A r c h i v e d  I n f o r m a t i o n

Education Reforms and Students At Risk - October 1996

TABLE 1. Program Overview

Participants

School Context Program Grade Studentsa Staffb
A Rural, depressed area Separate high school for at-risk students School: 9-12
Program: 9-12
 40% Hispanic 12 teachers
1 principal
1 counselor
B Inner city, neither best nor worst neighborhood Private school curriculum
and instruction
School: K-8
Program: K-4
(expanding to K-8)
70% free lunch
95% nonWhite
10 teachers
7 aides
1 coordinator
C Inner city, emerging
city problems
New Horizons work program and small classes School: 9-12
Program: 9-12
120 in program
80% White
9 work advisors
1 director
D Inner city, decaying
industries
Core Knowledge School: elem
Program: elem
523 in program
96% free lunch
28% LEP
85% Hispanic
9% White
4% Black
2% Asian
25 teachers
9 special education
teachers
2 admin.
1 facilitator
E Rural, blue collar Coalition of Essential
Schools
School: 9-12
Program: 9, 12
100 9th grade
30 12th grade
10% free lunch
99% White
7 teachers
F Inner city, depressed
area
Charter School School: 9-12
Program: 9-12


775 in program
43% Hispanic
32% White
17% Black
8% Asian 		63 teachers
4 coordinators
G Inner city, drug-infested neighborhood Paideia School: K-8
Program: K-8
769 in program
94% free lunch
100% Black
30 teachers
1 coordinator
H Urban, neither best nor worst neighborhood School Community focus; Child Development Project affiliation School: K-5
Program: K-5
385 in program
49% free lunch
Large ESL population
16 teachers
1 district coordinator
I Town near farming and business, economic upswing Summer migrant program School: 1-6
Program:
PreK-12
420 registered
250 ADA
Mostly Mexican-American
Some Kickapoo
8 teachers
8 aides
Principal
2 recruiters
J Urban, high poverty, multicultural Superkids School: K-6
Program: K-6
33% LEP
56% Hispanic
23% Asian
15% Black
6.3% White
39 teachers
K Inner city Success for All School: K-5
Program: K-5
57% Asian
19% Black
19% White
4% Hispanic
22 teachers
7 aides
L Urban, decaying Comer School
Development Program
School: PreK-6
Program:
PreK-6
95% Black
80% free lunch
25 teachers
Master teacher
Parent liaison

a. The poverty marker, "free lunch," includes students receiving free or reduced-price lunch.
b. This column identifies dedicated staff. All schools also have administrative and support staff.