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More students choicing out of district | EdNewsColorado

More students choicing out of district | EdNewsColorado

More students choicing out of district

A growing number of Colorado students are enrolling in schools outside their home districts, a trend fueled by the rise of statewide online and charter enrollment.

Nearly one in ten students this fall are attending a school either not located in, or not run by, the district in which they live, according to state figures released last week.

That includes thousands of students flocking to online schools based out of faraway districts and to nearby schools operated by the state Charter School Institute.

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  • Search our database to find how many students are leaving your school district – and where they’re going

Find your district’s choice numbers

A growing number of Colorado students are crossing district boundaries to enroll in school. More than 66,000 students – or 8 percent of the state’s student enrollment – are choicing out of district this year, according to state records released Jan. 11.

Read the EdNews’ story “More students choicing out of district.”

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