WHERE THEY WENT

WHERE THEY WENT

Youngstown city schools

Youngstown schools continue to lose students and revenue to charter schools, open-enrollment schools and state vouchers. A breakdown of the student and dollar losses for the past three fiscal years:

2008 2007 2006

Charter schools 2,655 2,600 2,300

Open enrollment 727 630 583

Vouchers 180 70 NA*

Dollar losses$26.3M $24M $19.8M

Net city enrollment 7,716 8,215 8,875

* The voucher program began in fiscal 2007.

Source: Youngstown city schools and Ohio Department of Education