GAO-19-373: Published: Jun 13, 2019. Publicly Released: Jul 15, 2019.

Students may attend alternative K-12 public schools due to issues like poor grades and disruptive behavior. Some students attend for a few days to a few years, while others cycle in and out. Among other things, we found: Enrollment at these schools dropped between school years 2013-14 and 2015-16. Declines in White and Hispanic enrollment accounted for most of the drop Some groups, such as Blac...