Participation in Education

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Table A-4-2. Number, percentage, and percentage distribution of public charter schools and students, by region and state or jurisdiction: School years 1999–2000 and 2009–10

Region and state or jurisdiction	1999–2000					2009–10
	Schools			Students		Schools			Students
	Number	As a percentage of all public schools	Percentage distribution	Number	As a percentage of all public schools	Number	As a percentage of all public schools	Percentage distribution	Number	As a percentage of all public schools
United States	1,456	1.6	100.0	339,678	0.7	4,891	5.1	100.0	1,611,332	3.3
Northeast	105	0.7	7.2	26,525	0.3	446	3.0	9.1	182,768	2.3
Connecticut	16	1.5	1.1	2,148	0.4	18	1.6	0.4	5,215	0.9
Maine	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†
Massachusetts	40	2.1	2.7	12,518	1.3	62	3.4	1.3	27,393	2.9
New Hampshire	0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	14	2.9	0.3	816	0.4
New Jersey	†	†	†	†	†	70	2.7	1.4	22,981	1.7
New York	0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	136	2.9	2.8	43,963	1.6
Pennsylvania	47	1.5	3.2	11,413	0.6	134	4.2	2.7	79,167	4.5
Rhode Island	2	0.6	0.1	446	0.3	12	3.9	0.2	3,233	2.3
Vermont	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†

Midwest	354	1.4	24.3	77,697	0.7	1,169	4.6	23.9	351,552	3.3
Illinois	17	0.4	1.2	6,152	0.3	39	0.9	0.8	35,836	1.7
Indiana	†	†	†	†	†	53	2.8	1.1	18,488	1.8
Iowa	†	†	†	†	†	3	0.2	0.1	593	0.1
Kansas	0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	35	2.5	0.7	4,684	1.0
Michigan	172	4.8	11.8	46,078	2.8	288	7.8	5.9	110,845	6.9
Minnesota	57	2.8	3.9	7,794	0.9	179	8.0	3.7	35,375	4.2
Missouri	15	0.7	1.0	4,303	0.5	48	2.1	1.0	18,415	2.0
Nebraska	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†
North Dakota	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†
Ohio	48	1.3	3.3	9,809	0.5	321	8.6	6.6	90,989	5.2
South Dakota	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†
Wisconsin	45	2.1	3.1	3,561	0.4	203	9.1	4.2	36,153	4.1

South	431	1.5	29.6	76,304	0.5	1,451	4.5	29.7	474,154	2.5
Alabama	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†
Arkansas	0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	38	3.5	0.8	8,662	1.8
Delaware	1	0.5	0.1	115	0.1	18	8.8	0.4	9,173	7.3
District of Columbia	27	14.3	1.9	6,432	8.3	93	43.1	1.9	25,813	37.3
Florida	112	3.6	7.7	17,251	0.7	410	10.8	8.4	137,887	5.2
Georgia	18	1.0	1.2	11,005	0.8	62	2.7	1.3	37,545	2.3
Kentucky	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†
Louisiana	15	1.0	1.0	2,449	0.3	77	5.3	1.6	31,467	4.6
Maryland	†	†	†	†	†	42	3.0	0.9	11,995	1.4
Mississippi	1	0.1	0.1	347	0.1	1	0.1	#	375	0.1
North Carolina	77	3.6	5.3	12,691	1.0	96	3.8	2.0	38,973	2.6
Oklahoma	0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	18	1.0	0.4	6,315	1.0
South Carolina	4	0.4	0.3	327	#	38	3.3	0.8	13,035	1.8
Tennessee	†	†	†	†	†	19	1.1	0.4	4,343	0.4
Texas	176	2.4	12.1	25,687	0.6	536	6.3	11.0	148,392	3.1
Virginia	0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	3	0.2	0.1	179	#
West Virginia	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†

West	566	2.9	38.9	159,152	1.4	1,825	8.2	37.3	603,163	5.1
Alaska	18	3.6	1.2	2,300	1.7	25	5.0	0.5	5,196	3.9
Arizona	220	14.2	15.1	31,176	3.7	499	23.9	10.2	113,974	10.6
California	236	2.8	16.2	104,730	1.8	796	8.1	16.3	317,363	5.1
Colorado	69	4.4	4.7	17,822	2.5	158	8.8	3.2	66,826	8.0
Hawaii	2	0.8	0.1	790	0.4	31	10.8	0.6	7,869	4.4
Idaho	8	1.2	0.5	915	0.4	36	5.0	0.7	14,529	5.3
Montana	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†
Nevada	5	1.0	0.3	898	0.3	32	5.1	0.7	11,614	2.7
New Mexico	1	0.1	0.1	22	#	72	8.5	1.5	13,090	3.9
Oregon	1	0.1	0.1	109	#	101	7.8	2.1	18,334	3.3
Utah	6	0.8	0.4	390	0.1	72	7.3	1.5	33,968	5.8
Washington	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†
Wyoming	0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	3	0.8	0.1	269	0.3

† Not applicable. State did not have a charter law, or, for New Jersey in 1999–2000, data were not available.

# Rounds to zero.

NOTE: Data are for schools reporting student membership. The Common Core of Data (CCD) allows students to be reported for only a single school, even if they attend a “shared time” school, such as a vocational school. Detail may not sum to totals due to rounding. For more information on geographic region, see Appendix C – Commonly Used Measures. For more information on the CCD, see Appendix B – Guide to Sources.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), “Public Elementary/Secondary School Universe Survey,” 1999–2000 (version 1b) and 2009–10 (version 1a).

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