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Loss (Olive B.) Elementary School

Public Grades 1-5

6^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 106 Delaware Elementary Schools

Better than 94% of Delaware elementary schools

Summary

Loss (Olive B.) Elementary School in Bear, DE, is a high-performing public school serving 499 students in grades 1 through 5 within the highly-ranked Appoquinimink School District.

This school is a true academic standout. For the 2025-2026 school year, Loss Elementary is ranked 6th out of 106 elementary schools in Delaware and holds a 5-star rating. Students here dramatically outperform both district and state averages in every subject. For example, 5th-grade English proficiency is 70%, compared to the state average of 46%, and 5th-grade science proficiency is 54.6%, nearly double the state's 30.1%. The school's success is consistent, having ranked in the top 10 statewide for 8 of the last 10 years. It also achieves strong results across all student subgroups, earning 5-star ratings for both male and female students and 4-star ratings for African American and White students. Another standout metric is chronic absenteeism: only 4.9% of students are chronically absent, far below the district average of 14.0% and state average of 17.1%.

The contrast with nearby schools in other districts is striking. Just 4.5 miles away, Oberle (William) Elementary School has a 3rd-grade math proficiency of just 11.1%, while Loss Elementary's is 61.8%. Similarly, Southern Elementary School, about 6 miles away, has a 3rd-grade ELA proficiency of 23.8% versus Loss's 62.4%. Even within its own high-achieving district, Loss is a leader, outperforming district averages by nearly 12 percentage points in 5th-grade ELA. The school achieves these results efficiently, with a student-teacher ratio of 13.6 and per-student spending of $12,755—actually lower than several nearby lower-performing schools like Leasure (May B.) Elementary School ($20,320). While the school excels across the board, one area for potential focus is the performance of White students, whose subgroup ranking (68th percentile) is notably lower than the school's overall ranking (94th percentile), suggesting an opportunity to ensure all groups are achieving at the highest level.

499

Students ?

13.6

Student/teacher ratio ?

$18,162

Per pupil spending ?

6.8%

Free/discounted lunch ?

200 Brennan Boulevard
Bear, DE 19701

(302) 832-1343

District: Appoquinimink School District

Students who attend Loss (Olive B.) Elementary School usually attend:

Middle:	Waters (Alfred G.) Middle School
High:	Appoquinimink High School

Racial breakdown:

White:

35.1%

Asian:

29.1%

African American:

20.0%

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At a glance

▬ Ranking trend: Holding steady — 93rd percentile in 2012 → 94th in 2026

Strengths

✓Test scores above the Delaware average (65% vs 42% meeting standards)

✓Ranks in the top 6% of Delaware elementary schools

✓Among the top-ranked schools in Appoquinimink School District

Worth a look

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

Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?

This school65%

District avg55%

Delaware avg42%

6^th of 106

Delaware public elementary schools ?

Top 6%▼ down 2 pts since 2019

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

2^nd of 9Elementary Schools in the Appoquinimink School District

4^th of 34Appoquinimink 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
2026	91.5	6 of 106	94.3%	★★★★★
2025	91.0	7 of 109	93.6%	★★★★★
2024	86.3	13 of 106	87.7%	★★★★☆
2023	89.2	10 of 103	90.3%	★★★★★
2022	95.7	2 of 104	98.1%	★★★★★
2021	96.1	3 of 95	96.8%	★★★★★
2019	94.1	4 of 105	96.2%	★★★★★
2015	96.5	3 of 108	97.2%	★★★★★
2013	87.8	7 of 91	92.3%	★★★★★
2012	88.5	6 of 90	93.3%	★★★★★
2011	87.9	8 of 91	91.2%	★★★★★

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Delaware percentile	Rating
2026	82.9	9 of 69	87.0%	★★★★☆
2025	82.9	7 of 68	89.7%	★★★★★
2024	82.4	4 of 62	93.5%	★★★★★
2023	87.5	4 of 60	93.3%	★★★★★
2022	93.6	2 of 60	96.7%	★★★★★
2019	90.7	3 of 72	95.8%	★★★★★

Asian

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Delaware percentile	Rating
2025	78.9	2 of 7	71.4%	★★★★☆
2024	44.3	4 of 7	42.9%	★★★☆☆
2023	43.9	5 of 7	28.6%	★★★☆☆
2022	68.3	4 of 9	55.6%	★★★☆☆
2021	65.1	1 of 2	50.0%	★★★★★

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Delaware percentile	Rating
2026	91.6	7 of 98	92.9%	★★★★★
2025	86.1	8 of 97	91.8%	★★★★★
2024	78.8	16 of 97	83.5%	★★★★☆
2023	82.6	11 of 89	87.6%	★★★★☆
2022	93.7	3 of 90	96.7%	★★★★★
2021	94.1	3 of 67	95.5%	★★★★★
2019	93.5	3 of 99	97.0%	★★★★★

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Delaware percentile	Rating
2026	85.1	10 of 98	89.8%	★★★★★
2025	88.6	6 of 97	93.8%	★★★★★
2024	85.5	7 of 97	92.8%	★★★★★
2023	88.7	9 of 89	89.9%	★★★★★
2022	95.5	3 of 90	96.7%	★★★★★
2021	91.3	5 of 67	92.5%	★★★★★
2019	93.9	3 of 99	97.0%	★★★★★

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Delaware percentile	Rating
2025	70.0	7 of 27	74.1%	★★★★☆
2024	76.2	2 of 17	88.2%	★★★★★
2022	76.9	3 of 13	76.9%	★★★★☆
2021	85.6	1 of 6	83.3%	★★★★★

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Delaware percentile	Rating
2026	74.5	13 of 78	83.3%	★★★★☆
2025	65.9	25 of 77	67.5%	★★★☆☆
2024	69.7	22 of 73	69.9%	★★★★☆
2023	63.3	24 of 70	65.7%	★★★☆☆
2022	78.7	13 of 75	82.7%	★★★★☆
2021	82.6	9 of 65	86.2%	★★★★☆
2019	86.6	5 of 82	93.9%	★★★★★

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)

Female (2026)93rd percentile~ school

Male (2026)90th percentile-5 vs school

African American (2026)87th percentile-7 vs school

White (2026)83rd percentile-11 vs school

Special Education (2025)74th percentile-20 vs school

Asian (2025)71st percentile-22 vs school

By subject vs Delaware (2025-2026) ?

Social Studies79%+29 vs state

English Language Arts65%+23 vs state

Mathematics60%+21 vs state

Science55%+24 vs state

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				DeSSA Science (2026)	DeSSA Social Studies (2026)		Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts (2026)			Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics (2026)			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 (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	DeSSA Science 5th Grade	DeSSA Social Studies 4th Grade	DeSSA Social Studies 5th 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 Mathematics 3rd Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 4th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 5th Grade	Total
Loss (Olive B.) Elementary School	Public	1-5	200 Brennan Boulevard	Bear	19701	New Castle County	Appoquinimink School District	No	No	No	No	(302) 832-1343	499	37	13.6		175 (35.1%)	100 (20.0%)	38 (7.6%)	145 (29.1%)	4 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	37 (7.4%)	91.5	6^th of 106 public elementary schools	94.3%		91	7^th of 109 public elementary schools	93.6%	1	54.6	68.7	89.0	62.4	63.7	70.0	61.8	61.8	56.4	$18,162
Crystal Run Elementary School	Public	1-5	1470 Aviator Wy	Middletown	19709	New Castle County	Appoquinimink School District	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(302) 376-4128	427	29	14.7		232 (54.3%)	76 (17.8%)	30 (7.0%)	69 (16.2%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (4.2%)	91.2	7^th of 106 public elementary schools	93.4%					(n/a)	60.0	61.1		55.4	63.3	78.6	60.2	69.4	62.9	$19,859
Keene (William B.) Elementary School	Public	K-5	200 Cpl Stephen J. Ballard Way	Newark	19702	New Castle County	Christina School District	No	No	No	Yes	(302) 454-2018	408	31	13.1		69 (16.9%)	210 (51.5%)	81 (19.9%)	15 (3.7%)	4 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	29 (7.1%)	70.1	33^rd of 106 public elementary schools	68.9%		58.5	38^th of 109 public elementary schools	65.1%	5	46.7	46.9	74.7	52.0	50.0	58.7	50.7	45.6	32.0	$27,444
Lorewood Grove Elementary School	Public	1-5	820 Mapleton Ave.	Middletown	19709	New Castle County	Appoquinimink School District	No	No	No	No	(302) 842-2575	492	32	15.3		208 (42.3%)	123 (25.0%)	31 (6.3%)	102 (20.7%)	2 (0.4%)	2 (0.4%)	24 (4.9%)	75.3	30^th of 106 public elementary schools	71.7%		76.9	27^th of 109 public elementary schools	75.2%	3	42.9	50.4	76.8	46.8	51.5	54.5	55.6	56.8	44.6	$22,241
Wilbur (Kathleen H.) Elementary	Public	K-5	4050 Wrangle Hill Road	Bear	19701	New Castle County	Colonial School District	No	No	No	Yes	(302) 832-6330	1,052	66	15.9		263 (25.0%)	505 (48.0%)	171 (16.3%)	39 (3.7%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	73 (6.9%)	33.2	71^st of 106 public elementary schools	33.0%		30.7	73^rd of 109 public elementary schools	33.0%	2	24.9	31.2	66.1	29.7	30.7	35.4	33.1	30.3	26.0	$19,634
Brader (Henry M.) Elementary School	Public	K-5	1899 South College Avenue	Newark	19702	New Castle County	Christina School District	No	No	No	Yes	(302) 552-6200	324	27	12.0		72 (22.2%)	127 (39.2%)	88 (27.2%)	8 (2.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	29 (9.0%)	42.5	60^th of 106 public elementary schools	43.4%		26.1	79^th of 109 public elementary schools	27.5%	19	14.6	48.0	64.2	38.3	51.0	35.2	38.3	37.3	18.5	$33,115
Oberle (William) Elementary School	Public	K-5	500 South Caledonia Way	Bear	19701	New Castle County	Christina School District	No	No	No	Yes	(302) 834-5910	512	40	12.8		59 (11.5%)	155 (30.3%)	279 (54.5%)	3 (0.6%)	3 (0.6%)	1 (0.2%)	12 (2.3%)	12.6	92^nd of 106 public elementary schools	13.2%		19.7	89^th of 109 public elementary schools	18.3%	3	17.1	18.3	35.5	16.7	23.9	31.6	11.1	19.4	21.1	$26,351
Cedar Lane Early Childhood Center	Public	K	1221 Cedar Lane Road	Middletown	19709	New Castle County	Appoquinimink School District	No	No	No	No	(302) 449-5873	265	15	17.6		113 (42.6%)	40 (15.1%)	13 (4.9%)	73 (27.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	26 (9.8%)								(n/a)										$18,014
Cedar Lane Elementary School	Public	1-5	1259 Cedar Lane Road	Middletown	19709	New Castle County	Appoquinimink School District	No	No	No	No	(302) 378-5045	634	40	15.8		239 (37.7%)	99 (15.6%)	34 (5.4%)	214 (33.8%)	8 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	40 (6.3%)	93.5	3^rd of 106 public elementary schools	97.2%		92.8	3^rd of 109 public elementary schools	97.2%		54.6	83.1	79.4	62.7	75.6	63.6	71.8	79.7	59.9	$20,019
Leasure (May B.) Elementary School	Public	K-5	1015 Church Road	Newark	19702	New Castle County	Christina School District	No	No	No	Yes	(302) 454-2103	316	30	10.5		29 (9.2%)	207 (65.5%)	54 (17.1%)	9 (2.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (5.4%)	37.9	65^th of 106 public elementary schools	38.7%		33	69^th of 109 public elementary schools	36.7%	4	15.5	40.5	57.9	53.7	38.3	29.3	46.5	37.5	13.8	$31,421

Frequently Asked Questions about Loss (Olive B.) Elementary School

What is the racial makeup of Loss (Olive B.) Elementary School?

Students at Loss (Olive B.) Elementary School are 35% White, 29% Asian, 20% African American, 8% Hispanic, 7% Two or more races.

What schools do graduates of Loss (Olive B.) Elementary School attend?

Students who attend Loss (Olive B.) Elementary School usually go on to attend:

Middle : Waters (Alfred G.) Middle School
High : Appoquinimink High School

Is Loss (Olive B.) Elementary School a good school?

Yes. Loss (Olive B.) Elementary School ranks in the top 5.7% of Delaware elementary schools.

How many students attend Loss (Olive B.) Elementary School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 499 students attended Loss (Olive B.) Elementary School.

What district is Loss (Olive B.) Elementary School in?

Appoquinimink School District

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