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Wilmington, Delaware - 1 schools
An equity score of 41/100 ranks Freire Charter School Wilmington #22 of 40 districts in Delaware (state average 39). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $17,583 per pupil, Freire Charter School Wilmington ranks #16 of 42 Delaware districts by per-pupil spending (Delaware districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Freire Charter School Wilmington operates 1 public schools serving 450 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Delaware. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 combined 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 $17,583 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 30.5% local, 50.9% state, and 18.6% 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 41/100, ranked #22 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.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 1 schools offering Advanced Placement (5 AP courses district-wide), a 203:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 95.8% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 84.7% African American, 7.6% Hispanic or Latino, 4.7% White across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Freire Charter School, enrolling 406 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Freire Charter School accounts for 90.2% of all Freire Charter School Wilmington student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Freire Charter School Wilmington a distant remainder — means Freire Charter School Wilmington-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: combined. 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.
Freire Charter School Wilmington student-counselor ratio is 203:1 — low (typically associated with meeting or exceeding the American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommended 250:1 benchmark, which correlates with stronger college and career counseling capacity)
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 Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.
Freire Charter School Wilmington chronic absenteeism rate is 95.8% — 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 Freire Charter School Wilmington'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 Freire Charter School Wilmington?
Freire Charter School Wilmington has 1 school, including 1 combined. Total enrollment is 450 students.
How much does Freire Charter School Wilmington spend per student?
Freire Charter School Wilmington spends $17,583 per student. The district has an equity score of 41/100, ranking #22 in Delaware.
What is the demographic composition of Freire Charter School Wilmington?
Freire Charter School Wilmington students are 84.7% African American, 7.6% Hispanic or Latino, 4.7% White, 0.2% Asian, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Freire Charter School Wilmington?
Freire Charter School Wilmington has an equity score of 41/100, ranking #22 out of 40 districts in Delaware.