2022-23 Charter Sector Facts - New York City Charter School Center

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Number of charter schools in NYC

90 Brooklyn, 94 Bronx, 56 Manhattan, 27 Queens, 8 Staten Island

6

Number of new charter schools opening this year

1 Queens, 4 Bronx, 1 Staten Island

142,500

Estimated students enrolled in NYC charter schools

(Based on NYSED enrollment data)

15%

of NYC public school students attend charter schools

(Based on NYSED enrollment data)

CHARTER SCHOOL STUDENT DEMOGRAPHICS (2021-22)¹

¹ Source: NYSED Preliminary Enrollment Data for 2021-22 School Year
² Source: NYSED enrollment data, latest available from 2020-21 School Year

NYC’S CHARTER SECTOR SERVES MORE STUDENTS THAN NY’S BIG 4 DISTRICTS COMBINED (2021-22)¹

¹ Source: NYSED Preliminary Enrollment Data for 2021-22 School Year

$17,626

Per pupil funding

(2022-23 School Year)

Charter Years of Operation:
Initial Charter Term	56
6-10 Years	72
11-15 Years	91
15+ Years	56

Charter School Specialized Programs
(2022-23):

40 schools have programs for students with autism or have more than 25% of students with IEPs for Special Education.

10 schools have dual language programs.

35 schools are offering pre-K.

9 schools serve high school students at risk of dropping out.

8 schools serve single-sex student populations.

NYC charter schools by Authorizer:

37 NYC DOE

63 Board of Regents

175 SUNY

Charter School Management Structures:

86 independent

57 replicators¹

126 affiliated with non-profit Charter Management Organizations (CM0s)

4 affiliated with for-profit Educational Management Organizations (EM0s)²

¹ Not affiliated with a CMO

² State law prohibits EMOs from operating new charters

Facilities:

128 charter schools are in buildings owned or leased by the NYC DOE.

147 charter schools are in private (non-DOE) space.

Collective bargaining agreements:

18 NYC charter schools (6.5%) have collective bargaining agreements with the United Federation of Teachers.

NYC Charter School Students Continue to Close the Proficiency Gap (2018-19)*

OVERALL STUDENT PROFICIENCY:

	Charters	District	Statewide
Math	62.2%	45.6%	46.7%
ELA	57.3%	47.4	45.4

BLACK STUDENT PROFICIENCY:

	Charters	District	Statewide
Math	63.9%	28.3%	32.1%
ELA	58.2%	35.0%	35.3%

HISPANIC STUDENT PROFICIENCY:

	Charters	District	Statewide
Math	59.9%	33.2%	34.6%
ELA	53.1%	36.5%	35.6%

*NYSED Public School 3-8 Assessment Data - most recent data available

2022-23

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