High · Delaware
Dickinson (John) School
Free meals for allDickinson (John) School, a public high school in Wilmington, Delaware: grades 6–12, 1,027 students, 15.6 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Red Clay Consolidated School District.
Size and class size
Compared with high schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.
- Students
- 1,027
- Teachers (FTE)
- 66.0
- Students per teacher
- 15.6
- Grades
- 6–12
- High
More students per teacher than 53% of high schools in Delaware
Median 15.5 · 40 schools compared
More students per teacher than 58% of high schools in the US
Median 14.4 · 20,809 schools compared
Larger than 49% of high schools in Delaware
Median 1,027 · 41 schools compared
Larger than 75% of high schools in the US
Median 414 · 22,064 schools compared
State test results
Share of students scoring proficient or above on Delaware's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.
Reading and writing
Delaware: 41%48%proficient
+5.3 points from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 60% of high schools in Delaware
Median 57% · 5 high schools compared
231 students tested, grades 6, 7, 8 · Smarter Balanced Summative Assessment; proficient means Levels 3-4
Math
Delaware: 34%34%proficient
+10.9 points from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 60% of high schools in Delaware
Median 49% · 5 high schools compared
237 students tested, grades 6, 7, 8 · Smarter Balanced Summative Assessment; proficient means Levels 3-4
Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
What it offers
- Grades
- High · Grades 6–12
- Type
- District school · Regular
- Instruction
- In person
- Meals
- Free breakfast and lunch for every student
- Area
- Large suburb
Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Red Clay Consolidated School District.
Location
- Address
- 1801 Milltown Road, Wilmington, DE 19808
- Phone
- (302)992-5500
- County
- New Castle County
Nearby high schools
The closest public high schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher | Reading | Math |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
McKean (Thomas) High SchoolFree meals for all | 9–12 | 920 | 13.1 | — | — |
Delcastle Technical High SchoolCareer and technical | 9–12 | 1,605 | 13.6 | — | — |
| 6–12 | 1,164 | 18.2 | 57% | 51% | |
| 6–12 | 1,425 | 16.8 | 87% | 74% | |
Delaware Military AcademyCharter | 9–12 | 547 | 14.8 | — | — |
| 9–12 | 1,039 | 15.3 | — | — |
Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
Sources
- Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
- State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.
Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.
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