About 5,000 students have left public schools statewide, with 3,000 using CHOOSE Act funds to attend private schools.The program offers families up to $7,000 per child for education expenses, including private school tuition.
Only low-poverty high schools produced graduating classes in which more than half of students earned a postsecondary degree within six years, says research..
Enrollment at charter schools increased by 492,210 students nationwide from the 2019-2020 school year to the 2024-2025 school year, according to preliminary data from the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools.
The sprawling district no longer has any F-rated schools. That's one way Superintendent Mike Miles says the narrative about large urban systems is changing.