School choice in Delaware
No state program pays private school tuition.
What exists in Delaware
| State program | No state program pays private school tuition |
|---|---|
| What families can use instead | No Delaware program pays private school tuition, and the state has no tuition tax credit or deduction. |
| Help paying | Nothing at the state level. |
| Coming up | There is no state application. Ask each school about its own financial aid deadlines. |
| Federal tax credit, 2027 | Delaware was not on the IRS opt-in list for the federal scholarship tax credit as of September 14, 2026. |
We read this on from: Delaware Code, Title 30, section 1106 (529 deduction); IRS, participating states for 2027 (as of September 14, 2026); Delaware House Republicans, August 21, 2026; Delaware Department of Education, homeschools and private schools. Rules change when the legislature meets, so check the official program site before you count on a number.
Private schools in Delaware
We list 71 private schools in Delaware, with grades, size and affiliation, by city and county.
Browse private schools in Delaware
- Private schools in Wilmington (29 nearby)
- Private schools in Dover (17 nearby)
- Private schools in Newark (12 nearby)
- Private schools in Bear (11 nearby)
- Private schools in Hockessin (10 nearby)
- Private schools in Seaford (5 nearby)
Questions parents ask
Does Delaware have school vouchers or an ESA?
No state program pays private school tuition.
What can families in Delaware use instead?
No Delaware program pays private school tuition, and the state has no tuition tax credit or deduction.
Will the federal scholarship tax credit help in Delaware?
Delaware was not on the IRS opt-in list for the federal scholarship tax credit as of September 14, 2026.
Other states
- Texas: TEFA
- Arkansas: EFA
- Oklahoma: PCTC
- Tennessee: EFS
- Missouri: MOScholars
- Florida: FES / FTC
- Arizona: ESA
- Iowa: Students First ESA
- Utah: UFA
- West Virginia: Hope
- North Carolina: Opportunity Scholarship
- Indiana: Choice Scholarship
- Ohio: EdChoice
- Alabama: CHOOSE Act
- Louisiana: LA GATOR
- Georgia: Promise Scholarship
- South Carolina: ESTF
- New Hampshire: EFA
- Idaho: PCTC
- Wisconsin: WI Choice
- Maryland: BOOST
- Nevada: Opportunity Scholarship
- Wyoming: Steamboat Legacy ESA
- Kansas: TCLISS
- Montana: SSO tax credit
- South Dakota: Partners in Education
- Rhode Island: RI scholarship tax credit
- Mississippi: ESA
- Maine: Town tuitioning
- Vermont: Town tuitioning
- District of Columbia: OSP
- California: no state program
- Pennsylvania: EITC / OSTC
- New York: no state program
- Illinois: no state program
- New Jersey: no state program
- Virginia: EISTC
- Michigan: no state program
- Washington: no state program
- Massachusetts: no state program
- Minnesota: no state program
- Oregon: no state program
- Colorado: no state program
- Kentucky: no state program
- Connecticut: no state program
- Nebraska: no state program
- New Mexico: no state program
- Hawaii: no state program
- North Dakota: no state program
- Alaska: no state program