Best High Schools in Delaware for African American Students

Check out our new feature available only on SchoolDigger: rankings for different groups of students in Delaware!

Every year, the Delaware Department of Education shares test results for various student groups in each school. We use these results to find out which schools do best for each group and list them from the best to the worst.

Additionally, we also compare the performance of the subgroup to the performance of the school as a whole. This makes it easy to see if, for example, African American students are overperforming or underperforming their peers in each school.

Year after year, SchoolDigger is always the first to publish Delaware test scores and rankings. Other sites use stale test score data that are several years old! Be in the know with the very latest performance metrics.

The list is updated annually upon the release of the DeSSA and SAT test scores by the Delaware Department of Education. The most recent update was on Friday, August 15, 2025.

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School														Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)							Ranking (African American vs All Students - 2025)					ID
Rank (of 35)	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	Statewide Rank Percentile (African American)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (African American)	SchoolDigger Rating (All Students)	ID
1	MOT Charter School	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	1156 Levels Road	Middletown	19709	New Castle County	MOT Charter School	Yes	No	No	Yes	(302) 376-5125	1,407	81	17.3		585 (41.6%)	410 (29.1%)	56 (4.0%)	280 (19.9%)	9 (0.6%)	2 (0.1%)	65 (4.6%)								97.1%	95.1%	2.02%			100001900123
2	Calloway (Cab) School of the Arts	Public, Magnet	6-12	100 North duPont Road	Wilmington	19807	New Castle County	Red Clay Consolidated School District	No	Yes	No	No	(302) 651-2700	941	48	19.6		423 (45.0%)	198 (21.0%)	141 (15.0%)	126 (13.4%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	52 (5.5%)	$18,162							94.3%	90.2%	4.04%			100130000004
3	Newark Charter School	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	200 McIntire Drive	Newark	19711	New Castle County	Newark Charter School	Yes	No	No	Yes	(302) 369-2001	3,109	190	16.3		1,632 (52.5%)	471 (15.1%)	251 (8.1%)	548 (17.6%)	6 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	201 (6.5%)								91.4%	92.7%	1.25%			100001500112
4	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		599 (47.8%)	450 (35.9%)	98 (7.8%)	42 (3.3%)	11 (0.9%)	2 (0.2%)	52 (4.1%)	$17,060							88.6%	87.8%	0.77%			100008000390
5	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%)								85.7%	70.7%	14.98%			100128000181
6	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							82.9%	61.0%	21.88%			100168000170
7	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%)								80.0%	53.7%	26.34%			100002600259
8	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%)	$20,258							77.1%	82.9%	5.78%			100008000225
9	Indian River High School	Public	9-12	29772 Armory Road	Dagsboro	19939	Sussex County	Indian River School District	No	No	No	Yes	(302) 732-1500	1,073	81	13.2		653 (60.9%)	92 (8.6%)	281 (26.2%)	10 (0.9%)	2 (0.2%)	5 (0.5%)	30 (2.8%)	$21,869							74.3%	78.0%	3.76%			100068000085
10	First State Military Academy	Public, Charter	9-12	355 West Duck Creek Road	Clayton	19938	Kent County	First State Military Academy	Yes	No	No	Yes	(302) 223-2150	433	24	18		214 (49.4%)	142 (32.8%)	51 (11.8%)	9 (2.1%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.5%)	14 (3.2%)								71.4%	43.9%	27.53%			100005700368

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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.
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.