Three Things to Know about DC Public Charter School Enrollment
The DC Government released preliminary enrollment figures for DC schools today. These figures are subject to audit and final numbers will get released in early 2018.
Today’s release shows the number of students enrolled in all public schools (including public and public charter schools) increased by 1.6 percent, or 1,476 students, with total enrollment growing to 91,537 this year. This is the ninth year in a row public school enrollment has grown. Since 2009 public school enrollment has increased by more than 20,000 students.
This increase in public school enrollment shows that the city’s investments in education are working – more families are sending their children to a public school.
“Credit goes to the school leaders and teachers around the city who work hard every day to educate the District’s public school students,” said Darren Woodruff, Board Chair of the DC Public Charter School Board.
Top Three Things to Know
- There are 43,429 PK-12 and adult students enrolled in public charter schools this year.
- More students are attending Tier 1 public charter schools, from 17,477 (42.1%) last year to 18,356 (42.4%) this year.
- In DC public charter schools, 38,745 or 89.5 percent (includes 3.6% alternative) of the students are PK-12 and 4,549 or 10.5 percent are adults.
Charter School Enrollment by Grade
|
Grade |
2016-17 Final Audit Student Count |
2017-18 Count Day Student Count |
|
PK3 |
3,229 |
3,299 |
|
PK4 |
3,471 |
3,606 |
|
KG |
3,337 |
3,259 |
|
1 |
2,945 |
3,108 |
|
2 |
2,809 |
2,856 |
|
3 |
2,515 |
2,705 |
|
4 |
2,297 |
2,418 |
|
5 |
2,252 |
2,517 |
|
6 |
2,597 |
2,895 |
|
7 |
2,430 |
2,538 |
|
8 |
2,140 |
2,320 |
|
9 |
2,056 |
2,439 |
|
10 |
1,581 |
1,745 |
|
11 |
1,265 |
1,461 |
|
12 |
1,125 |
1,211 |
|
Alternative |
1,134 |
824 |
|
Adult |
4,308 |
3,846 |
Charter School Enrollment by Tier
Again this year, more families are choosing a top performing public charter school. The Public Charter School Board places every school in 1 of 3 Tiers, with Tier 1 being the best. The chart below shows that 42.4% of students are attending a Tier 1 school this year.
|
Tier |
# of Students |
% of Students |
|
1 |
18,356 |
42.4% |
|
2 |
17,593 |
40.6% |
|
3 |
1,685 |
3.9% |
|
No Tier Available* |
5,660 |
13.1% |
* These schools do not receive a tier because the DC Public Charter School Board does not provide a performance tier for schools in their first year, schools serving only pre-kindergarten students, or schools that adopted the new Alternative Accountability Framework (AAF) in school year 2015-16.
Charter School Enrollment by School Type
|
School Type |
# Students 2017-18 |
% of Students 2017-18 |
|
Alternative |
1,557 |
3.6% |
|
Adult |
4,549 |
10.5% |
|
K-12 Traditional |
37,188 |
85.9% |
There is more information available on our website about student enrollment at public charter schools.
Enrollment numbers for students enrolled in DC public charter schools.