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A Study of Charter Schools: First Year Study - May 1997

Exhibit C1 -- School Enrollment of Charter Schools, 1995-96 Compared to All Public Schools in the Ten Charter States, 1993-94 by State3


Percentage of Schools that have the Following Enrollment Sizes


State


<200
Students

200-600 Students

600
Students

Number of Schools

California

charter

48.2%

23.5%

28.4%

81

state

14.3%

37.7%

47.9%

7,734

Arizona

charter

60.5%

39.5%

0.0%

38

state

14.9%

36.4%

48.7%

1,113

Michigan

charter

84.2%

15.8%

0.0%

38

state

10.3%

66.1%

23.7%

3,096

Colorado

charter

59.1%

40.9%

0.0%

22

state

23.2%

52.4%

24.4%

1,373

Minnesota

charter

100.0%

0.0%

0.0%

17

state

29.8%

43.2%

27.0%

1,833

Massachusetts

charter

76.9%

15.4%

7.7%

13

state

10.7%

63.0%

26.2%

1,780

Wisconsin

charter

60.0%

40.0%

0.0%

5

state

22.9%

59.7%

17.3%

2,032

New Mexico

charter

25.0%

25.0%

50.0%

4

state

27.9%

49.4%

22.6%

708

Georgia

charter

0.0%

33.3%

66.7%

3

state

3.3%

42.6%

54.1%

1,754

Hawaii

charter

0.0%

100.0%

0.0%

2

state

5.4%

40.7%

54.0%

241

Total

charter

61.9%

25.6%

12.5%

223

state

15.6%

48.0%

36.4%

21,664


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