Public Schools
Type of school

    Participants Nonparticipants
Total number of entities Number of entities Percentage of entities Number of entities Percentage of entities
Regular 91,779 80,699 87.9 11,080 12.1
Special education 2,273 928 40.8 1,345 59.2
Vocational 1,290 672 52.1 618 47.9
Other 7,112 3,078 43.3 4,034 56.7

 


Magnet school

    Participants Nonparticipants
Total number of entities Number of entities Percentage of entities Number of entities Percentage of entities
Yes 2,751 2,482 90.2 269 9.8
No 61,556 52,651 85.5 8,905 14.5

 


Charter school

    Participants Nonparticipants
Total number of entities Number of entities Percentage of entities Number of entities Percentage of entities
Yes 4,176 1,525 36.5 2,651 63.5
No 85,677 73,847 86.2 11,830 13.8

 


Shared-time school

    Participants Nonparticipants
Total number of entities Number of entities Percentage of entities Number of entities Percentage of entities
Yes 1,481 742 50.1 739 49.9
No 79,807 67,575 84.7 12,232 15.3

 


School level

    Participants Nonparticipants
Total number of entities Number of entities Percentage of entities Number of entities Percentage of entities
Primary 54,157 48,675 89.9 5,482 10.1
Middle 16,809 14,831 88.2 1,978 11.8
High 19,702 16,311 82.8 3,391 17.2
Other 8,768 4,358 49.7 4,410 50.3

 


Title I eligible school

    Participants Nonparticipants
Total number of entities Number of entities Percentage of entities Number of entities Percentage of entities
Yes 55,735 49,953 89.6 5,782 10.4
No 43,696 33,594 76.9 10,102 23.1

 


Average percentage of students eligible for free lunch

Participation Minimum 25th percentile Median Mean 75th percentile Maximum
NonParticipants 0.0 1.8 22.1 30.1 51.9 99.7
Participants 0.0 15.6 32.6 36.7 54.7 99.9

 


Average percentage of students eligible for reduced-price lunch

Participation Minimum 25th percentile Median Mean 75th percentile Maximum
NonParticipants 0.0 0.0 4.4 6.1 10.0 99.4
Participants 0.0 4.6 8.1 8.4 11.5 87.3

 


Average percentage of total students eligible for free and reduced-price lunch

Participation Minimum 25th percentile Median Mean 75th percentile Maximum
NonParticipants 0.0 3.6 30.6 36.1 63.0 99.8
Participants 0.0 22.5 42.9 44.9 66.1 99.9

 


Pupil teacher ratio

Participation Minimum 25th percentile Median Mean 75th percentile Maximum
NonParticipants 0.0 9.3 13.4 15.9 17.2 3,032.0
Participants 0.0 13.2 15.5 15.9 18.1 906.0

 


 

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