East Side Charter School

East Side Charter School is a primary school of medium-sized scale in Wilmington, Delaware, one of the schools within East Side Charter School, teacheing 434 students in grades K through 8.

East Side Charter School sits inside East Side Charter School, the local public-school operator responsible for the campus.

On demographics, East Side Charter School lists that nearly all students (94%) are Black. The remainder consists of 3% Hispanic. That is considerably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 26%.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.3:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.9:1, putting East Side Charter School tighter than the state norm the norm.

Across the wider county, New Castle County reports that median household income runs about $91,166, roughly 40% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Across New Castle County's 129 public schools (combined enrollment of about 78,534 students), East Side Charter School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Edison (Thomas A.) Charter School, around 0.6 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around East Side Charter School.

Geographically, the school is in an urban area. As a public charter, East Side Charter School runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count increased 5%: 415 students in 2018 compared to 434 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 11.9:1 in 2018 to 10.3:1 today.

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