Contact Organizations
John Tarvin
Executive Director
 Massachusetts Center for Charter Public School Excellence
89 South Street
Boston,MA 02111
617-304-8436

Marc Kenen, Ed.D.
Executive Director
 Massachusetts Charter Public School Association
10 Tremont St.
Boston,MA 02108
617-523-0881

Students Overview

2007-2008 Massachusetts

Charter Schools

 

Non-Charter Schools

Metrics # %
Students
Number of Students 25,036
% of Charter School Students to All Public School Students 2.6%
Estimated Number of Students on Waiting Lists 15,456
Students by Race / Ethnicity
White 10,984 43.9%
Black 6,636 26.5%
Hispanic 5,657 22.6%
Asian 998 4.0%
Other 761 3.0%
Free or Reduced Price Lunch
Eligible for Free or Reduced Price Lunch 11,101 44.3%
Ineligible for Free or Reduced Price Lunch 13,935 55.7%
Students by Geographic Locale
City 13,278 53.0%
Suburbs 10,288 41.1%
Town 288 1.2%
Rural 1,182 4.7%
Students by School Grade Levels
Elementary Schools 8,397 33.5%
Middle Schools 2,981 11.9%
High Schools 1,803 7.2%
Middle/High Schools 4,974 19.9%
Elementary/Middle/High Schools 6,881 27.5%
Students by Grade Level
Pre-Kindergarten 42 0.2%
Kindergarten 2,159 8.6%
First Grade 1,850 7.4%
Second Grade 1,779 7.1%
Third Grade 1,564 6.2%
Fourth Grade 1,580 6.3%
Fifth Grade 2,481 9.9%
Sixth Grade 3,168 12.7%
Seventh Grade 2,769 11.1%
Eighth Grade 2,506 10.0%
Ninth Grade 1,756 7.0%
Tenth Grade 1,319 5.3%
Eleventh Grade 1,071 4.3%
Twelfth Grade 992 4.0%
Students by Management Organization
CMO 304 1.2%
EMO 2,218 8.9%
Freestanding 22,514 89.9%
 
Metrics # %
Students
Number of Students 937,770
Students by Race / Ethnicity
White 670,867 71.5%
Black 71,813 7.7%
Hispanic 127,784 13.6%
Asian 46,405 4.9%
Other 20,901 2.2%
Free or Reduced Price Lunch
Eligible for Free or Reduced Price Lunch 272,718 29.1%
Ineligible for Free or Reduced Price Lunch 665,052 70.9%
Students by Geographic Locale
City 187,314 20.0%
Suburbs 617,746 65.9%
Town 20,652 2.2%
Rural 112,058 11.9%
Students by School Grade Levels
Elementary Schools 435,671 46.5%
Middle Schools 197,769 21.1%
High Schools 270,861 28.9%
Middle/High Schools 31,169 3.3%
Elementary/Middle/High Schools 2,300 0.2%
Students by Grade Level
Pre-Kindergarten 25,811 2.8%
Kindergarten 65,741 7.0%
First Grade 69,216 7.4%
Second Grade 69,007 7.4%
Third Grade 68,931 7.4%
Fourth Grade 69,859 7.4%
Fifth Grade 68,240 7.3%
Sixth Grade 68,413 7.3%
Seventh Grade 70,328 7.5%
Eighth Grade 70,800 7.5%
Ninth Grade 77,802 8.3%
Tenth Grade 74,052 7.9%
Eleventh Grade 71,207 7.6%
Twelfth Grade 67,738 7.2%
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