Charter School of Wilmington
| Charter School of Wilmington | |
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100 N. DuPont Road Wilmington, Delaware 19807 United States |
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| Coordinates | 39°45′12″N 75°35′18″W / 39.75328°N 75.58832°W |
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| Type | public secondary charter |
| Motto | Excellence Community Leadership |
| Established | 1996 |
| School district | Red Clay Consolidated School District |
| CEEB code | 080164 |
| Principal | Samuel Paoli |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Gender | coed |
| Number of students | 970 |
| Campus type | urban |
| School color(s) | blue & white |
| Athletics | Delaware Interscholastic Athletic Association |
| Athletics conference | Blue Hen Conference |
| Mascot | The Force Calculator or Lightning Bolt |
| Nickname | The Force |
| National ranking | 10 |
| Newspaper | The Force File |
| Yearbook | Expectations |
| Alumni | Sheel Ganatra, Andrew Gemmell, Parker Wright |
| Website | charterschool.org |
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The Charter School of Wilmington is a high school in Wilmington, Delaware, one of the first public/private (self-governed, state funded) charter schools in the United States, opening in 1996. It shares the former Wilmington High School building with Cab Calloway School of the Arts and occupies the third floor and a wing of the second floor of the building. There were 970 students enrolled in the fall for the 2012-2013 school year.
Charter schools in Delaware were authorized by Delaware Code, Title 14, Chapter five, enacted in 1995. The school is operated by a consortium of six companies: AstraZeneca, Verizon, Delmarva Power, DuPont, Hercules Incorporated, and Christiana Care Health System.
The Charter School of Wilmington was chartered by the Red Clay Consolidated School District, and was directly descended from the 'Academy of Mathematics and Science', an earlier (now defunct) math and science magnet school run by the district. The school is a college preparatory program that emphasizes mathematics and science education. The Cab Calloway School of the Arts also occupies the same building (formerly Wilmington High School).
The Charter School of Wilmington is a member of the National Consortium for Specialized Secondary Schools of Mathematics, Science and Technology.
The Charter School of Wilmington placed 10th in Newsweek's Best High Schools in 2014. It was ranked 127th in 2006, 75th in 2007, and 100th in 2008. Furthermore, Charter placed 41st in 2007 and 42nd in 2008 as well as 2009 in U.S. News' America's Best High Schools, earning the Gold Medal.
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