School Funding Equity in Delaware 40 districts ranked by equity score — how equitably is school funding distributed? Equity is computed from NCES F-33 school finance data covering districts in all 50 states. See our methodology .
# District Enrollment $/Pupil Free Lunch Local Rev % Score 1 Caesar Rodney School District 8,286 $18,245 — 15.6% 56 2 Kuumba Academy Charter School 643 $19,265 — 26.8% 54 3 POLYTECH School District 1,203 $22,518 — 30.9% 53 4 Academy of Dover Charter School 411 $15,920 — 9.1% 53 5 Lake Forest School District 3,611 $16,957 — 15.7% 52 6 East Side Charter School 472 $17,899 — 25.6% 52 7 Christina School District 13,092 $30,267 — 41.3% 51 8 Seaford School District 3,410 $18,856 — 15.9% 51 9 Woodbridge School District 2,494 $18,180 — 19.8% 50 10 Red Clay Consolidated School District 14,771 $23,101 — 37.2% 49 11 Great Oaks Charter School 217 $25,860 — 25.4% 49 12 Colonial School District 9,132 $21,668 — 35.1% 48 13 Cape Henlopen School District 6,336 $25,178 — 41.8% 47 14 New Castle County Vocational-Technical School District 4,688 $21,824 — 34.6% 47 15 Appoquinimink School District 12,804 $21,233 — 28.9% 45 16 Campus Community School 402 $14,806 — 9.2% 45 17 Indian River School District 10,799 $21,100 — 32.7% 43 18 Capital School District 6,396 $26,800 — 20.9% 43 19 Laurel School District 2,598 $15,805 — 16.1% 43 20 Milford School District 4,470 $15,512 — 19.0% 42 21 Brandywine School District 10,367 $21,794 — 41.5% 41 22 Smyrna School District 6,067 $15,860 — 19.3% 40 23 Academia Antonia Alonso 718 $20,346 — 26.5% 40 24 Sussex Technical School District 1,292 $22,088 — 39.4% 39 25 Providence Creek Academy Charter School 730 $12,107 — 13.8% 35 26 Las Americas Aspira Academy 1,341 $16,453 — 31.0% 33 27 Freire Charter School Wilmington 450 $18,159 — 30.5% 33 28 Early College High School at Del State 519 $13,626 — 15.0% 31 29 Odyssey Charter School 2,123 $14,550 — 39.1% 30 30 First State Military Academy 439 $15,338 — 21.7% 30 31 Edison (Thomas A.) Charter School 632 $15,369 — 28.6% 28 32 Sussex Montessori School 403 $12,129 — 10.8% 27 33 Newark Charter School 2,987 $14,911 — 29.6% 26 34 Charter School of New Castle 752 $14,976 — 27.1% 26 35 Sussex Academy 1,118 $12,767 — 23.2% 25 36 Delmar School District 1,427 $12,331 — 18.9% 24 37 MOT Charter School 1,383 $12,003 — 20.2% 21 38 First State Montessori Academy 629 $14,293 — 31.8% 18 39 Delaware Military Academy 584 $12,582 — 36.6% 16 40 Charter School of Wilmington 968 $10,550 — 38.7% 8
How the Equity Score Works The equity score (0-100) evaluates four dimensions of school funding fairness:
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.