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Public Schools in Delaware

223 schools · 42 districts · 141,465 students

50%
Average
Avg Proficiency
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Largest Schools in Delaware

School data sourced from NCES (National Center for Education Statistics) via the Common Core of Data.

Newark Charter School

Newark

2,987 students

Caesar Rodney High School

Camden

2,257 students

Penn (William) High School

New Castle

2,239 students

Odyssey Charter School

Wilmington

2,123 students

Sussex Central High School

Georgetown

2,039 students

Cape Henlopen High School

Lewes

1,813 students

Smyrna High School

Smyrna

1,807 students

Dover High School

Dover

1,771 students

Delcastle Technical High School

Wilmington

1,585 students

Appoquinimink High School

Middletown

1,484 students

Frequently Asked Questions

Delaware has 223 public schools across 42 districts, serving 141,465 students.

The largest school in Delaware is Newark Charter School with 2,987 students. Delaware has 223 public schools overall.

The average proficiency rate is 50%. Proficiency rates measure the percentage of students meeting state standards on standardized assessments, as reported by EDFacts.

All school data comes from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Common Core of Data for enrollment and school characteristics, and EDFacts for proficiency rates and graduation rates.

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School data is sourced from NCES enrollment records and EDFacts proficiency and graduation rate assessments. No synthetic scores are used.

For this entity, the underlying data on this page comes from NCES Common Core of Data and EDFacts. The breakdown above is the federal record; the paragraphs below add the per-entity context that makes the headline numbers usable for a real decision rather than just a data lookup.

The methodology behind every numeric value on this page is publicly documented on the NCES Common Core of Data and EDFacts portal and described in detail on this site’s methodology page. Refresh cadence varies by underlying series; the page surfaces the as-of date for each number so readers can trace any figure back to the source release.

For readers using this page as a decision input, the related-entity pages elsewhere on the site provide the comparison set. The most useful comparison for this entity is typically a peer within U.S. public schools and districts with similar size, similar exposure, or similar geography — not the national-level summary alone.