Summary:
The Charter School of New Castle is the sole elementary school located in the Charter School of New Castle district in Delaware. The school serves 764 students in grades K-8, but has consistently struggled to perform at or above state averages on standardized tests in recent years.
The Charter School of New Castle has ranked in the bottom half of Delaware elementary schools, placing 70th out of 109 schools in 2024-2025 and 77th out of 106 schools in 2023-2024. Proficiency rates on standardized tests are particularly low, with math scores ranging from just 6.67% to 46.51% across grade levels, well below the state averages of 29.74% to 42.17%. The school's performance in English Language Arts, science, and social studies is also below state benchmarks.
While the school's per-student spending of $14,089 in 2018-2019 is relatively high, and the student-teacher ratio of 21.2 in 2023-2024 is on the higher side, these resources do not appear to be translating into strong academic outcomes for students. Additionally, the school's chronic absenteeism rate of 20.4% in 2023-2024 is concerning and may be a contributing factor to the low performance. Without data on free/reduced lunch rates, it is difficult to assess the socioeconomic makeup of the student body and whether the school is effectively serving underprivileged populations.
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