	New Castle County	Appoquinimink School District	No	No	No	No	(302) 449-3840	1,357	89	15.2		608 (44.8%)	422 (31.1%)	110 (8.1%)	155 (11.4%)	8 (0.6%)	3 (0.2%)	51 (3.8%)	75.6	7^th of 41 public high schools	82.9%		74	8^th of 41 public high schools	80.5%	1			38.4	24.4						33.1	60.1	29.4	48.9													$20,258
Townsend Early Childhood Center	Public	K	10 Brook Ramble Lane	Townsend	19734	New Castle County	Appoquinimink School District	No	No	No	Yes	(302) 378-9960	176	11	16.0		74 (42.0%)	50 (28.4%)	32 (18.2%)	9 (5.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (6.3%)								(n/a)																										$26,927
Cedar Lane Elementary School	Public	1-5	1259 Cedar Lane Road	Middletown	19709	New Castle County	Appoquinimink School District	No	No	No	No	(302) 378-5045	634	40	15.8		239 (37.7%)	99 (15.6%)	34 (5.4%)	214 (33.8%)	8 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	40 (6.3%)	92.8	3^rd of 109 public elementary schools	97.2%		92.9	6^th of 106 public elementary schools	94.3%	3	55.2				59.7	80.4								79.5	57.9	61.5				83.6	68.3	58.7				$20,019
Bunker Hill Elementary School	Public	1-5	1070 Bunker Hill Road	Middletown	19709	New Castle County	Appoquinimink School District	No	No	No	Yes	(302) 378-5135	566	38	14.8		193 (34.1%)	193 (34.1%)	67 (11.8%)	68 (12.0%)	3 (0.5%)	1 (0.2%)	41 (7.2%)	46.8	53^rd of 109 public elementary schools	51.4%		41.3	59^th of 106 public elementary schools	44.3%	6	35.9				37.0	62.4								30.8	41.2	33.3				38.1	39.2	26.5				$22,648
Old State Elementary School	Public	1-5	580 Tony Marchio Drive	Townsend	19734	New Castle County	Appoquinimink School District	No	No	No	No	(302) 378-6720	765	55	13.9		408 (53.3%)	196 (25.6%)	58 (7.6%)	45 (5.9%)	3 (0.4%)	1 (0.1%)	54 (7.1%)	80.9	22^nd of 109 public elementary schools	79.8%		74.2	25^th of 106 public elementary schools	76.4%	3	57.1				53.6	87.5								52.4	44.8	64.6				55.7	44.8	51.7				$19,990
Spring Meadow Early Childhood Center	Public	K	611 Campus Drive	Townsend	19734	New Castle County	Appoquinimink School District	No	No	No	Yes	(302) 378-6760	185	17	10.8		84 (45.4%)	54 (29.2%)	16 (8.6%)	14 (7.6%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (8.6%)								(n/a)																										$33,153
Lorewood Grove Elementary School	Public	1-5	820 Mapleton Ave.	Middletown	19709	New Castle County	Appoquinimink School District	No	No	No	No	(302) 842-2575	492	32	15.3		208 (42.3%)	123 (25.0%)	31 (6.3%)	102 (20.7%)	2 (0.4%)	2 (0.4%)	24 (4.9%)	76.9	27^th of 109 public elementary schools	75.2%		75.9	23^rd of 106 public elementary schools	78.3%	4	56.0				43.4	76.6								42.3	53.6	49.5				64.0	51.0	45.0				$22,241
Odessa High School	Public	9-12	570 Tony Marchio Drive	Townsend	19734	New Castle County	Appoquinimink School District	No	No	No	No	(302) 842-2625	1,254	83	15.0		599 (47.8%)	450 (35.9%)	98 (7.8%)	42 (3.3%)	11 (0.9%)	2 (0.2%)	52 (4.1%)	77.8	5^th of 41 public high schools	87.8%		77.9	6^th of 41 public high schools	85.4%	1			40.3	26.7						45.4	64.2	25.2	40.8													$17,060
Cantwells Bridge Middle School	Public	6-8	550 Tony Marchio Drive	Townsend	19734	New Castle County	Appoquinimink School District	No	No	No	No	(302) 376-4128	852	48	17.8		398 (46.7%)	267 (31.3%)	82 (9.6%)	48 (5.6%)	3 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	54 (6.3%)	68.1	15^th of 59 public middle schools	74.6%		69.3	16^th of 54 public middle schools	70.4%	1		23.4					61.4	67.6	38.5								45.8	50.9	51.8				42.5	35.1	36.7	$16,853
Brick Mill Early Childhood Center	Public	PK-K	378 Brick Mill Road	Middletown	19709	New Castle County	Appoquinimink School District	No	No	No	No	(302) 378-5288	280	29	9.6		101 (36.1%)	87 (31.1%)	47 (16.8%)	26 (9.3%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (6.4%)								(n/a)
Crystal Run Elementary School	Public	1-5	1470 Aviator Wy	Middletown	19709	New Castle County	Appoquinimink School District	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(302) 376-4128	427	29	14.7		232 (54.3%)	76 (17.8%)	30 (7.0%)	69 (16.2%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (4.2%)								(n/a)	55.4				67.2	80.7								54.7	73.5	54.2				68.4	73.5	41.0				$19,859

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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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