Schools Overview

2009-2010 Pennsylvania

Charter Schools

 

Non-Charter Schools

Metrics # %
Schools
Number of Schools 135
% of Charter Schools to All Public Schools 4.2%
Average Number of Years Open
Average Number of Years Open 7.9
Number of Years Open
Open 1-3 Years 20 14.8%
Open 4-6 Years 24 17.8%
Open 7-9 Years 35 25.9%
Open 10+ Years 56 41.5%
Growth
Number of New Charter Schools in Fall of Academic Year 10
% Growth in Number of Charter Schools 6.3%
Schools by Grade Levels
Elementary Schools 58 43.0%
Middle Schools 7 5.2%
High Schools 17 12.6%
Middle/High Schools 24 17.8%
Elementary/Middle/High Schools 27 20.0%
Ungraded 2
Schools by Geographic Locale
City 86 63.7%
Suburbs 34 25.2%
Town 6 4.4%
Rural 9 6.7%
Conversion/Start-up
Conversion 1 0.7%
Start-Up 134 99.3%
Management Organization
Freestanding 104 77.0%
EMO 19 14.1%
CMO 12 8.9%
Virtual Schools
Non-Virtual 124 91.9%
Virtual 9 6.7%
Hybrid Virtual 2 1.5%
Unionized Schools
Unionized Charter Schools 4 3.0%
Non-Unionized Charter Schools 131 97.0%
Unionized Charter Schools, Not By State Law 4 100.0%
NEA Union Affiliation 1 25.0%
AFT Union Affiliation 3 75.0%
 
Metrics # %
Schools
Number of Schools 3,110
Schools by Grade Levels
Elementary Schools 1,793 57.7%
Middle Schools 519 16.7%
High Schools 524 16.8%
Middle/High Schools 224 7.2%
Elementary/Middle/High Schools 40 1.3%
Ungraded 10
Schools by Geographic Locale
City 528 17.0%
Suburbs 1,269 40.8%
Town 419 13.5%
Rural 894 28.7%
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State District
PA Allentown School District
PA Avon Grove School District
PA Baldwin-Whitehall School District
PA Beaver Area School District
PA Bensalem Township School District
PA Bethlehem Area School District
PA Bristol Township School District
PA Carbondale Area School District
PA Central Dauphin School District
PA Chester-Upland School District
PA Coatesville Area School District
PA East Penn School District
PA Gateway School District
PA Gettysburg Area School District
PA Great Valley School District
PA Greater Latrobe School District
PA Grove City Area School System
PA Hanover Public School District
PA Harrisburg School District
PA Huntingdon Area School District
PA Keystone Central School District
PA Lower Merion School District
PA McKeesport Area School District
PA Midland Borough School District
PA Millcreek Township Sd
PA Montour School District
PA Oxford Area School District
PA Pennsbury School District
PA Phoenixville Area School District
PA Pittsburgh Public Schools
PA Pocono Mountain School District
PA Reynolds School District
PA School District of Lancaster
PA School District of the City of York
PA Souderton Area School District
PA Springfield School District
PA State College Area School District
PA Steel Valley School District
PA The School District of Philadelphia
PA The School District of the City of Erie
PA Wallingford-Swarthmore School District
PA Warren County School District
PA West Chester Area School District
PA Wilkes-Barre Area School District
PA Wilkinsburg School District
PA Woodland Hills School District
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