Standard errors for the percentage distribution of students attending public schools by type of school, entity granting school charter, origin of school, and selected school characteristics: 2003

Profile and Demographic Characteristics of Public Charter Schools

Table S28-2. Standard errors for the percentage distribution of students attending public schools by type of school, entity granting school charter, origin of school, and selected school characteristics: 2003

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

Students served
All	†	1.65	1.70	4.89	‡	†	1.65	3.78
At-risk	†	1.51	1.70	4.27	†	†	1.59	2.94
Gifted/talented	†	‡	†	‡	‡	†	†	‡
Enrollment
1–299	0.44	5.74	10.56	5.99	9.10	‡	7.65	5.69
300–499	0.86	4.18	5.63	11.20	12.06	‡	5.43	4.54
500–699	0.89	7.94	12.60	14.17	8.99	†	10.59	10.06
700 or more	1.03	4.17	6.50	10.51	†	†	4.55	8.18
Location
Central city	0.33	5.43	6.99	11.38	4.40	19.84	6.78	10.74
Urban fringe/large town	0.47	5.78	7.93	10.47	4.95	9.41	6.67	11.06
Rural/small town	0.42	3.27	5.11	4.72	6.54	16.92	4.24	5.27
Region
Northeast	0.26	2.39	1.13	8.20	†	†	3.36	0.18
Southeast	0.32	5.70	9.53	10.25	†	†	6.73	13.10
Central	0.30	2.84	2.68	8.10	†	†	3.69	5.73
West	0.38	3.55	8.10	7.56	†	†	3.93	10.78

† Not applicable.
‡ Reporting standards not met.
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Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2003 Reading Charter School Pilot Study, previously unpublished tabulation (May 2005).