Middle · Delaware
F. Niel Postlethwait Middle School
F. Niel Postlethwait Middle School, a public middle school in Camden, Delaware: grades 6–8, 647 students, 18.0 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Caesar Rodney School District.
Size and class size
Compared with middle 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
- 647
- Teachers (FTE)
- 36.0
- Students per teacher
- 18.0
- Grades
- 6–8
- Middle
More students per teacher than 73% of middle schools in Delaware
Median 14.9 · 40 schools compared
More students per teacher than 77% of middle schools in the US
Median 14.6 · 15,584 schools compared
Smaller than 53% of middle schools in Delaware
Median 672 · 40 schools compared
Larger than 64% of middle schools in the US
Median 524 · 16,046 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%41%proficient
+0.4 points from 2023–24 school year
A higher share proficient than 63% of middle schools in Delaware
Median 38% · 40 middle schools compared
692 students tested, grades 6, 7, 8 · Smarter Balanced Summative Assessment; proficient means Levels 3-4
Math
Delaware: 34%24%proficient
+2.8 points from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 54% of middle schools in Delaware
Median 25% · 39 middle schools compared
694 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
- Middle · Grades 6–8
- Type
- District school · Regular
- Instruction
- In person
- Area
- Midsize suburb
Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Caesar Rodney School District.
Location
- Address
- 2841 South State Street, Camden, DE 19934
- Phone
- (302)698-8410
- City or town
- Rising Sun-Lebanon
- County
- Kent County
Nearby middle schools
The closest public middle schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher | Reading | Math |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6–8 | 98 | 6.5 | 75% | 55% | |
| 6–8 | 460 | 23.0 | 51% | 38% | |
| 6–8 | 839 | 19.1 | 45% | 27% | |
William Henry Middle SchoolFree meals for all | 5 | 432 | 22.7 | 22% | 15% |
| 6–8 | 608 | 26.4 | 24% | 15% | |
| 6–8 | 690 | 22.3 | 22% | 11% |
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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