The top reported proficiency rate is 48% in English language arts. The lowest is 39% in Social studies.
Original Research by School Decision on David E. Robinson Elementary School
David E. Robinson Elementary School sits in the small town of Wyoming, Delaware, a quiet residential community in Kent County that grew up around a Delaware Railroad stop and once called itself the Peach Center of the state. The town retains that agricultural heritage through Fifer Orchards, still a major fruit producer, and holds an annual Peach Festival each August. Wyoming is close enough to Dover that many residents commute there for work, including to Dover Air Force Base, and the town connects to the broader region via DART bus service. The built environment runs along a few main roads and is largely car-oriented, with civic life centered on the Municipal Building and the historic railroad depot. Housing in the area is moderately priced relative to the rest of Delaware, with home values sitting below the state benchmark and close to the national one. Rents are modest, and the rent-to-income ratio suggests renting here is relatively manageable compared with owning at current mortgage rates.
The school serves grades one through five and is part of the Caesar Rodney School District. Its enrollment is moderate for an elementary building, and the student body is racially diverse, with a white plurality and a large Black population, alongside smaller Hispanic and multiracial groups. Several demographic fields that parents often ask about, including free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, English learner status, and special education counts, were not available in the data we received. A parent wanting to understand the socioeconomic mix of the classroom may want to ask the school directly.
Academically, Robinson Elementary has been moving in a positive direction. In English language arts, proficiency has climbed over the past several years from the high thirties to the upper forties in the most recent results, a clear upward step. Math shows a similar pattern, rising from the low thirties to the low forties across the same span. Science proficiency landed in the low forties as well, and a prior-year social studies result for fourth grade sat in the high thirties. Taken together, the school's overall proficiency index places it in the top quartile among Kent County districts, above the county median. That standing reflects real gains, particularly in the most recent year, and the trend lines suggest the school's instruction is taking hold.
Several pieces of context a parent might look for are absent. The data does not include chronic absenteeism rates, discipline reports, staffing ratios, or course and program offerings, so we cannot speak to those from the evidence. Title I status was also not reported. These gaps are common for elementary buildings where some metrics are tracked at the district level, but a family evaluating support services or enrichment opportunities would need to go to the school or district for that information. No graduation rate applies here, since the school does not serve high school grades.
What the available picture does show is an elementary school serving a diverse student body in a small, growing town near Dover, with state test results that have improved steadily and now stand above the county midpoint. For a family weighing this school, the academic trend is the strongest signal in the data, and the community context is one of a quiet, historically agricultural town with reasonable housing costs and easy access to the broader Dover area. The missing pieces on student support, attendance, and staffing are worth following up on directly before drawing a full conclusion.
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