Admissions Information
Welcome to New Castle County Vo Tech!
We are excited to help you begin your application process. Whether you are focused on a specific career area now or still exploring your options, our four schools will prepare you for a rewarding career, college, trade school, or an apprenticeship right after you graduate. Apply to Delcastle, Hodgson, Howard, and/or St. Georges and see for yourself how #NCCVTworks!
To apply to NCCVT for 9th grade:
We are no longer accepting applications for 9th grade for the 2024-2025 school year.
The online portal for incoming 9th grade students to apply for the 2024-2025 school year opens November 6, 2023 and closes January 10, 2024. Eighth grade students who live in the Appoquinimink, Brandywine, Christina, Colonial, and Red Clay School Districts in New Castle County, regardless of what middle school they attend, are eligible to apply.
Only completed applications will be considered. An application is considered complete if it includes official 7th and 8th grade report cards including attendance (not progress reports or interim report cards).
If you are registering your child in a Delaware public school for the first time, please click here to complete the Delaware standard registration form. Your child must be registered in their feeder school before completing the online School Choice application.
STEP may be right for your child if one or more of the following applies:
- Currently in a Life Skills program
- 8th grade curriculum includes Community-based instruction
- Is included in the DeSSA Alternate Assessment
- May be working toward a Diploma of Alternate Achievement Standards
Current 9th grade students who are looking to transfer into NCCVT for 10th grade, please click below.
For admission information for NCCVT Adult Education programs:
