Gateway Charter School

Gateway Charter School is the sole elementary school serving grades K-8 in the Gateway Charter School District, which is ranked 32 out of 32 districts in Delaware and rated 0 stars out of 5 by SchoolDigger. With a total enrollment of 191 students, the school has consistently performed well below the state average on key metrics, indicating significant challenges in providing quality education to its students.

Despite spending $28,196 per student, which is significantly higher than the state average, Gateway Charter School has ranked in the bottom 5% of Delaware elementary schools over the past decade. The school's proficiency rates in Smarter Balanced Assessments/English Language Arts were just 20.83% for 5th grade and 18.6% for 8th grade, compared to the state averages of 43.71% and 41.04%, respectively. Additionally, the school's chronic absenteeism rate of 20.4% is significantly higher than the state average, suggesting the school may be serving a high-need population with unique challenges.

Overall, the data indicates that Gateway Charter School is a struggling school that is performing well below the state average on key metrics, despite its high per-student spending. The school's consistently low rankings and poor academic outcomes suggest a need for significant improvement and intervention to better serve its students and the surrounding community.