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Table 98.Public charter schools and students, by school origin status and selected school characteristics: 1999-2000
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                           |                          Schools and students                        |School origin status (percentage distribution)
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                           |      Number|       Number of|     Average|  Percent of|    Percent of|        Newly |  Pre-existing|    Pre-existing    
School characteristic      |     schools|        students|  enrollment|     schools|      students|      created |public schools| private schools
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1                          |           2|               3|           4|           5|             6|             7|             8|               9
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   Total ..................|1,010  (4.3)|266,721(3,957.0)|  264  (3.6)| 100.0  (0.0|  100.0   (0.0|  73.6  (0.60)|  16.5  (0.40)|     9.9  (0.40)
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State                      |            |                |            |            |              |              |              |
  Arizona .................|  207  (2.8)| 39,860(1,593.8)|  193  (7.1)|  20.5(0.20)|   14.9 (0.50)|  78.3  (1.40)|   5.3  (0.80)|    16.4  (1.30)
  California ..............|  133  (1.3)| 64,152(2,540.8)|  482 (17.4)|  13.2(0.10)|   24.1 (0.80)|  55.7  (1.80)|    ‡     (†) |      ‡     (†)
  Michigan ................|  135  (0.6)| 36,052  (698.8)|  267  (5.1)|  13.4(0.10)|   13.5 (0.30)|  76.4  (1.20)|   6.5  (0.60)|    17.2  (1.00)
  All other states ........|  535  (3.7)|126,656(2,243.9)|  237  (4.1)|  53.0(0.30)|   47.5 (0.70)|  75.6  (0.80)|  16.7  (0.60)|     7.8  (0.60)
                           |            |                |            |            |              |              |              |
Locale                     |            |                |            |            |              |              |              |
  Central city ............|  537  (8.2)|139,307(3,148.5)|  260  (4.8)|  53.1(0.80)|   52.2 (1.00)|  76.3  (0.70)|  11.9  (0.60)|    11.8  (0.60)
  Urban fringe/large town .|  324  (6.9)|108,807(3,272.5)|  336  (8.3)|  32.1(0.70)|   40.8 (1.00)|  68.5  (0.90)|  23.4  (0.80)|     8.1  (0.60)
  Rural/small town ........|  150  (5.8)| 18,607(1,039.6)|  124  (4.9)|  14.8(0.60)|    7.0 (0.40)|  75.4  (1.90)|  17.8  (1.60)|     6.9  (1.10)
                           |            |                |            |            |              |              |              |
School level               |            |                |            |            |              |              |              |
  Elementary ..............|  586  (5.9)|158,801(2,238.7)|  271  (3.6)|  58.0(0.60)|   59.5 (0.90)|  72.2  (0.60)|  17.3  (0.50)|    10.5  (0.50)
  Secondary ...............|  235  (6.4)| 58,218(2,952.0)|  248  (9.7)|  23.2(0.60)|   21.8 (0.90)|  75.3  (1.50)|  18.9  (1.30)|     5.8  (0.60)
  Combined ................|  190  (5.0)| 49,702(2,192.0)|  262 (10.7)|  18.8(0.50)|   18.6 (0.70)|  76.0  (1.40)|  11.1  (1.00)|    12.9  (1.20)
                           |            |                |            |            |              |              |              |
Enrollment                 |            |                |            |            |              |              |              |
  Less than 300 ...........|  730  (6.9)| 94,271(1,425.3)|  129  (1.3)|  72.3(0.70)|   35.4 (0.80)|  78.9  (0.70)|   9.2  (0.50)|    11.9  (0.50)
  300 to 999 ..............|  251  (6.6)|130,683(3,568.7)|  520  (5.3)|  24.9(0.60)|   49.0 (1.00)|  64.4  (1.20)|  30.5  (1.00)|     5.2  (0.60)
  1,000 or more ...........|   29  (2.1)| 41,766(3,090.0)|1,448 (38.4)|   2.9(0.20)|   15.7 (1.00)|  21.0  (4.00)|  79.0  (4.00)|     0.0  (0.00)
                           |            |                |            |            |              |              |              |
School origin status       |            |                |            |            |              |              |              |
  Newly created ...........|  744  (6.6)|166,060(3,483.1)|  223  (4.1)|  73.6(0.60)|   62.3 (0.90)| 100.0  (0.00)|    †      (†)|      †     (†)
  Pre-existing public .....|  166  (4.4)| 83,811(2,760.3)|  503 (14.6)|  16.5(0.40)|   31.4 (0.90)|    †      (†)| 100.0  (0.00)|      †     (†)
  Pre-existing private ....|  100  (4.0)| 16,849  (871.2)|  169  (5.5)|   9.9(0.40)|    6.3 (0.40)|    †      (†)|    †      (†)|   100.0  (0.00)
                           |            |                |            |            |              |              |              |
Percent minority enrollment|            |                |            |            |              |              |              |
  Less than 10.0 ..........|  180  (5.3)| 41,115(1,583.6)|  228  (7.6)|  17.8(0.52)|    15.4(0.60)|  72.9  (1.35)|  17.7  (1.21)|     9.4  (0.90)
  10.0 to 24.9 ............|  197  (6.3)| 45,279(2,163.2)|  230  (8.6)|  19.5(0.62)|    17.0(0.76)|  71.7  (1.36)|  18.3  (1.22)|    10.0  (0.94)
  25.0 to 49.9 ............|  147  (5.7)| 43,462(2,584.2)|  295 (15.0)|  14.6(0.56)|    16.3(0.88)|  74.3  (1.57)|  14.8  (1.14)|    10.9  (1.22)
  50.0 to 75.0 ............|  136  (4.8)| 36,986(1,976.3)|  272 (11.1)|  13.5(0.48)|    13.9(0.71)|  70.2  (1.86)|  22.0  (1.64)|     7.8  (1.09)
  More than 75.0 ..........|  349  (7.2)| 99,878(2,939.4)|  286  (6.2)|  34.6(0.68)|    37.4(1.03)|  76.2  (0.88)|  13.4  (0.65)|    10.4  (0.76)
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†Not applicable.
‡Reporting standards not met.
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 because of 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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