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Elementary · Regular · Grades K to 8

Charter School of New Castle, New Castle, DE

Charter schoolCEP schoolCharter School of New Castle is a public elementary school in New Castle, part of Charter School of New Castle. It enrolled 788 students in 2024-25, with 22.5 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students
788
Teachers (FTE)
35.0
Students per teacher
22.5
Grades
K to 8

This school's ratio is about the same as the district figure of 22.5. The Delaware average across schools is 14.7. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school22.5
District22.5
Delaware14.7
United States15.3

School details

Address
170 Lukens Drive, New Castle, DE 19720
Phone
(302)324-8901
District
Charter School of New Castle
County
New Castle County
Level
Elementary
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
Yes
Virtual
No
Locale
Suburb: Large
NCES school ID
100002400256
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School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.
Direct certification
351Students certified through programs such as SNAP, without an application.
Community Eligibility Provision
Yes (CEP school)

Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.

Related schools

Elementary schools elsewhere in New Castle

We publish official enrollment and staffing data, not ratings or test scores.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.