Schools Overview

2009-2010 Massachusetts

Charter Schools

 

Non-Charter Schools

Metrics # %
Schools
Number of Schools 62
% of Charter Schools to All Public Schools 3.4%
Average Number of Years Open
Average Number of Years Open 10.0
Number of Years Open
Open 1-3 Years 6 9.7%
Open 4-6 Years 11 17.7%
Open 7-9 Years 8 12.9%
Open 10+ Years 37 59.7%
Growth
Number of New Charter Schools in Fall of Academic Year 2
Number of Charter Schools That Closed During Academic Year 1
% Growth in Number of Charter Schools 1.6%
Schools by Grade Levels
Elementary Schools 21 33.9%
Middle Schools 9 14.5%
High Schools 7 11.3%
Middle/High Schools 18 29.0%
Elementary/Middle/High Schools 7 11.3%
Schools by Geographic Locale
City 30 48.4%
Suburbs 21 33.9%
Town 1 1.6%
Rural 10 16.1%
Conversion/Start-up
Conversion 7 11.3%
Start-Up 55 88.7%
Management Organization
Freestanding 59 95.2%
EMO 2 3.2%
CMO 1 1.6%
Virtual Schools
Non-Virtual 62 100.0%
Unionized Schools
Unionized Charter Schools 8 12.9%
Non-Unionized Charter Schools 54 87.1%
Unionized Charter Schools, By State Law 7 87.5%
Unionized Charter Schools, Not By State Law 1 12.5%
NEA Union Affiliation 4 50.0%
AFT Union Affiliation 4 50.0%
 
Metrics # %
Schools
Number of Schools 1,769
Schools by Grade Levels
Elementary Schools 1,031 58.3%
Middle Schools 325 18.4%
High Schools 279 15.8%
Middle/High Schools 59 3.3%
Elementary/Middle/High Schools 7 0.4%
Ungraded 68
Schools by Geographic Locale
City 372 21.0%
Suburbs 1,118 63.2%
Town 55 3.1%
Rural 224 12.7%
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