PROFILES OF FOR-PROFIT AND NONPROFIT EDUCATION MANAGEMENT ORGANIZATIONS
FOURTEENTH EDITION—2011-2012
Gary Miron Western Michigan University Charisse Gulosino University of Memphis November 2013
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Contents
Executive Summary i
Introduction and Background 1 The EMO Industry: Background and Rationale 1 Defining Education Management Organizations 2 Description of Data Collection and Sources of Information 3 Purpose of this Report 4
Findings for 2011-2012 5 Number of Education Management Organizations Profiled 5 Number of Schools Managed by Education Management Organizations 8 Number of Students in Schools Managed by EMOs 12 Number and Percent of EMOs by State 18
Education Management Organization Summaries 23
Education Management Organizations Profiles: 2011-2012 3o Sorted in Alphabetical Order and Grouped by Company Size
Appendices Appendix A: Reader’s Guide 238 Appendix B: For Profit EMO Response Table 239 Appendix C: Nonprofit EMO Response Table 240 Appendix D: No Longer Profiled Companies 242 Appendix E: Methods 243
PROFILES OF FOR-PROFIT AND NONPROFIT EDUCATION MANAGEMENT ORGANIZATIONS AND PRIVATE CHARTER HOLDERS: FOURTEENTH EDITION—2011-2012
Gary Miron, Western Michigan University Charisse Gulosino, University of Memphis
Executive Summary
The 2011-2012 school year marked another year of growth in both the for-profit and nonprofit education management sectors. In the previous three years we saw some signs of slowing growth in the for-profit sector, but the changes between 2010-2011 and 2011-12, demonstrate that there is still room for growth. The nonprofit management sector’s growth has been steadily growing faster than their for-profit counterparts, both in terms of new nonprofit EMOs and new managed schools. Student enrollments in all managed schools continue to grow at a rapid pace.
The National Landscape