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12 <br /> Charter and Private Schools <br /> Currently, there are two Charter Schools located in the Town of Hillsborough. Charter student <br /> membership for these two schools is as follows: <br /> i River Academy The ExpeditionSchool <br /> School Year Number of Students Number of Students <br /> 2017-18 542 326 <br /> 2018-19 655 +113 355 +29 <br /> 2019-20 715 +60 365 +10 <br /> 2020-21 747 +32 <br /> 2021-22 751 +4 365* <br /> 2022-23 777 +26 <br /> 2023-24 805 +28 362 -3 <br /> 2024-25 829 +24 381 +19 <br /> *The Expedition School reached full capacity of 365 students in 2019-20 <br /> ^Reallocated space to accommodate more students. <br /> Charter and private schools are not included as part of the SAPFO Annual Report and, as a <br /> result, their membership and capacity numbers are not included in future projections. SAPFO <br /> projections are used for projecting only public school capacity/construction needs. However, the <br /> SAPFO Technical Advisory Committee does monitor charter and private schools and their effect <br /> on student enrollment in both school districts. If a charter or private school were to close and a <br /> spike were to be realized in school enrollment, the student projections would likely accelerate the <br /> need for additional capacity in future years, but likely still within an appropriate time for CIP <br /> planning. Charter Schools are also monitored by the Department of Public Instruction(DPI) <br /> which provides pupil information,based on data received from Charter Schools located in <br /> Orange County, to the County for funding purposes. The County budgeted for charter schools as <br /> follows: <br /> Chapel bi i Orange County <br /> F City Schools Schools <br /> Fiscal Year Number of Students Number of Students <br /> 2017-18 162 617 <br /> 2018-19 155 -7 769 +152 <br /> 2019-20 169 +14 843 +74 <br /> 2020-21 166 -3 885 +42 <br /> 2021-22 156 -10 919 +34 <br /> 2022-23 205 +49 951 +32 <br /> 2023-24 210 +5 999 +48 <br /> 2024-25 231 +21 1091 +92 <br /> Although charter and private schools numbers are not collected for SAPFO purposes, impacts <br /> due to enrollment at these schools are accounted for in SAPFO process with the annual reporting <br /> of student membership and growth rates contained in the 10-year student projections. <br /> iv <br />