Annual Report 2007-08 | Page 26

2. Student Attrition Rate During the Year Reported This rate does not apply to Carlos Rosario International Public Charter School as the School serves adults for whom education is not compulsory. 3. Student Re-Enrollment More than half of students eligible for re-enrollment (73.52%) enrolled in fall 2007. The school maintained its minimum enrollment of 1,250 students throughout the school year. Demand for classes remained constant. Because new student applicants outnumbered spaces available for classes, the school held enrollment lotteries and established lottery waiting lists of over 500 students for day, afternoon, and evening sessions. In addition, regular waiting lists of over 600 students were also kept for students seeking enrollment after the enrollment periods had ended. Of the students enrolled in ESL classes, the majority were in Orientation A and B as well as in ESL levels 1 and 2. 4. Demographics During the 2007-2008 academic year, Carlos Rosario offered more than 3,000 immigrant students an array of programs and supportive services. These learners comprised an ethnically, geographically, and linguistically diverse student body, with students coming from as many as 71 countries and speaking 35 different languages. Their native countries included Cameroon, Egypt, Ethiopia, Morocco, Sudan, Bangladesh, China, Indonesia, Japan, Pakistan, Vietnam, Poland, Russia, the Czech Republic, Yemen, Turkey, Brazil, the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico, Peru, Honduras, and the United States. CHART 5 and CHART 6 offer a demographic breakdown. Chart 5 Ethnicity Carlos Rosario International Public Charter School, Annual Report SY 2007-2008