Fact 6: While charter schools are predominantly located in urban areas, charter schools, on average, are more racially / ethnically diverse *
than their traditional district school counterparts (comparative districts).
Statewide, charter schools receive roughly 25 % less funding per student
than their traditional district school counterparts.
In Buffalo for example, charter schools receive roughly 40 % less
than their traditional district school counterparts.
Not exact matches
The study of charter
schools in 15 states and the
District of Columbia found that, nationally, only 17 % of charter
schools do better academically
than their
traditional counterparts, and more
than a third «deliver learning results that are significantly worse
than their student [s] would have realized had they remained in
traditional public
schools.»
In a report on
school safety released last October, Eden reached the conclusion that New York City's charter
schools were «safer»
than traditional district counterparts not by comparing raw data from the Big Apple's
school climate survey or even using more - objective data such as incident reports over a period of several years.
According to Nordstrom's report, charter
schools statewide receive about $ 215 more in local spending per student
than their
traditional school counterparts, although the funding amount varies depending on the
district.