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

Exhibit C-2 -- School Level of Charter Schools, 1995-96 Compared to All Public Schools in Ten Charter States, 1993-94 by State4

State


Percentage of charter schools and all public schools in the state

Number
of
Schools

Primary

Elementary

Middle

K-8

Middle-High

High

K-12

Other

Ungraded

California

charter

4.8%

31.3%

13.3%

20.5%

7.2%

10.8%

4.8%

0.0%

0.0%

83

state

2.3%

54.7%

13.3%

7.4%

1.6%

16.7%

1.6%

1.1%

1.2%

7734

Arizona

charter

2.6%

18.4%

2.6%

10.5%

15.8%

26.3%

15.8%

5.3%

2.6%

38

state

5.9%

46.4%

14.6%

14.0%

0.9%

15.3%

0.7%

1.4%

0.8%

1113

Michigan

charter

10.5%

26.3%

2.6%

13.2%

2.6%

26.3%

7.9%

2.6%

7.9%

38

state

6.1%

53.3%

15.7%

2.7%

4.2%

14.6%

1.2%

1.0%

1.2%

3096

Colorado

charter

0.0%

31.8%

9.1%

22.7%

4.5%

4.5%

18.2%

0.0%

9.1%

22

state

4.7%

54.4%

17.3%

0.9%

5.2%

15.7%

0.3%

0.6%

0.9%

1373

Minnesota

charter

5.9%

17.6%

0.0%

23.5%

11.8%

5.9%

29.4%

0.0%

5.9%

17

state

7.6%

46.3%

10.9%

1.9%

14.8%

15.0%

1.6%

1.9%

0.0%

1833

Massachusetts

charter

15.4%

38.5%

23.1%

7.7%

0.0%

7.7%

0.0%

7.7%

0.0%

13

state

10.6%

53.1%

14.0%

4.0%

3.3%

13.0%

1.1%

0.7%

0.1%

1780

Wisconsin

charter

0.0%

20.0%

20.0%

0.0%

40.0%

20.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

5

state

6.2%

49.0%

15.9%

6.1%

3.3%

18.1%

0.5%

0.8%

0.0%

2032

New Mexico

charter

0.0%

25.0%

25.0%

0.0%

0.0%

50.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

4

state

7.1%

53.8%

17.4%

0.7%

4.4%

13.7%

1.0%

0.8%

1.1%

708

Georgia

charter

0.0%

100.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

3

state

4.6%

51.0%

16.1%

7.1%

2.9%

15.6%

1.3%

1.3%

0.0%

1754

Hawaii

charter

0.0%

100.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

2

state

0.8%

64.7%

11.6%

5.0%

3.7%

10.0%

3.3%

0.8%

0.0%

241

Total

charter

5.3%

28.9%

8.9%

16.0%

8.0%

14.2%

12.0%

3.6%

3.1%

225

states

5.0%

52.5%

14.4%

5.5%

3.8%

15.7%

1.2%

1.1%

0.7%

21,664


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