1. Florida Charter Schools:
Charter School Data

2. WELCOME
This presentation was developed by the Institute for Charter School Research to provide information about charter schools in each Florida school district. Maps are used to show the distribution of K-12 public school students throughout the state. Data used to create this presentation was provided by the Florida Department of Education Office of K-12 School Choice.

3. Number of Charter Schools
This map provides information on the number of charter schools in each Florida school district during the school year. Overall, there were 652 charter schools in the state of Florida.
NUMBER OF CHARTER SCHOOLS
No charter schools
1 charter school
2 – 10 charter schools
11 – 25 charter schools
26 – 50 charter schools
51 – 100 charter schools (none)
> 100 charter schools
Charter lab school

4. Number of Charter School Students
This map provides information on the number of students enrolled in charter schools in each Florida school district during the 2014 – 15 school year.
Overall, there were 251,225 charter school students in the state of Florida.
NUMBER OF STUDENTS ENROLLED IN CHARTER SCHOOLS
No charter schools
1 – 500 students
501 – 1,000 students
1,001 – 5,000 students
5,001 – 10,000 students
10,001 – 20,000 students
> 20,000 students
Charter lab school

5. Percentage of Public School Students in Charter Schools
This map provides information on the percentage of all public school students enrolled in charter schools in each Florida school district during the 2014 – 15 school year.
Approximately 9% of public school students were enrolled in a charter school.
PERCENT OF STUDENTS ENROLLED IN CHARTER SCHOOLS
No charter schools
1 – 5% of students
6 – 10% of students
11 – 15% of students
16 – 20% of students
21 – 25% of students
> 25% of students
Charter lab school

6. Student Diversity TRADITIONAL PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS
The maps below provide information for the 2014 – 15 school year. The map on the left provides information on the percentage of traditional public school students who were classified as minorities in each school district. The map on the right provides information on the percentage of charter school students who were classified as minorities in each school district. Approximately 59% of all traditional public school students in the state of Florida were classified as minorities. Of traditional public school students in districts with charter schools, 60% of students were classified as minorities and 66% of charter school students were classified as minorities.
PERCENT OF STUDENTS WHO ARE CLASSIFIED AS MINORITY
No charter schools
0% of students
1 – 20% of students
21 – 40% of students
41 – 60% of students
61 – 80% of students
81 – 100% of students
TRADITIONAL PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS
CHARTER SCHOOL STUDENTS
Charter lab school

7. Free or Reduced Price Lunch Eligibility
The maps below provide information for the 2014 – 15 school year. The map on the left provides information on the percentage of traditional public school students eligible for free or reduced price lunch in each school district. The map on the right provides information on the percentage of charter school students eligible in each school district. Approximately 62% of all traditional public school students in the state of Florida were eligible. Of traditional public school students in districts with charter schools, 62% were eligible and 48% of charter school students were eligible.
PERCENT OF STUDENTS ELLIGBLE FOR FRPL
No charter schools
0% of students
1 – 20% of students
21 – 40% of students
41 – 60% of students
61 – 80% of students
81 – 100% of students
TRADITIONAL PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS
CHARTER SCHOOL STUDENTS
Charter lab school

8. English Language Learners
The maps below provide information for the 2014 – 15 school year. The map on the left illustrates the percentage of traditional public school students who were classified as English Language Learners (ELL) in each school district. The map on the right illustrates the percentage of charter school students who were classified as ELL in each school district. Approximately 10% of all traditional public school students in the state of Florida were ELL. Of traditional public school students in districts with charter schools, 10% of students were ELL and 9% of charter school students were ELL.
PERCENT OF STUDENTS CLASSIFIED AS ELL
Data not available
No charter schools
0% of students
1 – 5% of students
6 – 10% of students
11 – 15% of students
16 – 20% of students
21 – 25% of students
TRADITIONAL PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS
CHARTER SCHOOL STUDENTS
Charter lab school

9. Students With Disabilities
The maps below provide information for the 2014 – 15 school year. The map on the left illustrates the percentage of traditional public school students classified as students with disabilities (SWD) in each school district. The map on the right illustrates the percentage of charter school students classified as SWD in each school district. Approximately 14% of all traditional public school students in the state of Florida were classified as SWD. Of traditional public school students in districts with charter schools, 14% were classified as SWD and 9% of charter school students were classified as SWD.
PERCENT OF STUDENTS CLASSIFIED AS SWD
No charter schools
0% of students
1 – 5% of students
6 – 10% of students
11 – 15% of students
16 – 20% of students
21 – 35% of students
TRADITIONAL PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS
CHARTER SCHOOL STUDENTS
Charter lab school

10. SPECIAL THANKS
Special thanks to the Florida Department of Education Office of K-12 School Choice for providing the data used for this presentation.