The top reported proficiency rate is 43% in English language arts. The lowest is 20% in Science.
Original Research by School Decision on Campus Community School
Campus Community School is a single-school charter district serving kindergarten through eighth grade in Dover, Delaware. It operates as one campus within Kent County's broader landscape of public and charter options, and the comparison set used here is among Kent County's districts. The school enrolls a moderate number of students for its grade band, with relatively even distribution across the nine grade levels it serves.
The student body is predominantly Black, with a White population that makes up roughly a fifth of enrollment and smaller groups identifying as two or more races, Hispanic, Asian, and American Indian or Alaska Native. Free-or-reduced-price lunch data was not available, and the same gap applies to special-education and English-learner counts, so the data does not support a full picture of economic disadvantage or special populations. A parent looking into those dimensions would need to ask the school directly.
On state assessments, Campus Community School's results place it above the midpoint among Kent County's districts on overall proficiency across tested subjects and grades. English language arts is the school's relative strong suit. The most current results show nearly half of tested students reaching proficiency in ELA, and the multi-year trend has been somewhat uneven, with a peak a couple of years prior followed by a dip and a partial recovery. Math proficiency has been on a steadier upward trajectory across several years, though the share of students meeting the bar remains modest. Science results are the weakest area, with only a small fraction of tested students reaching proficiency. Social studies, assessed in grades four, six, and eight, shows stronger outcomes, with the upper grades performing better than the lower ones. Participation rates were reported as full for social studies; participation data for the other subjects was not available.
One standout among the comparison metrics is chronic absenteeism, where Campus Community School sits in the top quartile of Kent County districts, meaning its absenteeism rate is among the lowest. That suggests students are showing up, which is a foundational positive sign for a school working to raise academic outcomes. Per-pupil current spending is in the lower range compared to neighboring districts, which is worth noting for parents who weigh resource levels alongside results.
Because the school serves only through eighth grade, there is no graduation rate to report. That gap reflects the grade band, not a missing measure. Similarly, no high school course access data, AP or dual-credit information, or career pathway details apply here, and none were provided. Civil rights data was not available for this entity.
The district brief notes that Campus Community School is a single-school K-8 charter district in Dover, and a search for recent parent-relevant changes turned up nothing meeting a lasting-impact threshold. No locale brief was provided, so the housing and community context is thin in this dataset. A parent evaluating the school as a potential fit would want to visit and ask about how the campus handles the transition from the upper elementary grades into middle school, given that the school carries students through eighth grade before they move on to a separate high school.
In sum, Campus Community School presents a mixed academic profile with real strengths in attendance and a relative strength in English language arts, paired with weaker science outcomes and math results that are improving but still developing. Its spending level is lower than most neighbors, and its demographic and economic context is only partially visible in the available data. For a family seeking a smaller, single-campus charter option in the Dover area with a majority-Black peer environment and a culture of regular attendance, this is a school worth a closer look, with science proficiency and resource levels being areas to probe.
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