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K-12 Public Schools and Students (2001-2002)
K-12 Public School Teachers (2001-2002)
K-12 Private Schools
K-12 Public and Private School Student Academic Performance
Summary
Background
State School Report Card
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California

 

School Choice Status

  • Public school choice: Interdistrict/voluntary and intradistrict/mandatory
  • State constitution: Blaine amendment
  • Charter school law: Established 1992
    Strength of law: Strong
    Number of charter schools in operation (2005): 533
    Number of students enrolled in charter schools (2005): 181,928
  • Publicly funded private school choice: No
  • Home-school law: Low regulation

K-12 Public Schools and Students (2002-2003)

  • Public school enrollment : 6,353,667
  • Students enrolled per teacher (2001-2002): 20.5
  • Number of schools (2000-2001): 8,757
  • Number of districts: 990
  • Current expenditures: $47,983,402,000
  • Current per-pupil expenditure: $7,552
  • Amount of revenue from the federal government: 9.9%

K-12 Public School Teachers (2002-2003)

  • Number of teachers: 313,330
  • Average salary: $55,693

K-12 Private Schools (2001-2002)

  • Private school enrollment: 655,502
  • Number of schools: 3,508
  • Number of teachers: 47,033

K-12 Public and Private School Student Academic Performance

  • NAEP test results:
 

NAEP Tests
California Student
Performance

State (National)
2005 Math
Scale = 0-500

State (National)
2005 Science
Scale = 0-300



State (National)
2005 Reading
Scale = 0-500

 

 

4th Grade

8th Grade

4th Grade

8th Grade

4th Grade

8th Grade

Average Scale Score

230 (237)

269 (278)

137 (151)

136 (149)

207 (217)

250 (260)

Advanced

4% (5%)

5% (6%)

1% (3%)

2% (3%)

5% (7%)

2% (3%)

Proficient

24% (30%)

17% (23%)

16% (29%)

16% (29%)

17% (23%)

19% (26%)

Basic

43% (44%)

35% (39%)

33% (68%)

26% (59%)

29% (33%)

39% (42%)

Below Basic

29% (21%)

43% (32%)

50% (32%)

56% (41%)

50% (38%)

40% (29%)

 

State Contacts

Association of Christian Schools International, Northern California/Hawaii Regional Office
Rohn J. Ritzema, M.A., Regional Director
9581 Calvine Rd.
Sacramento, CA 95828
Phone: (916) 681-8451
Fax: (916) 681-8452
Website: http://www.acsi.org/web2003/default.aspx?ID=1677
E-mail: rohn_ritzema@acsi.org

Association of Christian Schools International, Southern California Regional Office
Jerry Haddock, Ed.D.
731 N. Beach Blvd., Suite 210
La Habra, CA 90631-3659
Phone: (562) 694 -4791
Fax: (562) 690-6234
Website: http://www.acsi.org/web2003/default.aspx?ID=1678
E-mail: jerry_haddock@acsi.org

California Charter Schools Association
Caprice Young, CEO and President
818 West 7th Street, Suite #910
Los Angeles, CA 90017
Phone: (213) 244-1446
Fax: (213) 652-1000
Website: www.charterassociation.org
E-mail: helpdesk@charterassociation.org

California Department of Education
Linda Wyatt, Education Program Consultant
1430 N Street
Sacramento, CA 95814
Phone: (916) 319-0800
Website: www.cde.ca.gov
E-mail: lwyatt@cde.ca.gov

California Parents for Educational Choice
Alan Bonsteel M.D., President
294 Cecilia Way
Tiburon, CA 94920
Phone: (415) 389-8262
Fax: (415) 389-8263
Website: www.CPEConline.org
E-mail: abonsteel@earthlink.net

California State CAPE
Dr. Ronald Reynolds, Executive Director, California Association of Private School Organizations (CAPSO)
15500 Erwin St. #303
Van Nuys, CA 91411
Phone: (818) 781-4680
Fax: 818-781-4680
Website: www.capso.org
E-mail: ronreynolds@capso.org

Capitol Resource Institute
Karen England, Executive Director
1414 K Street
Suite 200
Sacramento, CA 95814
Phone: (916) 498-1940
Fax: (916) 448-2888
Website: www.capitolresource.org
E-mail: kengland@capitolresource.org

Catholic Education Foundation
Kathleen H. Anderson, Executive Director
3424 Wilshire Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90010-2202
Phone: (213) 637-7475
Fax: (213) 637-5901
Website: www.CatholicEd-foundation.org
E-mail: KHAnderson@cefdn.org

Center for the Study of Popular Culture
David Horowitz, President
4401 Wilshire Boulevard
4th Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90010
Phone: (323) 556-2550
Website: www.cspc.org
E-mail: info@cspc.org

Charter Schools Development Center
Eric Premack, Co-Director
7750 College Town Drive, Suite 100
Sacramento, CA 95826
Phone: (916) 278-6069
Fax: (916) 278-4094
Website: www.cacharterschools.org
E-mail: epremack@calstate.edu

Christian Home Educators Association of California  
P.O. Box 2009
Norwalk, CA 90651-2009
Phone: (800) 564-2432
Website: www.cheaofca.org
E-mail: info@cheaofca.org

Claremont Institute
Brian Kennedy, President
937 West Foothill Boulevard
Suite E
Claremont, CA 91711
Phone: (909) 621-6825
Fax: (909) 626-8724
Website: www.claremont.org
E-mail: info@claremont.org

Independent Institute
David J. Theroux, President
100 Swan Way
Oakland, CA 94621
Phone: (510) 632-1366
Fax: (510) 568-6040
Website: www.independent.org
E-mail: See form on web site.

National Home Education Network (NHEN)
Christine Webb, Media Contact
Phone: (503) 647-2992
Fax: (503) 647-3285
Website: www.nhen.org
E-mail: retromom@earthlink.net

Pacific Research Institute for Public Policy
Lance Izumi, Director
Education Studies Unit
1414 K Street, Suite 200
Sacramento, CA 95814
Phone: (916) 448-1926
Fax: (916) 448-3856
Website: www.pacificresearch.org
E-mail: Izumi58@aol.com

Reason Public Policy Institute  
3415 South Sepulveda Boulevard
Suite 400
Los Angeles, CA 90034
Phone: (310) 391-2245
Fax: (310) 391-4395
Website: www.reason.org
E-mail: chris.mitchell@reason.org

San Francisco Independent Scholars
Ann Fry, Program Manager
755 Sansome Street
Suite 450
San Francisco, CA 94111
Phone: (415) 989-0833
Fax: (415) 989-2411
E-mail: afry@pacificresearch.org

Southern California Children's Scholarship Fund
Erica Macias, Program Director
626 Wilshire Blvd
Suite 515
Los Angeles, CA 90017
Phone: (213) 689-8909
Fax: (213) 689-8910
Website: www.sccsf.org
E-mail: emacias@sccsf.org

State Policy Network
Tracie Sharp, President
PO Box 5208
Richmond, CA 94805-5208
Phone: (510) 965-9700
Fax: (510) 965-9701
Website: www.spn.org
E-mail: spn@spn.org

The BASIC Fund
Meghan Magilligan, Administrative Director
268 Bush Street
Suite 2717
San Francisco, CA 94104
Phone: (415) 986-7221
Fax: (415) 986-5358
Website: www.basicfund.org
E-mail: meghan@basicfund.org

The Guardsmen Scholarship Fund
Elizabeth Castaing, Scholarship Administrator
340 Brannan St, Suite305
San Francisco, CA 94107-1836
Phone: (415) 856-0939
Fax: (415) 856-0949
Website: www.scholarship.org
E-mail: scholarship@guardsmen.org

The Hoover Institution  
Stanford University
Stanford, CA 94305-6010
Phone: (650) 723-1754
Fax: (650) 723-1687
Website: www.hoover.org
E-mail: horaney@hoover.stanford.edu