Schools · Delmar
Delmar, MD schools
Delmar’s public schools score well below Maryland’s averages: 26% of students are proficient in reading against 35.5% statewide, and 84% of high schoolers graduate on time against 86.7%.
Grades, test scores, graduation, spending and every school, from U.S. Department of Education data.
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C−
Delmar’s School Grade: C-
The public schools Delmar’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 80% of Maryland’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.
CTest scoresC-Graduation
Maryland school districts we grade (25)Better than 20%
Lower resultsHigher results
Maryland towns with similar household incomes (172)Better than 30%
High confidence. Built on 6,744 tested students and a graduating class of 1,064; ordinary year-to-year swings are unlikely to change the grade.
How the School Grade works
- Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on Maryland’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 Maryland 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 Maryland 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.
Test scores · 2020–21
Well below the state in reading
Reading (Wicomico County)26%
State average 35.5%
Math (Wicomico County)16%
State average 19.2%
Graduation · class of 2020
84% graduate on time
Graduation rate
84%
MD: 86.7%
Graduating class
1,064
students
The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years. #186 of 258 MD towns →
Districts
The district serving Delmar
Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
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