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Table 3. Number of operating public elementary and secondary schools, by school type, charter, and state or jurisdiction: School year 2023–24
School type | ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
State or jurisdiction | Number of operating schools1 |
Regular | Special education |
Career and technical |
Alternative education |
Charter | ||
United States2 | 99,297 | 90,461 | 1,865 | 1,575 | 5,396 | 8,010 | ||
Alabama | 1,524 | 1,360 | 34 | 73 | 57 | 18 | ||
Alaska | 494 | 473 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 31 | ||
Arizona | 2,427 | 1,945 | 37 | 289 | 156 | 571 | ||
Arkansas | 1,101 | 1,065 | 3 | 30 | 3 | 105 | ||
California | 10,326 | 9,020 | 153 | 62 | 1,091 | 1,280 | ||
Colorado | 1,908 | 1,784 | 5 | 6 | 113 | 261 | ||
Connecticut | 1,010 | 980 | 1 | 17 | 12 | 21 | ||
Delaware | 234 | 202 | 19 | 6 | 7 | 23 | ||
District of Columbia | 245 | 236 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 125 | ||
Florida | 4,229 | 3,663 | 153 | 41 | 372 | 733 | ||
Georgia | 2,327 | 2,286 | 13 | 0 | 28 | 99 | ||
Hawaii | 295 | 293 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 37 | ||
Idaho | 801 | 692 | 14 | 12 | 83 | 82 | ||
Illinois | 4,400 | 3,859 | 230 | 38 | 273 | 133 | ||
Indiana | 1,917 | 1,863 | 19 | 27 | 8 | 126 | ||
Iowa | 1,318 | 1,304 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 5 | ||
Kansas | 1,348 | 1,343 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | ||
Kentucky | 1,544 | 1,215 | 9 | 134 | 186 | 0 | ||
Louisiana | 1,316 | 1,262 | 13 | 10 | 31 | 147 | ||
Maine | 593 | 566 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 11 | ||
Maryland | 1,408 | 1,310 | 35 | 24 | 39 | 49 | ||
Massachusetts | 1,832 | 1,755 | 12 | 36 | 29 | 76 | ||
Michigan | 3,485 | 2,917 | 184 | 46 | 338 | 365 | ||
Minnesota | 2,696 | 1,894 | 318 | 10 | 474 | 308 | ||
Mississippi | 1,032 | 867 | 2 | 96 | 67 | 10 | ||
Missouri | 2,475 | 2,304 | 48 | 62 | 61 | 82 | ||
Montana | 821 | 817 | 2 | 0 | 2 | † | ||
Nebraska | 1,098 | 1,022 | 23 | 0 | 53 | † | ||
Nevada | 762 | 695 | 14 | 0 | 53 | 104 | ||
New Hampshire | 507 | 507 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43 | ||
New Jersey | 2,558 | 2,375 | 58 | 66 | 59 | 85 | ||
New Mexico | 888 | 834 | 9 | 0 | 45 | 101 | ||
New York | 4,814 | 4,606 | 131 | 50 | 27 | 343 | ||
North Carolina | 2,716 | 2,606 | 25 | 10 | 75 | 210 | ||
North Dakota | 507 | 507 | 0 | 0 | 0 | † | ||
Ohio | 3,577 | 3,488 | 14 | 75 | 0 | 335 | ||
Oklahoma | 1,778 | 1,767 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 67 | ||
Oregon | 1,296 | 1,257 | 1 | 0 | 38 | 132 | ||
Pennsylvania | 2,926 | 2,830 | 4 | 85 | 7 | 175 | ||
Rhode Island | 312 | 298 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 41 | ||
South Carolina | 1,270 | 1,199 | 8 | 48 | 15 | 95 | ||
South Dakota | 712 | 664 | 17 | 3 | 28 | † | ||
Tennessee | 1,905 | 1,854 | 15 | 13 | 23 | 115 | ||
Texas | 9,217 | 8,349 | 17 | 0 | 851 | 1,045 | ||
Utah | 1,096 | 1001 | 59 | 7 | 29 | 140 | ||
Vermont | 306 | 290 | 0 | 16 | 0 | † | ||
Virginia | 2,129 | 1,876 | 41 | 85 | 127 | 7 | ||
Washington | 2,553 | 2,105 | 86 | 20 | 342 | 18 | ||
West Virginia | 682 | 637 | 1 | 30 | 14 | 5 | ||
Wisconsin | 2,224 | 2,104 | 12 | 8 | 100 | 236 | ||
Wyoming | 358 | 315 | 12 | 0 | 31 | 7 | ||
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 | 811 | 14 | 33 | 0 | 12 | ||
U.S. Virgin Islands | 20 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | † | ||
— Not available. | ||||||||
† Not applicable. Bureau of Indian Education, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Northern Marianas, South Dakota, U.S. Virgin Islands, 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," 2023–24, Final Version 1a. |
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