Freire Charter School Wilmington

The power to build your future

Results & Fast Facts

Results &
Fast Facts

  • Student Body: Freire Wilmington serves approximately 500 students in grades 8-12, operating on a five-year high school model. Freire students come from throughout New Castle County.
  • History: Since 1999, the Freire Schools network has offered students a high-quality college-preparatory education at no cost, with no testing or GPA requirements. Freire Wilmington opened in 2015 to bring the proven Freire model to Delaware for the first time.
  • College Success: Freire is all about Graduation x 2 – graduation from high school and from college. We challenge our students to achieve higher than they ever have before, and we give them the support they need to get there, including individualized college counseling.  The Class of 2024 (61 graduates) earned a 95% college acceptance rate, received acceptances into 52 unique colleges and universities, and earned more than $4.3M in scholarship award offers.
  • Professional Prep: At the core of the Freire mission is the belief that every student has the power to build the future. That is why Freire Wilmington is committed to ensuring that all students participate in engaging and meaningful professional prep programming as part of their educational experience. Freire Forward is a network-wide experiential learning initiative that helps students connect classroom learning to hands-on experiences and begin to establish a vision and framework for their future. Through classroom lessons, dual enrollment courses, career days, job exposure field trips, and now our Freire Experienceship Program, our students cultivate work readiness skills while forming valuable connections with a deep and diverse network of businesses and professionals. 
  • Location and Transportation: Located in downtown Wilmington on the banks of the beautiful Brandywine River, it’s easy for students to get here every day with school buses that travel throughout New Castle County and the option of free DART passes for those who want them. Plus, after-school bus routes ensure that every student can participate in extracurricular activities.