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Best public schools in Wilmington, DE

53 public schools in Wilmington: 21 elementary · 4 middle · 11 high · 8 K-8 · 8 combined · 1 schools. Ranked by our score, based on 2025-26 state test results.

Rankings renumber to share equal ranks and fill gaps when schools are hidden. Scores compare each school with schools of the same type across Delaware.

Elementary schools

21 schools in Wilmington, best first
1
Linden Hill Elementary School 88.7
Red Clay Consolidated School District · Grades K-5 · 547 students
ELA 61%Math 60%Science 55%
#11 of 93 in Delaware
2
Hanby Elementary School 87.6
Brandywine School District · Grades K-5 · 514 students
ELA 65%Math 62%Science 35%
#12 of 93 in Delaware
3
Lancashire Elementary School 72.6
Brandywine School District · Grades K-5 · 479 students
ELA 59%Math 45%Science 46%
#26 of 93 in Delaware
4
Lombardy Elementary School 66.1
Brandywine School District · Grades K-5 · 460 students
ELA 49%Math 42%Science 27%
#32 of 93 in Delaware
5
Forwood Elementary School 65.1
Brandywine School District · Grades K-5 · 366 students
ELA 42%Math 48%Science 34%
#33 of 93 in Delaware
6
Richey Elementary School 55.4
Red Clay Consolidated School District · Grades K-5 · 375 students
ELA 42%Math 41%Science 37%
#42 of 93 in Delaware
7
Heritage Elementary School 50.0
Red Clay Consolidated School District · Grades K-5 · 493 students
ELA 45%Math 38%Science 33%
#47 of 93 in Delaware
8
Carrcroft Elementary School 48.9
Brandywine School District · Grades K-5 · 476 students
ELA 41%Math 43%Science 30%
#48 of 93 in Delaware
9
Marbrook Elementary School 38.2
Red Clay Consolidated School District · Grades K-5 · 431 students
ELA 34%Math 35%Science 25%
#58 of 93 in Delaware
10
Harlan (David W. ) Elementary School 9.1
Brandywine School District · Grades K-5 · 343 students
ELA 22%Math 17%Science 13%
#85 of 93 in Delaware
11
Baltz (Austin D.) Elementary School 8.1
Red Clay Consolidated School District · Grades K-5 · 528 students
ELA 22%Math 17%Science 8%
#86 of 93 in Delaware
12
Richardson Park Elementary School 5.9
Red Clay Consolidated School District · Grades K-5 · 509 students
ELA 17%Math 12%Science 14%
#88 of 93 in Delaware
13
Lewis (William C.) Dual Language Elementary School 3.8
Red Clay Consolidated School District · Grades K-5 · 316 students
ELA 16%Math 9%Science 13%
#90 of 93 in Delaware
14
Mote (Anna P.) Elementary School 2.7
Red Clay Consolidated School District · Grades K-5 · 324 students
ELA 12%Math 12%
#91 of 93 in Delaware
15
Johnson (Joseph E. Jr) Elementary School 1.6
Red Clay Consolidated School District · Grades K-5 · 303 students
ELA 18%Math 5%
#92 of 93 in Delaware
16
Warner Elementary School 0.5
Red Clay Consolidated School District · Grades 3-5 · 374 students
ELA 8%Math 5%
#93 of 93 in Delaware
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Bush (Charles W.) Pre-School —
Brandywine School District · Grades PK · 272 students
No published test results
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Pulaski Early Education Center —
Christina School District · Grades PK-K · 74 students
No published test results
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Red Clay Early Years Program —
Red Clay Consolidated School District · Grades PK · 289 students
No published test results
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Shortlidge (Evan G.) Academy —
Red Clay Consolidated School District · Grades K-2 · 394 students
No published test results
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Stubbs Early Education Center —
Christina School District · Grades PK-K · 135 students
No published test results

Middle schools

4 schools in Wilmington, best first
1
duPont (Pierre S.) Middle School 72.9
Brandywine School District · Grades 6-8 · 749 students
ELA 45%Math 37%Science 31%
#10 of 35 in Delaware
2
Springer Middle School 64.3
Brandywine School District · Grades 6-8 · 800 students
ELA 43%Math 27%Science 20%
#13 of 35 in Delaware
3
Skyline Middle School 7.1
Red Clay Consolidated School District · Grades 6-8 · 472 students
ELA 20%Math 11%Science 5%
#33 of 35 in Delaware
4
Stanton Middle School 1.4
Red Clay Consolidated School District · Grades 6-8 · 619 students
ELA 19%Math 8%Science 3%
#35 of 35 in Delaware

High schools

11 schools in Wilmington, best first
1
Concord High School 98.4
Brandywine School District · Grades 9-12 · 1,015 students
ELA 60%Math 29%Science 38%
#1 of 31 in Delaware
2
Mount Pleasant High School 82.3
Brandywine School District · Grades 9-12 · 1,074 students
ELA 52%Math 19%Science 33%
#6 of 31 in Delaware
3
Brandywine High School 77.4
Brandywine School District · Grades 9-12 · 941 students
ELA 49%Math 22%Science 21%
#7 of 31 in Delaware
3
Delaware Military Academy 77.4
Delaware Military Academy · Grades 9-12 · Charter · 567 students
ELA 49%Math 20%Science 28%
#7 of 31 in Delaware
5
Delcastle Technical High School 46.8
New Castle County Vocational-Technical School District · Grades 9-12 · 1,598 students
ELA 35%Math 7%Science 30%
#17 of 31 in Delaware
6
McKean (Thomas) High School 11.3
Red Clay Consolidated School District · Grades 9-12 · 870 students
ELA 22%Math 7%Science 12%
#28 of 31 in Delaware
7
duPont (Alexis I.) High School 6.5
Red Clay Consolidated School District · Grades 9-12 · 605 students
ELA 14%Math 5%Science 6%
#29 of 31 in Delaware
8
Howard High School of Technology 1.6
New Castle County Vocational-Technical School District · Grades 9-12 · 902 students
ELA 17%Math 4%Science 6%
#31 of 31 in Delaware
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Charter School of Wilmington —
Charter School of Wilmington · Grades 9-12 · Charter · 971 students
Math 90%
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Freire Charter School —
Freire Charter School Wilmington · Grades 8-12 · Charter · 411 students
ELA 19%
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Great Oaks Charter School —
Great Oaks Charter School · Grades 9-12 · Charter · 145 students
No published test results

K-8 schools

8 schools in Wilmington, best first
1
First State Montessori Academy 96.2
First State Montessori Academy · Grades K-8 · Charter · 643 students
ELA 66%Math 43%Science 36%
#1 of 13 in Delaware
2
Brandywine Springs School 73.1
Red Clay Consolidated School District · Grades K-8 · 932 students
ELA 42%Math 37%Science 23%
#4 of 13 in Delaware
3
East Side Charter School 50.0
East Side Charter School · Grades K-8 · Charter · 446 students
ELA 24%Math 18%Science 13%
#7 of 13 in Delaware
4
Kuumba Academy Charter School 26.9
Kuumba Academy Charter School · Grades K-8 · Charter · 599 students
ELA 20%Math 6%Science 9%
#10 of 13 in Delaware
5
Gateway Charter School 19.2
Gateway Charter School · Grades K-8 · Charter · 191 students
ELA 15%Math 7%
#11 of 13 in Delaware
6
Edison (Thomas A.) Charter School 11.5
Edison (Thomas A.) Charter School · Grades K-8 · Charter · 601 students
ELA 11%Math 8%
#12 of 13 in Delaware
7
The Bayard School 3.8
Christina School District · Grades 1-8 · 545 students
ELA 9%Math 5%
#13 of 13 in Delaware
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Maurice Pritchett SR. Academy —
Christina School District · Grades 1-8 · 535 students
No published test results

Combined schools

8 schools in Wilmington, best first
1
Calloway (Cab) School of the Arts 68.2
Red Clay Consolidated School District · Grades 6-12 · 934 students
ELA 68%Math 45%Science 51%
#4 of 11 in Delaware
2
Conrad Schools of Science 59.1
Red Clay Consolidated School District · Grades 6-12 · 1,163 students
ELA 63%Math 52%Science 49%
#5 of 11 in Delaware
3
Odyssey Charter School 40.9
Odyssey Charter School · Grades K-12 · Charter · 2,192 students
ELA 48%Math 40%Science 28%
#7 of 11 in Delaware
4
Dickinson (John) School 31.8
Red Clay Consolidated School District · Grades 6-12 · 1,032 students
ELA 38%Math 25%Science 14%
#8 of 11 in Delaware
5
Mount Pleasant Elementary School 22.7
Brandywine School District · Grades K-12 · 710 students
ELA 38%Math 33%Science 7%
#9 of 11 in Delaware
6
Talley Middle School 13.6
Brandywine School District · Grades 6-12 · 880 students
ELA 36%Math 26%Science 14%
#10 of 11 in Delaware
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Douglass School —
Christina School District · Grades 1-12 · 91 students
No published test results
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First State School —
Red Clay Consolidated School District · Grades 1-11 · 18 students
No published test results

Schools

1 school in Wilmington
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Richardson Park Learning Center —
Red Clay Consolidated School District · Grades M
No published test results

School districts serving Wilmington

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