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Towns with the best schools in Delaware

Ranked by our Schools score out of 100, which is based on how many high-school students take AP, IB or college classes, how many students miss a lot of school, the graduation rate and class size, for the public schools in the town. Of the 18 towns in Delaware with 1,000 or more people, these are the top 18.

Middletown ranks first with a score of 69. Townsend and Lewes follow, with 62 and 58. Scores compare each town with all 27,850 towns we track across the US.

RankTownScore High-school students in AP or IB classesHigh-school students taking college classes Population
1 Middletown 69 27.3%9.4% 24,661
2 Townsend 62 99.0%0.0% 2,832
3 Lewes 58 18.5%13.5% 3,505
4 Smyrna 49 15.1%8.0% 13,165
5 Wilmington 48 24.3%4.6% 71,727
6 Newark 47 21.1%5.5% 30,330
7 Delmar 43 7.0%7.7% 2,412
8 Georgetown 42 18.7%2.6% 7,660
9 Clayton 42 11.2%6.1% 4,222
10 Camden 41 17.5%2.9% 4,106
11 Felton 40 11.2%10.4% 1,294
12 Dagsboro 39 15.7%5.4% 1,376
13 Seaford 35 12.9%6.0% 8,485
14 Greenwood 35 12.8%1.7% 1,564
15 Dover 34 14.7%3.3% 39,837
16 New Castle 30 11.6%2.8% 5,579
17 Laurel 27 5.9%0.0% 4,152
18 Claymont 25 0.0%0.0% 8,786

This is not a test-score ranking, and graduation rates are from 2018 or 2019. Only towns with a high school of their own are listed, and a town does not show up when its students go to school elsewhere. Only towns with 1,000 or more people are ranked. Scores compare each town with all towns we track. See how we score towns and where the figures come from. These are estimates, so check official sources before you decide.

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