Guest, Sign inJoin

Post to Dewey Beach

We’ll email a one-tap link to publish your post. No password, and nothing is public until you click it.
Already a member? Sign in
DeweyBeachPhoto: Kej605 · CC BY-SA 3.0
Schools in Dewey Beach

Dewey Beach’s public schools

Cape Henlopen School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Dewey Beach. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?8/8schools 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
57%
2021–22
Math proficiency
47%
2021–22
Graduate on time
89%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$21.8K
▼ 2% vs DE $22.3K
FY2024
Students per teacher
12.5
DE 14.7 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
6,215 students on the public path
In brief

Dewey Beach’s schools, in brief

School by school

8 of Dewey Beach’s 8 district schools with test results score above the middle of Delaware’s 192 public schools. Love Creek Elementary School places highest (better than 96%); Cape Henlopen High School lowest (71%). See the path ↓

Which school depends on your street

Five elementary schools serve Dewey Beach, graded from A− to A+, so it’s worth checking the specific school. Then three middle schools and one high school: Cape Henlopen 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 Dewey Beach, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
K–55 elementary schoolsDepends on your addressA− to A+
6–83 middle schoolsDepends on your addressB+ to A
9–12Cape Henlopen High Schoolin LewesB+

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Cape Henlopen 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.

Cape Henlopen School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 10 schools · 6,654 students, up 13% since 2020–21 · 12.5 per teacher (DE 14.7)
$21,812DE $22,312 · FY2024
A−
Test scores · 2021–22

Well above the state in reading

Reading57%
State average 42.2% · 3092 students tested
Math47%
State average 29.2% · 3102 students tested

Dewey Beach vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Dewey Beach—Cape Henlopen

Every school in Dewey Beach

9 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 Dewey Beachin other towns
Love Creek Elementary School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Lewes
A+
631 students15:1Rate it →
Lewes Elementary School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Lewes
A+
620 students14:1Rate it →
Milton Elementary School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Milton
A
582 students15:1Rate it →
Rehoboth Elementary School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Rehoboth Beach
A
557 students14:1Rate it →
H. O. Brittingham Elementary School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Milton
A−
506 students13:1Rate it →
Mariner Middle School
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Milton
B+
552 students12:1Rate it →
Frederick D Thomas Middle School
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Lewes
451 students17:1Rate it →
Beacon Middle School
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Lewes
A
427 students11:1Rate it →
Cape Henlopen High School
High · Grades 9–12 · Lewes
B+
1,889 students15:1Rate it →

Questions about Dewey Beach’s schools

Are Dewey Beach’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Dewey Beach. Cape Henlopen School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Dewey Beach. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 8 of its 8 district schools with test results score above the middle of Delaware’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is Dewey Beach in?

Cape Henlopen School District.

Where do Dewey Beach kids go to high school?

Cape Henlopen High School.

Parents talk

What Dewey Beach families are saying about school.

Town Square →
Start the conversation

Looking for colleges? Colleges near Dewey Beach → They have their own page.

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.