The top reported proficiency rate is 68% in English language arts. The lowest is 49% in Science.
Original Research by School Decision on Mot Charter School
MOT CharterSchool operates as a single-school charter district in New Castle County, Delaware, serving students from kindergarten through twelfth grade. The enrollment is sizable for a charter, large enough to offer a continuous K-12 pathway under one roof rather than the more common K-8 or standalone high school model. The grade distribution is notably even across the elementary and middle grades, with a larger high school cohort. This continuity from kindergarten through graduation is a defining feature, letting families stay in one academic community for a child's entire pre-college education.
The student body is racially diverse in a way that roughly mirrors the broader New Castle County mix. White students form the largest group, followed by Black students, with an Asian population that is also well represented. Hispanic students and students of two or more races make up smaller shares. The school does not report free-or-reduced-price lunch counts, special education enrollment, or English learner figures, so it is hard to gauge from the available data how the school serves economically disadvantaged students or those needing additional language or disability support. A parent may want to ask the school directly about those populations and the services attached to them.
On state assessments, MOT Charter stands out. In the most recent year, English language arts and math proficiency for grades three through eight were both strong, well above what is typical for New Castle County districts. Science proficiency was more moderate, landing around the midpoint. Social studies results, reported by grade, were uneven: fourth and sixth graders performed well, while eighth grade social studies proficiency was notably lower. Across all tested subjects and grades, the school's overall proficiency index places it in the top quartile among New Castle County's districts, which is a clear academic strength. Looking at the trend data, proficiency rates have moved around from year to year, but the most recent results in both ELA and math are among the higher marks the school has posted.
Chronic absenteeism is very low, also sitting in the top quartile among county districts, which suggests strong daily attendance habits across the student body. Per-pupil current spending is in the lower range compared to neighboring districts, which may reflect charter funding structures or operational choices, but the school appears to deliver strong academic results without the higher spending levels seen elsewhere in the county.
Graduation rate data was not reported in the available dataset, so we cannot characterize how the high school grades perform on that measure. The high school grades serve a substantial number of students, and the absence of a reported graduation rate is a gap a parent would want to fill by asking the school directly. Similarly, no program offerings, course access details, staffing information, discipline data, or school environment measures were available in the data provided. The school's specific pedagogy, extracurricular offerings, and high school course catalog are not described here.
We searched for recent district-level changes that might matter to parents, such as leadership transitions, facility moves, or program launches, but found nothing that clears a lasting-impact bar. The district brief returned no substantive findings. No locale brief or community economic context was available for the school's surrounding area, so we cannot characterize the housing market, commute patterns, or neighborhood setting from the provided data. A family considering MOT Charter would want to supplement this picture with a visit and direct questions about high school outcomes, special education and English learner services, and the school's approach to its upper grades, where some of the assessment results are less consistent than the strong elementary and middle school performance.
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