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Wilmington, Delaware - 1 schools
At $28,264 per pupil, Gateway Charter School ranks #2 of 42 Delaware districts by per-pupil spending (Delaware districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Gateway Charter School operates 1 public schools serving 186 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 $28,264 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the top 5 of 42 Delaware districts by per-pupil spending. See how Delaware compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 26.4% local, 53.9% state, and 19.7% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles.
and 14.7% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 65.9% African American, 20.9% White, 7.6% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Gateway Charter School, enrolling 211 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Gateway Charter School accounts for 100.0% of all Gateway Charter School student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Gateway Charter School a distant remainder — means Gateway 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.
Gateway Charter School chronic absenteeism rate is 14.7% — low (typically associated with lower-than-average attendance disruption; districts in this range often have attendance interventions, robust transportation, or smaller catchments that reduce barriers)
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 Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.
Gateway Charter School has 1 school, including 1 elementary. Total enrollment is 186 students.
How much does Gateway Charter School spend per student?
Gateway Charter School spends $28,264 per student.
What is the demographic composition of Gateway Charter School?
Gateway Charter School students are 65.9% African American, 20.9% White, 7.6% Hispanic or Latino, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.