Article from The New York Post:
A record 43,000 students could not get into charter schools this year because of a lack of space — a pent-up demand that will only worsen because of the state’s cap on new schools, officials said yesterday.
There are currently 99 charter schools in the city, a number that will expand to 125 next fall with 38,400 students.
But the increase in capacity can’t keep up with a growing number of parents desperately seeking to get their kids into popular charters.
About 55,000 students applied to enroll in charter schools, according to the New York City Charter Center. But only 11,700 will be accepted — about 20 percent.
That means about 80 percent of students are turned away, or on waiting lists.
North Carolina turned away or wait listed between 15,000 and 20,000 students last year. Popular Wake County charter schools like Franklin Academy and Raleigh Charter High School had thousands of applicants for hundreds of seats.
