Delaware · NCES F-33 finance data
School Funding Equity in Delaware 40 districts ranked by how equitably school funding is distributed, scored from NCES F-33 school finance data covering districts in all 50 states.
39 State avg score
49 National avg score
40 Districts ranked The equity picture in one line
Kuumba Academy Charter School ranks first in Delaware for funding equity at 57/100, in a state whose districts average 39 against a national average of 49.
57/100 top score (Kuumba Academy Charter School)
$19,041 per-pupil spending in the top district
0 districts scoring 70 or higher
10 districts below 30 # District Enrollment $/Pupil Free Lunch Local Rev % Score 1 Kuumba Academy Charter School 643 $19,041 — 26.8% 57 2 Caesar Rodney School District 8,286 $16,572 — 15.6% 55 3 Academy of Dover Charter School 411 $15,877 — 9.1% 55 4 Seaford School District 3,410 $17,673 — 15.9% 53 5 East Side Charter School 472 $16,677 — 25.6% 53 6 Christina School District 13,092 $26,659 — 41.3% 51 7 Lake Forest School District 3,611 $15,646 — 15.7% 51 8 Woodbridge School District 2,494 $17,263 — 19.8% 51 9 Great Oaks Charter School 217 $25,544 — 25.4% 50 10 Red Clay Consolidated School District 14,771 $21,267 — 37.2% 49 11 Colonial School District 9,132 $19,934 — 35.1% 49 12 New Castle County Vocational-Technical School District 4,688 $20,607 — 34.6% 49 13 Polytech School District 1,203 $18,564 — 30.9% 49 14 Campus Community School 402 $13,723 — 9.2% 45 15 Cape Henlopen School District 6,336 $19,754 — 41.8% 44 16 Indian River School District 10,799 $17,680 — 32.7% 43 17 Brandywine School District 10,367 $20,248 — 41.5% 43 18 Capital School District 6,396 $24,337 — 20.9% 42 19 Smyrna School District 6,067 $15,084 — 19.3% 41 20 Laurel School District 2,598 $14,677 — 16.1% 41 21 Milford School District 4,470 $14,480 — 19.0% 40 22 Appoquinimink School District 12,804 $15,779 — 28.9% 39 23 Sussex Technical School District 1,292 $19,157 — 39.4% 38 24 Academia Antonia Alonso 718 $16,936 — 26.5% 38 25 Freire Charter School Wilmington 450 $17,583 — 30.5% 36 26 Providence Creek Academy Charter School 730 $11,074 — 13.8% 35 27 Early College High School at Del State 519 $13,626 — 15.0% 32 28 First State Military Academy 439 $14,932 — 21.7% 32 29 Las Americas Aspira Academy 1,341 $14,876 — 31.0% 30 30 Edison (Thomas a.) Charter School 632 $15,010 — 28.6% 30 31 Odyssey Charter School 2,123 $13,048 — 39.1% 29 32 Charter School of New Castle 752 $14,720 — 27.1% 28 33 Sussex Montessori School 403 $12,059 — 10.8% 28 34 Newark Charter School 2,987 $13,745 — 29.6% 26 35 Sussex Academy 1,118 $12,636 — 23.2% 25 36 Mot Charter School 1,383 $11,392 — 20.2% 23 37 Delmar School District 1,427 $11,013 — 18.9% 22 38 First State Montessori Academy 629 $12,838 — 31.8% 17 39 Delaware Military Academy 584 $11,089 — 36.6% 14 40 Charter School of Wilmington 968 $9,658 — 38.7% 8
How the Equity Score Works
The equity score (0-100) evaluates four dimensions of school funding fairness. According to
the National Center for Education Statistics F-33 Finance Survey (FY 2021-22, released in 2024),
which covers more than 17,000 districts nationwide, local property wealth drives most of the
spending differences the score captures; our methodology
documents each weight:
Per-Pupil Spending (0-25)
Higher spending relative to peers
Need-Adjusted Spending (0-25)
Spending weighted by poverty level — rewards districts that spend more where need is greatest
Funding Diversity (0-25)
Less reliance on local property taxes, more state/federal support
Resource Access (0-25)
Lower student-teacher ratios = more individualized attention
Read our methodology
— how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.