Charter School of New Castle

Set in New Castle, Delaware, Charter School of New Castle is a well-populated elementary campus, part of Charter School of New Castle. It caters to 788 students across grades K through 8. That puts it 71% bigger than the typical public school in Delaware, which averages around 461 students.

Charter School of New Castle is the operating authority for Charter School of New Castle, handling staffing, calendars, and reporting to the state department of education.

Demographically, Charter School of New Castle records that 92% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority; the rest breaks down as 4% Hispanic, 2% White. By comparison, New Castle County as a whole is about 26% Black, so the school skews visibly more Black than its surroundings.

On the resource side, The school employs 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 22.5:1. The state averages around 13.9:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for New Castle County put median household income runs about $91,166, roughly 40% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across New Castle County's 129 public schools (combined enrollment of about 78,534 students), Charter School of New Castle is one campus in the mix.

Leach (John G.) School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Charter School of New Castle.

Charter School of New Castle operates from a bedroom-community location. Charter School of New Castle is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count expanded 5%: 751 students in 2018 compared to 788 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 81% to 92% across the same window. Class-load math has widened: from 17.1:1 in 2018 to 22.5:1 in 2025.

Inside the community feed, recent activity here tends to focus on fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.