Contact Organizations
Cheri Shannon
President & CEO
 Florida Charter School Alliance
1900 Biscayne Blvd.
Miami,FL 33132
954-881-5467

Becky Katz
Director of Operations/Marketing
 Florida Consortium of Public Charter Schools, Inc.
1126 South Federal HIghway - Suite 170
Fort Lauderdale,FL 33316
954-463-9595

Schools Overview

2008-2009 Florida

Charter Schools

 

Non-Charter Schools

Metrics # %
Schools
Number of Schools 396
% of Charter Schools to All Public Schools 10.5%
Average Number of Years Open
Average Number of Years Open 5.8
Number of Years Open
Open 1-3 Years 118 29.8%
Open 4-6 Years 116 29.3%
Open 7-9 Years 85 21.5%
Open 10+ Years 77 19.4%
Growth
Number of New Charter Schools in Fall of Academic Year 54
Number of Charter Schools That Closed During Academic Year 21
% Growth in Number of Charter Schools 10.0%
Schools by Grade Levels
Elementary Schools 214 54.0%
Middle Schools 72 18.2%
High Schools 84 21.2%
Middle/High Schools 12 3.0%
Elementary/Middle/High Schools 13 3.3%
Ungraded 1
Schools by Geographic Locale
City 127 32.1%
Suburbs 178 44.9%
Town 16 4.0%
Rural 75 18.9%
Management Organization
Freestanding 250 63.1%
EMO 132 33.3%
CMO 14 3.5%
Extended Learning Time
Extended Learning Time 1 0.3%
No Extended Learning Time 395 99.7%
 
Metrics # %
Schools
Number of Schools 3,372
Schools by Grade Levels
Elementary Schools 1,844 54.7%
Middle Schools 525 15.6%
High Schools 447 13.3%
Middle/High Schools 394 11.7%
Elementary/Middle/High Schools 162 4.8%
Schools by Geographic Locale
City 897 26.6%
Suburbs 1,598 47.4%
Town 253 7.5%
Rural 624 18.5%
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