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NYC Charter Schools: 2010-11 Enrollment Trends (Final Estimates)

Of the 125* New York City charter schools enrolling students for 2010-11, 106 (85%) havereported application and seat totals. The New York City Charter School Center estimates thatthese will translate into citywide totals of approximately 54,000applicants for 11,850 seats. This

estimate is based on simple extrapolationsexpanding to cover unreported schools, andretracting to discount for overlapping applications from the same students. The final totaldemand is slightly revised from the earlier estimate of 55,000 applicants for 11,700 seats (basedon 78% reporting).

Approximately one charter school seat is available for every five applicants.

NYC charter school applicants vs. seats (2010-11, estimated)

Charter school applications have grown steadily over time.

Total NYC charter school applications, historical and estimated (2007-11)

Sources: NY BEDS data via GothamSchools.org (http://bit.ly/cehjgK), NYC Charter School Center survey,

NYC Dept. of Education data. Overlaps within Success Charter Network excluded in 2010-11 (-24,289);

otherwise totals not discounted.*Excludes New York Center for Autism Charter School

11732

43314

25,269

36,861

51,395

64,381 (est.)

10000

20000

30000

40000

50000

60000

70000

2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11

21%

79% Sources: NYC Charter School Center survey,NYC Dept. of Education data

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Charter schools in Brooklyn report the most applications.

NYC charter school applications by borough, reported only(2010-11, 99 schools reporting)

Charter schools utilize multiple outreach methods.

57 schools responded to survey questions about their outreach efforts. These charter schools

distributed an average of 3,700 applications each, and used an average of 4 outreach methods

including, in order of popularity:

distributing neighborhood fliers;

making visits to feeder schools and preschools;

attending enrollment fairs; and

sending mail to eligible families through the DOEs Vanguard system.

719

4,258

18,161

12,996

14,341

2000 4000 6000 8000 10000 12000 14000 16000 18000 20000

Staten Island

Queens

Brooklyn

Bronx

Manhattan

Sources: NYC Charter

School Center survey, NYC

Dept. of Education data.

Excludes overlapping

applications within the 7-

school Success Charter

Network.