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Florida’s charter schools continue to see robust growth in student enrollment, proof that Florida families want and need charter schools in their communities. Florida’s charter schools offer a wide variety of learning environments to meet students’ academic needs and interests. 42 new charter schools opened in 16 counties in 2022-23. 382,367 students enrolled in Florida charter schools. An increase of 20,428 charter school students.
The Florida Department of Education has measured the academic performance of students a ending public charter schools for many years. These reports have shown that year a er year, public charter school students outperform traditional public school students in most grade levels and in most academic subjects. Charter schools also do a be er job overall in closing the achievement gap between White and Black students and White and Hispanic students.