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

Students Overview

2008-2009 Florida

Charter Schools

 

Non-Charter Schools

Metrics # %
Students
Number of Students 117,733
% of Charter School Students to All Public School Students 4.5%
Estimated Number of Students on Waiting Lists 42,425
Students by Race / Ethnicity
White 47,643 40.5%
Black 26,017 22.1%
Hispanic 36,720 31.2%
Asian 2,310 2.0%
Other 5,043 4.3%
Free or Reduced Price Lunch
Eligible for Free or Reduced Price Lunch 45,480 38.6%
Ineligible for Free or Reduced Price Lunch 72,253 61.4%
Students by Geographic Locale
City 27,129 23.0%
Suburbs 53,447 45.4%
Town 4,068 3.5%
Rural 33,089 28.1%
Students by School Grade Levels
Elementary Schools 66,496 56.5%
Middle Schools 18,092 15.4%
High Schools 22,343 19.0%
Middle/High Schools 5,484 4.7%
Elementary/Middle/High Schools 5,318 4.5%
Students by Grade Level
Pre-Kindergarten 1,423 1.2%
Kindergarten 10,463 8.9%
First Grade 10,199 8.7%
Second Grade 9,788 8.3%
Third Grade 9,977 8.5%
Fourth Grade 9,002 7.6%
Fifth Grade 8,780 7.5%
Sixth Grade 11,425 9.7%
Seventh Grade 10,238 8.7%
Eighth Grade 9,132 7.8%
Ninth Grade 7,053 6.0%
Tenth Grade 6,948 5.9%
Eleventh Grade 6,818 5.8%
Twelfth Grade 6,487 5.5%
Students by Management Organization
CMO 3,161 2.7%
EMO 48,473 41.2%
Freestanding 66,099 56.1%
 
Metrics # %
Students
Number of Students 2,513,287
Students by Race / Ethnicity
White 1,141,274 45.4%
Black 581,743 23.1%
Hispanic 623,629 24.8%
Asian 62,328 2.5%
Other 104,313 4.2%
Free or Reduced Price Lunch
Eligible for Free or Reduced Price Lunch 1,258,844 50.1%
Ineligible for Free or Reduced Price Lunch 1,254,443 49.9%
Students by Geographic Locale
City 599,276 23.8%
Suburbs 1,312,486 52.2%
Town 142,625 5.7%
Rural 458,900 18.3%
Students by School Grade Levels
Elementary Schools 1,201,525 47.8%
Middle Schools 498,036 19.8%
High Schools 677,160 26.9%
Middle/High Schools 103,848 4.1%
Elementary/Middle/High Schools 32,718 1.3%
Students by Grade Level
Pre-Kindergarten 46,810 1.9%
Kindergarten 182,965 7.3%
First Grade 190,873 7.6%
Second Grade 192,725 7.7%
Third Grade 198,965 7.9%
Fourth Grade 189,127 7.5%
Fifth Grade 186,621 7.4%
Sixth Grade 190,316 7.6%
Seventh Grade 188,862 7.5%
Eighth Grade 191,604 7.6%
Ninth Grade 210,052 8.4%
Tenth Grade 200,348 8.0%
Eleventh Grade 182,801 7.3%
Twelfth Grade 161,218 6.4%
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