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Here’s the list of districts with the highest growth of students attending public charter schools between the 2010-2011 and 2011-2012 school years, from our annual market share report. (We calculated growth for the 50 school districts with the largest number of students attending charter schools.)
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Strong Charter School Growth in Districts with Large Numbers of Public Charter School Students: Among the 50 districts with the largest charter school student enrollments, 29 districts had growth in the number of students enrolled in public charters by 10 percent or more between the 2010-2011 and 2011-2012 school years. The Clark County School district experienced the largest growth (64 percent) in the number of charter school students enrolled, primarily due to four new charter schools opening there in the 2011-2012 school year.
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Three School Districts Repeat Top Growth Two Years in a Row. Three school districts made the list for highest percentage growth in public charter school students for two consecutive years: Los Angeles, Memphis, and New York City. Enrollment in public charter schools in these three school districts grew by 52,502 students between 2009-2010 and 2011-2012, a two year growth rate of 52 percent.
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