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Enrollment
557
Elementary
STATE 461
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EDISON (THOMAS A.) CHARTER SCHOOL·NCES 100001000079
Edison (Thomas A.) Charter School
2200 North Locust Street, Wilmington, DE 19802 · (302) 778-1101 · New Castle County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY13-CITYCHARTERREGULAR SCHOOL557 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 6% of Delaware public elementary schools
- DTest 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
15.5:1
36 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 | 45 | 8% |
| Grade 1 | 67 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 60 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 71 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 61 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 79 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 62 | 11% |
| Grade 7 | 56 | 10% |
| Grade 8 | 56 | 10% |
This year's kindergarten class (45) is 20% smaller than its 8th grade class (56).
Student demographics
7%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
16.4%
DE avg 41.4% . -0.4pp since 2023
Math
6.7%
DE avg 34.0% . -0.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the DeSSA + SBAC, Delaware's statewide test, about 16 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 7 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Delaware schools, those numbers are about 41 and 34. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
DeSSA + SBAC results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 16.4% | 6.7% |
| 2023-24 | 16.8% | 7.4% |
% Proficient, all students and all tested grades.
Source: DeSSA + SBAC. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
Where Edison (Thomas A.) Charter School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Delaware | In New Castle County |
|---|---|---|---|
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 6.7% | #104 of 108 ▲ 1 | #58 of 62 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 16.4% | #102 of 108 ▼ 1 | #56 of 62 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 557 | #31 of 127 | #16 of 72 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.5:1 | #90 of 119 | #59 of 67 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 7.0% | #120 of 120 | #68 of 68 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -23.9% | #19 of 78 | #13 of 50 |
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
557
-144 (-21%) vs 2020
-33% since 2000-01, when it was 834
Student : Teacher
15.5:1
was 15.6:1
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 | 557 | 36 | 15.5:1 | N/A |
| 2023-24 | 601 | 41 | 14.7:1 | N/A |
| 2022-23 | 632 | 37 | 17.1:1 | N/A |
| 2020-21 | 701 | 45 | 15.6:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 732 | 44 | 16.6:1 | N/A |
| 2015-16 | 758 | 45 | 16.8:1 | 100% (755) |
| 2010-11 | 755 | 60 | 12.6:1 | 96% (728) |
| 2000-01 | 834 | 48 | 17.4:1 | 60% (503) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Edison (Thomas A.) Charter School.
Since 2017-18: students down 24% (732 to 557); teachers down 18% (44 to 36).
About Edison (Thomas A.) Charter School
Edison (Thomas A.) Charter School is a medium-sized elementary school in Wilmington, Delaware, administered by Edison (Thomas A.) Charter School. Enrollment in 2024-25 was 557 students in kindergarten through 8. Against the 461-student average for elementary schools in Delaware, enrollment here is 21% higher.
The school serves as its own district in federal records.
Most students at Edison (Thomas A.) Charter School are Black: 96% of enrollment. Census figures show New Castle County is about 26% Black. The chance that two students picked at random at Edison (Thomas A.) Charter School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 7%.
Staffing totals 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 15.5:1. That ratio is over the 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Delaware.
allk12 grades Edison (Thomas A.) Charter School a D. The grade compares the school only with Delaware public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Among New Castle County residents, median household income is about $91,166, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 40%, and about 7% of people live in poverty. Edison (Thomas A.) Charter School is one of 129 public schools in New Castle County, which together enroll about 78,534 students.
The school nearest to Edison (Thomas A.) Charter School is Howard High School of Technology, at a distance of about 0.5 miles. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is City: Small: inside a principal city with a population under 100,000. Edison (Thomas A.) Charter School operates as a charter school, which is publicly funded and run under a charter.
Enrollment was 701 in 2020-21 and 557 in 2024-25, a decrease of 144 students.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week at Edison (Thomas A.) Charter School. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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
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Nearby schools
- Howard High School of Technology0.5 mi · 905
- Stubbs Early Education Center0.5 mi · 148
- East Side Charter School0.6 mi · 434
- Kuumba Academy Charter School0.6 mi · 594
- Great Oaks Charter School0.6 mi · 149
- Shortlidge (Evan G.) Academy0.7 mi · 340
Frequently asked questions
About Edison (Thomas A.) Charter SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Edison (Thomas A.) Charter School?
Edison (Thomas A.) Charter School enrolls approximately 557 students in grades KG-08.
What age range does Edison (Thomas A.) Charter School serve?
Edison (Thomas A.) Charter School serves students from grade KG through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Edison (Thomas A.) Charter School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Edison (Thomas A.) Charter School is approximately 15.5:1 (36 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Edison (Thomas A.) Charter School?
At Edison (Thomas A.) Charter School, the student body is approximately 1% White, 1% Hispanic, 96% Black, 1% Two or more.
Is Edison (Thomas A.) Charter School public or private?
Edison (Thomas A.) Charter School is a public K-12 school operated as a charter, overseen by Edison (Thomas A.) Charter School.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.