Delaware’s public schools score below 56% of New Jersey districts
The public schools Delaware’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 56% of New Jersey’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the top.
How Delaware compares
How the School Grade works
- Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on New Jersey’s state tests against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown but don’t count. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
- The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids through every district that serves it, weighted by students tested. Tests count 60%, graduation 40%.
- Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are compared with the rest of New Jersey only. A+ is the top 5%, A the next 10%, A− the next 10%, the B range the next 30%, the C range the next 30%, D the rest.
- What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income, so 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.
Where will my kid go?
Pick a grade. These are the public schools that serve Delaware (some depend on your address).
Two districts serve Delaware
Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Above the state in reading
Delaware vs. its neighbors
Delaware’s schools rank 2nd of 3 among the towns that share its borders. School Grade, by percentile among New Jersey districts.
Every school in Delaware
0 schools. Grades are ours, from state tests and graduation. Stars are from neighbors.
Parents talk
What Delaware families are saying about school.
Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
Colleges near Delaware
There’s no college in Delaware, but 14 are within 30 miles. The closest is East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania in East Stroudsburg, 9 miles away.
Straight-line distance from the center of Delaware. Degree-granting colleges with students on campus · College Scorecard · IPEDS. 4 more within 30 miles.
School data: U.S. Department of Education (NCES, EDFacts, F-33 school finance). The School Grade is our own summary of state test results and graduation rates, graded within New Jersey. Stars are from neighbors.