| Authorizer | First Year as Authorizer | Number of Staff | Number of Schools | Percentage of Applications Approveda | Number of School Closuresb | Total of Students in Authorized Schools | Percentage of Title I Schools | Percentage of Students by Race/Ethnicity | Percentage of English Language Learners | Percentage of Free and Reduced-Price Lunch | Percentage of Special Education | Percentage of Schools Making Asian AYPc | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asian | African-American | Latino | White | Native American | Other | ||||||||||||
| California Department of Education Charter Schools Division | 2004 | 3.5 | 8, plus 8 charter districts operating 15 schools | 55% of appeals 100% of statewide benefit chartersd | 1 | 9,440 | 50% | 6% | 19% | 40% | 29% | < 1% | 5% | 21% | --e | 6% | 100% |
| Chicago Public Schools Office of New Schools | 1997 | 27 | 27 with 35 campuses | 7% in 2005 7% in 2004 | 3 | 15,310 | 80% | 2% | 56% | 38% | 9% | 1% | -- | 4.5% | 80% | 12% | 44% |
| Ferris State University | 1998 | 6 | 16 | n/af | 1 | 6,863 | 69% | 2% | 65% | 7% | 25% | 1% | 2% | 4% | -- | 11% | 90% |
| Indianapolis Mayor's Office (Data collected as of 2006-07 school year) | 2001 | 4 | 16 | 14% in 2006 43% in 2005 36% in 2004 |
1 | 2,768 | 83% | -- | 66% | 4% | 26% | -- | 4% | 2% | 66% | 10% | 80% |
| Massachusetts Department of Education Charter School Office | 1993 | 10 | 57 | 23% | 9 | 21,706 | 82% | 4% | 26% | 20% | 46% | < 1% | 3% | 4% | 44% | 12% | 75% English language arts; 74% mathg |
| New York City Office of Charter Schools | 1998 | 5 | 23 | 34% in 2006 | 1 | 4,494 | -- | 3% | 62% | 29% | 4% | < 1% | -- | 3% | 75% | 10% | 100% |
| State University of New York Charter Schools Institute | 1999 | 16 | 36 | Avg. 23% for 1999-2005 | 5 | 10,326 | 97% | 1% | 70% | 17% | 11% | < 1% | 0% | 2% | 75% | 8% | 97% |
| Volunteers of America of Minnesota | 2000 | 2 | 12 | -- | 0 | 1,260 | -- | 2% | 14% | 8% | 66% | 10% | -- | 3% | 47% | 19% | 71% |
a Charter school authorizers do not always approve every application they receive for a new charter. This column indicates the percentage of applications that each authorizer has approved out of the total number of applications they have received.
b When a charter school does not fulfill the terms of its charter or fails to follow regulatory or other obligations, the entity that authorized the school may choose to revoke the school's charter. This column indicates how many schools' charters have been revoked by each profiled authorizer.
cAdequate yearly progress.
dCalifornia Department of Education Charter Schools Division authorizes two different kinds of charter schools: 1) schools that appeal to the state after having been denied charters by their local district and county (these schools are referred to as "appeals" in the chart above) and 2) charter schools with a proven record that seek to replicate statewide (called "statewide benefit charters"). These two groups of charters are explained further in the profile of the California Department of Education Charter Schools Division in Part III of this guide.
eCells with no data indicate that the authorizer did not report this information as of the time of publication.
fUniversity-based authorizers in the state of Michigan, where Ferris State University is located, have reached their collective cap of 150 charter schools.
gMassachusetts reports AYP separately for the subjects of English language arts and mathematics. AYP also is reported in aggregate for the entire school and for subgroups. The numbers reported in the chart represent the percentage of charter schools meeting AYP in each subject for all subgroups