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Table 101. Selected characteristics of students, teachers, parent participation, and programs and services in traditional public and public charter elementary and secondary schools: 1999-2000

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                            |  Total elementary and secondary schools|Elementary schools                     |Secondary schools                       |Combined elementary/secondary schools
                            |________________________________________|_______________________________________|________________________________________|______________________________________
          Selected          |             |             | Public     |             |             | Public    |             |             | Public     |            |            | Public
      characteristics       |  Total, all |Traditional  |charter     |  Total, all |Traditional  |charter    |  Total, all |Traditional  |charter     |  Total, all|Traditional |charter
                            |   schools   |             |schools     |   schools   |             |schools    |   schools   |             |schools     |   schools  |            |schools
____________________________|_____________|_____________|____________|_____________|_____________|___________|_____________ _____________ ____________|____________|____________|____________
             1              |      2      |      3      |     4      |      5      |      6      |    7      |      8      |      9      |    10      |    11      |    12      |    13
____________________________|_____________|_____________|____________|_____________|_____________|___________|_____________ _____________ ____________|____________|____________|____________
Number of schools ..........| 84,735 (285)| 83,725 (285)| 1,010 (4.3)| 60,485 (250)| 59,900 (250)|  586 (5.9)| 20,885 (190)| 20,651 (190)|   235 (6.4)| 3,364 (154)| 3,174 (154)|   190 (5.0)
Enrollment, in thousands ...| 45,366 (323)| 45,100 (323)|   267 (4.0)| 29,209 (242)| 29,050 (243)|  159 (2.2)| 15,259 (205)| 15,201 (205)|    58 (3.0)|   898  (51)|   848  (51)|    50 (2.2)
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                            |                            Percentage distribution of students                                                          |            |            |
                            |________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Race/ethnicity .............|  100.0(0.00)|  100.0(0.00)| 100.0(0.00)|  100.0(0.00)|  100.0(0.00)|100.0(0.00)|  100.0(0.00)| 100.0 (0.00)|100.0 (0.00)|100.0 (0.00)|100.0 (0.00)|100.0 (0.00)
  White.....................|   63.1(0.43)|   63.2(0.43)|  46.4(0.69)|   61.4(0.55)|   61.4(0.55)| 44.7(0.78)|   66.3(0.57)|  66.4 (0.57)| 42.0 (1.61)| 68.0 (1.64)| 68.6 (1.70)| 57.0 (1.62)
  Black.....................|   17.0(0.28)|   16.9(0.28)|  27.3(0.57)|   18.1(0.40)|   18.0(0.40)| 31.0(0.78)|   14.9(0.40)|  14.9 (0.40)| 23.4 (1.30)| 17.3 (1.00)| 17.1 (1.04)| 19.9 (1.41)
  Hispanic..................|   14.9(0.35)|   14.9(0.35)|  20.8(0.55)|   15.8(0.45)|   15.8(0.45)| 19.5(0.66)|   13.6(0.47)|  13.6 (0.47)| 28.9 (1.36)|  9.5 (0.64)|  9.1 (0.67)| 15.5 (1.00)
  Asian/Pacific Islander....|    3.7(0.13)|    3.7(0.13)|   3.2(0.17)|    3.6(0.18)|    3.6(0.18)|  3.3(0.27)|    4.1(0.20)|   4.1 (0.20)|  2.8 (0.22)|  1.8 (0.13)|  1.7 (0.13)|  3.5 (0.49)
  American Indian/Alaska    |             |             |            |             |             |           |             |             |            |            |            |
   Native...................|    1.2(0.03)|    1.2(0.03)|   2.3(0.21)|    1.2(0.04)|    1.2(0.04)|  1.5(0.11)|    1.1(0.04)|   1.1 (0.04)|  3.0 (0.45)|  3.4 (0.40)|  3.4 (0.42)|  4.1 (0.92)
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                            |                            Percentage distribution of teachers                                                          |            |            |
                            |________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Race/ethnicity\1\ ..........|  100.0(0.00)|  100.0(0.00)| 100.0(0.00)|  100.0(0.00)|  100.0(0.00)|100.0(0.00)|  100.0(0.00)| 100.0 (0.00)|100.0 (0.00)|100.0 (0.00)|100.0 (0.00)|100.0 (0.00)
  White.....................|   83.9(0.29)|   83.9(0.29)|  73.2(0.60)|   82.9(0.41)|   82.9(0.41)| 73.5(0.59)|   85.8(0.36)|  85.8 (0.36)| 69.5 (2.14)| 84.5 (1.10)| 85.0 (1.14)| 75.9 (1.17)
  Black.....................|    8.9(0.22)|    8.9(0.22)|  15.5(0.50)|    9.6(0.31)|    9.5(0.32)| 16.3(0.59)|    7.6(0.22)|   7.6 (0.22)| 15.8 (2.00)|  9.7 (0.94)|  9.6 (0.98)| 12.8 (0.93)
  Hispanic..................|    5.2(0.18)|    5.2(0.18)|   8.1(0.25)|    5.5(0.24)|    5.5(0.25)|  7.5(0.33)|    4.8(0.29)|   4.8 (0.29)| 10.7 (0.74)|  3.4 (0.27)|  3.2 (0.28)|  7.1 (0.47)
  Asian/Pacific Islander....|    1.3(0.06)|    1.3(0.06)|   2.0(0.11)|    1.3(0.08)|    1.3(0.08)|  2.0(0.18)|    1.1(0.06)|   1.1 (0.06)|  2.4 (0.23)|  1.1 (0.08)|  1.1 (0.08)|  1.7 (0.22)
  American Indian/Alaska    |             |             |            |             |             |           |             |             |            |            |            |
   Native...................|    0.7(0.07)|    0.7(0.07)|   1.3(0.17)|    0.7(0.10)|    0.7(0.10)|  0.7(0.07)|    0.7(0.10)|   0.7 (0.10)|  1.6 (0.34)|  1.3 (0.20)|  1.2 (0.22)|  2.5 (0.70)
                            |             |             |            |             |             |           |             |             |            |            |            |
Years of full-time          |             |             |            |             |             |           |             |             |            |            |            |
  teaching experience  .....|  100.0(0.00)|  100.0(0.00)| 100.0(0.00)|  100.0(0.00)|  100.0(0.00)|100.0(0.00)|  100.0(0.00)|  100.0(0.00)| 100.0(0.00)| 100.0(0.00)| 100.0(0.00)| 100.0(0.00)
  Less than 3 ..............|   12.9(0.27)|   12.7(0.27)|  39.9(0.54)|   12.9(0.42)|   12.7(0.43)| 37.5(0.58)|   13.0(0.23)|  12.9 (0.23)| 37.8 (1.80)|  14.1(0.57)|  12.5(0.58)|  49.1(1.50)
  3 to 9....................|   28.8(0.36)|   28.7(0.37)|  38.7(0.46)|   29.1(0.54)|   29.0(0.54)| 41.6(0.51)|   28.0(0.35)|  28.0 (0.35)| 35.3 (1.31)|  31.6(0.90)|  31.6(0.94)|  31.3(1.04)
  10 to 20 .................|   28.5(0.33)|   28.5(0.33)|  13.4(0.36)|   29.3(0.48)|   29.4(0.48)| 13.8(0.49)|   26.4(0.33)|  26.4 (0.33)| 12.3 (0.93)|  27.1(1.02)|  27.7(1.07)|  13.1(0.77)
  More than 20 .............|   29.8(0.34)|   30.0(0.34)|   8.1(0.33)|   28.7(0.48)|   28.8(0.48)|  7.1(0.36)|   32.7(0.38)|  32.7 (0.38)| 14.6 (1.31)|  27.2(1.16)|  28.1(1.21)|   6.5(0.79)
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                            |                            Percentage distribution of schools
                            |________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Size of enrollment .........|  100.0(0.00)|  100.0(0.00)| 100.0(0.00)|  100.0(0.00)|  100.0(0.00)|100.0(0.00)|  100.0(0.00)| 100.0 (0.00)|100.0 (0.00)|100.0 (0.00)|100.0 (0.00)|100.0 (0.00)
  Less than 300.............|   29.1(0.51)|   28.5(0.52)|  72.2(0.66)|   25.9 0.67 |   25.5(0.67)| 69.3(0.84)|   31.7(0.76)|  31.1 (0.77)| 80.2 (1.40)| 69.9 (2.01)| 69.9 (2.15)| 71.4 (1.66)
  300 to 599 ...............|   39.1(0.58)|   39.4(0.59)|  16.5(0.55)|   46.1(0.79)|   46.4(0.80)| 18.6(0.76)|   22.5(0.69)|  22.6 (0.89)| 10.9 (1.12)| 16.5 (1.20)| 16.5 (1.29)| 16.9 (1.37)
  600 to 999 ...............|   21.7(0.51)|   21.8(0.51)|   8.4(0.38)|   23.3(0.65)|   23.4(0.66)|  9.9(0.43)|   19.0(0.55)|  19.2 (0.56)|  3.9 (0.65)| 10.2 (1.56)| 10.3 (1.65)|  9.2 (1.06)
  1,000 or more.............|   10.1(0.26)|   10.2(0.27)|   2.9(0.20)|    4.7(0.31)|    4.8(0.31)|  2.1(0.22)|   26.9(0.65)|  27.1 (0.66)|  4.9 (0.70)|  3.3 (0.34)|  3.4 (0.36)|  2.5 (0.46)
                            |             |             |            |             |             |           |             |             |            |            |            |
Percent minority  enrollment|  100.0(0.00)|  100.0(0.00)| 100.0(0.00)|  100.0(0.00)|  100.0(0.00)|100.0(0.00)|  100.0(0.00)| 100.0 (0.00)|100.0 (0.00)|100.0 (0.00)|100.0 (0.00)|100.0 (0.00)
  Less than 10.0............|   38.0(0.49)|   38.2(0.49)|  17.8(0.53)|   36.7(0.60)|   36.8(0.61)| 18.5(0.65)|   42.9(0.72)|  43.3 (0.73)| 14.3 (1.28)| 31.3 (2.09)| 32.0 (2.22)| 20.1 (1.15)
  10.0 to 24.9 .............|   17.4(0.51)|   17.4(0.51)|  19.5(0.62)|   17.1(0.66)|   17.1(0.67)| 19.0(0.76)|   19.0(0.69)|  19.0 (0.69)| 18.2 (1.36)| 12.8 (1.06)| 12.2 (1.13)| 22.9 (1.41)
  25.0 to 49.9..............|   16.5(0.58)|   16.5(0.58)|  14.6(0.56)|   16.9(0.69)|   16.9(0.70)| 13.7(0.64)|   15.5(0.66)|  15.5 (0.67)| 14.3 (1.28)| 15.5 (1.43)| 15.4 (1.51)| 17.5 (1.36)
  50.0 to 74.9 .............|   11.6(0.46)|   11.6(0.47)|  13.0(0.50)|   12.1(0.60)|   12.1(0.60)| 11.9(0.59)|   10.0(0.47)|   9.9 (0.48)| 17.8 (1.26)| 14.7 (1.53)| 15.0 (1.62)| 10.4 (1.09)
  75.0 or more .............|   16.5(0.49)|   16.3(0.50)|  35.1(0.69)|   17.3(0.67)|   17.1(0.67)| 36.9(0.83)|   12.6(0.44)|  12.4 (0.44)| 35.3 (1.60)| 25.7 (2.44)| 25.4 (2.58)| 29.1 (1.46)
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Percent of students eligible|             |             |            |             |             |           |             |             |            |            |            |
 for free or reduced-price  |             |             |            |             |             |           |             |             |            |            |            |
 lunch .....................|  100.0(0.00)|  100.0(0.00)| 100.0(0.00)|  100.0(0.00)|  100.0(0.00)|100.0(0.00)|  100.0(0.00)| 100.0 (0.00)|100.0 (0.00)|100.0 (0.00)|100.0 (0.00)|100.0 (0.00)
  Less than 15.0............|   23.5(0.51)|   23.4(0.52)|  29.8(0.63)|   20.5(0.63)|   20.4(0.64)| 30.2(0.83)|   32.9(0.82)|  32.9 (0.83)| 28.4 (1.37)| 18.1 (2.19)| 17.4 (2.33)| 30.3 (1.43)
  15.0 to 29.9..............|   19.6(0.53)|   19.7(0.54)|  11.4(0.41)|   19.1(0.67)|   19.2(0.68)| 11.6(0.57)|   22.9(0.76)|  23.0 (0.77)| 11.9 (0.90)|  8.5 (0.91)|  8.4 (0.96)| 10.5 (1.12)
  30.0 to 49.9..............|   21.5(0.53)|   21.5(0.54)|  16.7(0.50)|   22.0(0.68)|   22.0(0.68)| 16.7(0.61)|   19.7(0.69)|  19.7 (0.70)| 17.1 (1.22)| 23.2 (1.84)| 23.6 (1.96)| 16.5 (1.20)
  50.0 to 74.9 .............|   18.6(0.48)|   18.6(0.48)|  16.7(0.51)|   20.1(0.60)|   20.2(0.60)| 14.8(0.65)|   14.1(0.71)|  14.1 (0.72)| 19.8 (1.33)| 19.3 (1.34)| 19.4 (1.42)| 19.0 (1.29)
  75.0 or more .............|   16.9(0.43)|   16.7(0.43)|  25.3(0.58)|   18.3(0.56)|   18.2(0.57)| 26.8(0.76)|   10.4(0.54)|  10.3 (0.55)| 22.8 (1.28)| 30.8 (2.15)| 31.3 (2.29)| 23.7 (1.42)
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                            |                            Percent of schools
    Parent participation    |________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
More than half of parents   |             |             |            |             |             |           |             |             |            |            |            |
  participated in:          |             |             |            |             |             |           |             |             |            |            |            |
  Open house or back to     |             |             |            |             |             |           |             |             |            |            |            |
    school night ...........|   57.5(0.70)|   57.5(0.71)|  58.5(0.76)|   69.1(0.94)|   69.1(0.95)| 75.2(0.83)|   28.8(0.83)|   28.8(0.84)|  25.5(1.43)|  27.3(1.87)|  26.1(1.95)|  47.5(1.82)
  Parent-teacher conferences|   59.9(0.46)|   59.9(0.46)|  61.7(0.69)|   71.9(0.60)|   71.8(0.61)| 79.8(0.66)|   29.0(0.73)|   29.0(0.73)|  30.8(1.49)|  36.0(2.52)|  35.6(2.66)|  43.9(1.80)
  Written parent-school     |             |             |            |             |             |           |             |             |            |            |            |
    contracts...............|   27.0(0.61)|   26.7(0.62)|  49.0(0.72)|   30.5(0.82)|   30.3(0.83)| 54.3(0.83)|   16.6(0.72)|   16.3(0.73)|  40.4(1.58)|  27.3(2.36)|  26.4(2.51)|  43.1(1.63)
  Instructional issues......|    3.1(0.24)|    3.1(0.25)|   8.6(0.43)|    3.7(0.33)|    3.6(0.33)| 12.0(0.61)|    1.1(0.18)|    1.1(0.18)|   3.0(0.61)|   5.5(0.81)|   5.5(0.86)|   5.0(0.91)
  Governance................|    1.4(0.18)|    1.3(0.18)|   6.5(0.34)|    1.6(0.24)|    1.5(0.24)|  8.9(0.55)|    0.8(0.14)|    0.8(0.15)|   2.5(0.54)|   1.1(0.22)|   0.9(0.22)|   4.3(0.63)
  School volunteers ........|    6.4(0.36)|    6.2(0.37)|  22.5(0.59)|    8.5(0.50)|    8.3(0.51)| 30.6(0.87)|    1.2(0.19)|    1.1(0.19)|   9.2(0.93)|   2.1(0.32)|   1.4(0.33)|  14.2(1.20)
                            |             |             |            |             |             |           |             |             |            |            |            |
    School programs and     |             |             |            |             |             |           |             |             |            |            |            |
          services          |             |             |            |             |             |           |             |             |            |            |            |
Programs with special       |             |             |            |             |             |           |             |             |            |            |            |
  instructional approaches..|   19.9(0.55)|   19.5(0.56)|  54.9(0.72)|   17.7(0.66)|   17.3(0.67)| 51.9(0.87)|   22.8(0.90)|   22.4(0.91)|  54.5(1.62)|  42.3(2.44)|  41.0(2.59)|  64.6(1.65)
Talented/gifted program.....|   68.1(0.62)|   68.5(0.63)|  32.2(0.63)|   71.4(0.76)|   71.8(0.77)| 32.8(0.78)|   63.3(0.83)|   63.7(0.84)|  28.5(1.49)|  38.0(2.41)|  38.2(2.55)|  34.7(1.65)
Immersion in a foreign      |             |             |            |             |             |           |             |             |            |            |            |
  language program..........|   12.7(0.44)|   12.7(0.44)|  13.6(0.53)|   11.1(0.58)|   11.1(0.58)| 13.5(0.69)|   18.0(0.64)|   18.0(0.64)|  12.7(1.39)|   9.6(0.83)|   9.3(0.86)|  14.8(1.20)
A program for students with |             |             |            |             |             |           |             |             |            |            |            |
  discipline or adjustment  |             |             |            |             |             |           |             |             |            |            |            |
  problems..................|   48.5(0.68)|   48.6(0.69)|  45.6(0.76)|   43.7(0.85)|   43.7(0.85)| 37.8(0.96)|   60.4(1.16)|   60.5(1.18)|  58.9(1.78)|  61.8(2.05)|  62.3(2.18)|  52.9(1.74)
Extended day or before-     |             |             |            |             |             |           |             |             |            |            |            |
  school or after-school day|             |             |            |             |             |           |             |             |            |            |            |
  care programs.............|   37.3(0.64)|   37.2(0.65)|  48.5(0.78)|   46.7(0.89)|   46.5(0.90)| 62.9(0.89)|   13.4(0.59)|   13.4(0.59)|  18.2(1.43)|  18.2(1.48)|  16.8(1.54)|  41.8(1.85)
Advanced Placement (AP)     |             |             |            |             |             |           |             |             |            |            |            |
  courses...................|   14.6(0.21)|   14.6(0.21)|  18.5(0.69)|             |             |           |   55.2(0.84)|   55.5(0.85)|  28.4(1.45)|  24.1(1.73)|  23.5(1.82)|  33.1(1.60)
Entire school is for sus-   |             |             |            |             |             |           |             |             |            |            |            |
pended students\2\ .........|    2.8(0.23)|    2.8(0.23)|   6.3(0.38)|             |             |           |    5.3(0.63)|    5.1(0.63)|  17.9(1.19)|  27.8(2.64)|  28.9(2.78)|   9.6(0.95)
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Not applicable.
\1\Based on data reported by schools.
\2\Entire school specifically for students who have been suspended or expelled, who have dropped out, or who have been referred for behavioral or adjustment problems.

NOTE: This tabulation includes all public charter schools operating in the 1998-99 school year. Public charter schools that first opened in the 1999-2000 school year, or later are not included in these data. Detail may not sum to totals due to rounding. Standard errors appear in parentheses.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS), "Public School Questionnaire," 1999-2000 and "Charter School Questionnaire," 1999-2000. (This table was prepared December 2002.)


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