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Milford Central Academy

Q: Is Milford Central Academy a good school?

Milford Central Academy ranks 42 nd of 59 Delaware middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

Q: How many students attend Milford Central Academy?

In the 2024-25 school year, 1,013 students attended Milford Central Academy.

Q: What is the racial makeup of Milford Central Academy?

Students at Milford Central Academy are 44% White, 28% African American, 24% Hispanic, 4% Two or more races.

Q: What high school do graduates of Milford Central Academy attend?

Students who attend Milford Central Academy usually go on to attend Milford Senior High School

Public Grades 6-8

42^nd

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 59 Delaware Middle Schools

Better than 29% of Delaware middle schools

Summary

Milford Central Academy is a public middle school serving 1,058 students in grades 6-8 in Milford, Delaware, which is part of the Milford School District. The school faces significant challenges in improving student achievement and engagement, with low test scores, high chronic absenteeism, and struggles to support underperforming student subgroups.

Milford Central Academy's test scores on the Smarter Balanced Assessments and DeSSA exams are consistently below the state averages across all grade levels and subject areas. For example, in 2024-2025, only 23.26% of 6th graders were proficient or better in ELA, compared to the state average of 38.49%. The school also struggles with high chronic absenteeism rates, ranging from 11.8% to 25.9% over the past few years, which is significantly higher than the state average. When compared to other middle schools in the surrounding area, such as Georgetown Middle School in the higher-ranked Indian River School District, Milford Central Academy generally underperforms across most academic metrics.

Interestingly, Milford Central Academy ranks 3rd out of 4 Delaware middle schools for military-connected students, suggesting this subgroup may be an area of relative strength for the school. However, the school ranks in the bottom half of Delaware middle schools for female, African American, Hispanic, and white student performance, as well as for English Language Learners and Special Education students. Addressing the root causes of the school's challenges will be critical to driving better outcomes for Milford Central Academy's students.

1,013

Students ?

18.7

Student/teacher ratio ?

$14,818

Per pupil spending ?

42.4%

Free/discounted lunch ?

1021 N Walnut Street
Milford, DE 19963-1298

(302) 430-7900

District: Milford School District

Students who attend Milford Central Academy usually attend:

High:

Milford Senior High School

Feeder schools for Milford Central Academy:

Elementary:	Banneker (Benjamin) Elementary School
	Mispillion Elementary
	Morris (Evelyn I.) Early Childhood
	Ross (Lulu M.) Elementary School

Racial breakdown:

White:

43.5%

African American:

27.5%

Hispanic:

23.7%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 39th percentile in 2015 → 29th in 2025

Worth a look

!Test scores below the Delaware average (26% vs 36% meeting standards)

!Ranking has slipped — down 10 percentile points since 2015

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

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school26%

District avg26%

Delaware avg36%

42^nd of 59

Delaware public middle schools ?

Bottom 29%▼ down 10 pts since 2015

From bottom 39% (2015) to bottom 29% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

22^nd of 32Milford 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	26.0	42 of 59	28.8%	★★☆☆☆
2024	28.2	40 of 54	25.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	28.8	38 of 53	28.3%	★★☆☆☆
2022	27.6	37 of 51	27.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	32.0	30 of 47	36.2%	★★☆☆☆
2019	39.2	34 of 52	34.6%	★★☆☆☆
2018	41.9	22 of 35	37.1%	★★☆☆☆
2017	45.3	20 of 35	42.9%	★★★☆☆
2016	39.4	21 of 35	40.0%	★★☆☆☆
2015	43.9	30 of 49	38.8%	★★☆☆☆
2014	39.7	13 of 17	23.5%	★★☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Delaware percentile	Rating
2025	25.5	38 of 49	22.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	24.1	37 of 42	11.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	29.9	30 of 43	30.2%	★★☆☆☆
2022	27.0	31 of 41	24.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	34.6	31 of 44	29.5%	★★☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Delaware percentile	Rating
2025	28.0	6 of 6	0.0%	★★☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Delaware percentile	Rating
2025	18.6	45 of 55	18.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	23.8	41 of 49	16.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	25.9	38 of 50	24.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	25.9	38 of 50	24.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	29.5	25 of 38	34.2%	★★☆☆☆
2019	41.8	31 of 49	36.7%	★★☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Delaware percentile	Rating
2025	24.2	34 of 42	19.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	31.2	29 of 37	21.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	32.0	28 of 37	24.3%	★★☆☆☆
2022	36.6	27 of 37	27.0%	★★☆☆☆
2021	36.4	13 of 18	27.8%	★★☆☆☆
2019	50.7	19 of 35	45.7%	★★★☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Delaware percentile	Rating
2025	34.9	32 of 48	33.3%	★★☆☆☆
2024	38.9	22 of 39	43.6%	★★☆☆☆
2023	44.6	20 of 40	50.0%	★★★☆☆
2022	32.0	25 of 38	34.2%	★★☆☆☆
2021	35.5	14 of 19	26.3%	★★☆☆☆
2019	48.7	18 of 41	56.1%	★★★☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Delaware percentile	Rating
2025	27.1	39 of 55	29.1%	★★☆☆☆
2024	26.7	36 of 49	26.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	27.6	35 of 50	30.0%	★★☆☆☆
2022	23.2	38 of 50	24.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	29.0	26 of 38	31.6%	★★☆☆☆
2019	35.0	35 of 49	28.6%	★★☆☆☆

Military Connected

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Delaware percentile	Rating
2023	33.8	3 of 4	25.0%	★★★★☆

Multi-racial

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Delaware percentile	Rating
2019	54.4	3 of 8	62.5%	★★★★☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Delaware percentile	Rating
2025	25.4	16 of 22	27.3%	★★☆☆☆
2019	15.2	9 of 9	0.0%	★☆☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Delaware percentile	Rating
2025	17.5	39 of 47	17.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	19.9	36 of 45	20.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	22.4	38 of 44	13.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	19.4	39 of 45	13.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	33.0	28 of 41	31.7%	★★☆☆☆
2019	40.4	30 of 43	30.2%	★★☆☆☆

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)

Multi-racial (2019)62nd percentile+28 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)33rd percentile+5 vs school

Male (2025)29th percentile~ school

Special Education (2025)27th percentile~ school

Military Connected (2023)25th percentile-3 vs school

African American (2025)22nd percentile-6 vs school

Hispanic (2025)19th percentile-10 vs school

Female (2025)18th percentile-11 vs school

White (2025)17th percentile-12 vs school

English Language Learner (2025)<1st percentile-29 vs school

By subject vs Delaware (2024-2025) ?

Social Studies34%-10 vs state

English Language Arts32%-10 vs state

Mathematics17%-12 vs state

Science9%-7 vs state

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by a student
Friday, July 1, 2011

ITS THE BEST SCHOOL ITS BEAUTIFUL AND SO CLEAN I LOVE IT ITS WAY BETTER THEN ANY OTHER SCHOOL IN THE MILFORD DISTRICT ITS UNIQUE Close Quote

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				DeSSA Science (2025)		DeSSA Social Studies (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 5th Grade	DeSSA Science 8th Grade	DeSSA Social Studies 5th Grade	DeSSA Social Studies 6th Grade	DeSSA Social Studies 7th Grade	DeSSA Social Studies 8th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts 5th 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 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 8th Grade	Total
Milford Central Academy	Public	6-8	1021 N Walnut Street	Milford	19963	Kent County	Milford School District	No	No	No	Yes	(302) 430-7900	1,013	54	18.7		441 (43.5%)	279 (27.5%)	240 (23.7%)	7 (0.7%)	5 (0.5%)	4 (0.4%)	37 (3.7%)	26	42^nd of 59 public middle schools	28.8%		28.2	40^th of 54 public middle schools	25.9%	2		9.1		37.2	48.1	17.3		23.3	34.8	37.1		21.6	16.4	13.2	$14,818
Chipman (W.T.) Middle School	Public	6-8	101 West Center Street	Harrington	19952	Kent County	Lake Forest School District	No	No	No	Yes	(302) 398-8197	905	48	18.8		502 (55.5%)	214 (23.6%)	84 (9.3%)	13 (1.4%)	8 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	84 (9.3%)	42.4	31^st of 59 public middle schools	47.5%		36.5	34^th of 54 public middle schools	37.0%	3		16.7		43.6	57.5	30.4		35.3	45.2	33.9		26.8	24.6	24.1	$18,729
Magnolia Middle School	Public	6-8	133 Thomas More Dr	Magnolia	19962	Kent County	Caesar Rodney School District	No	No	No	No	(302) 387-1780	460	20	23.0		224 (48.7%)	136 (29.6%)	40 (8.7%)	17 (3.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	43 (9.3%)	67.8	16^th of 59 public middle schools	72.9%		38	31^st of 54 public middle schools	42.6%	15		26.0		53.9	65.0	41.1		47.0	53.6	50.8		44.4	42.0	26.9	$16,495
F. Niel Postlethwait Middle School	Public	6-8	2841 South State Street	Camden	19934	Kent County	Caesar Rodney School District	No	No	No	No	(302) 698-8410	647	36	17.9		265 (41.0%)	220 (34.0%)	87 (13.4%)	22 (3.4%)	3 (0.5%)	1 (0.2%)	49 (7.6%)	43.3	30^th of 59 public middle schools	49.2%		40	30^th of 54 public middle schools	44.4%			16.1		45.2	57.7	28.8		38.0	41.7	42.4		27.5	24.9	20.6	$15,685
Mariner Middle School	Public	6-8	16391 Harbeson Rd	Milton	19968	Sussex County	Cape Henlopen School District	No	No	No	No	(302) 685-8516	552	47	11.7		302 (54.7%)	61 (11.1%)	151 (27.4%)	4 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	33 (6.0%)	57.4	20^th of 59 public middle schools	66.1%		62.2	17^th of 54 public middle schools	68.5%	3		27.7		42.9	57.8	28.5		37.7	46.0	39.8		30.4	43.9	45.8	$21,633
Dover Air Force Base Middle School	Public	6-8	3100 Hawthorne Drive	Dover	19901	Kent County	Caesar Rodney School District	No	No	No	No	(302) 674-3284	98	15	6.5		64 (65.3%)	15 (15.3%)	9 (9.2%)	1 (1.0%)	1 (1.0%)	1 (1.0%)	7 (7.1%)	93.8	3^rd of 59 public middle schools	94.9%		97	2^nd of 54 public middle schools	96.3%	1		48.8		66.0	81.1	75.0		66.7	72.7	87.8		52.6	54.6	58.5	$47,286
Fred Fifer III Middle School	Public	6-8	109 East Camden-Wyoming Avenue	Camden	19934	Kent County	Caesar Rodney School District	No	No	No	No	(302) 698-8400	839	44	19.0		423 (50.4%)	222 (26.5%)	103 (12.3%)	14 (1.7%)	2 (0.2%)	1 (0.1%)	74 (8.8%)	51.7	22^nd of 59 public middle schools	62.7%		41.2	28^th of 54 public middle schools	48.1%	6		17.7		50.2	62.1	33.9		40.8	50.2	44.1		25.6	33.3	21.8	$14,663
Woodbridge Middle School	Public	6-8	307 Laws Street	Bridgeville	19933	Sussex County	Woodbridge School District	No	No	No	Yes	(302) 337-8289	596	40	14.9		280 (47.0%)	116 (19.5%)	173 (29.0%)	6 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (3.5%)	30.9	37^th of 59 public middle schools	37.3%		22.5	45^th of 54 public middle schools	16.7%	8		12.6		40.4	43.3	23.5		33.2	30.4	33.9		31.0	17.3	14.8	$19,297
Bryan Allen Stevenson School of Excellence	Public, Charter	6-8	20346 Ennis St	Georgetown	19947	Sussex County	Bryan Allen Stevenson School of Excellence	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(302) 556-3297	208	5	41.6		118 (56.7%)	44 (21.2%)	19 (9.1%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.9%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (11.1%)								(n/a)
William Henry Middle School	Public	5	65 Carver Road	Dover	19904	Kent County	Capital School District	No	No	No	No	(302) 672-1622	432	19	22.7		89 (20.6%)	227 (52.5%)	67 (15.5%)	6 (1.4%)	5 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	38 (8.8%)								(n/a)	15.2		40.5				21.6				15.5				$18,639

Frequently Asked Questions about Milford Central Academy

How many students attend Milford Central Academy?

In the 2024-25 school year, 1,013 students attended Milford Central Academy.

What high school do graduates of Milford Central Academy attend?

Students who attend Milford Central Academy usually go on to attend Milford Senior High School

What is the racial makeup of Milford Central Academy?

Students at Milford Central Academy are 44% White, 28% African American, 24% Hispanic, 4% Two or more races.

What district is Milford Central Academy in?

Milford School District

Is Milford Central Academy a good school?

Milford Central Academy ranks 42^nd of 59 Delaware middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

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