Freire Charter School

Freire Charter School operates as an one-room-style senior high in Wilmington, Delaware, overseen by Freire Charter School Wilmington. Current enrollment sits at 406 students spanning grades 8 through 12. That puts it 62% leaner than the typical public school in Delaware, which averages around 1,068 students.

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

On demographics, Freire Charter School records that 85% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority. Beyond that, the school shows 8% Hispanic, 5% White. That is considerably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 26%.

In terms of school funding signals, Freire Charter School logs 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 23.9:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 16.6:1 average.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (New Castle County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $91,166 per year, 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), Freire Charter School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Shortlidge (Evan G.) Academy, roughly 0.2 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Freire Charter School.

The school occupies a metropolitan site. Freire Charter School operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged up 15%: 353 students in 2018 compared to 406 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment increased from 73% to 85% over that span. Class-load math has grew: from 16.8:1 in 2018 to 23.9:1 in 2025.

On the community side, members of the Freire Charter School community share and discuss sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.