Smarter Balanced Summative Assessment results are in, and 33.3% of Caesar Rodney School District students were considered proficient in Math in the 2023-24 school year, according to the Delaware Open Data. This is higher than the average proficiency level recorded in the state.
The student’s overall success rate in the subject rose by 0.7% compared to the previous school year.
In comparison to other school districts across Delaware, Newark Charter School students were considered the best-performing students in the Math section of the Smarter Balanced Summative Assessment at the time, with a proficiency rate of 69.9%.
Based on overall performance, Newark Charter School students also fared the best on the Smarter Balanced Summative Assessment in the 2023-24 school year.
Governor Matt Meyer declared a ‘literacy emergency’ after NAEP scores released in 2024 showed Delaware eighth-graders’ reading proficiency hit a 27-year low. That year, only 41% of eighth-graders were considered proficient in reading, while 49% did not meet the math benchmarks of the national assessment.
Fourth-graders showed slight improvements in both subjects compared to 2023 but still remained below pre-pandemic levels.
| District | Proficiency Rate (%) | Total Students Tested |
|---|---|---|
| Newark Charter School | 69.9% | 1,452 |
| MOT Charter School | 67% | 454 |
| Sussex Academy | 53.8% | 522 |
| Cape Henlopen School District | 50.8% | 2,916 |
| Odyssey Charter School | 46.4% | 1,170 |
| Appoquinimink School District | 42.1% | 6,005 |
| Providence Creek Academy Charter School | 41.3% | 436 |
| First State Montessori Academy | 40% | 403 |
| Indian River School District | 37.4% | 4,908 |
| Brandywine School District | 35% | 4,628 |
| Smyrna School District | 34% | 2,828 |
| Caesar Rodney School District | 33.3% | 3,785 |
| Lake Forest School District | 33.3% | 1,816 |
| Seaford School District | 32.7% | 1,676 |
| Red Clay Consolidated School District | 32.2% | 7,148 |
| Campus Community School | 28.5% | 263 |
| Woodbridge School District | 28% | 1,223 |
| Christina School District | 26.6% | 5,834 |
| Delmar School District | 24.7% | 718 |
| Milford School District | 24.4% | 2,083 |
| Academy of Dover Charter School | 23.9% | 226 |
| Charter School of New Castle | 21.7% | 489 |
| Laurel School District | 19% | 1,186 |
| East Side Charter School | 17.7% | 277 |
| Capital School District | 16.9% | 2,639 |
| Sussex Montessori School | 16.8% | 190 |
| Colonial School District | 16.6% | 4,285 |
| Las Americas Aspira Academy | 14.8% | 762 |
| Kuumba Academy Charter School | 14.8% | 365 |
| Academia Antonia Alonso | 13% | 463 |
| Early College High School at Del State | 7.8% | 154 |
| Thomas A. Edison Charter School | 7.4% | 380 |
| Gateway Lab School | 4.7% | 150 |
