ASPIRA Delaware
Newark · DE · Las Americas Aspira Academy · Public charter · K-12 combined
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Odyssey Charter School → Freire Charter School → Calloway (Cab) School of the Arts → Delaware Military Academy → duPont (Alexis I.) High School → Conrad Schools of Science → Dickinson (John) School → Glasgow High School →📋 At a glance
- 📚 1 AP courses offered — Limited
- 🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 14% of US high schools
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How ASPIRA Delaware compares for families
What families should know about ASPIRA Delaware.
- ▸ LocallyDE sits right at the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math — local school quality will set your kid apart.
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Odyssey Charter School, Freire Charter School, Calloway (Cab) School of the Arts and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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🎓 Academic rigor
AP + advanced-course offerings
Limited — narrow advanced curriculum
Bottom 14% of US high schools
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). CRDC reports what's offered + enrolled — it doesn't collect AP exam pass rates (College Board owns that data and doesn't release it school-level).
SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-21Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). Volume — not score — is what's reported here. A higher count means more students at this school are entering the college admissions pipeline. Note: 2020-21 was COVID-disrupted; some districts (especially those that stayed remote longer) report unusually low or zero takers.
👩🏫 Teacher workforce · federal CRDC
Teacher experience & reliability
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2017-18 — the most recent vintage that publishes per-school teacher quality fields; the 2020-21 sweep had them suppressed). "Inexperienced" = teachers in their first or second year. "Chronic absence" = teachers absent 10+ days/year.
🏛️ Your state's public flagship
University of Delaware
The in-state tuition gap is the flagship's biggest draw — most in-state families pay far less than the out-of-state sticker. Average net price after aid runs about $17,799/yr. Admission odds depend on your student's GPA and test scores, not which high school they attend.
Source: IPEDS admissions, tuition & enrollment + College Scorecard net price. Flagship = the state's primary public research university.
Chronic absenteeism
Why this matters to enrollment: Chronic absence is the strongest early indicator of dropout, transfer-out, and family disengagement. A school's absenteeism trend forecasts its enrollment trend 1-3 years out. For school leaders: an Enrollment Trend Audit traces this dynamic forward →
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020–2021. Rate = students chronically absent ÷ 2024 total enrollment.
Counselor capacity
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020-2021. Counselor ratio = the school's most recent total enrollment ÷ counselor FTE. The American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommends a 250:1 maximum; the US national median across schools with on-staff counselors is roughly 430:1.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of +6.4%/year, projecting from 2024's 1,471 students:
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Revenue upside
At $17,255 per student in district revenue, the 538 students projected to be gained by 2029 represent ≈ $9,283,190/year in additional funding.
District total revenue ÷ enrollment, NCES F-33. Public funding largely follows enrollment, so a shrinking class is a recurring budget hit.
Most similar nearby high schools
The schools most like this one — same type, blended on distance and size — and where their enrollment is heading. These are the schools families here weigh against each other.
| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Odyssey Charter School Wilmington |
Public · charter | 7.4 | 426 | +41.5% |
| Freire Charter School Wilmington |
Public · charter | 9.3 | 337 | -24.8% |
| Calloway (Cab) School of the Arts Wilmington |
Public | 7.6 | 490 | +2.3% |
| Delaware Military Academy Wilmington |
Public · charter | 6.7 | 547 | -8.1% |
| duPont (Alexis I.) High School Wilmington |
Public | 8.2 | 550 | -21.9% |
| Conrad Schools of Science Wilmington |
Public | 5.9 | 656 | -1.9% |
| Dickinson (John) School Wilmington |
Public | 3.2 | 777 | +10.1% |
| Glasgow High School Newark |
Public | 4.5 | 908 | +15.8% |