Commonwealth Charter Academy

Commonwealth Charter Academy (previously named Commonwealth Connections Academy) is a large, public, cyber charter school.[4] The school serves all school-aged children in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania regardless of where the child lives. The Academy's headquarters is located in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.

Commonwealth Charter Academy
Address
1 Innovation Way

Harrisburg
,
Pennsylvania
17110

United States
Information
School typePublic cyber school
FoundedAugust 11, 2003[1]
Faculty203 teachers (2011)[2]
GradesK–12 (2013)
Enrollment9,300 pupils (2017)[3]
LanguageEnglish
Websitehttps://ccaeducate.me/

History

When the School was originally approved it served Kindergarten through 8th grade pupils all across Pennsylvania.[5]

As of 2013, it was one of sixteen public cyber charters schools operating in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.[6]

As of 2016, the School operated seven additional branches, called Family Service Centers, across the Commonwealth: Andreas, Allentown, Harrisburg, Center City, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Cranberry, Scranton, and Williamsport.[7]

In 2016-17, there were 9,200 students enrolled.[8] By 2023, enrollment was 22,000 pupils in grades kindergarten through 12th, making it the largest public school in the United States by enrollment.[3] The Capital Area Intermediate Unit IU15 provides the school with a wide variety of services like special education for disabled students and hearing, speech and visual disability services and professional development for staff and faculty.

Spending

In 2015-16, the school spent $3.2 million and in 2016-17 $4.4 million in taxpayer dollars on advertising, the most of all of Pennsylvania’s cyber charter schools, through sponsorships, ads in print, TV, radio, Internet and outdoor marketing.[8]

References
  1. PDE, ED Names and Addresses - School information, 2014
  2. National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data - Commonwealth Connections Academy Charter School, 2012
  3. Pennsylvania Department of Education (October 15, 2018). "Commonwealth Connections Academy Charter School Performance report fast facts".
  4. Pennsylvania Department of Education (2014). "EdNA - Charter School". Archived from the original on 2014-04-07. Retrieved 2014-10-21.
  5. Stan Rapp, COMMONWEALTH CONNECTIONS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL Cyber-Charter School Application, October 1, 2002
  6. Pennsylvania Department of Education, PA ED Directory - Charter Schools, 2013
  7. Commonwealth Charter Academy (July 2016). "CCA Family Service Centers".
  8. Stephanie Hacke and Mary Niederberger (2017-08-29). "The Charter Effect: Pa. charter schools spend millions of public dollars in advertising to attract students". PublicSource. Retrieved 2024-05-15.


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