Students Overview

2008-2009 Pennsylvania

Charter Schools

 

Non-Charter Schools

Metrics # %
Students
Number of Students 73,390
% of Charter School Students to All Public School Students 4.1%
Estimated Number of Students on Waiting Lists 33,577
Students by Race / Ethnicity
White 31,147 42.4%
Black 30,739 41.9%
Hispanic 7,804 10.6%
Asian 1,672 2.3%
Other 1,499 2.0%
Free or Reduced Price Lunch
Eligible for Free or Reduced Price Lunch 9,476 12.9%
Ineligible for Free or Reduced Price Lunch 63,914 87.1%
Students by Geographic Locale
City 37,829 51.5%
Suburbs 24,722 33.7%
Town 8,821 12.0%
Rural 2,018 2.7%
Students by School Grade Levels
Elementary Schools 22,567 30.7%
Middle Schools 1,983 2.7%
High Schools 8,137 11.1%
Middle/High Schools 7,043 9.6%
Elementary/Middle/High Schools 33,660 45.9%
Students by Grade Level
Pre-Kindergarten 20
Kindergarten 5,325 7.3%
First Grade 5,135 7.0%
Second Grade 5,091 6.9%
Third Grade 4,939 6.7%
Fourth Grade 4,835 6.6%
Fifth Grade 5,089 6.9%
Sixth Grade 5,326 7.3%
Seventh Grade 5,981 8.1%
Eighth Grade 5,802 7.9%
Ninth Grade 7,546 10.3%
Tenth Grade 6,820 9.3%
Eleventh Grade 5,641 7.7%
Twelfth Grade 5,480 7.5%
Students by Management Organization
CMO 4,626 6.3%
EMO 16,876 23.0%
Freestanding 51,888 70.7%
 
Metrics # %
Students
Number of Students 1,696,396
Students by Race / Ethnicity
White 1,262,794 74.4%
Black 244,142 14.4%
Hispanic 123,425 7.3%
Asian 49,561 2.9%
Other 16,474 1.0%
Free or Reduced Price Lunch
Eligible for Free or Reduced Price Lunch 581,774 34.3%
Ineligible for Free or Reduced Price Lunch 1,114,622 65.7%
Students by Geographic Locale
City 304,301 17.9%
Suburbs 776,323 45.8%
Town 217,466 12.8%
Rural 398,306 23.5%
Students by School Grade Levels
Elementary Schools 771,658 45.5%
Middle Schools 304,738 18.0%
High Schools 461,667 27.2%
Middle/High Schools 142,356 8.4%
Elementary/Middle/High Schools 15,297 0.9%
Ungraded 680
Students by Grade Level
Pre-Kindergarten 8,423 0.5%
Kindergarten 120,872 7.1%
First Grade 121,323 7.2%
Second Grade 123,804 7.3%
Third Grade 125,549 7.4%
Fourth Grade 125,757 7.4%
Fifth Grade 125,135 7.4%
Sixth Grade 126,075 7.4%
Seventh Grade 130,019 7.7%
Eighth Grade 133,371 7.9%
Ninth Grade 145,795 8.6%
Tenth Grade 142,232 8.4%
Eleventh Grade 134,550 7.9%
Twelfth Grade 131,457 7.7%
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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
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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
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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
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