Table 27-1 Percentage of school districts with alternative schools and/or programs for at-risk students and percentage of such districts with selected services or practices, by district characteristics: 2000-01

¹Estimates for districts that supported an alternative school and program are based on the 1,515 districts for which data on percent minority enrollment are available; estimates for services and practices are based on the 840 districts with alternative schools and programs for which data on percent minority enrollment are available.

²Estimates for districts that supported an alternative school and program are based on the 1,503 districts for which data on poverty concentration are available; estimates for services and practices are based on the 843 districts with alternative schools and programs for which data on poverty concentration are available. Poverty concentration is based on data from the Bureau of the Census on the percentage of children ages 5-17 in families below the poverty level within districts in 1996-97.

NOTE: Percentages are based on the unified and secondary districts that reported administrating at least one alternative school or program during the 2000-01 school year. Since some of the services are not relevant at the elementary level (e.g., career counseling, preparation for the GED exam, and so on), the 27 elementary districts that were asked questions about services are excluded from the findings presented in this table to ensure comparability across services. Response categories are not mutually exclusive. See supplemental note 1 for more information on community type and region.

SOURCE: Kleiner, B., Porch, R., and Farris, E. (2002). Public Alternative Schools and Programs for Students At Risk of Education Failure: 2000-01 (NCES 2002-004), tables 1 and 13, and unpublished tabulations. Data from U.S. Department of Education, NCES, Fast Response Survey System (FRSS), "District Survey of Alternative Schools and Programs," FRSS 76, 2001.