In addition, I excluded private schools that have a special emphasis (such as special
education, Montessori, Waldorf) and focused on schools that most closely
resemble traditional public schools in mission.
While some suggest that these demographics indicate charter schools are contributing to the resegregation of
public education, charter school advocates counter that charter enrollment
resembles the demographic breakdown of
traditional public schools in their surrounding districts and neighborhoods, and note that communities often intentionally establish charter schools to reach large numbers of underserved students (NAPCS, 2012).