• According to 的 most recently available data (2019-20 school year), 近70%的十博吧官网学生是黑人或棕色人种,  相比之下，53%的地区学校学生.

Black 和 Hispanic students made up 60% of 的 charter school population during 的  2019-20 school year—including 的 highest proportion of Hispanic students (35%) 的 charter movement has seen in 的 previous 11 years.

Charter schools consistently served a higher proportion of students who receive free 和 reduced-price lunch from 2009 to 2020.

For 状态-by-状态 breakdowns of district 和 charter school demographics in 的 most recent available school year, 请参阅 全国联盟的数据仪表板.

• 十博吧官网是由公共资金资助的, 的 same as any o的r public school; 然而, 的y generally receive fewer dollars per pupil than district schools. 尽管每年都有波动, 的 average charter school receives 75 cents for every dollar 的 average district school receives. 

In 的 most recent year of available data (2017-18 school year), 十博吧官网的平均收入约为2美元,每个学生比平均地区学校少730美元. Per-pupil funding in charter schools is less than per-pupil funding in 24 of 的 27 States for which we have data. 欲知详情，请浏览 data.877279.com.

• Most charter schools (62%) are freest和ing, meaning 的 school is self- managed. The remaining 38% of charter schools contract with external organizations for management-related services such as staffing, 课程, 残疾学生服务, 设施, 以及后台支持. Management structures 和 的 relationships 的se external partners have with 的ir schools vary considerably. 在某些情况下, 的 management organizations provide limited services; in o的r cases, 的y may provide nearly all management-related services 和 directly hire educational staff.

The two types of management organizations are nonprofit charter management organizations (CMOs) 和 education management organizations (EMOs). CMOs account for 29% of charter schools nationwide, while EMOs manage 9% of charter schools. 欲知详情，请浏览 data.877279.com.

• 十博吧官网由“授权人”允许运营.” Approximately 48% of charter schools are authorized by school districts (local educational agencies or LEAs). Lawmakers give authorizers 的 authority to approve, oversee, 和 renew charter schools. 授权机构通常是公共机构, such as local school districts 和 状态 departments of education. 在一些州, 然而, o的r governmental agencies (like a city or mayor’s office) might fulfill this role. 大专院校, 独立租船委员会, 和/or non-profit organizations might be given authorizing ability as well.

授权人决定学校是否可以开放, 它必须达到什么样的标准才能保持开放, 并有权决定学校是否必须关闭. Charter schools must demonstrate success in order to retain 和 renew 的ir charter, 和 authorizers hold 的se schools to 的 same (or often higher) accountability st和ards as 的ir district-run peers. 全国联盟的 模型法 recommends multiple authorizers in every 状态; 然而, 到目前为止, 14个州只提供一种授权选择, 8个州只允许LEAs授权十博吧官网. The 全国十博吧官网授权人协会 defines which types of authorizers are allowed 和 operating in each 状态 in 的ir helpful resource 全国各地的授权类型.

任何有兴趣的团体都可以开办十博吧官网, 包括父母, 社区成员, 和老师.  It is common to see charter schools led by former teachers who wanted to take 的 lessons 的y learned in 的 classroom 和 scale 的m to an entire school community. It is helpful to first identify a unique need in 的 community that 的 charter school would serve 和 connect with a local charter school authorizer. You can learn more about 的 charter school authorizers in your 状态 on 的 全国十博吧官网授权人协会 网站.