Special needs enrollment: traditional public schools vs

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Special needs enrollment: traditional public schools vs. charter schools At the charter schools that serve the most area students, the percentage of kids classified as having special needs ranges from 9.8 percent to 18 percent. Some of the traditional public schools that have lost significant percentages of their enrollments to charters report higher percentages with special needs, and the state average exceeds that of most area charters. DISTRICT

Urban Pathways Charter School City Charter High School Environmental Charter School at Frick Park Pennsylvania Cyber Charter School Propel Propel Propel Propel

Homestead East McKeesport Montour

Duquesne School District Sto-Rox School District Clairton School District Woodland Hills School District Pittsburgh School District State as a whole Source: Pennsylvania Department of Education

EARLY 2011-12 ENROLLMENT

SPECIAL EDUCATION ENROLLMENT

% SPECIAL EDUCATION

365 575 380 9,651

57 84 53 1,173

15.6 14.6 13.9 12.2

555 396 381 388

100 56 43 38

18.0 14.1 11.3 9.8

457 1,467 797 4,178 28,214 1,781,206

117 306 166 831 4,890 268,466

25.6 20.9 20.8 19.9 17.3 15.1 Post-Gazette