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Middletown High School

Q: Is Middletown High School a good school?

Middletown High School ranks 17 th of 41 Delaware high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

Q: How many students attend Middletown High School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 1,231 students attended Middletown High School.

Q: What is the racial makeup of Middletown High School?

Students at Middletown High School are 40% White, 36% African American, 10% Hispanic, 8% Asian, 6% Two or more races.

Q: What schools feed into Middletown High School?

Middletown High School is fed by the following schools: Elementary : Brick Mill Elementary School Elementary : Cedar Lane Elementary School Elementary : Old State Elementary School Elementary : Spring Meadow Early Childhood Center Elementary : Townsend Early Childhood Center Elementary : Townsend Elementary School Middle : Meredith (Everett) Middle School Middle : Redding (Louis L.) Middle School

Public Grades 9-12

17^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 41 Delaware High Schools

Better than 59% of Delaware high schools

Summary

Middletown High School is a public high school located in Middletown, Delaware, serving grades 9-12 with a total enrollment of 1,235 students. The school is part of the Appoquinimink School District, which is ranked 4th out of 32 districts in Delaware and has a 5-star rating from SchoolDigger. Middletown High School has consistently been ranked among the top high schools in the state, with a ranking as high as 6th out of 39 schools in the 2020-2021 school year.

Middletown High School consistently outperforms the state and district averages in standardized test scores, particularly in English Language Arts (ELA). For example, in the 2024-2025 school year, 53.21% of 11th-grade students at Middletown High School were proficient or better in SAT/ELA, compared to 59.42% for the Appoquinimink School District and 47.41% for the state of Delaware. The school has also maintained high graduation rates, with a 4-year graduation rate of 96.6% in the 2022-2023 school year, significantly higher than the state average. Additionally, Middletown High School has shown strong performance across various student subgroups, including female students, male students, and students from low socioeconomic backgrounds.

While Middletown High School's performance is generally stronger than the nearby Odessa High School and Appoquinimink High School, which are also part of the Appoquinimink School District, the school has shown some disparities in the performance of certain student subgroups, such as Asian students. However, the school has made progress in addressing chronic absenteeism, with the rate decreasing from 24.6% in 2023-2024 to 16.5% in the same school year. Middletown High School's consistent ranking among the top high schools in Delaware over the past decade demonstrates its sustained academic excellence and commitment to providing a high-quality education to its students.

1,231

Students ?

15.3

Student/teacher ratio ?

$19,820

Per pupil spending ?

10.9%

Free/discounted lunch ?

120 Silver Lake Road
Middletown, DE 19709-1494

(302) 376-4141

District: Appoquinimink School District

Feeder schools for Middletown High School:

Elementary:	Brick Mill Elementary School
	Cedar Lane Elementary School
	Old State Elementary School
	Spring Meadow Early Childhood Center
	More...
	Townsend Early Childhood Center
	Townsend Elementary School
Middle:	Meredith (Everett) Middle School
	Redding (Louis L.) Middle School

Racial breakdown:

White:

40.0%

African American:

36.4%

Hispanic:

9.6%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 74th percentile in 2011 → 59th in 2025

Strengths

✓97% graduate in 4 years — above the Delaware average (89%)

✓Above the Delaware median (59th percentile)

Worth a look

!Ranking has slipped — down 15 percentile points since 2011

!Some student groups rank well below the school's overall statewide standing

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school31%

District avg38%

Delaware avg30%

17^th of 41

Delaware public high schools ?

Top 41%▼ down 21 pts since 2015

From top 20% (2015) to top 41% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

3^rd of 3High Schools in the Appoquinimink School District

4^th of 32Appoquinimink School District among Delaware districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Delaware percentile	Rating
2025	51.1	17 of 41	58.5%	★★★☆☆
2024	73.4	9 of 41	78.0%	★★★★☆
2023	69.2	9 of 39	76.9%	★★★★☆
2022	66.9	8 of 39	79.5%	★★★★☆
2021	86.8	6 of 39	84.6%	★★★★☆
2019	70.0	9 of 40	77.5%	★★★★☆
2015	77.9	7 of 35	80.0%	★★★★☆
2013	91.2	3 of 26	88.5%	★★★★★
2012	90.6	3 of 27	88.9%	★★★★★
2011	66.6	7 of 27	74.1%	★★★★☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Delaware percentile	Rating
2025	51.3	12 of 35	65.7%	★★★★☆
2024	63.1	9 of 31	71.0%	★★★★☆
2022	61.5	10 of 35	71.4%	★★★★☆
2021	83.1	5 of 27	81.5%	★★★★☆
2019	64.1	9 of 33	72.7%	★★★★☆

Asian

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Delaware percentile	Rating
2025	40.8	5 of 7	28.6%	★★★☆☆
2024	52.2	4 of 8	50.0%	★★★☆☆
2023	34.0	6 of 7	14.3%	★★☆☆☆
2022	61.2	2 of 7	71.4%	★★★★☆
2019	46.7	5 of 8	37.5%	★★★☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Delaware percentile	Rating
2025	53.9	15 of 40	62.5%	★★★☆☆
2024	73.6	8 of 39	79.5%	★★★★☆
2023	68.4	10 of 38	73.7%	★★★★☆
2022	64.2	8 of 37	78.4%	★★★★☆
2021	79.6	6 of 36	83.3%	★★★★☆
2019	72.5	9 of 41	78.0%	★★★★☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Delaware percentile	Rating
2024	62.3	10 of 31	67.7%	★★★★☆
2023	45.7	12 of 27	55.6%	★★★☆☆
2022	60.7	5 of 22	77.3%	★★★★☆
2021	93.8	2 of 19	89.5%	★★★★★
2019	76.2	7 of 24	70.8%	★★★★☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Delaware percentile	Rating
2025	58.2	11 of 33	66.7%	★★★★☆
2024	85.4	4 of 32	87.5%	★★★★★
2023	59.2	12 of 29	58.6%	★★★☆☆
2022	62.5	6 of 28	78.6%	★★★★☆
2021	86.0	4 of 24	83.3%	★★★★☆
2019	53.3	14 of 29	51.7%	★★★☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Delaware percentile	Rating
2025	40.1	20 of 40	50.0%	★★★☆☆
2024	67.0	9 of 39	76.9%	★★★★☆
2023	61.4	12 of 38	68.4%	★★★★☆
2022	60.3	12 of 37	67.6%	★★★★☆
2021	89.5	4 of 36	88.9%	★★★★★
2019	64.4	14 of 41	65.9%	★★★☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Delaware percentile	Rating
2022	35.8	1 of 1	0.0%	★★★★★

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Delaware percentile	Rating
2025	48.3	16 of 35	54.3%	★★★☆☆
2024	73.9	7 of 35	80.0%	★★★★☆
2023	63.1	8 of 34	76.5%	★★★★☆
2022	62.8	8 of 33	75.8%	★★★★☆
2021	86.6	5 of 34	85.3%	★★★★☆
2019	69.0	11 of 36	69.4%	★★★★☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

Hispanic (2024)68th percentile-10 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)67th percentile+8 vs school

African American (2025)66th percentile+7 vs school

Female (2025)62nd percentile+4 vs school

White (2025)54th percentile-4 vs school

Male (2025)50th percentile-9 vs school

Asian (2025)29th percentile-30 vs school

Special Education (2022)<1st percentile-79 vs school

By subject vs Delaware (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts53%+6 vs state

Essay35%+3 vs state

Science27%~ state avg

Social Studies21%-7 vs state

Mathematics19%~ state avg

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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 9th Grade	DeSSA Science 10th 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 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts 8th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 8th Grade	Total
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
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
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
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	12^th of 41 public high schools	70.7%		60.9	12^th of 41 public high schools	70.7%			28.2				25.8	51.5	17.9	40.2
Hodgson (Paul M.) Vocational Technical High School	Public	9-12	2575 Glasgow Avenue	Newark	19702	New Castle County	New Castle County Vocational-Technical School District	No	No	No	No	(302) 834-0990	1,104	82	13.4		307 (27.8%)	500 (45.3%)	214 (19.4%)	12 (1.1%)	6 (0.5%)	1 (0.1%)	64 (5.8%)	24.4	33^rd of 41 public high schools	19.5%		25.5	30^th of 41 public high schools	26.8%	3		17.6				19.0	33.2	4.8	17.8
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%)	46.1	20^th of 41 public high schools	51.2%		39.8	20^th of 41 public high schools	51.2%			21.6				18.8	48.3	12.3	35.7							$16,865
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	18.0		214 (49.4%)	142 (32.8%)	51 (11.8%)	9 (2.1%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.5%)	14 (3.2%)	38.1	23^rd of 41 public high schools	43.9%		33.4	24^th of 41 public high schools	41.5%	1		21.1				21.9	45.5	9.1	23.3
Glasgow High School	Public	9-12	1901 South College Avenue	Newark	19702	New Castle County	Christina School District	No	No	No	Yes	(302) 631-5600	908	51	17.8		122 (13.4%)	430 (47.4%)	288 (31.7%)	17 (1.9%)	2 (0.2%)	1 (0.1%)	48 (5.3%)	9.1	41^st of 41 public high schools	0.0%		6.8	41^st of 41 public high schools	0.0%			7.0				9.9	18.1		9.6							$26,799
Christiana High School	Public	6-12	190 Salem Church Road	Newark	19713	New Castle County	Christina School District	No	No	No	Yes	(302) 631-2400	1,425	85	16.8		365 (25.6%)	618 (43.4%)	236 (16.6%)	101 (7.1%)	3 (0.2%)	8 (0.6%)	94 (6.6%)	39.8	22^nd of 41 public high schools	46.3%		37.2	22^nd of 41 public high schools	46.3%			9.3	83.2	91.4	60.7	23.0	42.7	15.1	30.8	86.7	92.5	79.8	77.8	81.1	61.8	$23,804
Newark High School	Public	9-12	750 East Delaware Avenue	Newark	19711	New Castle County	Christina School District	No	No	No	Yes	(302) 631-4700	1,039	68	15.2		293 (28.2%)	399 (38.4%)	254 (24.4%)	27 (2.6%)	3 (0.3%)	3 (0.3%)	60 (5.8%)	36.5	25^th of 41 public high schools	39.0%		31.3	26^th of 41 public high schools	36.6%	1		14.7				21.8	39.1	18.4	21.7							$29,042

Frequently Asked Questions about Middletown High School

How many students attend Middletown High School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 1,231 students attended Middletown High School.

What district is Middletown High School in?

Appoquinimink School District

What is the racial makeup of Middletown High School?

Students at Middletown High School are 40% White, 36% African American, 10% Hispanic, 8% Asian, 6% Two or more races.

What schools feed into Middletown High School?

Middletown High School is fed by the following schools:

Elementary : Brick Mill Elementary School
Elementary : Cedar Lane Elementary School
Elementary : Old State Elementary School
Elementary : Spring Meadow Early Childhood Center
Elementary : Townsend Early Childhood Center
Elementary : Townsend Elementary School
Middle : Meredith (Everett) Middle School
Middle : Redding (Louis L.) Middle School

Is Middletown High School a good school?

Middletown High School ranks 17^th of 41 Delaware high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

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