Charter School of Wilmington

Overview

Charter School of Wilmington (CSW), established in 1996, is Delaware's first independently operated public school with a math-and-science-focused curriculum, chartered by the Red Clay Consolidated School District. It shares a building with Cab Calloway School of the Arts and offers dual-enrollment opportunities with the University of Delaware. National rankings place it among the top public schools and top charter schools in the country.

Academics

No independently verified Delaware state assessment data (via the Delaware School Success Framework) was located for this profile; check the Delaware Department of Education's site directly for current school-level results. National ranking sources describe it as a top-performing public school, but we haven't independently verified the underlying proficiency figures for this profile.

Neighborhood

The school's mailing address uses a Wilmington postal designation, but as with several other Delaware schools checked in this general area, the physical location (near DuPont Road/Alapocas) may sit outside Wilmington's actual city limits in unincorporated New Castle County -- we did not independently verify the exact municipal boundary for this specific address.

Crime & safety

City of Wilmington crime data shows unusually strong cross-source agreement (unlike Hartford, profiled elsewhere in this directory): multiple independent providers consistently describe Wilmington as having a high crime rate relative to national averages, with estimates ranging from roughly 37% above to 234% above the national average depending on the exact metric, and safety-percentile rankings placing it in the bottom 2-7% of U.S. cities by several measures. Sources also agree crime varies sharply by specific Wilmington neighborhood, from A+ grades in areas like Bancroft Village to F grades in areas like Riverside.

Our calculated rating

We don't publish a single proprietary score, and for this school we're not showing one: academic data isn't independently verified, and the safety data available is citywide rather than confirmed to apply to this specific campus's actual jurisdiction. See our ratings methodology.

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