One-third of Tuscarora’s cyber students currently attend Pa. Cyber School, one of the largest in the state with an enrollment of around 9,000. Pa. Cyber School also has 42 students enrolled from Chambersburg Area, 14 from Shippensburg Area, 10 from Greencastle-Antrim and eight from Waynesboro Area.
Statewide, about 27,000 students are enrolled in 11 cyber schools, which Fred Miller, communications coordinator for Pa. Cyber School, said is about 1 to 2 percent of the entire student population of Pennsylvania.
Miller said that families who choose to enroll their students in a cyber charter school usually fall into one of three categories. Some families that come from smaller school districts with less course elective offerings will sometimes choose a cyber school because they offer a broader range of classes to take.
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