Students Overview

2008-2009 North Carolina

Charter Schools

 

Non-Charter Schools

Metrics # %
Students
Number of Students 36,007
% of Charter School Students to All Public School Students 2.5%
Estimated Number of Students on Waiting Lists 5,000
Students by Race / Ethnicity
White 22,055 61.3%
Black 11,365 31.6%
Hispanic 1,497 4.2%
Asian 691 1.9%
Other 399 1.1%
Free or Reduced Price Lunch
Eligible for Free or Reduced Price Lunch 5,251 14.6%
Ineligible for Free or Reduced Price Lunch 30,756 85.4%
Students by Geographic Locale
City 12,744 35.4%
Suburbs 4,278 11.9%
Town 7,003 19.4%
Rural 11,982 33.3%
Students by School Grade Levels
Elementary Schools 18,077 50.2%
Middle Schools 1,557 4.3%
High Schools 1,440 4.0%
Middle/High Schools 2,945 8.2%
Elementary/Middle/High Schools 11,988 33.3%
Students by Grade Level
Kindergarten 3,329 9.2%
First Grade 3,434 9.5%
Second Grade 3,456 9.6%
Third Grade 3,414 9.5%
Fourth Grade 3,298 9.2%
Fifth Grade 3,514 9.8%
Sixth Grade 3,756 10.4%
Seventh Grade 3,394 9.4%
Eighth Grade 2,909 8.1%
Ninth Grade 1,937 5.4%
Tenth Grade 1,535 4.3%
Eleventh Grade 1,103 3.1%
Twelfth Grade 928 2.6%
Students by Management Organization
CMO 813 2.3%
EMO 3,480 9.7%
Freestanding 31,714 88.1%
 
Metrics # %
Students
Number of Students 1,421,828
Students by Race / Ethnicity
White 771,732 54.3%
Black 442,911 31.2%
Hispanic 151,888 10.7%
Asian 34,990 2.5%
Other 20,307 1.4%
Free or Reduced Price Lunch
Eligible for Free or Reduced Price Lunch 488,695 34.4%
Ineligible for Free or Reduced Price Lunch 933,133 65.6%
Students by Geographic Locale
City 361,708 25.4%
Suburbs 221,331 15.6%
Town 178,517 12.6%
Rural 660,272 46.4%
Students by School Grade Levels
Elementary Schools 684,040 48.1%
Middle Schools 296,233 20.8%
High Schools 410,299 28.9%
Middle/High Schools 27,059 1.9%
Elementary/Middle/High Schools 4,197 0.3%
Students by Grade Level
Kindergarten 113,394 8.0%
First Grade 114,981 8.1%
Second Grade 115,640 8.1%
Third Grade 114,969 8.1%
Fourth Grade 111,137 7.8%
Fifth Grade 108,787 7.7%
Sixth Grade 107,187 7.5%
Seventh Grade 105,987 7.5%
Eighth Grade 107,967 7.6%
Ninth Grade 128,217 9.0%
Tenth Grade 109,256 7.7%
Eleventh Grade 96,754 6.8%
Twelfth Grade 87,552 6.2%
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