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Enrollment
434
Elementary
STATE 461
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EAST SIDE CHARTER SCHOOL·NCES 100000600017
East Side Charter School
3000 North Claymont Street, Wilmington, DE 19802 · (302) 762-5834 · New Castle County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY13-CITYCHARTERREGULAR SCHOOL434 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 19% of Delaware public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ·Beats expectations Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Delaware public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
10.3:1
42 FTE teachers
STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
,
Title I proxy
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 34 | 8% |
| Grade 1 | 36 | 8% |
| Grade 2 | 61 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 59 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 39 | 9% |
| Grade 5 | 38 | 9% |
| Grade 6 | 63 | 15% |
| Grade 7 | 56 | 13% |
| Grade 8 | 48 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (34) is 29% smaller than its 8th grade class (48).
Student demographics
11%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
STATE 71% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
DeSSA + SBAC 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
27.9%
DE avg 41.4% . +2.1pp since 2023
Math
22.6%
DE avg 34.0% . +4.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the DeSSA + SBAC, Delaware's statewide test, about 28 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 23 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Delaware schools, those numbers are about 41 and 34. Reading and writing scores are up about 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
DeSSA + SBAC results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 27.9% | 22.6% |
| 2023-24 | 25.8% | 17.7% |
% Proficient, all students and all tested grades.
Source: DeSSA + SBAC. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
Where East Side Charter School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Delaware | In New Castle County |
|---|---|---|---|
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 22.6% | #84 of 108 ▲ 8 | #43 of 62 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 27.9% | #76 of 108 ▲ 10 | #40 of 62 ▲ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 434 | #69 of 127 | #36 of 72 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.3:1 | #12 of 119 | #10 of 67 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 11.1% | #119 of 120 | #67 of 68 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +4.6% | #34 of 37 | #14 of 16 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
434
-15 (-3%) vs 2020
+423% since 2000-01, when it was 83
Student : Teacher
10.3:1
was 10.4:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 434 | 42 | 10.3:1 | N/A |
| 2023-24 | 446 | 43 | 10.4:1 | N/A |
| 2022-23 | 472 | 42 | 11.2:1 | N/A |
| 2020-21 | 449 | 43 | 10.4:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 415 | 35 | 11.9:1 | N/A |
| 2015-16 | 443 | 37 | 12.0:1 | 99% (440) |
| 2010-11 | 388 | 32 | 12.1:1 | 88% (342) |
| 2000-01 | 83 | 3 | 27.7:1 | 80% (66) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for East Side Charter School.
Since 2017-18: students up 5% (415 to 434); teachers up 20% (35 to 42).
About East Side Charter School
East Side Charter School runs as a medium-sized elementary school in Wilmington, Delaware. Students in kindergarten through 8 attend, and enrollment is 434 students.
Federal records list East Side Charter School as its own district.
Federal enrollment data show East Side Charter School is 94% Black. Other groups make up 3% Hispanic. New Castle County as a whole is about 26% Black, so the school's share is higher. Pick two students at random and there is an 11% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
A ratio of 10.3:1 comes from the school's 42 full-time-equivalent teachers. That is 3.6 students per teacher below the 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Delaware.
The allk12 Grade for East Side Charter School is C-. Compared with Delaware public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 19% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Among New Castle County residents, the median household income is $91,166, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 40%, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. Besides East Side Charter School, New Castle County has 128 other public schools.
Nearby, Edison (Thomas A.) Charter School is about 0.6 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles.
East Side Charter School is coded as City: Small in federal locale data. East Side Charter School is one of the charter schools in Delaware.
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 15 fewer students in 2024-25.
Community posts for East Side Charter School can cover enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
New Castle County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
577,961
Census ACS
Median income
$91,166
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
40%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
129
78,534 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Wilmington
- Odyssey Charter SchoolCombined · 2,286 students
- Delcastle Technical High SchoolHigh · 1,605 students
- Conrad Schools of ScienceHigh · 1,164 students
- Mount Pleasant High SchoolHigh · 1,084 students
- Dickinson (John) SchoolHigh · 1,027 students
- Concord High SchoolHigh · 994 students
Nearby schools
- Edison (Thomas A.) Charter School0.6 mi · 557
- Harlan (David W. ) Elementary School0.9 mi · 322
- duPont (Pierre S.) Middle School1.0 mi · 730
- Howard High School of Technology1.1 mi · 905
- Stubbs Early Education Center1.1 mi · 148
- Kuumba Academy Charter School1.2 mi · 594
Frequently asked questions
About East Side Charter SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at East Side Charter School?
East Side Charter School enrolls approximately 434 students in grades KG-08.
What age range does East Side Charter School serve?
East Side Charter School serves students from grade KG through grade 08.
How many teachers does East Side Charter School have?
East Side Charter School employs 42 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.3:1.
What is the student diversity at East Side Charter School?
Student demographics at East Side Charter School are roughly 2% White, 3% Hispanic, 94% Black, 1% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Who oversees East Side Charter School?
East Side Charter School is overseen by East Side Charter School in New Castle County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.