Hawai'i's 28 Public Charter Schools Are:

Public Schools
  • Serving over 6800 K-12 students
  • Employing more than 500 public employees
  • Paid for with tax dollars
  • Open to all who wish to attend
  • Subject to state and federal performance standards
Providing Innovative Alternatives
  • Small class size
  • Multiple-grade learning teams
  • Mainstreaming SPED students
  • Schools that focus on Hawaiian culture and language
Delivering Results
  • Hawai'i's charter school students, as a group, outperformed traditional public school students on the 2003-04 Hawai'i State Assessment and SAT tests
  • 67% of charter schools met the 2005-06 SAT honor roll criteria, up from 40% in 2003-04
Growing
  • ##% growth in student population since (SY 2001-02) that start of charter schools in Hawai'i
  • An additional three start-up charters schools are expected to be authorized soon

Updated by the CSAO, October 2007

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