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Wilmington, Delaware - 1 schools
An equity score of 37/100 ranks Edison (Thomas a.) Charter School #25 of 40 districts in Delaware (state average 39). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $15,010 per pupil, Edison (Thomas a.) Charter School ranks #25 of 42 Delaware districts by per-pupil spending (Delaware districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Edison (Thomas a.) Charter School operates 1 public schools serving 632 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 $15,010 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the lower half of 42 Delaware districts by per-pupil spending. See how Delaware compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 28.6% local, 50.6% state, and 20.8% 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 37/100, ranked #25 of 40 in Delaware against a state average of 39, in line with the typical spread seen across the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
a 557:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 44.5% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 96.4% African American, 1.1% White, 0.9% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools.
Edison (Thomas a.) Charter School accounts for 88.1% of all Edison (Thomas a.) Charter School student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Edison (Thomas a.) Charter School a distant remainder — means Edison (Thomas a.) 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.
Edison (Thomas a.) Charter School student-counselor ratio is 557:1 — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)
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 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.
Edison (Thomas a.) Charter School chronic absenteeism rate is 44.5% — 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.
Comparisons are relative to Edison (Thomas a.) Charter School's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data and the F-33 Finance Survey.
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How many schools are in Edison (Thomas a.) Charter School?
Edison (Thomas a.) Charter School has 1 school, including 1 elementary. Total enrollment is 632 students.
How much does Edison (Thomas a.) Charter School spend per student?
Edison (Thomas a.) Charter School spends $15,010 per student. The district has an equity score of 37/100, ranking #25 in Delaware.
What is the demographic composition of Edison (Thomas a.) Charter School?
Edison (Thomas a.) Charter School students are 96.4% African American, 1.1% White, 0.9% Hispanic or Latino, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Edison (Thomas a.) Charter School?
Edison (Thomas a.) Charter School has an equity score of 37/100, ranking #25 out of 40 districts in Delaware.