Schools Overview

2009-2010 New York

Charter Schools

 

Non-Charter Schools

Metrics # %
Schools
Number of Schools 140
% of Charter Schools to All Public Schools 3.0%
Average Number of Years Open
Average Number of Years Open 4.8
Number of Years Open
Open 1-3 Years 49 35.0%
Open 4-6 Years 49 35.0%
Open 7-9 Years 30 21.4%
Open 10+ Years 12 8.6%
Growth
Number of New Charter Schools in Fall of Academic Year 25
Number of Charter Schools That Closed During Academic Year 2
% Growth in Number of Charter Schools 21.7%
Schools by Grade Levels
Elementary Schools 90 64.3%
Middle Schools 16 11.4%
High Schools 10 7.1%
Middle/High Schools 14 10.0%
Elementary/Middle/High Schools 8 5.7%
Ungraded 2
Schools by Geographic Locale
City 131 93.6%
Suburbs 5 3.6%
Rural 4 2.9%
Conversion/Start-up
Conversion 6 4.3%
Start-Up 134 95.7%
Management Organization
Freestanding 99 70.7%
EMO 13 9.3%
CMO 28 20.0%
Virtual Schools
Non-Virtual 140 100.0%
Unionized Schools
Unionized Charter Schools 24 17.1%
Non-Unionized Charter Schools 116 82.9%
Unionized Charter Schools, By State Law 19 79.2%
Unionized Charter Schools, Not By State Law 5 20.8%
NEA and AFT Union Affiliation 24 100.0%
 
Metrics # %
Schools
Number of Schools 4,547
Schools by Grade Levels
Elementary Schools 2,452 53.9%
Middle Schools 811 17.8%
High Schools 854 18.8%
Middle/High Schools 289 6.4%
Elementary/Middle/High Schools 92 2.0%
Ungraded 49
Schools by Geographic Locale
City 1,849 40.7%
Suburbs 1,459 32.1%
Town 422 9.3%
Rural 817 18.0%
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