Schools Overview

2009-2010 New Jersey

Charter Schools

 

Non-Charter Schools

Metrics # %
Schools
Number of Schools 68
% of Charter Schools to All Public Schools 2.6%
Average Number of Years Open
Average Number of Years Open 8.3
Number of Years Open
Open 1-3 Years 15 22.1%
Open 4-6 Years 8 11.8%
Open 7-9 Years 11 16.2%
Open 10+ Years 34 50.0%
Growth
Number of New Charter Schools in Fall of Academic Year 6
Number of Charter Schools That Closed During Academic Year 2
% Growth in Number of Charter Schools 9.7%
Schools by Grade Levels
Elementary Schools 44 64.7%
Middle Schools 10 14.7%
High Schools 5 7.4%
Middle/High Schools 4 5.9%
Elementary/Middle/High Schools 5 7.4%
Schools by Geographic Locale
City 30 44.1%
Suburbs 35 51.5%
Rural 3 4.4%
Conversion/Start-up
Start-Up 68 100.0%
Management Organization
Freestanding 65 95.6%
CMO 3 4.4%
Virtual Schools
Non-Virtual 68 100.0%
Unionized Schools
Unionized Charter Schools 9 13.2%
Non-Unionized Charter Schools 59 86.8%
Unionized Charter Schools, Not By State Law 9 100.0%
NEA Union Affiliation 8 88.9%
AFT Union Affiliation 1 11.1%
 
Metrics # %
Schools
Number of Schools 2,519
Schools by Grade Levels
Elementary Schools 1,465 58.2%
Middle Schools 436 17.3%
High Schools 419 16.6%
Middle/High Schools 81 3.2%
Elementary/Middle/High Schools 20 0.8%
Ungraded 98
Schools by Geographic Locale
City 240 9.5%
Suburbs 1,932 76.7%
Town 68 2.7%
Rural 279 11.1%
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