By sjohnson
Published: 11-06-08
Most Communities Post Increases in Market Share New Orleans Tops List with 55 Enrolled in Charter Schools
Washington DC – The market share of public school students enrolled in charter schools continues to grow with a record 12 communities now having at least 20 of students in charter schools. The increases are detailed in third annual “Top Ten” survey released today by the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools.
New Orleans tops the list with 55 of all public school students attending charter schools. The total number of New Orleans students in charters rose by nearly 3000 or 21 over the previous year.
“Public charter schools are increasing in popularity among parents and students both nationally and in New Orleans” said National Alliance for Public Charter Schools President and CEO Nelson Smith.
“Their popularity is a result of high-quality public charter schools helping students - many coming from under-privileged backgrounds – to achieve academic success.”
As evidence of their growing popularity across the country the number of communities with 20 or more of public school students enrolled in charter schools has grown from 6 to 12 in the past two years.
A total of 64 communities now have at least 10 of students enrolled in public charter schools.
A total of 17925 students were enrolled in New Orleans public charter schools and 14962 were enrolled in other public schools during the 2007-2008 school year. In the previous year the enrollment figures were 14822 and 11343. Washington D.C. (31) was second among communities with the highest percentage of students in public charter schools.
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The Alliance will shortly be releasing the fifth edition of its meta-analysis of research documenting the gap-closing impact of public charter schools. “These studies show why
charters have strong support especially in our most urban communities” said Smith.
“Considering that charters serve more minorities and low-income students many enrolling with serious academic deficiencies it’s clear that they are helping to close the well-known and troubling gaps in achievement between socio-economic groups of students.”
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Source URL: http://www.publiccharters.org/node/567
