Percentage distribution of students attending public charter schools, by entity granting school charter, origin of school, and selected charter school characteristics: 2003

Profile and Demographic Characteristics of Public Charter Schools

Table 28-1. Percentage distribution of students attending public charter schools, by entity granting school charter, origin of school, and selected charter school characteristics: 2003

		Entity granting school charter				Origin
Charter school characteristic	All public charter schools	School district	State board of education	Post- secondary institution	State- chartering agency	Newly created school	Pre- existing school

Entity granting school charter
School district	50.5	100	†	†	†	47.7	57.2
State board of education	27.9	†	100.0	†	†	24.7	35.5!
Postsecondary institution	15.9	†	†	100.0	†	20.7	4.5
State-chartering agency	5.7!	†	†	†	100.0	6.9!	2.8
Origin
Newly created school	69.7	66.5	62.3	91.7	85.6	100.0	†
Pre-existing school	30.3	33.5	37.7	8.3	14.4	†	100.0
Control of pre-existing school
Public	80.4	92.2	76.2	#	‡	†	79.0
Private	19.6!	7.8	23.8!	100.0	‡	†	21.0!
Educational focus
Comprehensive curriculum/ no specialized area	67.0	61.2	59.7	85.8	82.7	65.7	70.1
Specialized curriculum	27.1	35.5!	27.7!	14.2!	#	31.9	15.8!
Particular educational philosophy	5.9!	3.4!	12.6	#	17.3	2.4!	14.1

† Not applicable.
# Rounds to zero.
!Interpret data with caution (estimates are unstable). ‡ Reporting standards not met (too few cases).
NOTE: Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. See supplemental note 4 for more information about the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP).
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2003 Reading Charter School Pilot Study, previously unpublished tabulation (May 2005).