Contact
- 314 East Basin Road, New Castle, DE 19720
- +1 (302) 323-2760
- colonialschooldistrict.org/georgeread
Read (george) Middle School serves 775 learners in grade levels 6-8.
Read (george) Middle School landed in the lower 50% of all schools in Delaware for cumulative test scores (math proficiency (mastery) is lower 50%, and reading proficiency (mastery) is lower 50%) for the 2020-21 school year.
The percentage of learners achieving proficiency (mastery) in math is 20% (which is lower than the Delaware state average of 43%) for the 2020-21 school year. The percentage of learners achieving proficiency (mastery) in reading/language arts is 48% (which is lower than the Delaware state average of 54%) for the 2020-21 school year.
The learner:teacher ratio of 17:1 is higher than the Delaware state level of 15:1.
Minority enrollment is 68% of the learner body (majority Black), which is higher than the Delaware state average of 56% (majority Black).
School Overview: Read (george) Middle School’s learner population of 775 learners has grown by 17% over five school years.
The teacher population of 45 teachers has stayed flat over five school years.
School Comparison: Read (george) Middle School is ranked within the lower 50% of all 205 schools in Delaware (based off of combined math and reading proficiency (mastery) testing data) for the 2020-21 school year.
The equity score of Read (george) Middle School is 0.69, which is equal to the equity score at state average of 0.69. The school’s equity has stayed flat over five school years.
Nearby Public Schools: The closest high school to Read (george) Middle School is Penn (william) High School (0.5 miles away)
The closest middle school and elementary school is The Wallace Wallin School (0.5 miles away)
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