The Productivity of Public Charter Schools

Authors

Patrick J. Wolf, University of Arkansas, FayettevilleFollow
Albert Cheng, University of Arkansas, FayettevilleFollow
Meagan Batdorf, University of Arkansas, FayettevilleFollow
Larry D. Maloney, University of Arkansas, FayettevilleFollow
Jay F. May, University of Arkansas, FayettevilleFollow
Sheree T. Speakman, University of Arkansas, FayettevilleFollow

Document Type

Report

Publication Date

7-17-2014

Keywords

Public charter schools, funding inequities, revenue disparities, school reports, return on investment

Abstract

This is the first national study of the productivity of public charter schools relative to district schools. This report is a follow up to the charter school revenue study, Charter School Funding: Inequity Expands, released in April 2014 by the School Choice Demonstration Project at the University of Arkansas. That study was authored by the same research team that crafted this report. In the revenue study, per pupil revenues for public charter schools and traditional public schools (TPS) were compared. The research team found that during the 2010-11 school year (FY11), charter-school students across 30 states and the District of Columbia on average received $3,814 less in funding than TPS students, a funding gap of 28.4 percent.

Citation

Wolf, P. J., Cheng, A., Batdorf, M., Maloney, L. D., May, J. F., & Speakman, S. T. (2014). The Productivity of Public Charter Schools. School Choice Demonstration Project. Retrieved from https://scholarworks.uark.edu/scdp/6