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Schools in Bowers

Bowers’s public schools

Lake Forest School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Bowers. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?4/5schools above Delaware’s middle

Tests spring 2022, when 98% of students in Delaware’s tested grades sat them, and the class of 2023’s graduation rate (U.S. Department of Education). How TownRatings grades schools

Reading proficiency
41%
2021–22
Math proficiency
29%
2021–22
Graduate on time
92%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$18.5K
▼ 17% vs DE $22.3K
FY2024
Students per teacher
16.8
DE 14.7 · larger classes
Schools in town
0
3,040 students on the public path
In brief

Bowers’s schools, in brief

School by school

4 of Bowers’s 5 district schools with test results score above the middle of Delaware’s 192 public schools. Lake Forest East Elementary School places highest (better than 86%); Lake Forest South Elementary School lowest (29%). See the path ↓

Which school depends on your street

Three elementary schools serve Bowers, graded from C to A, so it’s worth checking the specific school. Then one middle school and one high school: Lake Forest High School. See the path ↓

Written from the figures on this page. Tests are from 2021–22, graduation from the class of 2023; each school’s own letter uses 2020–21 results.

Where will my kid go?

Pick a grade. These are the public schools in Bowers, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
K–33 elementary schoolsDepends on your addressC to A
6–8Chipman (W.T.) Middle Schoolin HarringtonB
9–12Lake Forest High Schoolin FeltonB+

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Lake Forest School District.

The district

Spending and class size are shown but don’t count toward the grade. Each district’s own page has every school.

Lake Forest School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 7 schools · 3,727 students, up 6% since 2020–21 · 16.8 per teacher (DE 14.7)
$18,519DE $22,312 · FY2024
B
Test scores · 2021–22

Close to the state in reading

Reading41%
State average 42.2% · 1954 students tested
Math29%
State average 29.2% · 1950 students tested

Bowers vs. its neighbors

Schools grades for the Delaware towns that share Bowers’s borders.

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Bowers—Lake Forest

Every school in Bowers

5 schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with Delaware’s other public schools (the newest school-level results we have).

Also serving Bowersin other towns
Lake Forest North Elementary School
Elementary · Grades K–3 · Felton
A−
424 students15:1Rate it →
Lake Forest South Elementary School
Elementary · Grades K–3 · Harrington
C
407 students15:1Rate it →
Lake Forest East Elementary School
Elementary · Grades K–3 · Frederica
A
353 students15:1Rate it →
Chipman (W.T.) Middle School
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Harrington
B
905 students19:1Rate it →
Lake Forest High School
High · Grades 9–12 · Felton
B+
951 students19:1Rate it →

Questions about Bowers’s schools

Are Bowers’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Bowers. Lake Forest School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Bowers. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 4 of its 5 district schools with test results score above the middle of Delaware’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is Bowers in?

Lake Forest School District.

Where do Bowers kids go to high school?

Lake Forest High School.

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What Bowers families are saying about school.

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School data: state test results (2021–22, with participation) and four-year graduation rates (class of 2023) reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express); each school’s own letter uses its 2020–21 results (EDFacts via the Urban Institute); schools and enrollment from NCES (2024–25; private schools 2023–24); spending from the Census Bureau’s school finance survey (FY2024). Stars are from neighbors.