Caesar Rodney School District

Summary:

The Caesar Rodney School District in Delaware operates 15 schools, including 9 elementary schools, 4 middle schools, 1 high school, and 1 alternative school. The district is known for its strong academic performance, with several schools ranking among the best in the state.

The standout schools in the district include Major George S. Welch Elementary School, which consistently ranks among the top elementary schools in Delaware, and Allen Frear Elementary School, another high-performing elementary school. At the middle school level, Dover Air Force Base Middle School is the top-ranked school in the district and among the best in the state.

The district as a whole performs well, with graduation rates and test scores generally above the state average. However, there are some equity concerns, as a few schools, such as W. Reily Brown Elementary and Nellie Hughes Stokes Elementary, lag behind their peers in academic performance. Additionally, the district faces challenges with high chronic absenteeism rates across all schools, which could impact student learning and outcomes.

District Detail

7 Front Street
Wyoming, DE 19934

(302) 698-4800

SchoolDigger Rank:
5^th of 32 Delaware districts

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Grades served: PK, KG-12
Students: 8,343

Primary Schools: 9
Middle Schools: 4
High Schools: 1
Alternative Schools: 1

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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
Kent Elementary Intensive Learning Center	Public	3	5 Old North Road	Camden	19934	Kent County	Caesar Rodney School District	No	No	No	No	(302) 697-3504	1	6	.1		1 (100.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)
Allen Frear Elementary School	Public	1-5	238 Sorghum Mill Road	Camden	19901	Kent County	Caesar Rodney School District	No	No	No	Yes	(302) 697-3279	504	41	12.2		256 (50.8%)	115 (22.8%)	49 (9.7%)	30 (6.0%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	51 (10.1%)	87.6	9^th of 109 public elementary schools	91.7%		88.6	10^th of 106 public elementary schools	90.6%	1	37.9				56.6	64.7								70.9	65.5	61.2				71.8	66.4	54.4				$18,309
Caesar Rodney High School	Public	9-12	239 Old North Road	Camden	19934	Kent County	Caesar Rodney School District	No	No	No	No	(302) 697-2161	2,254	128	17.6		984 (43.7%)	733 (32.5%)	259 (11.5%)	97 (4.3%)	7 (0.3%)	2 (0.1%)	172 (7.6%)	65.9	11^th of 41 public high schools	73.2%		56.3	17^th of 41 public high schools	58.5%	6			41.0	28.4						27.8	57.6	22.0	37.3													$16,021
Dover Air Force Base Middle School	Public	6-8	3100 Hawthorne Drive	Dover	19901	Kent County	Caesar Rodney School District	No	No	No	No	(302) 674-3284	98	15	6.5		64 (65.3%)	15 (15.3%)	9 (9.2%)	1 (1.0%)	1 (1.0%)	1 (1.0%)	7 (7.1%)	93.8	3^rd of 59 public middle schools	94.9%		97	2^nd of 54 public middle schools	96.3%	1		48.8					66.0	81.1	75.0								66.7	72.7	87.8				52.6	54.6	58.5	$47,286
John S. Charlton School	Public, Alternative	PK, KG-12	278 Sorghum Mill Rd.	Camden	19934	Kent County	Caesar Rodney School District	No	No	No	No	(302) 698-4800	424	45	9.4		191 (45.0%)	142 (33.5%)	37 (8.7%)	10 (2.4%)	2 (0.5%)	1 (0.2%)	41 (9.7%)								(n/a)
Major George S. Welch Elementary School	Public	K-5	3100 Hawthorne Drive	Dover	19901	Kent County	Caesar Rodney School District	No	No	No	No	(302) 674-9080	261	29	9.0		153 (58.6%)	30 (11.5%)	32 (12.3%)	10 (3.8%)	1 (0.4%)	6 (2.3%)	29 (11.1%)	92.6	4^th of 109 public elementary schools	96.3%		95.3	3^rd of 106 public elementary schools	97.2%	1	60.9				48.2	86.4								68.1	61.0	76.1				76.7	55.9	61.8				$22,108
Nellie Hughes Stokes Elementary School	Public	1-5	3874 Upper King Road	Dover	19934	Kent County	Caesar Rodney School District	No	No	No	Yes	(302) 697-3205	487	30	16.2		248 (50.9%)	144 (29.6%)	55 (11.3%)	7 (1.4%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	32 (6.6%)	48.8	50^th of 109 public elementary schools	54.1%		32.1	72^nd of 106 public elementary schools	32.1%	22	28.8				26.6	62.0								40.6	39.4	46.6				39.1	28.8	38.4				$17,106
Star Hill Elementary School	Public	1-5	594 Voshells Mill/Star Hill Ro	Dover	19901	Kent County	Caesar Rodney School District	No	No	No	Yes	(302) 697-6117	429	29	14.7		192 (44.8%)	149 (34.7%)	55 (12.8%)	8 (1.9%)	2 (0.5%)	3 (0.7%)	20 (4.7%)	24.5	80^th of 109 public elementary schools	26.6%					(n/a)	22.5				28.8	39.2								21.7	27.9	25.3				32.4	30.9	20.0				$17,773
W. B. Simpson Elementary School	Public	1-5	5 Old North Road	Camden	19934	Kent County	Caesar Rodney School District	No	No	No	Yes	(302) 697-3207	465	31	15.0		273 (58.7%)	91 (19.6%)	37 (8.0%)	18 (3.9%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	45 (9.7%)	86.6	12^th of 109 public elementary schools	89.0%		66.4	28^th of 106 public elementary schools	73.6%	16	47.4				64.6	71.0								58.6	76.0	54.7				58.0	70.8	44.1				$17,266
W. Reily Brown Elementary School	Public	1-5	360 Webbs Lane	Dover	19904	Kent County	Caesar Rodney School District	No	No	No	Yes	(302) 697-2101	506	37	13.6		158 (31.2%)	222 (43.9%)	66 (13.0%)	5 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	55 (10.9%)	34.4	68^th of 109 public elementary schools	37.6%		31	73^rd of 106 public elementary schools	31.1%	5	34.3				28.4	52.0								26.5	32.0	38.5				25.5	28.6	25.0				$18,320
F. Niel Postlethwait Middle School	Public	6-8	2841 South State Street	Camden	19934	Kent County	Caesar Rodney School District	No	No	No	No	(302) 698-8410	647	36	17.9		265 (41.0%)	220 (34.0%)	87 (13.4%)	22 (3.4%)	3 (0.5%)	1 (0.2%)	49 (7.6%)	43.3	30^th of 59 public middle schools	49.2%		40	30^th of 54 public middle schools	44.4%			16.1					45.2	57.7	28.8								38.0	41.7	42.4				27.5	24.9	20.6	$15,685
Fred Fifer III Middle School	Public	6-8	109 East Camden-Wyoming Avenue	Camden	19934	Kent County	Caesar Rodney School District	No	No	No	No	(302) 698-8400	839	44	19.0		423 (50.4%)	222 (26.5%)	103 (12.3%)	14 (1.7%)	2 (0.2%)	1 (0.1%)	74 (8.8%)	51.7	22^nd of 59 public middle schools	62.7%		41.2	28^th of 54 public middle schools	48.1%	6		17.7					50.2	62.1	33.9								40.8	50.2	44.1				25.6	33.3	21.8	$14,663
J. Ralph McIlvaine Early Childhood Center	Public	K	11 East Walnut	Magnolia	19962	Kent County	Caesar Rodney School District	No	No	No	Yes	(302) 335-5039	454	24	18.9		233 (51.3%)	153 (33.7%)	32 (7.0%)	13 (2.9%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	21 (4.6%)								(n/a)
David E. Robinson Elementary School	Public	1-5	1038 Briarbush road	Wyoming	19962	Kent County	Caesar Rodney School District	No	No	No	No	(302) 698-4230	514	31	16.5		220 (42.8%)	168 (32.7%)	51 (9.9%)	17 (3.3%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	57 (11.1%)	62.6	34^th of 109 public elementary schools	68.8%		44.9	54^th of 106 public elementary schools	49.1%	20	42.6				40.3	57.9								37.6	53.0	50.9				42.6	43.0	38.3				$16,007
Magnolia Middle School	Public	6-8	133 Thomas More Dr	Magnolia	19962	Kent County	Caesar Rodney School District	No	No	No	No	(302) 387-1780	460	20	23.0		224 (48.7%)	136 (29.6%)	40 (8.7%)	17 (3.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	43 (9.3%)	67.8	16^th of 59 public middle schools	72.9%		38	31^st of 54 public middle schools	42.6%	15		26.0					53.9	65.0	41.1								47.0	53.6	50.8				44.4	42.0	26.9	$16,495

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Academy of Dover Charter School	2.92 mi	1	23^rd
Delaware Stem Academy	3.04 mi	1
Campus Community School	3.21 mi	1	11^th

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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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