Table 3. Number of virtual schools, total state enrollment, total virtual school enrollment, and virtual school enrollment as a percentage of state total enrollment: School year 2019–20

			Enrollment
	Number of virtual schools			Virtual schools		Virtual school as percentage of total state
State or jurisdiction	Fully virtual	Not fully virtual	Total state	Fully virtual	Not fully virtual	Fully virtual	Not fully virtual
United States¹	691	8,673	50,453,111	293,717	4,751,775	0.6	9.4
Alabama	7	0	744,235	7,633	†	1.0	†
Alaska	1	202	132,017	6	49,946	#	37.8
Arizona	70	0	1,147,415	18,212	†	1.6	†
Arkansas	7	497	496,927	4,298	252,991	0.9	50.9
California	47	1,264	6,147,545	28,496	987,680	0.5	16.1
Colorado	24	24	912,959	11,203	10,527	1.2	1.2
Connecticut	0	0	510,658	†	†	†	†
Delaware	0	0	139,930	†	†	†	†
District of Columbia	1	0	89,524	196	†	0.2	†
Florida	222	0	2,858,325	16,403	†	0.6	†
Georgia	7	0	1,769,657	15,158	†	0.9	†
Hawaii	0	1	181,088	†	585	†	0.3
Idaho	14	4	310,800	7,010	1,298	2.3	0.4
Illinois	2	0	1,942,839	522	†	#	†
Indiana	10	0	1,051,086	10,922	†	1.0	†
Iowa	5	416	509,007	1,220	163,929	0.2	32.2
Kansas	18	0	492,160	8,381	†	1.7	†
Kentucky	12	444	691,868	846	261,536	0.1	37.8
Louisiana	7	0	710,439	6,035	†	0.8	†
Maine	2	0	175,126	806	†	0.5	†
Maryland	0	2	909,404	†	1,162	†	0.1
Massachusetts	2	0	948,445	2,846	†	0.3	†
Michigan	68	166	1,448,303	17,293	87,413	1.2	6.0
Minnesota	25	10	891,477	7,029	515	0.8	0.1
Mississippi	0	13	466,002	†	8,155	†	1.7
Missouri	2	0	904,926	0	†	0.0	†
Montana	0	206	148,598	†	31,912	†	21.5
Nebraska	4	0	330,018	153	†	#	†
Nevada	2	0	500,855	1,502	†	0.3	†
New Hampshire	2	0	176,054	349	†	0.2	†
New Jersey	0	0	1,375,288	†	†	†	†
New Mexico	3	3	330,381	2,467	442	0.7	0.1
New York	0	0	2,658,992	†	†	†	†
North Carolina	5	333	1,560,350	5,184	209,736	0.3	13.4
North Dakota	0	154	116,042	†	35,553	†	31
Ohio	14	0	1,688,434	25,962	†	1.5	†
Oklahoma	0	14	702,729	†	21,532	†	3.1
Oregon	11	427	574,674	7,250	220,700	1.3	38.4
Pennsylvania	15	0	1,711,137	35,808	†	2.1	†
Rhode Island	0	1	141,792	†	225	†	0.2
South Carolina	5	1,260	786,817	11,085	775,732	1.4	98.6
South Dakota	6	159	139,483	177	30,585	0.1	21.9
Tennessee	16	167	1,014,744	3,916	131,835	0.4	13.0
Texas	9	0	5,495,398	20,099	†	0.4	†
Utah	1	17	684,475	667	12,973	0.1	1.9
Vermont	0	89	83,314	†	31,756	†	38.1
Virginia	0	371	1,296,941	†	402,086	†	31.0
Washington	11	410	1,142,073	6,579	235,460	0.6	20.6
West Virginia	0	0	263,486	†	†	†	†
Wisconsin	34	2,019	854,258	8,004	785,511	0.9	92.0
Wyoming	0	0	94,616	†	†	†	†

Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA), Bureau of Indian Education, and other jurisdictions

Department of Defense (DoDEA)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Bureau of Indian Education	0	0	38,199	†	†	†	†
American Samoa	0	0	10,447	†	†	†	†
Guam	0	41	28,812	†	28,812	†	100.0
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Puerto Rico	0	0	292,518	†	†	†	†
U.S. Virgin Islands	0	0	10,907	†	†	†	†
— Not available.
† Not applicable. State reported zero virtual schools.
# Rounds to zero.
¹U.S. totals include the 50 states and District of Columbia.
NOTE: Fully virtual schools are exclusively virtual. All instruction offered by the school is virtual. This does not exclude students and teachers meeting in person for field trips, school-sponsored social events, or assessment purposes. All students receive all instruction virtually. Partially virtual schools include schools that are primarily virtual and supplemental virtual. Schools that are primarily victual provide virtual instruction to students, but some traditional classroom instruction is also provided. Most students receive all instruction virtually. Schools that are supplemental virtual are schools where instruction is directed by teachers in a traditional classroom setting and virtual instruction supplements face-to-face instruction by teachers. Students vary in the extent to which their instruction is virtual.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), file ccd_sch_129_1920_w_1a_082120, 2019–20, Version Provisional 1a, file ccd_sch_029_1920_w_1a_082120, 2019–20, Version Provisional 1a, and file ccd_SCH_052_1920_l_1a_082120, 2019–20, Version Provisional 1a.

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