In Delaware, 26.3% of Black students are proficient in math at the typical school — against 46.8% of White students. Within Christina School District alone, the gap between the best and worst schools for Black children is 59 points. This tool helps you find the right one.
Search Delaware schools ›Share of students meeting proficient at the typical Delaware school. Groups are shown wherever Delaware reports them; a group is omitted from a school when too few students were tested to report safely.
These figures come from DeSSA 2025, measuring proficient in ELA & Math · Grades 3–8. Across 28 districts, 121 Delaware schools report enough results to be included.
At the typical Delaware school the picture is black students at 29.6%, hispanic students at 30%, white students at 48.7% and asian students at 72.2%. That is a 42.6-point spread between the highest and lowest group, inside the same schools, the same districts and the same state — which is what this tool exists to make visible.
The highest in the state. Newark Charter School reaches 59.6% across 426 Black student results — the largest Black student population among Delaware's stronger schools.
Christiana High School reaches 69.5%. Maurice Pritchett Sr. Academy, in the same district, sits at 10.5%. Two schools under one administration, 59 points apart.
18.4% of Black students are proficient, against 47.3% of White students. Reading is 25.8 points.
These are the schools where Black students most often meet proficient, among those with at least 25 Black student results reported. Every group's result is shown alongside, because a school that serves one group well and another poorly is telling you something too.
| School | All | Black | Hispanic | White | Asian |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christiana High SchoolChristina School District | 80.4% | 69.5% | — | 81.2% | — |
| Newark Charter SchoolNewark Charter School Charter | 73.4% | 59.6% | 53.5% | 73.5% | 87.2% |
| Townsend Elementary SchoolAppoquinimink School District | 54.7% | 57.8% | — | 56.8% | — |
| MOT Charter SchoolMOT Charter School Charter | 66.8% | 57% | — | 64.8% | — |
| Lake Forest North Elementary SchoolLake Forest School District | 56.8% | 54.3% | — | 57.7% | — |
| Jones (Albert H.) Elementary SchoolChristina School District | 59.3% | 54% | — | — | — |
| First State Montessori AcademyFirst State Montessori Academy Charter | 52.8% | 53.1% | — | 57% | — |
| West Park Place Elementary SchoolChristina School District | 56.8% | 52.6% | — | 60.2% | — |
| Allen Frear Elementary SchoolCaesar Rodney School District Magnet | 65.2% | 49.3% | — | 70.3% | — |
| Crystal Run Elementary SchoolAppoquinimink School District | 60.2% | 46.9% | — | 58.6% | 68.4% |
Flags show magnet, charter, alternative and virtual schools. Some campuses — early college and specialized academies among them — also admit by application, and this page cannot yet identify all of them. Check with the district before assuming a school is open to your address.
The same measure at the other end of the range. In many of these schools every group is falling short, which points at the school rather than at the students in it.
| School | All | Black | Hispanic | White | Asian |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Warner Elementary SchoolRed Clay Consolidated School District | 8.9% | 8% | 27.8% | — | — |
| Maurice Pritchett SR. AcademyChristina School District | 10.6% | 10.5% | — | — | — |
| McCullough (Calvin R. ) Middle SchoolColonial School District | 10.5% | 11.4% | 13.4% | — | — |
| Middle School of InnovationCapital School District | 16.6% | 11.7% | 18.8% | 29.6% | — |
| Kirk (George V.) Middle SchoolChristina School District | 18.5% | 12.3% | 17.1% | 32.6% | — |
| Skyline Middle SchoolRed Clay Consolidated School District | 15.7% | 12.5% | 18.2% | 30.8% | — |
| William Henry Middle SchoolCapital School District | 18.5% | 12.7% | 18% | 30.5% | — |
| The Bayard SchoolChristina School District | 9.3% | 13.5% | — | — | — |
| duPont (Alexis I.) Middle SchoolRed Clay Consolidated School District | 13.6% | 14.4% | 15.4% | 31.6% | — |
| Read (George) Middle SchoolColonial School District | 17.5% | 14.4% | 20.2% | 26.9% | — |
In Christina School District, Christiana High School reports 69.5% of Black students meeting the standard. Maurice Pritchett SR. Academy, in the same district, reports 10.5%. That is a 59-point spread across 18 schools under one administration, serving one community, funded by one tax base — the clearest illustration of why address matters more than it should.
Districts with at least ten schools reporting Black student results, by school count. The percentage shown is the average across that district's schools for Black students.