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Table 3. Number of operating public elementary and secondary schools, by school type, charter, and state or jurisdiction: School year 2022–23
| School type | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| State or jurisdiction | Number of operating schools1 |
Regular | Special education |
Career and technical |
Alternative education |
Charter | ||
| United States2 | 99,409 | 90,604 | 1,882 | 1,571 | 5,352 | 7,999 | ||
| Alabama | 1,516 | 1,356 | 34 | 71 | 55 | 17 | ||
| Alaska | 498 | 476 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 32 | ||
| Arizona | 2,429 | 1,951 | 39 | 283 | 156 | 576 | ||
| Arkansas | 1,098 | 1,063 | 3 | 29 | 3 | 103 | ||
| California | 10,327 | 9,019 | 153 | 64 | 1,091 | 1,284 | ||
| Colorado | 1,932 | 1,809 | 5 | 6 | 112 | 269 | ||
| Connecticut | 1,013 | 983 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 21 | ||
| Delaware | 229 | 199 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 23 | ||
| District of Columbia | 244 | 236 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 126 | ||
| Florida | 4,230 | 3,665 | 160 | 37 | 368 | 740 | ||
| Georgia | 2,316 | 2,278 | 10 | 0 | 28 | 97 | ||
| Hawaii | 295 | 293 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 37 | ||
| Idaho | 795 | 687 | 13 | 13 | 82 | 77 | ||
| Illinois | 4,408 | 3,867 | 240 | 38 | 263 | 134 | ||
| Indiana | 1,921 | 1,863 | 20 | 30 | 8 | 121 | ||
| Iowa | 1,327 | 1,313 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 4 | ||
| Kansas | 1,355 | 1,350 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | ||
| Kentucky | 1,542 | 1,203 | 9 | 135 | 195 | 0 | ||
| Louisiana | 1,337 | 1,282 | 13 | 10 | 32 | 150 | ||
| Maine | 597 | 570 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 13 | ||
| Maryland | 1,410 | 1,311 | 35 | 25 | 39 | 48 | ||
| Massachusetts | 1,837 | 1,764 | 12 | 36 | 25 | 76 | ||
| Michigan | 3,510 | 2,948 | 182 | 45 | 335 | 378 | ||
| Minnesota | 2,690 | 1,892 | 318 | 10 | 470 | 300 | ||
| Mississippi | 1,038 | 875 | 2 | 94 | 67 | 8 | ||
| Missouri | 2,473 | 2,302 | 48 | 62 | 61 | 82 | ||
| Montana | 826 | 822 | 2 | 0 | 2 | † | ||
| Nebraska | 1,092 | 1,018 | 23 | 0 | 51 | † | ||
| Nevada | 748 | 687 | 13 | 0 | 48 | 101 | ||
| New Hampshire | 502 | 502 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | ||
| New Jersey | 2,562 | 2,377 | 58 | 67 | 60 | 85 | ||
| New Mexico | 890 | 836 | 9 | 0 | 45 | 101 | ||
| New York | 4,812 | 4,600 | 134 | 50 | 28 | 342 | ||
| North Carolina | 2,716 | 2,608 | 25 | 8 | 75 | 206 | ||
| North Dakota | 511 | 511 | 0 | 0 | 0 | † | ||
| Ohio | 3,632 | 3,539 | 18 | 75 | 0 | 334 | ||
| Oklahoma | 1,781 | 1,773 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 63 | ||
| Oregon | 1,286 | 1,248 | 1 | 0 | 37 | 132 | ||
| Pennsylvania | 2,936 | 2,842 | 4 | 85 | 5 | 177 | ||
| Rhode Island | 316 | 302 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 41 | ||
| South Carolina | 1,264 | 1,194 | 8 | 47 | 15 | 88 | ||
| South Dakota | 720 | 672 | 17 | 3 | 28 | † | ||
| Tennessee | 1,900 | 1,849 | 15 | 13 | 23 | 114 | ||
| Texas | 9,180 | 8,315 | 15 | 0 | 850 | 1,039 | ||
| Utah | 1,102 | 1009 | 58 | 6 | 29 | 140 | ||
| Vermont | 305 | 289 | 0 | 16 | 0 | † | ||
| Virginia | 2,132 | 1,876 | 41 | 90 | 125 | 7 | ||
| Washington | 2,549 | 2,105 | 86 | 20 | 338 | 16 | ||
| West Virginia | 684 | 637 | 1 | 32 | 14 | 4 | ||
| Wisconsin | 2,235 | 2,119 | 12 | 8 | 96 | 239 | ||
| Wyoming | 361 | 319 | 11 | 0 | 31 | 5 | ||
| Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA), Bureau of Indian Education, and other jurisdictions | ||||||||
| DoDEA | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Bureau of Indian Education | 174 | 174 | 0 | 0 | 0 | † | ||
| American Samoa | 29 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Guam | 45 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Northern Marianas | 35 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | † | ||
| Puerto Rico | 858 | 810 | 15 | 33 | 0 | 10 | ||
| U.S. Virgin Islands | 21 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | † | ||
| — Not available. | ||||||||
| †Not applicable. Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Vermont do not have legislative approval to operate public charter schools. | ||||||||
| 1Operating schools include all those providing services as of the start of the reported school year. | ||||||||
| 2U.S. totals include the 50 states and the District of Columbia. | ||||||||
| NOTE: Every school is assigned a school type based on its instructional emphasis; numbers and types of schools may differ from those published by states. A school may also be included under the Charter status, which are independent of school type. | ||||||||
| SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "Public Elementary/Secondary School Universe Survey," 2022–23, Provisional Version 1a. | ||||||||
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