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Talley Middle School

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Talley Middle School ranks 33 rd of 59 Delaware middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

Public Grades 6-8

33^rd

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 59 Delaware Middle Schools

Better than 44% of Delaware middle schools

Summary

Talley Middle School in Wilmington, DE, is a public school serving 900 students in grades 6 through 12 as part of the Brandywine School District, which is ranked in the top quarter of Delaware districts.

Talley stands out most for its dramatic improvement in student attendance. In 2024-2025, only 9.7% of students were chronically absent—far better than the district rate of 15.7% and the state rate of 17.1%. This is a remarkable turnaround from just a few years ago, when the rate was 25.3%. The school's unique 6-12 grade span may help students feel more connected and stable through their secondary years. Academically, Talley is a mid-tier performer, ranking 33rd out of 59 Delaware middle schools. Its strengths include social studies, where 7th graders exceed state averages, and notably strong results for multi-racial students, who ranked in the 65th percentile statewide. However, the school faces challenges in science and math, with 8th-grade science proficiency (14.3%) lagging behind both district and state averages, and math scores in 7th and 8th grades falling below state levels.

Compared to its same-district peers, Talley is the lowest-performing of the three Brandywine middle schools—duPont (Pierre S.) Middle School ranks 20th in the state and Springer Middle School ranks 26th, while Talley sits at 33rd. The gap is most pronounced in science and 6th-grade ELA. Yet Talley's attendance is better than both of those schools, showing that engagement isn't the issue. The school also outperforms many schools in neighboring districts, including Skyline Middle School and Stanton Middle School. Talley spends a generous $17,969 per student, yet this investment hasn't translated into proportionally higher test scores. Areas needing attention include support for special education students and those from low-income backgrounds, where performance has declined in recent years.

900

Students ?

14.4

Student/teacher ratio ?

$20,826

Per pupil spending ?

35.6%

Free/discounted lunch ?

1110 Cypress Road
Wilmington, DE 19810-1999

(302) 475-3976

District: Brandywine School District

Feeder schools for Talley Middle School:

Elementary:	Claymont Elementary School
	Forwood Elementary School
	Lancashire Elementary School

Racial breakdown:

White:

39.7%

African American:

35.7%

Hispanic:

11.3%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Recently slipping — 56th percentile in 2024 → 44th in 2026

Worth a look

!Ranking has slipped from its 56th-percentile peak (2024) to 44th (2026)

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

Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?

This school33%

District avg37%

Delaware avg38%

33^rd of 59

Delaware public middle schools ?

Bottom 44%▲ up 24 pts since 2016

From bottom 20% (2016) to bottom 44% (2026)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

3^rd of 3Middle Schools in the Brandywine School District

9^th of 34Brandywine 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	39.4	33 of 59	44.1%	★★☆☆☆
2025	44.4	28 of 59	52.5%	★★★☆☆
2024	47.4	24 of 54	55.6%	★★★☆☆
2023	42.1	26 of 53	50.9%	★★★☆☆
2022	44.2	24 of 51	52.9%	★★★☆☆
2021	23.7	39 of 47	17.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	39.8	33 of 52	36.5%	★★☆☆☆
2018	43.6	21 of 35	40.0%	★★☆☆☆
2017	36.1	23 of 35	34.3%	★★☆☆☆
2016	23.5	28 of 35	20.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2015	33.1	34 of 49	30.6%	★★☆☆☆
2013	31.0	26 of 37	29.7%	★★☆☆☆
2012	52.4	21 of 38	44.7%	★★☆☆☆
2011	49.9	20 of 38	47.4%	★★★☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Delaware percentile	Rating
2026	33.7	29 of 45	35.6%	★★☆☆☆
2025	39.7	25 of 49	49.0%	★★★☆☆
2024	44.3	21 of 42	50.0%	★★★☆☆
2023	39.0	23 of 43	46.5%	★★★☆☆
2022	31.2	28 of 41	31.7%	★★☆☆☆
2019	44.5	26 of 44	40.9%	★★☆☆☆

Asian

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Delaware percentile	Rating
2025	20.7	5 of 7	28.6%	★★★☆☆
2024	16.6	8 of 8	0.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	17.4	8 of 8	0.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	17.3	6 of 6	0.0%	★★☆☆☆
2019	33.9	2 of 2	0.0%	★★★★☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Delaware percentile	Rating
2026	37.2	33 of 53	37.7%	★★☆☆☆
2025	41.4	28 of 55	49.1%	★★★☆☆
2024	48.9	23 of 49	53.1%	★★★☆☆
2023	40.6	26 of 50	48.0%	★★☆☆☆
2022	47.1	22 of 50	56.0%	★★★☆☆
2019	36.3	35 of 49	28.6%	★★☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Delaware percentile	Rating
2026	44.6	25 of 42	40.5%	★★☆☆☆
2025	44.6	23 of 42	45.2%	★★☆☆☆
2024	49.2	17 of 37	54.1%	★★★☆☆
2023	37.5	20 of 37	45.9%	★★★☆☆
2022	48.0	16 of 37	56.8%	★★★☆☆
2019	39.0	22 of 35	37.1%	★★☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Delaware percentile	Rating
2026	32.0	34 of 46	26.1%	★★☆☆☆
2025	44.3	21 of 48	56.3%	★★★☆☆
2024	55.9	15 of 39	61.5%	★★★☆☆
2023	50.9	13 of 40	67.5%	★★★☆☆
2022	60.9	8 of 38	78.9%	★★★★☆
2019	37.4	24 of 41	41.5%	★★☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Delaware percentile	Rating
2026	33.5	33 of 53	37.7%	★★☆☆☆
2025	40.2	28 of 55	49.1%	★★★☆☆
2024	39.8	27 of 49	44.9%	★★☆☆☆
2023	38.1	27 of 50	46.0%	★★☆☆☆
2022	34.5	30 of 50	40.0%	★★☆☆☆
2019	42.6	31 of 49	36.7%	★★☆☆☆

Multi-racial

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Delaware percentile	Rating
2026	58.1	6 of 17	64.7%	★★★★☆
2025	30.1	13 of 15	13.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	12.4	7 of 7	0.0%	★★☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Delaware percentile	Rating
2026	24.7	18 of 23	21.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	34.6	13 of 22	40.9%	★★☆☆☆
2024	16.9	9 of 9	0.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	45.5	7 of 9	22.2%	★★☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Delaware percentile	Rating
2026	32.9	30 of 46	34.8%	★★☆☆☆
2025	43.0	25 of 47	46.8%	★★★☆☆
2024	55.7	20 of 45	55.6%	★★★☆☆
2023	44.2	21 of 44	52.3%	★★★☆☆
2022	52.9	19 of 45	57.8%	★★★☆☆
2021	26.7	31 of 41	24.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	42.3	28 of 43	34.9%	★★☆☆☆

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)

Multi-racial (2026)65th percentile+21 vs school

Hispanic (2026)40th percentile-4 vs school

Female (2026)38th percentile-6 vs school

Male (2026)38th percentile-6 vs school

African American (2026)36th percentile-9 vs school

White (2026)35th percentile-9 vs school

Asian (2025)29th percentile-24 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2026)26th percentile-18 vs school

Special Education (2026)22nd percentile-22 vs school

By subject vs Delaware (2025-2026) ?

Social Studies45%-4 vs state

English Language Arts36%-6 vs state

Mathematics26%-4 vs state

Science14%~ state avg

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by a parent
Tuesday, June 9, 2015

It is involved with PEG (Pacific Educational Group), which promotes discrimination and unfair punishments based on color. They have (in multiple instances) punished white kids harsher for the same occurrence then any other race at the school. The teachers there are good, but have found most of them disapprove PEG's system. If PEG was removed, I would change this from 2 stars to 4 stars. Close Quote

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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 (2016)	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 8th Grade	DeSSA Social Studies 6th Grade	DeSSA Social Studies 7th Grade	DeSSA Social Studies 8th 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
Talley Middle School	Public	6-8	1110 Cypress Road	Wilmington	19810	New Castle County	Brandywine School District	No	No	No	Yes	(302) 475-3976	900	62	14.4	35.6%	357 (39.7%)	321 (35.7%)	102 (11.3%)	58 (6.4%)	2 (0.2%)	1 (0.1%)	59 (6.6%)	39.4	33^rd of 59 public middle schools	44.1%		44.4	28^th of 59 public middle schools	52.5%	5	14.3	44.4	55.8	34.1	33.2	40.3	32.9	32.7	23.8	22.9	$20,826
Springer Middle School	Public	6-8	2220 Shipley Road	Wilmington	19803	New Castle County	Brandywine School District	No	No	No	No	(302) 479-1621	776	57	13.6	25.3%	376 (48.5%)	263 (33.9%)	61 (7.9%)	34 (4.4%)	2 (0.3%)	1 (0.1%)	39 (5.0%)	49.1	26^th of 59 public middle schools	55.9%		48.9	24^th of 59 public middle schools	59.3%	2	20.1	52.6	56.5	35.9	43.6	44.8	41.8	30.7	27.0	23.4	$21,668
duPont (Pierre S.) Middle School	Public	6-8	701 West 34th Street	Wilmington	19802	New Castle County	Brandywine School District	No	No	No	Yes	(302) 762-7146	730	60	12.1	33.0%	189 (25.9%)	358 (49.0%)	75 (10.3%)	53 (7.3%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.3%)	53 (7.3%)	61.8	20^th of 59 public middle schools	66.1%		51.8	21^st of 59 public middle schools	64.4%	1	30.8	59.0	49.5	46.9	50.8	42.4	43.0	41.4	32.1	36.6	$26,286
duPont (Alexis I.) Middle School	Public	6-8	3130 Kennett Pike	Greenville	19807	New Castle County	Red Clay Consolidated School District	No	No	No	Yes	(302) 651-2690	455	35	13.0	57.9%	71 (15.6%)	150 (33.0%)	210 (46.2%)	7 (1.5%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	14 (3.1%)	11	54^th of 59 public middle schools	8.5%		10.7	54^th of 59 public middle schools	8.5%		6.0	23.8	26.9	21.2	15.9	14.8	30.8	7.1	8.1	9.0	$26,133
McCullough (Calvin R. ) Middle School	Public	6-8	20 Chase Avenue	New Castle	19720	New Castle County	Colonial School District	No	No	No	Yes	(302) 429-4000	615	35	17.5	99.6%	72 (11.7%)	279 (45.4%)	231 (37.6%)	3 (0.5%)	4 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	26 (4.2%)	10.5	55^th of 59 public middle schools	6.8%		8	57^th of 59 public middle schools	3.4%	2	3.1	32.1	32.1	16.9	19.4	15.5	17.2	12.2	7.2	9.7	$24,377
duPont (H.B.) Middle School	Public	6-8	735 Meeting House Road	Hockessin	19707	New Castle County	Red Clay Consolidated School District	No	No	No	No	(302) 239-3420	764	46	16.6	31.7%	399 (52.2%)	115 (15.1%)	145 (19.0%)	60 (7.9%)	4 (0.5%)	1 (0.1%)	40 (5.2%)	82.7	12^th of 59 public middle schools	79.7%		79.6	11^th of 59 public middle schools	81.4%	1	29.3	57.5	72.0	65.0	49.8	61.6	66.3	43.2	50.4	52.0	$20,652
Read (George) Middle School	Public	6-8	314 East Basin Road	New Castle	19720	New Castle County	Colonial School District	No	No	No	Yes	(302) 323-2760	662	49	13.5	39.7%	177 (26.7%)	278 (42.0%)	162 (24.5%)	11 (1.7%)	2 (0.3%)	2 (0.3%)	30 (4.5%)	23.4	44^th of 59 public middle schools	25.4%		18	46^th of 59 public middle schools	22.0%	2	7.5	44.2	43.7	34.5	32.8	22.7	27.1	14.4	10.5	17.4	$24,736
Stanton Middle School	Public	6-8	1800 Limestone Road	Wilmington	19804	New Castle County	Red Clay Consolidated School District	No	No	No	Yes	(302) 992-5540	558	38	14.8	52.3%	102 (18.3%)	114 (20.4%)	321 (57.5%)	5 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	15 (2.7%)	9.6	56^th of 59 public middle schools	5.1%		9.5	55^th of 59 public middle schools	6.8%	1	3.1	25.6	33.1	15.1	15.6	15.7	26.4	9.2	5.5	8.4	$25,022
Skyline Middle School	Public	6-8	2900 Skyline Drive	Wilmington	19808	New Castle County	Red Clay Consolidated School District	No	No	No	Yes	(302) 454-3410	408	35	11.6	38.9%	69 (16.9%)	217 (53.2%)	96 (23.5%)	12 (2.9%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (3.2%)	11.8	52^nd of 59 public middle schools	11.9%		11.5	53^rd of 59 public middle schools	10.2%	1	5.0	30.0	32.5	18.8	18.3	21.1	20.7	9.6	9.5	14.1	$28,582
Shue-Medill Middle School	Public	6-8	1500 Capitol Trail	Newark	19711	New Castle County	Christina School District	No	No	No	Yes	(302) 454-2171	763	64	11.9	38.0%	203 (26.6%)	306 (40.1%)	183 (24.0%)	19 (2.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	51 (6.7%)	30.6	40^th of 59 public middle schools	32.2%		26.3	41^st of 59 public middle schools	30.5%	1	12.6	39.7	43.5	35.4	30.6	33.0	31.1	20.9	25.9	21.6	$29,022

Frequently Asked Questions about Talley Middle School

How many students attend Talley Middle School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 900 students attended Talley Middle School.

What district is Talley Middle School in?

Brandywine School District

Is Talley Middle School a good school?

Talley Middle School ranks 33^rd of 59 Delaware middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

What is the racial makeup of Talley Middle School?

Students at Talley Middle School are 40% White, 36% African American, 11% Hispanic, 7% Two or more races, 6% Asian.

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