Best Elementary Schools in Delaware

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School														Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)							Ranking (2025 vs 2024)					ID
Rank (of 109)	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
101	East Dover Elementary School	Public	K-4	852 South Little Creek Road	Dover	19901	Kent County	Capital School District	No	No	No	Yes	(302) 672-1500	331	21	15.7		37 (11.2%)	173 (52.3%)	83 (25.1%)	5 (1.5%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	32 (9.7%)	$24,086							10.3	20.6	84	17		100019000051
102	Sussex Montessori School	Public, Charter	K-6	24960 Dairy Lane	Seaford	19973	Sussex County	Sussex Montessori School	Yes	No	No	No	(302) 404-5367	383	16	23.9		200 (52.2%)	95 (24.8%)	52 (13.6%)	3 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	33 (8.6%)								9.2	22.1	82	20		100006300387
103	Johnson (Joseph E. Junior) Elementary School	Public	K-5	2100 Gilpin Avenue	Wilmington	19806	New Castle County	Red Clay Consolidated School District	No	No	No	Yes	(302) 651-2715	276	21	13.1		20 (7.2%)	200 (72.5%)	43 (15.6%)	1 (0.4%)	4 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (2.9%)	$26,226							8	5	102	1		100130000261
104	Gateway Charter School	Public, Charter	K-8	2501 Centerville Road	Wilmington	19808	New Castle County	Gateway Charter School	Yes	No	No	Yes	(302) 633-4091	211	23	9.1		44 (20.9%)	139 (65.9%)	16 (7.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (5.7%)								7.5			(n/a)		100005200346
105	Warner Elementary School	Public	3-5	801 West 18th Street	Wilmington	19802	New Castle County	Red Clay Consolidated School District	No	No	No	Yes	(302) 651-2740	395	40	9.8		34 (8.6%)	307 (77.7%)	47 (11.9%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	4 (1.0%)	$31,966							5.2	4.8	103	2		100130000250
106	Edison (Thomas A.) Charter School	Public, Charter	K-8	2200 North Locust Street	Wilmington	19802	New Castle County	Edison (Thomas A.) Charter School	Yes	No	No	Yes	(302) 778-1101	557	36	15.4		6 (1.1%)	537 (96.4%)	5 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	7 (1.3%)								5.1	3.5	104	2		100001000079
107	Richardson Park Elementary School	Public	K-5	16 Idella Avenue	Wilmington	19804	New Castle County	Red Clay Consolidated School District	No	No	No	Yes	(302) 992-5570	522	53	9.9		94 (18.0%)	134 (25.7%)	264 (50.6%)	6 (1.1%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (4.4%)	$28,461							5.1	3.1	105	2		100130000252
108	The Bayard School	Public	1-8	200 South duPont Street	Wilmington	19805	New Castle County	Christina School District	No	No	No	Yes	(302) 429-4134	571	50	11.4		23 (4.0%)	359 (62.9%)	158 (27.7%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	28 (4.9%)	$32,690							4			(n/a)		100020000232
109	Maurice Pritchett Senior Academy	Public	1-8	600 E. 7th Street	Wilmington	19801	New Castle County	Christina School District	No	No	No	Yes	(302) 647-8725	616				31 (5.0%)	499 (81.0%)	50 (8.1%)	5 (0.8%)	3 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	28 (4.5%)								3.9	2.4	106	3		100020000233

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Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts, Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics, DeSSA Social Studies, DeSSA Science 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.
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.