Best High Schools in Delaware

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School														Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)							Ranking (2025 vs 2024)					ID
Rank (of 41)	School	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Disc Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Per Pupil Expenditures: Total	Personnel from Federal Funds	Non-Personnel from Federal Funds	Total from Federal Funds	Personnel from State and Local Funds	Non-Personnel from State and Local Funds	Total from State and Local Funds	Average Standard Score (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Rank (2024)	Rank Change from 2024	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	ID
11	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%)	$16,021							65.9	56.3	17	6		100018000040
12	St. Georges Technical High School	Public	9-12	555 Hyetts Corner Rd.	Middletown	19709	New Castle County	New Castle County Vocational-Technical School District	No	No	No	No	(302) 449-3360	1,198	80	14.9		518 (43.2%)	408 (34.1%)	162 (13.5%)	27 (2.3%)	4 (0.3%)	2 (0.2%)	77 (6.4%)								61.5	60.9	12			100128000181
13	Concord High School	Public	9-12	2501 Ebright Road	Wilmington	19810	New Castle County	Brandywine School District	No	No	No	No	(302) 475-3951	994	67	14.8		462 (46.5%)	348 (35.0%)	73 (7.3%)	83 (8.4%)	8 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (2.0%)	$22,283							60.4	72.5	10	3		100124000247
14	Mount Pleasant High School	Public	9-12	5201 Washington Street Extensi	Wilmington	19809	New Castle County	Brandywine School District	No	No	No	No	(302) 762-7125	1,084	71	15.2		348 (32.1%)	519 (47.9%)	110 (10.1%)	48 (4.4%)	7 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	52 (4.8%)	$20,998							58.5	57.4	15	1		100124000246
15	POLYTECH High School	Public	9-12	823 Walnut Shade Road	Woodside	19901	Kent County	POLYTECH School District	No	No	No	Yes	(302) 697-3255	1,228	80	15.3		666 (54.2%)	305 (24.8%)	129 (10.5%)	19 (1.5%)	4 (0.3%)	4 (0.3%)	101 (8.2%)	$21,677							58	60	13	2		100075000092
16	Sussex Technical High School	Public	9-12	17099 County Seat Highway	Georgetown	19947	Sussex County	Sussex Technical School District	No	No	No	Yes	(302) 856-0961	1,341	87	15.4		671 (50.0%)	218 (16.3%)	366 (27.3%)	17 (1.3%)	9 (0.7%)	3 (0.2%)	57 (4.3%)	$24,815							54.3	55.4	19	3		100168000170
17	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%)	$19,820							51.1	73.4	9	8		100008000024
18	Early College School at Del State	Public, Charter	7-12	1570 North DuPont Highway	Dover	19901	Kent County	Early College High School at Del State	Yes	No	No	Yes	(302) 857-3510	583	24	24.2		45 (7.7%)	463 (79.4%)	54 (9.3%)	1 (0.2%)	3 (0.5%)	3 (0.5%)	14 (2.4%)								48.1	56.1	18			100005500363
19	Odyssey Charter School	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	4409 Lancaster Pike	Wilmington	19805	New Castle County	Odyssey Charter School	Yes	No	No	Yes	(302) 516-8000	2,286	180	12.7		701 (30.7%)	788 (34.5%)	229 (10.0%)	412 (18.0%)	13 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	143 (6.3%)								47.3	38	21	2		100002600259
20	Smyrna High School	Public	9-12	500 Duck Creek Parkway	Smyrna	19977	Kent County	Smyrna School District	No	No	No	No	(302) 653-8581	1,777	100	17.7		861 (48.5%)	634 (35.7%)	183 (10.3%)	21 (1.2%)	4 (0.2%)	2 (0.1%)	72 (4.1%)	$16,865							46.1	39.8	20			100162000299

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About our rankings:

Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on DeSSA Science, SAT English Language Arts, SAT Mathematics, SAT Essay, DeSSA Social Studies test scores released by the Delaware Department of Education.
These rankings were last updated on August 15, 2025, 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.