St. Joseph's Catholic Church · Photo: Smallbones · Public domainPort Penn’s public schools
Colonial School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Port Penn. Each school below is shown with its own results.
Tests spring 2022, when 91% 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
Port Penn’s schools, in brief
School by school
1 of Port Penn’s 12 district schools with test results score above the middle of Delaware’s 192 public schools. Wilbur (Kathleen H.) Elementary places highest (better than 58%); McCullough (Calvin R. ) Middle School lowest (10%). See the path ↓
Which school depends on your street
Eight elementary schools serve Port Penn, graded from D to B, so it’s worth checking the specific school. Then three middle schools and one high school: Penn (William) 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 Port Penn, with each school’s own grade.
Pre-K in Port Penn
The Colwyck Center
Grades PK · 222 students · 9:1 students per teacher · in New Castle
6th grade in Port Penn · depends on your address
Bedford (Gunning) Middle School
Grades 6–8 · 846 students · 15:1 students per teacher · in New Castle
Read (George) Middle School
Grades 6–8 · 662 students · 14:1 students per teacher · in New Castle
McCullough (Calvin R. ) Middle School
Grades 6–8 · 615 students · 18:1 students per teacher · in New Castle
7th grade in Port Penn · depends on your address
Bedford (Gunning) Middle School
Grades 6–8 · 846 students · 15:1 students per teacher · in New Castle
Read (George) Middle School
Grades 6–8 · 662 students · 14:1 students per teacher · in New Castle
McCullough (Calvin R. ) Middle School
Grades 6–8 · 615 students · 18:1 students per teacher · in New Castle
8th grade in Port Penn · depends on your address
Bedford (Gunning) Middle School
Grades 6–8 · 846 students · 15:1 students per teacher · in New Castle
Read (George) Middle School
Grades 6–8 · 662 students · 14:1 students per teacher · in New Castle
McCullough (Calvin R. ) Middle School
Grades 6–8 · 615 students · 18:1 students per teacher · in New Castle
9th grade in Port Penn
Penn (William) High School
Grades 9–12 · 2,069 students · 18:1 students per teacher · in New Castle
10th grade in Port Penn
Penn (William) High School
Grades 9–12 · 2,069 students · 18:1 students per teacher · in New Castle
Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Colonial 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.
Well below the state in reading
Port Penn vs. its neighbors
Schools grades for the Delaware towns that share Port Penn’s borders.
| Town | Schools | Main districts |
|---|---|---|
| Port Penn | — | Colonial |
Every school in Port Penn
12 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).
Questions about Port Penn’s schools
Are Port Penn’s schools good?
There’s no Schools grade for Port Penn. Colonial School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Port Penn. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 1 of its 12 district schools with test results score above the middle of Delaware’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.
What school district is Port Penn in?
Colonial School District.
Where do Port Penn kids go to high school?
Penn (William) High School.
Parents talk
What Port Penn families are saying about school.
Looking for colleges? Colleges near Port Penn → 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.