Summary:
Delaware, Ohio is home to 13 schools — six elementary, three middle, and four high — serving roughly 10,391 students across four systems: Delaware City Schools, Olentangy Local Schools, Buckeye Valley Local Schools, and the specialized Delaware Area Career Center.
The strongest results are concentrated in Olentangy and Buckeye Valley. Olentangy Berlin Middle School is the top school in the city, ranked 37th of 1,046 middle schools (96th percentile, 5 stars), with chronic absenteeism of just 6.3% and proficiency above 80% in most subjects. Olentangy Berlin High School is the top high school (94th percentile, 5 stars, 97.6% graduation), while Cheshire Elementary leads elementary schools at the 91st percentile with the lowest absenteeism in the city at 5.7%. Buckeye Valley Local High School ranks at the 89th percentile with a 96.9% graduation rate, and Buckeye Valley Local Middle School has improved from the 73rd to the 82nd percentile.
Within Delaware City Schools, results are far more mixed: Rutherford B Hayes High School (78th percentile) and Ervin Carlisle Elementary School (75th) perform well, while Laura Woodward Elementary School (44th) and James Conger Elementary School (41st) score below state averages. Chronic absenteeism separates schools more than graduation rates do — 5.7% and 6.3% at the top schools versus 27.5% at Woodward, 24.0% at Hayes, and 21.0% at John C Dempsey Middle School. All three traditional high schools beat the state in every tested EOC subject, though Geometry is the weakest area. Delaware Area Career Center South Campus reports no rank, test, or graduation data, so it cannot fairly be compared academically with the others.
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