Enrollment
119
High
STATE 1,068
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·POSITIVE OUTCOMES CHARTER SCHOOL·NCES 100000500013
Positive Outcomes Charter School
3337 South DuPont Highway, Camden, DE 19934 · (302) 697-8805 · Kent County
GRADES 07–12HIGH22-SUBURBCHARTERREGULAR SCHOOL119 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 44% of Delaware public high 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 high schools
Student : Teacher
9.2:1
13 FTE teachers
STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
,
Title I proxy
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 7 | 12 | 10% |
| Grade 8 | 14 | 12% |
| Grade 9 | 23 | 19% |
| Grade 10 | 29 | 24% |
| Grade 11 | 23 | 19% |
| Grade 12 | 18 | 15% |
Student demographics
58%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
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DeSSA + SBAC 2023-24 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
17.2%
DE avg 41.4%
What this means: On the DeSSA + SBAC, Delaware's statewide test, about 17 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level. The Delaware average is about 41 of 100.
Source: DeSSA + SBAC. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
Where Positive Outcomes Charter School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Delaware | In Kent County |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 17.2% | #6 of 7 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 119 | #41 of 41 | #9 of 9 |
Ranked against other public high 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
119
+7 (+6%) vs 2020
+59% since 2000-01, when it was 75
Student : Teacher
9.2:1
was 8.0:1
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 | 119 | 13 | 9.2:1 | N/A |
| 2023-24 | 122 | 14 | 8.7:1 | N/A |
| 2022-23 | 115 | 15 | 7.7:1 | N/A |
| 2020-21 | 112 | 14 | 8.0:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 126 | 14 | 9.0:1 | N/A |
| 2015-16 | 126 | 15 | 8.4:1 | 28% (35) |
| 2010-11 | 117 | 14 | 8.4:1 | 40% (47) |
| 2000-01 | 75 | 5 | 15.0:1 | 32% (24) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Positive Outcomes Charter School.
Since 2017-18: students down 6% (126 to 119); teachers down 7% (14 to 13).
About Positive Outcomes Charter School
Families in Camden, Delaware, are served by Positive Outcomes Charter School, a very small high school. Federal data show 119 students enrolled in grades 7 through 12 in 2024-25. Across high schools in Delaware, the average enrollment is about 1,068.
Positive Outcomes Charter School operates as its own local education agency.
The largest racial or ethnic group at Positive Outcomes Charter School is White, with 49% of students. Next come 42% Black, 5% multiracial, and 3% Hispanic. The county population is about 58% White. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Positive Outcomes Charter School scores 58%.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 9.2:1. The school has 13 full-time-equivalent teachers. The school's 9.2:1 compares with an average of 16.6:1 for high schools in Delaware.
Among Delaware public high schools, Positive Outcomes Charter School outscored 44%, which works out to a C+ on the allk12 Grade.
For Kent County, Census Bureau data show the median household earns about $74,477 a year, roughly 28% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Positive Outcomes Charter School, Kent County has 55 public schools.
Star Hill Elementary School sits about 0.7 miles from Positive Outcomes Charter School. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Suburb: Mid-size, meaning it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000. The school is classified as a charter school in federal data.
In 2020-21, Positive Outcomes Charter School enrolled 112 students. By 2024-25, that number had grown to 119. The student-to-teacher ratio went up from 8.0:1 to 9.2:1.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about open houses, carpools, and field trips at Positive Outcomes Charter School. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Kent County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
187,604
Census ACS
Median income
$74,477
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
55
31,256 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Camden
- Caesar Rodney High SchoolHigh · 2,254 students
- Fred Fifer III Middle SchoolMiddle · 839 students
- F. Niel Postlethwait Middle SchoolMiddle · 647 students
- Allen Frear Elementary SchoolElementary · 504 students
- W. B. Simpson Elementary SchoolElementary · 465 students
- John S. Charlton SchoolCombined · 424 students
Nearby schools
- Star Hill Elementary School0.7 mi · 429
- Caesar Rodney High School0.7 mi · 2,254
- Fred Fifer III Middle School0.8 mi · 839
- Nellie Hughes Stokes Elementary School0.9 mi · 487
- Kent Elementary Intensive Learning Center1.0 mi · 1
- W. B. Simpson Elementary School1.0 mi · 465
Frequently asked questions
About Positive Outcomes Charter SchoolHow large is Positive Outcomes Charter School?
Positive Outcomes Charter School enrolls approximately 119 students in grades 07-12.
What grades does Positive Outcomes Charter School serve?
Positive Outcomes Charter School serves grades 07-12.
How many teachers does Positive Outcomes Charter School have?
Positive Outcomes Charter School employs 13 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 9.2:1.
How diverse is Positive Outcomes Charter School?
Positive Outcomes Charter School reports a student body of 49% White, 3% Hispanic, 42% Black, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Positive Outcomes Charter School?
Positive Outcomes Charter School is overseen by Positive Outcomes Charter School in Kent County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.