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SchoolCamden Wyoming, DE

John S. Charlton School

Grades and ages

Grades K-12 & up to 22

Enrollment

260 students

Students per teacher

5.5 per full-time teacher

Tuition

Tuition-free

About John S. Charlton School

The John S. Charlton School is the Caesar Rodney School District's countywide program for students with significant disabilities, serving kindergarten through the adult transition years from our main site on Sorghum Mill Road. Instruction centers on applied academics and functional life and vocational skills, using extensions and modifications of the Common Core curriculum so each student can reach the highest level of independence.

Students learn in the community through community-based instruction, work-based learning and vocational placements. On campus they explore jobs in our PAES Lab, run the Brew and Gold Cafe, work in our food bank, and grow plants in our agriculture program and greenhouse, alongside adapted PE, aquatics, adapted art, social-emotional learning and Special Olympics.

Our related services team provides speech, occupational, physical and art therapy, with behavior support from our behavior analysis department and help from our school social worker. Beyond the main site, Charlton programs also run at the Kent Elementary Intensive Learning Center, partner elementary and middle schools, Caesar Rodney High School, and Roads to Success at Delaware State University's downtown Dover campus, with transition links to Project SEARCH at DelDOT, DVR and DDDS.

Student fit

Who this school serves

Grades and ages

  • Public
  • Elementary (K-5)
  • Middle School (6-8)
  • High School (9-12)
  • Young Adult (18-22)

Learning needs supported

  • Significant disabilities

Specialties

  • Life skills instruction
  • Vocational training
  • Community-based instruction
  • Adapted aquatics

Learning and support

Curriculum and therapeutic services

Services and supports

  • Speech-language therapy
  • Occupational therapy
  • Physical therapy
  • Art therapy
  • Behavior analysis support
  • School social work

Programs

Programs at John S. Charlton School

Other programs and supports

  • Speech-language therapy
  • Occupational therapy
  • Physical therapy
  • Art therapy
  • Behavior analysis support
  • School social work

School facts

Practical details for families

Students per Teacher
5.5 per full-time teacher
Students with IEPs
236 (100% of students)

Tuition and funding

Tuition: Tuition-free

  • Tuition-free public school
  • District IEP placement

Enrollment

260 students

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Location and directions

Map

Physical address

278 Sorghum Mill Rd, Camden Wyoming, DE 19934

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