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BOSTON CHARTER PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOLS HAVE LOWER ATTRITION RATES AND MORE STABLE ENROLLMENT THAN COMPARABLE BOSTON DISTRICT SCHOOLS

Date Published: July 16, 2014

Author: Dom Slowey

The Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) reports two measures of attrition in all public schools in th

  • Over the past three years, school year enrollment stability (i.e. the percent of beginning-year students who finish the academic year in the same school) is:
    • 92% in non-selective Boston charter high schools
    • 74% in non-selective Boston district high schools
    • 80% in selective Boston pilot high schools
    • 97% in selective Boston exam high schools.
  • School-year stability rates in charter high schools range from 84% to 95%.  In BPS high schools, stability rates range from 36% to 98%.