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Wilmington, Delaware - 1 schools
An equity score of 53/100 ranks East Side Charter School #4 of 40 districts in Delaware (state average 39). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $16,677 per pupil, East Side Charter School ranks #19 of 42 Delaware districts by per-pupil spending (Delaware districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
East Side Charter School operates 1 public schools serving 472 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Delaware. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 elementary schools, a small enough portfolio that most families will interact with nearly every campus in the district at some point. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in New Castle County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $16,677 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper half of 42 Delaware districts by per-pupil spending. See how Delaware compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 25.6% local, 51.4% state, and 23.0% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles. The district's equity score is 53/100, ranked #4 of 40 in Delaware against a state average of 39, notably more even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
a 434:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 66.4% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 94.2% African American, 2.8% Hispanic or Latino, 1.6% White across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is East Side Charter School, enrolling 434 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
East Side Charter School accounts for 91.9% of all East Side Charter School student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of East Side Charter School a distant remainder — means East Side Charter School-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: elementary. A single dominant campus often anchors a district's program offerings and staffing patterns; the share helps explain why district-wide averages may not reflect the typical neighbourhood-school experience. When one entity dominates a region's footprint, its programmatic and budget decisions effectively set policy for a majority of the affected population.
East Side Charter School student-counselor ratio is 434:1 — high (typically associated with staffing constraints that limit per-student counselor time; CRDC data shows higher ratios cluster in larger urban systems)
student-counselor ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE counselors against total enrollment, districts that contract intervention or social-emotional staff outside the counselor classification may be under-counted Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.
East Side Charter School chronic absenteeism rate is 66.4% — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)
chronic absenteeism rate is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: a student is chronically absent if they miss ≥10% of enrolled days for any reason, illness, family obligations, or disengagement Values this far above typical often signal acute resource constraints or a structurally different scale than most peers — worth reading alongside the underlying counts, not the ratio alone.
East Side Charter School has 1 school, including 1 elementary. Total enrollment is 472 students.
How much does East Side Charter School spend per student?
East Side Charter School spends $16,677 per student. The district has an equity score of 53/100, ranking #4 in Delaware.
What is the demographic composition of East Side Charter School?
East Side Charter School students are 94.2% African American, 2.8% Hispanic or Latino, 1.6% White, 0.7% Asian, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for East Side Charter School?
East Side Charter School has an equity score of 53/100, ranking #4 out of 40 districts in Delaware.