Schools · Bear

Bear, DE schools

Bear’s public schools score well below Delaware’s averages: 33% of students are proficient in reading against 41.9% statewide, and 76% of high schoolers graduate on time against 88.9%. Kids attend Oberle (William) Elementary School or Leasure (May B.) Elementary School through grade 5, then one of 9 schools and one of 4 high schools.

Grades, test scores, graduation, spending and every school, from U.S. Department of Education data.

C-School Grade #30Best schools in DE (of 31)

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Bear’s School Grade: C-

The public schools Bear’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 76% of Delaware’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.

C+Test scoresD-Graduation

Delaware school districts we grade (41)Better than 24%

Lower resultsHigher results

Delaware towns with similar household incomes (40)Better than 10%

High confidence. Built on 6,390 tested students and a graduating class of 604; ordinary year-to-year swings are unlikely to change the grade.

How the School Grade works

Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on Delaware’s state tests, each against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown below but don’t count toward the grade. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids: every district that serves it, weighted by the number of students tested in each. Tests count 60% and graduation 40%.
Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are lined up against the rest of Delaware only. A+ top 5%A next 10%A- next 10%B B+ to B−, next 30%C C+ to C−, next 30%D D and D−, bottom 15%
Individual schools are graded the same way on their own test results, against every public school in Delaware with 25+ students. Private schools aren’t graded: they don’t take the state tests.
What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income closely, so a high grade partly reflects who lives in a town. That’s why we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.

School path

Where Bear kids go to school

Grades K–5

DOberle (William) Elementary School or C+Leasure (May B.) Elementary School Depends on your address Christina School District

Grades 6–12

9 schoolsDepends on your address · see the list Christina School District

Grades 12

4 high schoolsDepends on your address · see the list Colonial School District

Based on district boundaries from the U.S. Department of Education. Check with the district before you enroll.

Test scores · 2020–21

Well below the state in reading

Reading (grades K–12, Christina)33%

State average 41.9%

Reading (grades 12, Colonial)30%

State average 41.9%

Math (grades K–12, Christina)22%

State average 26.5%

Math (grades 12, Colonial)15%

State average 26.5%

Graduation · class of 2020

76% graduate on time

Graduation rate

76%

DE: 88.9%

Graduating class

604

students

The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years.

Districts

Two districts serve Bear

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Christina School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 29 schools · 12,954 students

$34,491 per studentDE $22,312D 🏫

Colonial School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 15 schools · 8,575 students

$23,840 per studentDE $22,312C

Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.

Within reach

Colleges near Bear

There’s no college in Bear, but 19 colleges are within 30 miles. The closest is University of Delaware in Newark, 5.7 miles away.

University of DelawareUniversity or college · Public · Newark5.7 mi22,523 students Wilmington UniversityUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Wilmington Manor6.6 mi3,737 students Goldey-Beacom CollegeUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Pike Creek Valley8.5 mi868 students

Strayer University-DelawareUniversity or college · For-profit · Wilmington11.1 mi1 students

Salem Community CollegeCommunity college · Public · Carneys Point12.5 mi931 students

Cecil CollegeCommunity college · Public · North East14.7 mi1,555 students

Lincoln UniversityUniversity or college · Public · Lower Oxford18.5 mi1,848 students Neumann UniversityUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Aston21.8 mi1,914 students Cheyney University of PennsylvaniaUniversity or college · Public · Thornbury23.1 mi696 students West Chester University of PennsylvaniaUniversity or college · Public · West Chester23.5 mi15,394 students

9 more within 30 miles.

Straight-line distance from the center of Bear. Degree-granting colleges with students on campus. Colleges marked › have their own page; the others are too small or don’t report enough to the Department of Education for one.

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