Positive Outcomes Charter School

Delaware Department of Education figures for this public school: 2024–25 fall enrollment and student groups, 2025–26 Smarter Balanced, SAT and DeSSA results, graduation for the class of 2023, dropouts, growth, ninth-grade on-track, 2024–25 chronic absence and discipline, and classroom teachers with their average salary — with federal CRDC 2023–24 Advanced Placement and dual-enrollment counts, labelled as federal. DDOE redacts results for small groups and near 0% or 100%; a redacted result is absent here, not zero. This dated record does not certify current operation.

NCES school code: 100000500013
District: Positive Outcomes Charter School
Grades in source year: 07-12
Students in dual enrollment (federal CRDC) (2023-2024): 0 students. U.S. Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights, Civil Rights Data Collection 2023–24 — a federal collection, reported by the school to the federal government, not a Delaware DOE figure. Delaware publishes no bulk file of Advanced Placement or dual-enrollment participation. Students enrolled in a dual-enrollment or dual-credit program: the male, female and nonbinary counts CRDC reports, added; 0 where the school reported no program.
Chronically absent students (2020-2021): 38.33%. DDOE Student Attendance: students absent for at least 10% of the school days they were enrolled, as a share of students enrolled (as of June).
Chronically absent students (2021-2022): 41.67%. DDOE Student Attendance: students absent for at least 10% of the school days they were enrolled, as a share of students enrolled (as of June).
Chronically absent students (2022-2023): 40.48%. DDOE Student Attendance: students absent for at least 10% of the school days they were enrolled, as a share of students enrolled (as of June).
Chronically absent students (2023-2024): 50%. DDOE Student Attendance: students absent for at least 10% of the school days they were enrolled, as a share of students enrolled (as of June).
Chronically absent students (2024-2025): 44.09%. DDOE Student Attendance: students absent for at least 10% of the school days they were enrolled, as a share of students enrolled (as of June).
Chronically absent: low-income students (2024-2025): 50.79%. DDOE Student Attendance: low-income students absent for at least 10% of the school days they were enrolled, as a share of low-income students enrolled. DDOE's figure for the group; a redacted rate is absent, not zero.
Chronically absent: students with disabilities (2024-2025): 40%. DDOE Student Attendance: students with disabilities absent for at least 10% of the school days they were enrolled, as a share of students with disabilities enrolled. DDOE's figure for the group; a redacted rate is absent, not zero.
Science proficiency (DeSSA) (2025-2026): 16.67%. DDOE Student Assessment Performance: share of students tested on the DeSSA science assessment (grades 5, 8 and high school) who scored proficient. All students. DDOE redacts small groups; a redacted result is withheld, not shown as zero.
Social studies proficiency (DeSSA) (2023-2024): 12.2%. DDOE Student Assessment Performance: share of students tested on the DeSSA social studies assessment (grades 4, 7 and 11) who scored proficient. All students. DDOE redacts small groups; a redacted result is withheld, not shown as zero.
Social studies proficiency (DeSSA) (2024-2025): 27.03%. DDOE Student Assessment Performance: share of students tested on the DeSSA social studies assessment (grades 4, 7 and 11) who scored proficient. All students. DDOE redacts small groups; a redacted result is withheld, not shown as zero.
Social studies proficiency (DeSSA) (2025-2026): 22.22%. DDOE Student Assessment Performance: share of students tested on the DeSSA social studies assessment (grades 4, 7 and 11) who scored proficient. All students. DDOE redacts small groups; a redacted result is withheld, not shown as zero.
Students with an in-school suspension (share of enrollment) (2021-2022): 7.5%. DDOE Student Discipline: students who received at least one in-school suspension during the school year, as a share of students enrolled. A student is counted once however many times disciplined. As each organisation reported it; a redacted rate is absent, not zero.
Students with an in-school suspension (share of enrollment) (2022-2023): 15.08%. DDOE Student Discipline: students who received at least one in-school suspension during the school year, as a share of students enrolled. A student is counted once however many times disciplined. As each organisation reported it; a redacted rate is absent, not zero.
Students with an in-school suspension (share of enrollment) (2023-2024): 11.29%. DDOE Student Discipline: students who received at least one in-school suspension during the school year, as a share of students enrolled. A student is counted once however many times disciplined. As each organisation reported it; a redacted rate is absent, not zero.
Students with an in-school suspension (share of enrollment) (2024-2025): 14.6%. DDOE Student Discipline: students who received at least one in-school suspension during the school year, as a share of students enrolled. A student is counted once however many times disciplined. As each organisation reported it; a redacted rate is absent, not zero.
Students with an out-of-school suspension (share of enrollment) (2021-2022): 17.5%. DDOE Student Discipline: students who received at least one out-of-school suspension during the school year, as a share of students enrolled. A student is counted once however many times disciplined. As each organisation reported it; a redacted rate is absent, not zero.
Students with an out-of-school suspension (share of enrollment) (2022-2023): 12.7%. DDOE Student Discipline: students who received at least one out-of-school suspension during the school year, as a share of students enrolled. A student is counted once however many times disciplined. As each organisation reported it; a redacted rate is absent, not zero.
Students with an out-of-school suspension (share of enrollment) (2023-2024): 14.52%. DDOE Student Discipline: students who received at least one out-of-school suspension during the school year, as a share of students enrolled. A student is counted once however many times disciplined. As each organisation reported it; a redacted rate is absent, not zero.
Students with an out-of-school suspension (share of enrollment) (2024-2025): 11.68%. DDOE Student Discipline: students who received at least one out-of-school suspension during the school year, as a share of students enrolled. A student is counted once however many times disciplined. As each organisation reported it; a redacted rate is absent, not zero.
Dropout rate (grades 9–12) (2021-2022): 10.7%. DDOE Student Dropout: official dropouts in grades 9–12 during the school year as a share of students enrolled in those grades. 2022–23 is the latest year DDOE has published.
Dropout rate (grades 9–12) (2022-2023): 8.2%. DDOE Student Dropout: official dropouts in grades 9–12 during the school year as a share of students enrolled in those grades. 2022–23 is the latest year DDOE has published.
End-of-year enrollment (enrolled at least one day) (2024-2025): 137 students. DDOE Student Enrollment, end-of-year enrollment: every student actively enrolled in the organisation for at least one day of the school year, so it is larger than any single-day count. It is the denominator DDOE uses for the student-group shares.
Fall enrollment (September 30) (2015-2016): 126 students. DDOE Student Enrollment, fall enrollment: students enrolled on September 30 of the school year (for 2024–25, September 30, 2024). All students, all grades.
Fall enrollment (September 30) (2016-2017): 125 students. DDOE Student Enrollment, fall enrollment: students enrolled on September 30 of the school year (for 2024–25, September 30, 2024). All students, all grades.
Fall enrollment (September 30) (2017-2018): 126 students. DDOE Student Enrollment, fall enrollment: students enrolled on September 30 of the school year (for 2024–25, September 30, 2024). All students, all grades.
Fall enrollment (September 30) (2018-2019): 120 students. DDOE Student Enrollment, fall enrollment: students enrolled on September 30 of the school year (for 2024–25, September 30, 2024). All students, all grades.
Fall enrollment (September 30) (2019-2020): 121 students. DDOE Student Enrollment, fall enrollment: students enrolled on September 30 of the school year (for 2024–25, September 30, 2024). All students, all grades.
Fall enrollment (September 30) (2020-2021): 112 students. DDOE Student Enrollment, fall enrollment: students enrolled on September 30 of the school year (for 2024–25, September 30, 2024). All students, all grades.
Fall enrollment (September 30) (2021-2022): 104 students. DDOE Student Enrollment, fall enrollment: students enrolled on September 30 of the school year (for 2024–25, September 30, 2024). All students, all grades.
Fall enrollment (September 30) (2022-2023): 115 students. DDOE Student Enrollment, fall enrollment: students enrolled on September 30 of the school year (for 2024–25, September 30, 2024). All students, all grades.
Fall enrollment (September 30) (2023-2024): 122 students. DDOE Student Enrollment, fall enrollment: students enrolled on September 30 of the school year (for 2024–25, September 30, 2024). All students, all grades.
Fall enrollment (September 30) (2024-2025): 119 students. DDOE Student Enrollment, fall enrollment: students enrolled on September 30 of the school year (for 2024–25, September 30, 2024). All students, all grades.
Four-year graduation rate (2019-2020): 53.33%. DDOE Student Graduation: four-year adjusted cohort graduation rate — students who earned a regular diploma within four years of first entering grade 9, as a share of the cohort. The period is the graduating class's school year: 2022–23 is the class of 2023, the latest DDOE has published. All students.
Four-year graduation rate (2020-2021): 62.5%. DDOE Student Graduation: four-year adjusted cohort graduation rate — students who earned a regular diploma within four years of first entering grade 9, as a share of the cohort. The period is the graduating class's school year: 2022–23 is the class of 2023, the latest DDOE has published. All students.
Four-year graduation rate (2021-2022): 72.22%. DDOE Student Graduation: four-year adjusted cohort graduation rate — students who earned a regular diploma within four years of first entering grade 9, as a share of the cohort. The period is the graduating class's school year: 2022–23 is the class of 2023, the latest DDOE has published. All students.
Four-year graduation rate (2022-2023): 69.57%. DDOE Student Graduation: four-year adjusted cohort graduation rate — students who earned a regular diploma within four years of first entering grade 9, as a share of the cohort. The period is the graduating class's school year: 2022–23 is the class of 2023, the latest DDOE has published. All students.
Average share of growth target met: English language arts (2022-2023): 54.3 percent of growth target. DDOE Student Growth (Delaware School Success Framework): each student in grades 4–8 has a growth target; this is how close the group came to it on average, where 100 means the average student exactly met the target and figures above 100 are possible. DDOE published no growth results for 2024–25.
Average share of growth target met: English language arts (2023-2024): 49.3 percent of growth target. DDOE Student Growth (Delaware School Success Framework): each student in grades 4–8 has a growth target; this is how close the group came to it on average, where 100 means the average student exactly met the target and figures above 100 are possible. DDOE published no growth results for 2024–25.
Average share of growth target met: English language arts (2025-2026): 48.35 percent of growth target. DDOE Student Growth (Delaware School Success Framework): each student in grades 4–8 has a growth target; this is how close the group came to it on average, where 100 means the average student exactly met the target and figures above 100 are possible. DDOE published no growth results for 2024–25.
Average share of growth target met: Math (2022-2023): 57.11 percent of growth target. DDOE Student Growth (Delaware School Success Framework): each student in grades 4–8 has a growth target; this is how close the group came to it on average, where 100 means the average student exactly met the target and figures above 100 are possible. DDOE published no growth results for 2024–25.
Average share of growth target met: Math (2023-2024): 50.1 percent of growth target. DDOE Student Growth (Delaware School Success Framework): each student in grades 4–8 has a growth target; this is how close the group came to it on average, where 100 means the average student exactly met the target and figures above 100 are possible. DDOE published no growth results for 2024–25.
Average share of growth target met: Math (2025-2026): 43.36 percent of growth target. DDOE Student Growth (Delaware School Success Framework): each student in grades 4–8 has a growth target; this is how close the group came to it on average, where 100 means the average student exactly met the target and figures above 100 are possible. DDOE published no growth results for 2024–25.
SAT evidence-based reading and writing proficiency, grade 11 (2023-2024): 23.81%. DDOE Student Assessment Performance: share of grade 11 students tested on the spring school-day SAT who met DDOE's proficiency benchmark in evidence-based reading and writing. All students. DDOE redacts small groups; a redacted result is withheld, not shown as zero.
English language arts proficiency, grades 3–8 (Smarter Balanced) (2023-2024): 17.24%. DDOE Student Assessment Performance: share of students tested on the Smarter Balanced English language arts assessment (grades 3–8) who scored proficient (level 3 or above). All students. DDOE redacts small groups; a redacted result is withheld, not shown as zero.
Average years of experience: classroom teachers (2024-2025): 12 years. DDOE Educator Average Salary: average years of experience in education of full-time staff in the position.
Average salary: all staff (2021-2022): $58,929.98. DDOE Educator Average Salary: the average total salary of full-time staff in the position, from all funding sources, as DDOE publishes it. Where the position has one full-time equivalent the average is that one position's salary; the position and its FTE are shown beside it. DDOE also publishes separate state, local and federal averages; each is averaged over the staff paid from that source, so they do not add up to the total, and they are not shown or combined here.
Average salary: all staff (2022-2023): $59,800.33. DDOE Educator Average Salary: the average total salary of full-time staff in the position, from all funding sources, as DDOE publishes it. Where the position has one full-time equivalent the average is that one position's salary; the position and its FTE are shown beside it. DDOE also publishes separate state, local and federal averages; each is averaged over the staff paid from that source, so they do not add up to the total, and they are not shown or combined here.
Average salary: all staff (2023-2024): $55,420.10. DDOE Educator Average Salary: the average total salary of full-time staff in the position, from all funding sources, as DDOE publishes it. Where the position has one full-time equivalent the average is that one position's salary; the position and its FTE are shown beside it. DDOE also publishes separate state, local and federal averages; each is averaged over the staff paid from that source, so they do not add up to the total, and they are not shown or combined here.
Average salary: all staff (2024-2025): $65,749.49. DDOE Educator Average Salary: the average total salary of full-time staff in the position, from all funding sources, as DDOE publishes it. Where the position has one full-time equivalent the average is that one position's salary; the position and its FTE are shown beside it. DDOE also publishes separate state, local and federal averages; each is averaged over the staff paid from that source, so they do not add up to the total, and they are not shown or combined here.
Average salary: classroom teachers (2021-2022): $57,851.60. DDOE Educator Average Salary: the average total salary of full-time staff in the position, from all funding sources, as DDOE publishes it. Where the position has one full-time equivalent the average is that one position's salary; the position and its FTE are shown beside it. DDOE also publishes separate state, local and federal averages; each is averaged over the staff paid from that source, so they do not add up to the total, and they are not shown or combined here.
Average salary: classroom teachers (2022-2023): $58,511.35. DDOE Educator Average Salary: the average total salary of full-time staff in the position, from all funding sources, as DDOE publishes it. Where the position has one full-time equivalent the average is that one position's salary; the position and its FTE are shown beside it. DDOE also publishes separate state, local and federal averages; each is averaged over the staff paid from that source, so they do not add up to the total, and they are not shown or combined here.
Average salary: classroom teachers (2023-2024): $54,055.32. DDOE Educator Average Salary: the average total salary of full-time staff in the position, from all funding sources, as DDOE publishes it. Where the position has one full-time equivalent the average is that one position's salary; the position and its FTE are shown beside it. DDOE also publishes separate state, local and federal averages; each is averaged over the staff paid from that source, so they do not add up to the total, and they are not shown or combined here.
Average salary: classroom teachers (2024-2025): $65,975.44. DDOE Educator Average Salary: the average total salary of full-time staff in the position, from all funding sources, as DDOE publishes it. Where the position has one full-time equivalent the average is that one position's salary; the position and its FTE are shown beside it. DDOE also publishes separate state, local and federal averages; each is averaged over the staff paid from that source, so they do not add up to the total, and they are not shown or combined here.
All staff (full-time equivalent) (2021-2022): 29 FTE. DDOE Educator Characteristics: full-time-equivalent positions of full-time staff in the organisation, all educators.
All staff (full-time equivalent) (2022-2023): 28 FTE. DDOE Educator Characteristics: full-time-equivalent positions of full-time staff in the organisation, all educators.
All staff (full-time equivalent) (2023-2024): 28 FTE. DDOE Educator Characteristics: full-time-equivalent positions of full-time staff in the organisation, all educators.
All staff (full-time equivalent) (2024-2025): 27 FTE. DDOE Educator Characteristics: full-time-equivalent positions of full-time staff in the organisation, all educators.
All staff (full-time equivalent) (2025-2026): 29 FTE. DDOE Educator Characteristics: full-time-equivalent positions of full-time staff in the organisation, all educators.
Classroom teachers (full-time equivalent) (2021-2022): 14 FTE. DDOE Educator Characteristics: full-time-equivalent positions of full-time staff in the organisation, all educators.
Classroom teachers (full-time equivalent) (2022-2023): 15 FTE. DDOE Educator Characteristics: full-time-equivalent positions of full-time staff in the organisation, all educators.
Classroom teachers (full-time equivalent) (2023-2024): 14 FTE. DDOE Educator Characteristics: full-time-equivalent positions of full-time staff in the organisation, all educators.
Classroom teachers (full-time equivalent) (2024-2025): 13 FTE. DDOE Educator Characteristics: full-time-equivalent positions of full-time staff in the organisation, all educators.
Classroom teachers (full-time equivalent) (2025-2026): 13 FTE. DDOE Educator Characteristics: full-time-equivalent positions of full-time staff in the organisation, all educators.
Students from low-income households (share of enrollment) (2024-2025): 48.18%. DDOE Student Enrollment: students in the group as a percentage of end-of-year enrollment (every student enrolled at least one day), as DDOE publishes it. DDOE redacts small groups; a redacted share is withheld, not shown as zero.
Students with disabilities (share of enrollment) (2024-2025): 55.47%. DDOE Student Enrollment: students in the group as a percentage of end-of-year enrollment (every student enrolled at least one day), as DDOE publishes it. DDOE redacts small groups; a redacted share is withheld, not shown as zero.
African American students (share of enrollment) (2024-2025): 41.61%. DDOE Student Enrollment: students of this race or ethnicity as a percentage of end-of-year enrollment, as DDOE publishes it. DDOE redacts small groups; a redacted share is absent, not zero.
Multiracial students (share of enrollment) (2024-2025): 6.57%. DDOE Student Enrollment: students of this race or ethnicity as a percentage of end-of-year enrollment, as DDOE publishes it. DDOE redacts small groups; a redacted share is absent, not zero.
White students (share of enrollment) (2024-2025): 48.18%. DDOE Student Enrollment: students of this race or ethnicity as a percentage of end-of-year enrollment, as DDOE publishes it. DDOE redacts small groups; a redacted share is absent, not zero.

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