America's Private Public Schools
February 18, 2010
This new analysis by the Thomas B. Fordham Institute finds that more than 1.7 million American children attend what we've dubbed "private public schools" -- public schools that serve virtually no poor students.* In some metropolitan areas, as many as one in six public-school students -- and one in four white youngsters -- attends such schools, of which the U.S. has about 2,800. Read on to see whether there's one in your neighborhood.
* It has come to our attention that South Dakota reported inaccurate free-and-reduced-price-lunch data to the National Center for Education Statistics’ Common Core of Data, impacting our results for the Mt. Rushmore State. Read this article to learn more.
"Private public schools" broken down by metro area
Flypaper blog posts:
New! Find "private public schools" nationwide!
Mike Petrilli, February 19, 2010
Did YOU attend a "private public school"?
Mike Petrilli, February 18, 2010
"Public" schools in name only
Mike Petrilli, February 18, 2010
America's Private Public Schools in the press:
National study dubs 12 Portland-area schools "private public schools"
The Oregonian, February 22, 2010
Wealth Gap for Schools in New Jersey Is the Highest
New York Times, February 18, 2010
Report: Why do some schools have few poor students?
Cincinnati Enquirer, February 17, 2010
