Some of the numbers and
trends about enrollments and degrees are at odds with the conventional wisdom, whereas others show a cyclical pattern with both slumps and spurts.
Not exact matches
In other words, if the participating schools are actually roughly the bottom third in terms of performance, then the lack of correlation between their
enrollment trends and performance may not tell us anything
about the relationship between the
enrollment trends and performance of the top two - thirds of private schools that chose not to participate.
There are now
about 520 charter schools in Florida, with a combined
enrollment of
about 177,000 students and
trending up each year, according to the state.
It also faces a troubling
trend — district
enrollment has declined by
about 40,000 students since 2002.