One in five of the new charter schools that opened in the United States last year were based in California, according to figures released by the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools.
California students also now comprise about one fifth of children enrolled in charter schools nationally – 494,000 out of the national total of 2.3 million.
For the first time, the number of charter schools in the U.S. topped 6,000. That paralleled a similar landmark in California, when this year the number of charter schools in California exceeded 1,000 for the first time.
via One in five of new charter schools are in California – by Louis Freedberg.