Schools · North Star

North Star, DE schools

North Star’s public schools score close to Delaware’s averages: 42% of students are proficient in reading against 41.9% statewide, and 89% of high schoolers graduate on time against 88.9%. Kids attend North Star Elementary School through grade 5, then one of 14 schools and one of 8 high schools.

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

C+School Grade #1Best schools in DE (of 31)

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North Star’s School Grade: C+

The public schools North Star’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 56% of Delaware’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.

B-Test scoresC+Graduation

Delaware school districts we grade (41)Better than 44%

Lower resultsHigher results

Delaware towns with similar household incomes (17)Better than 18%

High confidence. Built on 10,049 tested students and a graduating class of 812; 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 North Star kids go to school

Grades K–5

A+North Star Elementary School 589 students · Hockessin Red Clay Consolidated School District

Grades 6–12

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

Grades 12

8 high schoolsDepends on your address · see the list Christina School District

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

Test scores · 2020–21

Close to the state in reading

Reading (grades K–5, Red Clay Consolidated)42%

State average 41.9%

Reading (grades 6–12, Christina)33%

State average 41.9%

Math (grades K–5, Red Clay Consolidated)27%

State average 26.5%

Math (grades 6–12, Christina)22%

State average 26.5%

Graduation · class of 2020

89% graduate on time

Graduation rate

89%

DE: 88.9%

Graduating class

812

students

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

Districts

Two districts serve North Star

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Red Clay Consolidated School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 28 schools · 14,444 students

$23,294 per studentDE $22,312B 🏫

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

$34,491 per studentDE $22,312D

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

Within reach

Colleges near North Star

There’s no college in North Star, but 28 colleges are within 30 miles. The closest is Goldey-Beacom College in Pike Creek Valley, 2.5 miles away.

Goldey-Beacom CollegeUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Pike Creek Valley2.5 mi868 students University of DelawareUniversity or college · Public · Newark5.1 mi22,523 students Wilmington UniversityUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Wilmington Manor9.2 mi3,737 students

Strayer University-DelawareUniversity or college · For-profit · Wilmington9.9 mi1 students

Lincoln UniversityUniversity or college · Public · Lower Oxford10.9 mi1,848 students

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

Salem Community CollegeCommunity college · Public · Carneys Point14.5 mi931 students West Chester University of PennsylvaniaUniversity or college · Public · West Chester15.6 mi15,394 students Cheyney University of PennsylvaniaUniversity or college · Public · Thornbury16.5 mi696 students Neumann UniversityUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Aston17.8 mi1,914 students

18 more within 30 miles.

Straight-line distance from the center of North Star. 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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