2011-12 Final Application Review – Student Demographics Data for Proven Provider Analysis
Massachusetts Charter Public School Experience
Proposed School Name:
Baystate Academy Charter Public School (proposing grades: 5-12; maximum enrollment: 560)
Proposed “Proven Provider”:
Expeditionary Learning Schools(EL)
Expeditionary Learning currently
partners with nine Massachusetts
public schools.
School Support Organization
EL is entering its 18th year of operation. It is a national network of schools, a
framework for engaging teaching and learning, and a partner for whole school
development. It is currently supporting the proposed school in planning and
development, and if chartered EL school designers will spend approximately 20 days
annually at the school. The proposed school will try to emulate Codman Academy
Charter School and one of the proposed board members, Stephen Mahoney, is the
principal at Springfield Renaissance School. Both of these schools are EL schools.
General Information about Codman Academy Charter School (10 years with EL):
2001; 2006; 2011
School Location: Boston
Year Opened and Renewed:
9-12
Current Maximum Enrollment: 145
Grades Served:
2009: max enrollment 120 to 145
Pre-enrollment Data Wait List: 544
Significant Amendments:
Selected Populations (2010-11)
% of
% of District
School
Springfield
Title
% of
State
Title
Selected Populations (2009-10)
% of
% of District
School
Springfield
% of
State
Title
Selected Populations (2008-09)
% of
% of District
School
Springfield
% of
State
First Language not English
15.4
24.4
16.3
First Language not English
13.5
24.1
15.6
First Language not English
14.7
23.7
15.4
Limited English Proficient
0.7
14.1
7.1
Limited English Proficient
0.8
13.1
6.2
Limited English Proficient
0.9
12.7
5.9
Low-income
68.4
84.2
34.2
Low-income
69.0
81.4
32.9
Low-income
67.2
77.8
30.7
Special Education
24.3
22.8
17.0
Special Education
25.4
23.9
17.0
Special Education
29.3
23.9
17.1
Free Lunch
50.7
78.7
29.1
Free Lunch
50.8
74.9
27.4
Free Lunch
53.4
70.5
25.2
Reduced Lunch
17.6
5.5
5.1
Reduced Lunch
18.3
6.5
5.6
Reduced Lunch
13.8
7.3
5.5
Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity (2009-10)
Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity (2010-11)
Race
% of School
% of District
% of State
Springfield
Race
% of School
Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity (2008-09)
% of District
% of State
Springfield
Race
% of School
% of District
% of State
Springfield
African American
89.7
21.4
8.2
African American
87.3
22.3
8.2
African American
88.8
23.2
8.2
Asian
0.0
2.2
5.5
Asian
0.0
2.2
5.3
Asian
0.0
2.2
5.1
Hispanic
8.8
58.3
15.4
Hispanic
11.1
56.7
14.8
Hispanic
10.3
54.8
14.3
0.0
0.1
0.3
Native American
0.0
0.1
0.3
Native American
0.0
0.1
0.2
Native American
White
0.7
14.2
68.0
White
0.8
14.7
69.1
White
0.9
15.7
69.9
Native Hawaiian, Pacific Isl.
0.0
0.0
0.1
Native Hawaiian, Pacific Isl.
0.0
0.0
0.1
Native Hawaiian, Pacific Isl.
0.0
0.0
0.1
Multi-Race, Non-Hispanic
0.7
3.7
2.4
Multi-Race, Non-Hispanic
0.8
4.1
2.2
Multi-Race, Non-Hispanic
0.0
4.0
2.0
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