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Table 216.90. Public elementary and secondary charter schools and enrollment, by state: Selected years, 1999-2000 through 2011-12
State Number of charter schools Charter school enrollment Charter schools as a percent of total public schools Charter school enrollment as a percent of total public school enrollment
1999-2000 2005-06 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 1999-2000 2005-06 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 1999-2000 2005-06 2010-11 2011-12 1999-2000 2005-06 2010-11 2011-12
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19
United States 1,524 3,780 4,952 5,274 5,696 339,678 1,012,906 1,610,285 1,787,091 2,057,599 1.7 3.9 5.3 5.8 0.7 2.1 3.6 4.2
Alabama 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Alaska 18 23 25 27 27 2,300 4,660 5,196 5,751 5,922 3.6 4.6 5.3 5.3 1.7 3.5 4.4 4.5
Arizona 245 501 504 519 531 31,176 90,597 113,974 124,467 136,323 14.9 24.1 22.9 23.6 3.7 8.3 11.6 12.6
Arkansas 0 19 38 40 41 0 4,006 8,662 10,209 11,395 0.0 1.7 3.6 3.7 0.0 0.8 2.1 2.4
California 238 543 813 908 985 104,730 195,876 316,658 363,916 413,124 2.8 5.6 9.0 9.7 1.8 3.1 5.9 6.7
                                     
Colorado 69 121 158 168 178 17,822 44,254 66,826 74,685 83,478 4.3 7.1 9.4 9.8 2.5 5.7 8.9 9.8
Connecticut 16 14 18 18 17 2,148 2,927 5,215 5,139 6,098 1.5 1.3 1.6 1.5 0.4 0.5 0.9 1.1
Delaware 1 13 18 19 22 115 6,566 9,173 9,525 10,322 0.5 5.9 8.9 10.0 0.1 5.4 7.4 8.0
District of Columbia 27 52 99 97 100 6,432 17,260 25,813 26,910 29,002 14.3 22.7 42.5 43.9 8.3 22.5 37.8 39.3
Florida 113 342 412 458 519 17,251 92,335 137,887 154,703 180,880 3.5 9.2 11.1 12.3 0.7 3.5 5.9 6.8
                                     
Georgia 18 58 63 67 128 11,005 26,440 37,545 41,981 79,989 1.0 2.4 2.7 5.4 0.8 1.7 2.5 4.7
Hawaii 2 27 31 31 31 790 6,498 7,869 8,289 9,165 0.8 9.5 10.7 10.8 0.4 3.5 4.6 5.0
Idaho 8 26 36 40 45 915 8,003 14,529 15,330 17,257 1.2 3.7 5.3 5.9 0.4 3.1 5.6 6.2
Illinois 17 29 39 50 52 6,152 16,968 35,836 43,049 49,070 0.4 0.7 1.1 1.2 0.3 0.8 2.1 2.4
Indiana 0 29 53 60 65 0 7,409 18,488 22,472 28,270 0.0 1.5 3.1 3.4 0.0 0.7 2.2 2.7
                                     
Iowa 0 6 9 7 7 0 520 593 298 403 0.0 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1
Kansas 0 26 35 25 17 0 1,914 4,684 4,618 3,122 0.0 1.8 1.8 1.3 0.0 0.4 1.0 0.6
Kentucky 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Louisiana 16 26 77 78 99 2,449 8,315 31,467 29,199 44,330 1.0 1.9 5.3 6.9 0.3 1.3 4.2 6.3
Maine 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
                                     
Maryland 0 15 42 44 50 0 3,363 11,995 14,492 17,273 0.0 1.0 3.0 3.4 0.0 0.4 1.7 2.0
Massachusetts 40 59 62 63 72 12,518 21,958 27,393 28,422 30,595 2.1 3.1 3.4 3.9 1.3 2.3 3.0 3.2
Michigan 193 264 294 300 306 46,078 91,384 110,504 111,344 118,177 4.9 6.5 7.7 8.6 2.8 5.3 7.2 7.7
Minnesota 62 161 181 176 174 7,794 20,603 35,375 37,253 39,143 2.6 6.1 7.4 7.3 0.9 2.5 4.4 4.7
Mississippi 1 1 1 0 0 347 374 375 0 0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0
                                     
Missouri 15 23 48 53 61 4,303 10,972 18,415 20,076 21,472 0.6 1.0 2.2 2.5 0.5 1.2 2.2 2.3
Montana 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Nebraska 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Nevada 5 19 35 34 39 898 4,818 11,613 14,127 18,255 1.0 3.4 5.3 6.0 0.3 1.2 3.2 4.2
New Hampshire 0 6 15 14 15 0 200 816 983 1,169 0.0 1.3 2.9 3.1 0.0 0.1 0.5 0.6
                                     
New Jersey 0 54 70 76 86 0 14,937 22,981 24,591 29,007 0.0 2.2 2.9 3.3 0.0 1.1 1.8 2.1
New Mexico 1 53 72 81 84 22 8,595 13,090 15,290 16,864 0.1 6.2 9.4 9.7 # 2.6 4.6 5.0
New York 5 79 140 170 183 0 21,539 43,963 54,443 60,137 0.1 1.7 3.6 3.9 0.8 2.0 2.2
North Carolina 82 99 96 99 100 12,691 27,441 38,973 42,141 45,496 3.8 4.2 3.9 3.9 1.0 1.9 2.8 3.0
North Dakota 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
                                     
Ohio 48 316 323 339 355 9,809 68,679 90,989 96,669 107,089 1.2 7.9 9.0 9.6 0.5 3.7 5.5 6.2
Oklahoma 0 14 18 18 21 0 4,081 6,315 6,585 9,229 0.0 0.8 1.0 1.2 0.0 0.6 1.0 1.4
Oregon 1 54 102 108 115 109 5,192 18,334 20,372 24,205 0.1 4.3 8.3 9.1 # 1.0 3.7 4.4
Pennsylvania 47 116 134 145 162 11,413 55,630 79,167 90,613 104,967 1.5 3.6 4.5 5.1 0.6 3.0 5.1 6.0
Rhode Island 2 11 12 16 18 446 2,571 3,233 3,971 4,662 0.6 3.3 5.0 5.8 0.3 1.7 2.8 3.3
                                     
South Carolina 7 27 39 44 47 327 4,104 13,035 16,390 17,034 0.6 2.3 3.6 3.8 # 0.6 2.3 2.3
South Dakota 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Tennessee 0 12 20 29 40 0 1,685 4,343 6,517 9,104 0.0 0.7 1.6 2.2 0.0 0.2 0.7 0.9
Texas 176 319 536 561 581 25,687 70,895 148,392 164,940 189,654 2.4 3.7 6.4 6.7 0.6 1.6 3.3 3.8
Utah 6 36 72 78 81 390 11,439 33,968 39,862 44,687 0.8 3.8 7.7 7.9 0.1 2.2 6.8 7.5
                                     
Vermont 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Virginia 0 3 3 4 4 0 210 179 348 393 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.0 # # #
Washington 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
West Virginia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Wisconsin 45 181 206 207 234 3,561 27,450 36,153 36,863 40,531 2.1 8.1 9.2 10.4 0.4 3.1 4.2 4.7
Wyoming 0 3 3 3 4 0 238 269 258 306 0.0 0.8 0.8 1.1 0.0 0.3 0.3 0.3
—Not available.                                    
#Rounds to zero.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "Public Elementary/Secondary School Universe Survey," 1999-2000 through 2011-12. (This table was prepared September 2013.)

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