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Best Delaware Private Schools Offering Football Sport (2025)

For the 2025 school year, there are 11 private schools offering football as an interscholastic sport serving 6,781 students in Delaware.
The top ranked offering football sport private schools in Delaware include Archmere Academy, Salesianum School, and Tower Hill School.
The average acceptance rate is 88%, which is higher than the Delaware private school average acceptance rate of 86%.
82% of private schools offering football sport in Delaware are religiously affiliated (most commonly Catholic and Christian).

Top Private Schools Offering Football Sport in Delaware (2025)

School
Location
Grades
Students
Wilmington Friends School
Wilmington Friends School Photo - Technology, including the one-to-one program for all students preschool - 12th grade, supports collaborative learning at Friends. The point is not the hardware but what it makes possible in teaching and engaging students in 21st century skills.
(Friends)
(1)
101 School Road
Wilmington, DE 19803
(302) 576-2900
Grades: NS-12
| 687 students
Archmere Academy
Archmere Academy Photo
(Catholic)
(7)
3600 Philadelphia Pike
Claymont, DE 19703
(302) 798-6632
Grades: 9-12
| 514 students
Immaculate Heart Of Mary
(Catholic)
1000 Shipley Road
Wilmington, DE 19803
(302) 764-0977
Grades: PK-8
| 486 students
Red Lion Christian Academy
Red Lion Christian Academy Photo - ELEMENTARY PLAYGROUND
(Christian)
1390 Red Lion Road
Bear, DE 19701
(302) 834-5020
Grades: NS-12
| 942 students
St. Elizabeth School
St. Elizabeth School Photo
(Catholic)
1500 Cedar St
Wilmington, DE 19805
(302) 656-3369
Grades: PK-12
| 433 students
905 Milltown Rd
Wilmington, DE 19808
(302) 998-5525
Grades: NS-8
| 528 students
St. Mark's High School
St. Mark's High School Photo
(Catholic)
(10)
2501 Pike Creek Road
Wilmington, DE 19808
(302) 757-8704
Grades: 9-12
| 716 students
Salesianum School
Salesianum School Photo
All-boys (Catholic)
(1)
1801 N Broom Street
Wilmington, DE 19802
(302) 654-2495
Grades: 9-12
| 930 students
The Tatnall School
The Tatnall School Photo - Tatnall's 110-acre campus is located just west of Wilmington in Greenville, Delaware. Housing a National Wildlife Federation-accredited schoolyard habitat, five outdoor classrooms and bordering the Downs Nature Conservancy, the spacious campus provides expansive playing fields and opportunities for outdoor environmental study.
(13)
1501 Barley Mill Road
Wilmington, DE 19807
(302) 892-4296
Grades: NS-12
| 486 students
Tower Hill School
Tower Hill School Photo - Tower Hill School resides on a 44-acre campus with state-of- the-art athletic facilities and impressive academic and arts areas.
2813 W 17th Street
Wilmington, DE 19806
(302) 575-0550
Grades: NS-12
| 860 students
Glasgow Christian Academy
Alternative School (Presbyterian)
2880 Summit Bridge Rd
Bear, DE 19701
(302) 392-1090
Grades: NS-12
| 199 students

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