Charter schools have experienced significant growth over the past four years, according to a new report.
Last month, the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools (NAPCS) released a new analysis of the past four years of data entitled “Belief in Public Education: Demographic and State-Level Analysis of Enrollment Trends in Public Charter Schools and District Public Schools.” I made it.
The report shows charter school enrollment has increased from 2019 to 2023. Recently, charter school enrollment has increased by 2%, he said, while district enrollment has plateaued. More precisely, charter school enrollment increased by 72,241 students nationwide, while public school enrollment increased by only 7,458 students.
To explain further, report He said charter schools enrolled nearly 10 times the number of new students last school year compared to district schools.
The National Alliance for Public Charter Schools released a report on Dec. 12 showing that charter schools have experienced significant growth over the past four years. (Francesco Fotia/AGF/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)
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“This represents meaningful growth for charter schools, especially considering that these unique public schools serve only 7.5% of the nation's public school students,” NAPCS said in a news release about the report. Stated.
Additionally, NAPCS reported further data that puts charter schools on par with traditional public schools.
“Over the past four school years (2019-20 to 2022-23), charter schools have added more than 300,000 new students, an increase of 9%, while the district's public schools have added more than 1.5 million new students at the beginning of the pandemic. We have lost students and enrollment has declined over the past three years, with a net loss of 3.5%,” the report states.
Charter schools gained students in nearly every state in 2019-20 and 2022-23, but Black and Hispanic students in particular accounted for half of charter school enrollment growth and were the fastest growing since 2019. It is a growing demographic.
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A report from the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools shows charter school enrollment is increasing from 2019 to 2023. (Beata Saursel/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
Nina Reese, president and CEO of NAPCS, added, “Public charter schools remain a popular choice for families across the country.”
“Free, public and open to all, charter schools offer high-quality educational options, and every year parents demand more access to these unique public schools.” Reese said.
When charter schools are located next to public schools, they compete for per-pupil funding because parents can opt out of sending their children to nearby public schools.
Charter public schools have siphoned funding from traditional public schools, reducing the resources available to them. There are concerns that money taken away from traditional public schools will be used to raise teacher salaries, invest in public school facilities and hire additional teachers.
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The results have led teachers union officials and other interest groups to push back against charter schools and, at times, seek to limit their expansion.
The NAPCS report comes after a wave of red states passed legislation in 2023, making significant progress toward universal school choice.
More states are expected to join in 2024.
Corey DeAngelis, a senior fellow at the American Federation for Children, responded to the report, saying, “Families are waking up and are now voting with their feet.”
“In places like New York City, Democratic governments are further favoring unions by limiting enrollment in charter school competitions,” DeAngelis said.
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He added: “The result is a waiting list of tens of thousands of students each year. Imagine how much different trends would be if families had complete choice. Latest enrollment numbers. “represents a hard lower bound on what parents truly want. Here's why.” Unions are very afraid of competition. ”
