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Table 1. Number of virtual schools, by school type, charter status, magnet status, shared-time status, and state: School year 2013–14

    Number of virtual schools
    School type
State Total Regular Special education Vocational education Alternative education Charter Magnet Shared-time
United States1 478 466 0 1 11   173 3 6
Alabama 1 1 0 0 0   0 0 0
Alaska 0  
Arizona 53 52 0 1 0   20 0 1
Arkansas 2 2 0 0 0   2 0 0
California  
Colorado 36 33 0 0 3   7 1 0
Connecticut 0  
Delaware  
District of Columbia 1 1 0 0 0   1 0 0
Florida 182 182 0 0 0   6 2 0
Georgia 0  
Hawaii 0  
Idaho 14 10 0 0 4   11 0 0
Illinois 1 1 0 0 0   1 0 0
Indiana 7 7 0 0 0   6 0 0
Iowa 4 4 0 0 0   0 0 0
Kansas 14 14 0 0 0   3 0 0
Kentucky 0  
Louisiana 0  
Maine 0  
Maryland 0  
Massachusetts 1 1 0 0 0   0 0 0
Michigan 7 7 0 0 0   7 0 0
Minnesota 20 20 0 0 0   7 0 3
Mississippi 0  
Missouri 2 2 0 0 0   0 0 0
Montana 0  
Nebraska 1 1 0 0 0   0 0 0
Nevada 4 4 0 0 0   3 0 0
New Hampshire 2 2 0 0 0   2 0 2
New Jersey 0  
New Mexico 0  
New York 0  
North Carolina 1 1 0 0 0   0 0 0
North Dakota  
Ohio 27 27 0 0 0   27 0 0
Oklahoma 2 2 0 0 0   2 0 0
Oregon 12 12 0 0 0   12 0 0
Pennsylvania 16 16 0 0 0   16 0 0
Rhode Island 0  
South Carolina 7 7 0 0 0   7 0 0
South Dakota 3 1 0 0 2   0 0 0
Tennessee 9 9 0 0 0   0 0 0
Texas  
Utah 18 18 0 0 0   3 0 0
Vermont 0  
Virginia 0  
Washington  
West Virginia 0  
Wisconsin 31 29 0 0 2   30 0 0
Wyoming 0  
Department of Defense Education Activity, Bureau of Indian Education, and other jurisdictions
Department of Defense (DoDEA)  
Bureau of Indian Education 0  
American Samoa  
Guam  
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands  
Puerto Rico 0  
U.S. Virgin Islands  
† Not applicable. State did not report having any virtual schools or reported virtual schools as not applicable.
1 U.S. totals include the 50 states and District of Columbia.
NOTE: Ten states and other jurisdictions reported virtual schools as not applicable: California, Delaware, North Dakota, Texas, Washington, DoDEA, American Samoa, Guam, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Every school is assigned only one school type based on its instructional emphasis. Independent of school type, every school is assigned a separate charter status, magnet status, and shared-time status.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), “Public Elementary/Secondary School Universe Survey,” SY 2013–14 Provisional Version 1a.