November 3, 2009...6:48 pm

Charter schools continue to grow

Jump to Comments

The National Alliance for Public Charter Schools has published this report on the state of public charter schools in the U.S. Among the reports findings:

  • There are fourteen communities where more than 20% of public school students are enrolled in charters (versus six in 2005-06)
  • Seventy-two communities have at least 10% of public school students enrolled in charter schools
  • The ten districts with the largest number of students in public charter schools represent 22% of the total U.S.  charter school population (approximately 304,494 students out of 1.4 million)

Leave a Reply