The top reported proficiency rate is 34% in English language arts. The lowest is 17% in Science.
Original Research by School Decision on Las Americas Aspira Academy
Las Americas Aspira Academy is a single-school charter district operating in New Castle County, Delaware, serving students from kindergarten through twelfth grade. The organization recently went through a period of growth and restructuring. Publicly reported information from the Delaware Department of Education indicates the district expanded to a second campus, with the original East Campus in Newark now serving kindergarten through eighth grade and a new West Campus dedicated to high school grades. Alongside this expansion, the organization rebranded as ASPIRA Delaware and consolidated into a single entity. Enrollment has grown over the past several years, which the district attributes to community demand for its dual language immersion program.
The student body is predominantly Hispanic, with a substantial majority of students identifying as such. Smaller populations of Black, white, and multiracial students round out the enrollment. The district does not report free-or-reduced-price lunch counts, special education rates, or English learner rates in the data available, so a parent looking for information on those populations would need to ask the school directly. The district also does not report a four-year graduation rate in the comparison data, and the cohort graduation figure was not available for this entity.
On state assessments, the academic picture is mixed. English language arts is the relative bright spot, with roughly a third of tested students in grades three through eight reaching proficiency. Math and science results are considerably lower, with a smaller fraction of students meeting the proficiency bar in each subject. Social studies results varied widely by grade level in the most recent reported year, with one middle grade showing a comparatively strong proficiency rate and other grades landing lower.
Looking at trend data across recent years, ELA proficiency has fluctuated, moving up and down without a clear directional pattern. Math has been on a gradual downward drift, with the most recent results sitting below where they were several years prior. The district does not appear to have turned a corner on math outcomes yet, and a parent may want to look into this further with the school to understand what interventions are underway.
When measured among New Castle County's districts, the district's overall proficiency index lands above the midpoint, meaning its combined results across tested subjects and grades place it higher than a typical district in the county, though well short of the top performers. One clear strength is attendance. The chronic absenteeism rate sits in the top quartile among county districts, meaning students are showing up to school at rates better than most of their peers across the county. Per-pupil spending falls in the middle range but in the lower half compared to neighboring districts.
No locale brief, housing data, or community economic context was provided for this entity, so there is no information here about surrounding home values, rental costs, or neighborhood character. The district brief also does not speak to specific AP course offerings, career pathways, or dual-credit partnerships, and program detail beyond the dual language immersion model was not available.
For a family, the clearest draw here is the dual language immersion program within a predominantly Hispanic community and a growing K-through-12 pathway housed across two campuses. The attendance numbers suggest an engaged student body. The academic results, particularly in math and science, are the area a parent would want to probe most directly, asking how the school supports students who are not yet at proficiency and what the plan is for reversing the math trend.
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