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Cedar Lane Elementary School

Public Grades 1-5

3^rd

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 107 Delaware Elementary Schools

Better than 97% of Delaware elementary schools

Summary

Cedar Lane Elementary School in Middletown, DE, serves 634 students in grades 1-5 and is part of the highly regarded Appoquinimink School District, which ranks in the 88th percentile statewide.

Cedar Lane has earned a reputation as one of Delaware's top elementary schools, currently ranking 3rd out of 106 elementary schools statewide—a remarkable climb from 29th place just a decade ago. This places it well ahead of nearby schools like Old State Elementary (25th), Silver Lake Elementary (36th), and Bunker Hill Elementary (45th). Only Loss (Olive B.) Elementary and Crystal Run Elementary come close to matching its performance. Test scores tell the story: in 4th grade math, 79.67% of Cedar Lane students are proficient, compared to just 33.03% at Bunker Hill and 21.78% in 5th grade math at Brick Mill Elementary. The school also excels in 4th grade social studies with an 83.05% proficiency rate—more than double Silver Lake's 40.87%.

What makes Cedar Lane particularly special is its consistency across all student groups. It ranks #1 in the state for female student performance and #1 for English Language Learners, while also achieving top-10 rankings for male, White, African American, and special education students. The school maintains a low chronic absenteeism rate of 8.5%, far below the district average of 14.0% and state average of 17.1%. Interestingly, Cedar Lane achieves these outstanding results with a higher student-teacher ratio (15.8) and lower per-student spending ($12,350) than many nearby schools that perform significantly worse, including Brick Mill Elementary ($15,082 per student) and Bunker Hill Elementary ($14,615). This combination of elite academic outcomes, equitable support for diverse learners, and cost efficiency makes Cedar Lane a standout choice for families in the Middletown area.

634

Students ?

15.8

Student/teacher ratio ?

$20,019

Per pupil spending ?

3.9%

Directly certified for free meals (2024-25) ?

1259 Cedar Lane Road
Middletown, DE 19709-9636

(302) 378-5045

District: Appoquinimink School District

Students who attend Cedar Lane Elementary School usually attend:

High:

Middletown High School

Racial breakdown:

White:

37.7%

Asian:

33.8%

African American:

15.6%

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At a glance

▲ Ranking trend: Improving — 78th percentile in 2012 → 97th in 2026

Strengths

✓Test scores above the Delaware average (70% vs 42% meeting standards)

✓Ranks in the top 3% of Delaware elementary schools

✓Ranking is trending up — up 19 percentile points since 2012

Worth a look

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

Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?

This school70%

District avg55%

Delaware avg42%

3^rd of 107

Delaware public elementary schools ?

Top 3%▲ up 11 pts since 2019

From top 13% (2019) to top 3% (2026)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

1^st 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	93.5	3 of 107	97.2%	★★★★★
2025	92.8	3 of 109	97.2%	★★★★★
2024	92.9	6 of 106	94.3%	★★★★★
2023	93.7	5 of 103	95.1%	★★★★★
2022	91.2	7 of 104	93.3%	★★★★★
2021	85.3	15 of 95	84.2%	★★★★☆
2019	81.4	14 of 105	86.7%	★★★★☆
2015	71.6	29 of 108	73.1%	★★★★☆
2013	72.3	27 of 91	70.3%	★★★★☆
2012	77.1	20 of 90	77.8%	★★★★☆
2011	73.1	23 of 91	74.7%	★★★★☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Delaware percentile	Rating
2026	75.6	12 of 70	82.9%	★★★★☆
2025	79.8	8 of 68	88.2%	★★★★☆
2024	79.3	6 of 62	90.3%	★★★★★
2023	71.0	11 of 60	81.7%	★★★★☆
2022	70.1	11 of 60	81.7%	★★★★☆
2021	86.6	1 of 22	95.5%	★★★★★
2019	74.0	14 of 72	80.6%	★★★★☆

Asian

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Delaware percentile	Rating
2025	59.5	4 of 7	42.9%	★★★☆☆
2024	78.2	2 of 7	71.4%	★★★★☆
2023	74.2	1 of 7	85.7%	★★★★★
2022	75.9	2 of 9	77.8%	★★★★☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Delaware percentile	Rating
2023	92.8	1 of 18	94.4%	★★★★★
2019	92.1	1 of 29	96.6%	★★★★★

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Delaware percentile	Rating
2026	95.1	1 of 98	99.0%	★★★★★
2025	92.2	3 of 97	96.9%	★★★★★
2024	91.1	6 of 97	93.8%	★★★★★
2023	94.4	1 of 89	98.9%	★★★★★
2022	85.9	9 of 90	90.0%	★★★★★
2021	69.5	16 of 67	76.1%	★★★★☆
2019	84.9	9 of 99	90.9%	★★★★★

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Delaware percentile	Rating
2019	77.4	16 of 92	82.6%	★★★★☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Delaware percentile	Rating
2026	88.1	6 of 98	93.9%	★★★★★
2025	90.2	3 of 97	96.9%	★★★★★
2024	91.0	4 of 97	95.9%	★★★★★
2023	90.7	4 of 89	95.5%	★★★★★
2022	90.2	5 of 90	94.4%	★★★★★
2021	84.2	9 of 67	86.6%	★★★★☆
2019	77.7	17 of 99	82.8%	★★★★☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Delaware percentile	Rating
2026	59.5	10 of 24	58.3%	★★★☆☆
2025	72.1	6 of 27	77.8%	★★★★☆
2024	67.4	4 of 17	76.5%	★★★★☆
2023	65.6	4 of 12	66.7%	★★★★☆
2022	41.4	7 of 13	46.2%	★★★☆☆
2021	48.1	3 of 6	50.0%	★★★★☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Delaware percentile	Rating
2026	80.0	10 of 78	87.2%	★★★★☆
2025	83.9	5 of 77	93.5%	★★★★★
2024	80.3	8 of 73	89.0%	★★★★★
2023	86.6	4 of 70	94.3%	★★★★★
2022	73.8	17 of 75	77.3%	★★★★☆
2021	64.5	17 of 65	73.8%	★★★★☆
2019	71.0	23 of 82	72.0%	★★★★☆

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)99th percentile~ school

English Language Learner (2023)94th percentile~ school

Male (2026)94th percentile-3 vs school

White (2026)87th percentile-10 vs school

African American (2026)83rd percentile-14 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2019)83rd percentile-4 vs school

Special Education (2026)58th percentile-39 vs school

Asian (2025)43rd percentile-54 vs school

By subject vs Delaware (2025-2026) ?

Social Studies81%+31 vs state

Mathematics70%+31 vs state

English Language Arts67%+25 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	Directly certified (2024-25)	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
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	3.9%	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 107 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
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	6.4%	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
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	6.3%	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 107 public elementary schools	93.5%					(n/a)	60.0	61.1		55.4	63.3	78.6	60.2	69.4	62.9	$19,859
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	6.5%	208 (42.3%)	123 (25.0%)	31 (6.3%)	102 (20.7%)	2 (0.4%)	2 (0.4%)	24 (4.9%)	75.4	30^th of 107 public elementary schools	72.0%		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
Brick Mill Elementary School	Public	1-5	378 Brick Mill Road	Middletown	19709	New Castle County	Appoquinimink School District	No	No	No	Yes	(302) 378-5288	524	37	14.1	21.4%	180 (34.4%)	175 (33.4%)	95 (18.1%)	33 (6.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	40 (7.6%)	46.9	57^th of 107 public elementary schools	46.7%		43.7	55^th of 109 public elementary schools	49.5%	2	27.7	41.4	66.3	38.8	46.0	49.5	40.4	27.4	21.8	$21,157
Brick Mill Early Childhood Center	Public	PK-K	378 Brick Mill Road	Middletown	19709	New Castle County	Appoquinimink School District	No	No	No	No	(302) 378-5288	280	29	9.6	12.1%	101 (36.1%)	87 (31.1%)	47 (16.8%)	26 (9.3%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (6.4%)								(n/a)
Silver Lake Elementary School	Public	1-5	200 East Cochran Street	Middletown	19709	New Castle County	Appoquinimink School District	No	No	No	Yes	(302) 378-5023	552	40	13.8	19.2%	215 (38.9%)	193 (35.0%)	83 (15.0%)	11 (2.0%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	48 (8.7%)	59.8	36^th of 107 public elementary schools	66.4%		58.9	37^th of 109 public elementary schools	66.1%	1	27.9	40.9	74.2	51.5	42.7	50.0	59.2	38.1	35.3	$20,180
Bunker Hill Elementary School	Public	1-5	1070 Bunker Hill Road	Middletown	19709	New Castle County	Appoquinimink School District	No	No	No	Yes	(302) 378-5135	566	38	14.8	15.7%	193 (34.1%)	193 (34.1%)	67 (11.8%)	68 (12.0%)	3 (0.5%)	1 (0.2%)	41 (7.2%)	53.4	45^th of 107 public elementary schools	57.9%		46.8	53^rd of 109 public elementary schools	51.4%	8	40.4	43.4	75.0	39.3	39.3	44.4	39.3	33.0	35.4	$22,648
Old State Elementary School	Public	1-5	580 Tony Marchio Drive	Townsend	19734	New Castle County	Appoquinimink School District	No	No	No	No	(302) 378-6720	765	55	13.9	9.5%	408 (53.3%)	196 (25.6%)	58 (7.6%)	45 (5.9%)	3 (0.4%)	1 (0.1%)	54 (7.1%)	78.5	26^th of 107 public elementary schools	75.7%		80.9	22^nd of 109 public elementary schools	79.8%	4	41.1	57.2	81.4	51.6	51.6	58.6	55.5	47.7	52.9	$19,990
Spring Meadow Early Childhood Center	Public	K	611 Campus Drive	Townsend	19734	New Castle County	Appoquinimink School District	No	No	No	Yes	(302) 378-6760	185	17	10.8	16.8%	84 (45.4%)	54 (29.2%)	16 (8.6%)	14 (7.6%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (8.6%)								(n/a)										$33,153

Frequently Asked Questions about Cedar Lane Elementary School

What district is Cedar Lane Elementary School in?

Appoquinimink School District

How many students attend Cedar Lane Elementary School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 634 students attended Cedar Lane Elementary School.

What schools do graduates of Cedar Lane Elementary School attend?

Students who attend Cedar Lane Elementary School usually go on to attend:

High : Middletown High School

What is the racial makeup of Cedar Lane Elementary School?

Students at Cedar Lane Elementary School are 38% White, 34% Asian, 16% African American, 6% Two or more races, 5% Hispanic, 1% American Indian.

Is Cedar Lane Elementary School a good school?

Yes! Cedar Lane Elementary School is one of the best elementary schools in the state. It ranks 3^rd of 107 Delaware elementary schools.

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2024–25 attendance dataJan 20, 2026

SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Delaware Department of Education.

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