Report says 15 percent of charter schools have closed since 1992
Dec 21, 2011 12:25 PM
News release: A report from the
Center for Education Reform finds that charter
schools historically have experienced a 15 percent closure rate.
The report, The State of Charter Schools: What We Know – and
What We Do Not – About Performance and Accountability, is the
first-ever national analysis regarding the number of charter schools
that have closed since 1992. It states that of approximately 6,700
charter schools that have ever opened across the United States, 1,036
have closed since 1992. There are 500 additional charter schools that
have been consolidated back into the district or received a charter
but were unable to open. The five primary reasons identified for
charter closures are financial (41.7 percent), mismanagement (24
percent), academic (18.6 percent), district obstacles (6.3 percent)
and facilities (4.6 percent).
Read
the entire report (PDF file).
