Delaware · EDFacts 2021-22

Chronic Absenteeism in Delaware

The 100 schools with the highest chronic absenteeism rates in Delaware, ranked by the share of students missing 15 or more school days a year.

Compiled from official source data by PlainSchools Editorial. · Updated June 2026

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The 100 Delaware schools listed here average 40.6% chronic absenteeism, against a national school average of 29.5%, and 18 of them sit above the 50% critical line.

40.6%
average across these 100 schools: 29.5%
national school average: 95.8%
highest rate (Freire Charter School): 18
schools above 50%

#	School	Enrollment	Status	Absent %
1	Freire Charter School Wilmington	406	Critical	95.8%
2	Douglass School Wilmington	119	Critical	89.9%
3	Stubbs Early Education Center Wilmington	148	Critical	83.8%
4	William Henry Middle School Dover	432	Critical	82.4%
5	Mccullough (Calvin R. ) Middle School New Castle	615	Critical	67.0%
6	East Side Charter School Wilmington	434	Critical	66.4%
7	Fairview Elementary School Dover	287	Critical	65.5%
8	New Castle Elementary School New Castle	383	Critical	62.9%
9	Dupont (Alexis I.) High School Wilmington	550	Critical	61.3%
10	Central Middle School Dover	860	Critical	59.2%
11	Seaford Senior High School Seaford	960	Critical	53.8%
12	Delaware School for the Deaf Newark	108	Critical	53.7%
13	East Dover Elementary School Dover	331	Critical	53.5%
14	Brookside Elementary School Newark	260	Critical	52.7%
15	Gauger-Cobbs Middle School Newark	681	Critical	52.3%
16	Booker T. Washington Elementary School Dover	314	Critical	52.2%
17	Skyline Middle School Wilmington	408	Critical	51.5%
18	Castle Hills Elementary School New Castle	462	Critical	50.9%
19	The Bancroft School Wilmington	616	High	49.2%
20	Downie (Carrie) Elementary School New Castle	324	High	49.1%
21	Read (George) Middle School New Castle	662	High	48.8%
22	Shortlidge (Evan G.) Academy Wilmington	340	High	48.2%
23	Howard High School of Technology Wilmington	905	High	47.8%
24	Wilmington Manor Elementary School New Castle	291	High	47.4%
25	Warner Elementary School Wilmington	395	High	47.3%
26	Brandywine High School Wilmington	897	High	47.2%
27	First State Military Academy Clayton	433	High	46.2%
28	Mckean (Thomas) High School Wilmington	920	High	45.9%
29	Leach (John G.) School New Castle	95	High	45.3%
30	Bedford (Gunning) Middle School New Castle	846	High	44.7%
31	Edison (Thomas a.) Charter School Wilmington	557	High	44.5%
32	Beacon Middle School Lewes	427	High	44.5%
33	Sussex Central High School Georgetown	2,012	High	43.9%
34	Southern Elementary School New Castle	729	High	43.3%
35	Dupont (Pierre S.) Middle School Wilmington	730	High	42.5%
36	Positive Outcomes Charter School Camden	119	High	42.0%
37	Harlan (David W. ) Elementary School Wilmington	322	High	41.3%
38	Towne Point Elementary School Dover	341	High	40.8%
39	Smith (Jennie E.) Elementary School Newark	413	High	40.0%
40	The Bayard School Wilmington	571	High	38.4%
41	Milford Senior High School Milford	1,271	High	38.1%
42	Glasgow High School Newark	908	High	38.1%
43	Pleasantville Elementary School New Castle	389	High	38.0%
44	Downes (John R.) Elementary School Newark	346	High	37.9%
45	Hartly Elementary School Hartly	240	High	37.9%
46	Keene (William B.) Elementary School Newark	408	High	37.5%
47	Allen Frear Elementary School Camden	504	High	37.3%
48	Seaford Middle School Seaford	800	High	37.1%
49	Oberle (William) Elementary School Bear	512	High	36.9%
50	Dover High School Dover	1,812	High	36.7%
51	Richardson Park Elementary School Wilmington	522	High	36.6%
52	Caesar Rodney High School Camden	2,254	High	36.4%
53	Mount Pleasant High School Wilmington	1,084	High	35.8%
54	Smyrna High School Smyrna	1,777	High	35.6%
55	Brader (Henry M.) Elementary School Newark	324	High	35.5%
56	Mote (Anna P.) Elementary School Wilmington	310	High	35.5%
57	Dickinson (John) School Wilmington	1,027	High	35.3%
58	Meadowood Program Newark	119	High	35.3%
59	Concord High School Wilmington	994	High	35.1%
60	North Dover Elementary School Dover	333	High	35.1%
61	Wilbur (Kathleen H.) Elementary Bear	1,052	High	34.7%
62	Woodbridge High School Greenwood	728	High	34.6%
63	Maple Lane Elementary School Claymont	363	High	34.4%
64	Shue-Medill Middle School Newark	763	High	34.2%
65	Mariner Middle School Milton	552	High	33.7%
66	Laurel Senior High School Laurel	753	High	33.2%
67	Chipman (W.T.) Middle School Harrington	905	High	33.0%
68	Lake Forest High School Felton	951	High	32.8%
69	Mount Pleasant Elementary School Wilmington	674	High	32.8%
70	Milford Central Academy Milford	1,013	High	32.7%
71	Indian River High School Dagsboro	1,073	High	32.5%
72	Carrcroft Elementary School Wilmington	475	High	31.4%
73	South Dover Elementary School Dover	577	High	30.8%
74	John S. Charlton School Camden	424	High	30.7%
75	Redding (Louis L.) Middle School Middletown	451	High	30.6%
76	J. Ralph Mcilvaine Early Childhood Center Magnolia	454	High	30.2%
77	Kuumba Academy Charter School Wilmington	594	High	30.1%
78	Lewis (William C.) Dual Language Elementary School Wilmington	347	Moderate	29.7%
79	Mcvey (Joseph M.) Elementary School Newark	319	Moderate	29.5%
80	Springer Middle School Wilmington	776	Moderate	29.4%
81	Millsboro Middle School Millsboro	726	Moderate	29.2%
82	Dupont (Alexis I.) Middle School Greenville	455	Moderate	29.2%
83	Academy of Dover Charter School Dover	443	Moderate	29.1%
84	Maclary (R. Elisabeth) Elementary School Newark	244	Moderate	29.1%
85	Delmar Middle School Delmar	732	Moderate	28.6%
86	Hodgson (Paul M.) Vocational Technical High School Newark	1,104	Moderate	27.6%
87	Major George S. Welch Elementary School Dover	261	Moderate	27.6%
88	Woodbridge Middle School Bridgeville	596	Moderate	27.5%
89	F. Niel Postlethwait Middle School Camden	647	Moderate	27.4%
90	David E. Robinson Elementary School Wyoming	514	Moderate	27.0%
91	Spring Meadow Early Childhood Center Townsend	185	Moderate	27.0%
92	Leasure (May B.) Elementary School Newark	316	Moderate	26.9%
93	Townsend Early Childhood Center Townsend	176	Moderate	26.7%
94	Charter School of New Castle New Castle	788	Moderate	26.6%
95	Forest Oak Elementary School Newark	429	Moderate	26.6%
96	Johnson (Joseph E. Jr) Elementary School Wilmington	276	Moderate	26.4%
97	Delcastle Technical High School Wilmington	1,605	Moderate	26.1%
98	North Laurel Early Learning Academy Laurel	273	Moderate	26.0%
99	Eisenberg (Harry O.) Elementary School New Castle	436	Moderate	25.7%
100	Ennis (Howard T.) School Georgetown	340	Moderate	25.6%

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Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts, Chronic Absenteeism Data (SY 2021-22). Schools with fewer than 50 students excluded. Percentage = chronically absent students / total enrollment U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts, Chronic Absenteeism Data (SY 2021-22). Schools with fewer than 50 students excluded. Percentage = chronically absent students / total enrollment

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