Student
Characteristics
Students Enrolled by Grade Level
Carlos Rosario School ESL students are placed
according to their level of English proficiency.
Student Re-Enrollment
The majority of students eligible for re-enrollment
(85.6%) enrolled in fall 2011. The School maintained its
minimum enrollment of 1,750 students throughout the
school year. Demand for classes remained constant.
As Carlos Rosario School was oversubscribed (new
applicants outnumbered spaces available for classes),
the school held an enrollment lottery and established a
lottery waiting list of over 320 students for the day,
afternoon, and evening sessions. In addition, a regular
waiting list of more than 1,000 students was also kept
for applicants seeking enrollment after the enrollment
periods had ended.
Demographics (Race, gender, ethnicity, ELL status,
special ed status, FARM status, alternative risk
status)
During the 2011-2012 academic year, the Carlos
Rosario School offered more than 2,900 students an
array of programs and supportive services. These
Below: A student listens for her word in the evening rounds of the annual
school Spelling Bee.
learners comprised an ethnically, geographically, and
linguistically diverse student body, with students
coming from 90 countries and speaking 36 different
languages. Please see the map on the following pages
for more information about the countries of origin
of our students. The charts on the following pages
offer a demographic breakdown. This school year 92%
of our student population was limited or non-English
proficient. We had no special education students. As a
public charter school serving adults, the Carlos Rosario
School cannot participate in the National Free Lunch
Program and does not receive Title I funding. However,
ninety percent of our student population qualifies as
low income according to the Department of Agriculture,
Federal Poverty Guidelines. For the 2011-12 school year
we had less than 10 students with 504 plans and no
students who would be defined as homeless according
to the age limitations outlined in the McKinney-Vento
Act. The data on pregnant students and mothers as
well as the number of incarcerated students does not
to apply to the School due to its status as an adult
education school.
Attendance (In-seat attendance, average daily
attendance)
During the 2011-2012 school year, the school’s in-seat
attendance and average daily attendance were both
80.1%.
Below: Students from Ethiopia, China, and El Salvador work on a class
exercise.
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