Wednesday, April 20, 2011

Education Research Report: Numbers and Types of Public Elementary and Secondary Schools

Education Research Report: Numbers and Types of Public Elementary and Secondary Schools

Numbers and Types of Public Elementary and Secondary Schools

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Numbers and Types of Public Elementary and Secondary Schools From the Common Core of Data: School Year 2009-10 - First Look


Findings include:

• About 49 million students attended 98,817 operating public elementary/secondary schools in the 2009–10 school year.

• Almost 1.6 million students were enrolled in 4,952 charter schools in 2009-10.

• Across all active regular public schools with students, the pupil/teacher ratio in 2009-10 was 16.1. Pupil/teacher ratio ranged from 10.9 in Vermont to 23.4 in Utah.