Students Overview

2009-2010 North Carolina

Charter Schools

 

Non-Charter Schools

Metrics # %
Students
Number of Students 38,808
% of Charter School Students to All Public School Students 2.6%
Estimated Number of Students on Waiting Lists 16,000
Students by Race / Ethnicity
White 23,900 61.6%
Black 12,061 31.1%
Hispanic 1,636 4.2%
Asian 789 2.0%
Other 422 1.1%
Free or Reduced Price Lunch
Eligible for Free or Reduced Price Lunch 8,356 21.5%
Ineligible for Free or Reduced Price Lunch 30,452 78.5%
Students by Geographic Locale
City 13,648 35.2%
Suburbs 4,494 11.6%
Town 7,845 20.2%
Rural 12,821 33.0%
Students by School Grade Levels
Elementary Schools 19,249 49.6%
Middle Schools 1,686 4.3%
High Schools 1,502 3.9%
Middle/High Schools 3,024 7.8%
Elementary/Middle/High Schools 13,347 34.4%
Students by Grade Level
Kindergarten 3,482 9.0%
First Grade 3,547 9.1%
Second Grade 3,565 9.2%
Third Grade 3,643 9.4%
Fourth Grade 3,523 9.1%
Fifth Grade 3,775 9.7%
Sixth Grade 3,944 10.2%
Seventh Grade 3,759 9.7%
Eighth Grade 3,310 8.5%
Ninth Grade 1,917 4.9%
Tenth Grade 1,811 4.7%
Eleventh Grade 1,465 3.8%
Twelfth Grade 1,067 2.7%
Students by Management Organization
CMO 979 2.5%
EMO 3,755 9.7%
Freestanding 34,074 87.8%
 
Metrics # %
Students
Number of Students 1,438,546
Students by Race / Ethnicity
White 773,499 53.8%
Black 446,347 31.0%
Hispanic 161,194 11.2%
Asian 36,976 2.6%
Other 20,530 1.4%
Free or Reduced Price Lunch
Eligible for Free or Reduced Price Lunch 712,442 49.5%
Ineligible for Free or Reduced Price Lunch 726,104 50.5%
Students by Geographic Locale
City 368,662 25.6%
Suburbs 210,886 14.7%
Town 180,393 12.5%
Rural 678,605 47.2%
Students by School Grade Levels
Elementary Schools 694,419 48.3%
Middle Schools 310,628 21.6%
High Schools 413,205 28.7%
Middle/High Schools 16,168 1.1%
Elementary/Middle/High Schools 3,560 0.2%
Ungraded 566
Students by Grade Level
Pre-Kindergarten 20,645 1.4%
Kindergarten 101,472 7.1%
First Grade 115,018 8.0%
Second Grade 113,489 7.9%
Third Grade 116,547 8.1%
Fourth Grade 113,353 7.9%
Fifth Grade 111,304 7.7%
Sixth Grade 108,894 7.6%
Seventh Grade 107,396 7.5%
Eighth Grade 106,554 7.4%
Ninth Grade 126,537 8.8%
Tenth Grade 110,144 7.7%
Eleventh Grade 98,739 6.9%
Twelfth Grade 87,916 6.1%
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