K-12 Online Learning - Babson Survey Research Group

Frequency
Valid
Percent
No 64 17.6
Plan 89 24.5
Yes 210 57.9
Total 363 100.0
Missing 3
Total 366
Table 2A. Responses to: Are students at the [school district name] taking any fully online courses
during the 2005–2006 (12 month) school year?
Frequency
Valid
Percent
No 145 40.5
Plan 97 27.1
Yes 116 32.4
Total 358 100.0
Missing 8
Total 366
Table 2B. Responses to: Are students at the [school district name] taking any blended/hybrid courses
during the 2005–2006 (12 month) school year?
As a follow-up question to the above, respondents in school districts already enrolling students in online or
blended courses were asked if they anticipated growth in enrollments over the next two years. A majority of
the respondents anticipated growth (60.1% of districts expect growth in their fully online course enrollments
and 66.0% expect growth in their blended enrollments). Districts predict that the number of students taking
online courses will grow by 18.6 percent and those taking blended courses will grow by 22.9 percent over
the next two years.
Table 3 shows the grade levels of the students taking online courses as categorized by fully online and
blended/hybrid courses. Not surprisingly, the data show that much higher percentages of students are
enrolled in online courses in the upper levels with the majority at the high school level.
Fully Online Blended/Hybrid Total
N % N % N %
Grades K–5 2733 16% 538 5% 3271 12%
Grades 6–8 1793 10% 3980 36% 5773 20%
Grades 9–12 12625 73% 6519 59% 19144 67%
Other 198 1% 56 1% 254 1%
Total 17349 100% 11093 100% 28442 100%
Table 3. Online Enrollment by Grade Level
An important goal of this study was to estimate the number of K–12 students enrolled in online learning and
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