Not exact matches
That analysis, of the first year of the new state test results in 2015, showed that students at
magnets outperformed students at independent charter schools, although the demographics of
magnets and charters
do not match up evenly, and some
magnet schools are for highly
gifted students.
In the recent Smater Balanced statewide tests,
magnets outperformed the district's independent charter schools in nearly every major category, although the demographics of
magnets vs. independent charters
do not match up evenly, and some
magnet schools are for highly -
gifted students, which requires them to meet certain academic criteria for enrollment.
These 16 schools — all of them elementary (see list below)-- are not
magnets or affiliated charters, nor
do they participate in the School for Advanced Studies program, which embeds
gifted students within a school, contributing to the school's overall performance.