Best Public Schools in Delaware, NJ

Summary:

The city of Delaware, New Jersey has only one school, the Knowlton Township Board of Education, which serves grades PK-6 with a total enrollment of 179 students. The school is part of the Knowlton Township School District, which is ranked 299 out of 613 districts in New Jersey and is rated 3 stars out of 5 by SchoolDigger.

The Knowlton Township Board of Education has shown a fluctuating performance over the past few years, with its statewide ranking going from 575 out of 1,338 elementary schools in 2023-2024 (3 stars) to 797 out of 1,342 in 2022-2023 (2 stars) and 816 out of 1,345 in 2021-2022 (2 stars). The school's test scores in NJSLA/English Language Arts and NJSLA/Mathematics have been mixed, with some grade levels outperforming the state average and others underperforming. Additionally, the school has a higher chronic absenteeism rate of 16.6% compared to the state average.

On a positive note, the school has a relatively low free and reduced-price lunch rate of 11.73%, which is lower than the state average, and a higher spending per student of $17,942, which is also above the state average. The school also has a small student-teacher ratio of 9:1, which is lower than the state average. However, the school's small size of 179 students may impact the availability of resources and educational opportunities for its students.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2024)				Ranking (2023)				NJSLA-S Science (2024)	NJSLA English Language Arts (2024)				NJSLA Mathematics (2024)				Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	SchoolDigger Rating (2024)	Average Standard Score (2023)	Statewide Rank (2023)	State Percentile (2023)	Rank Change from Previous Year	NJSLA-S Science 5th Grade	NJSLA English Language Arts 3rd Grade	NJSLA English Language Arts 4th Grade	NJSLA English Language Arts 5th Grade	NJSLA English Language Arts 6th Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 3rd Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 4th Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 5th Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 6th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Knowlton Township Board of Education	Public	PK, KG-6	80 Route 46	Delaware	07833	Warren County	Knowlton Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(908) 475-5118	180	20	9.1	16.7%	152 (84.4%)	5 (2.8%)	11 (6.1%)	2 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (5.6%)	57.3	575^th of 1338 public elementary schools	57.0%		40.7	797^th of 1342 public elementary schools	40.6%	222	28.6	44.4	52.4	57.2	78.6	55.5	52.4	19.0	39.2	$17,942	$731	$17,211

Cities Near Delaware

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Belvidere	4.35 mi	3	389^th
Hope	5.5 mi	1	271^st
Oxford	7.22 mi	2	322^nd
Blairstown	7.45 mi	3	345^th
Great Meadows	8.68 mi	2	206^th

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the New Jersey Department of Education.

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