Did you know?
- There are currently 750 active charter schools serving approximately 255,000 students.
- Statewide, 80 percent of charter schools are start-up schools and 16 percent are conversions.
- Statewide, 80 percent of charter schools are site-based and 20 percent are non-classroom based.
- Of the 58 counties in California, 51 have charter schools. Los Angeles county has the largest number of charter schools (204) followed by San Diego (77).
- Student achievement among educationally and economically disadvantaged students in California public charter schools is improving faster than in non-charter public schools, according to the studies from the Hoover Institute at Stanford University (2003), and the School of Education at California State University, Los Angeles.
- One in 20 schools in California is a charter school; one in 50 students in California attends a charter school. EdSource Report, June 2004
Revised: March 2009
