Table 28-2. Percentage distribution of students attending public schools by type of school, entity granting school charter, origin of school, and selected school characteristics: 2003
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All public charter schools
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All public schools
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Entity granting school charter
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Origin
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School characteristic |
Conventional |
Charter |
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School
district |
State
board of
education |
Post-
secondary
institution |
State-
chartering
agency |
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Newly
created
school |
Pre-
existing
school |
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| Students served |
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| All |
— |
94.8 |
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97.2 |
87.7 |
98.4 |
100.0 |
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95.7 |
92.9 |
| At-risk |
— |
4.2! |
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2.8! |
9.8! |
# |
# |
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4.0! |
4.8! |
| Gifted/talented |
— |
0.9 |
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# |
2.5 |
1.6 |
# |
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# |
2.3 |
| Enrollment |
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| 1–299 |
10.9 |
28.5 |
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31.5! |
19.7! |
17.0! |
78.3 |
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31.5 |
20.7 |
| 300–499 |
32.0 |
20.5 |
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12.8! |
18.9! |
48.1 |
21.7 |
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24.5 |
9.9! |
| 500–699 |
30.1 |
35.2 |
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36.1! |
39.2! |
34.8 |
# |
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33.4! |
40.0 |
| 700 or more |
27.0 |
15.9 |
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19.6! |
22.2! |
# |
# |
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10.6! |
29.5 |
| Location |
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| Central city |
28.8 |
51.4 |
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42.3 |
67.2 |
52.4 |
57.2! |
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53.9 |
45.7 |
| Urban fringe/large town |
41.0 |
37.4 |
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47.7 |
21.2! |
36.4 |
18.6! |
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35.5 |
41.9 |
| Rural/small town |
30.1 |
11.2 |
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10.0! |
11.7! |
11.2! |
24.2! |
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10.7! |
12.4! |
| Region |
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| Northeast |
20.4 |
10.4 |
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3.4! |
30.9 |
0.0 |
# |
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14.6 |
0.8 |
| Southeast |
23.7 |
24.3 |
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36.3 |
23.7! |
0.0 |
# |
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20.4! |
33.2! |
| Central |
22.2 |
24.1 |
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9.8 |
13.7! |
100.0 |
# |
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27.8 |
15.4! |
| West |
33.7 |
41.2 |
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50.5 |
31.8 |
0.0 |
100.0 |
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37.2 |
50.6 |
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— Not available.
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# Rounds to zero.
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!Interpret data with caution (estimates are unstable).
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NOTE: Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. See supplemental note 1 for the states included in each region and information on location. See supplemental note 4 for more information about the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP).
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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).
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