Among public school districts with more than one school, total number of public school districts, total number of students enrolled in these districts, percentage that offer various school "choice" programs to students within or outside of the district, and total number of students currently enrolled in districts other than their home district through a school "choice" program, by selected public school district characteristics: 2011

Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS)

Publications & Products|Data Products|Staff

List of Tables

Download Excel

(14 KB)

Download Excel SE

(13 KB)

Among public school districts with more than one school, total number of public school districts, total number of students enrolled in these districts, percentage that offer various school "choice" programs to students within or outside of the district, and total number of students currently enrolled in districts other than their home district through a school "choice" program, by selected public school district characteristics: 2011–12


			Percent of districts with a public school "choice" program in which
Selected public school district characteristics	Number of public school districts with more than one school	Total number of students enrolled in districts with more than one school	Students can enroll in either their assigned school or another school within the district	Students from this district at no tuition cost to themselves or their families, can enroll in a school in another district	Students from this district can choose to enroll in a private school using state or district funds		Students from other districts, at no tuition cost to themselves or their families can enroll in a school within this district	Number of students from other districts enrolled through the no-cost school "choice" program
All districts with more than one school	11,280	46,089,690	29.3	40.5	7.3		45.3	813,780
District size
2–3 schools	4,310	3,412,910	10.8	40.4	7.1		45.9	136,600
4–5 schools	2,690	4,794,620	21.5	43.3	6.4		49.1	157,460
6–9 schools	2,310	7,582,260	41.1	38.5	7.3		43.0	173,910
10–19 schools	1,220	8,545,680	62.1	39.1	8.0		40.1	143,610
20 or more schools	740	21,754,220	74.6	39.0	11.2		44.7	202,210

Community type
City	760	12,635,050	73.8	44.3	9.2		47.2	175,480
Suburb	2,640	18,111,740	33.9	36.3	6.0		33.8	322,510
Town	2,380	5,793,730	28.3	44.7	7.0		51.1	107,760
Rural	5,500	9,549,160	21.4	40.1	7.9		48.1	208,030

District K–12 enrollment
Less than 250	610	104,010	10.8	33.4	‡		46.1	5,250
250–999	3,200	1,895,960	13.1	43.6	8.1		50.9	89,760
1,000–1,999	2,700	3,877,630	19.4	44.0	7.6		47.2	120,700
2,000–4,999	2,810	8,820,660	37.9	37.8	6.2		41.2	242,280
5,000–9,999	1,070	7,464,260	55.9	34.6	6.9		36.7	127,160
10,000 or more	880	23,927,170	71.5	39.1	10.8		42.8	228,640

Percent of K–12 students in district who were approved for free or reduced-price lunches
0–34	3,280	12,954,720	22.3	40.0	6.0		41.3	293,770
35–49	2,840	9,334,340	27.1	44.2	8.2		48.8	194,000
50–74	3,670	17,715,500	35.0	39.2	7.4		48.6	241,230
75 or more	1,290	5,819,740	39.4	39.6	8.9		43.0	81,210
District did not participate in free or reduced-price lunch program	200	265,390	8.7	24.1	7.1	!	19.1	3,570
! Interpret data with caution. The coefficient of variation (CV) for this estimate is between 30 and 50 percent (i.e., the standard error is at least 30 percent and less than 50 percent of the estimate).
‡ Reporting standards not met. The coefficient of variation (CV) for this estimate is 50 percent or greater (i.e., the standard error is 50 percent or more of the estimate).
NOTE: Districts with only one school, including single traditional public schools and public charter schools that operate independently of a regular school district, were not asked about school choice. Estimates in this table are based on 66 percent of all districts. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS), "Public School District Data File," 2011–12.

Back

Download Excel

(14 KB)

Download Excel SE

(13 KB)