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Table 216.90. Public elementary and secondary charter schools and enrollment, by state: Selected years, 1999-2000 through 2012-13
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 2002-03 2009-10 2011-12 2012-13 1999-2000 2002-03 2009-10 2011-12 2012-13 1999-2000 2002-03 2009-10 2012-13 1999-2000 2002-03 2009-10 2012-13
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19
United States 1,524 2,575 4,952 5,696 6,079 339,678 666,038 1,610,285 2,057,599 2,267,814 1.7 2.7 5.0 6.2 0.7 1.4 3.3 4.6
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 15 25 27 27 2,300 2,577 5,196 5,922 5,869 3.6 2.9 4.9 5.3 1.7 1.9 3.9 4.5
Arizona 245 325 504 531 542 31,176 56,636 113,974 136,323 151,086 14.9 17.2 22.4 23.9 3.7 6.1 10.6 13.9
Arkansas 0 7 38 41 45 0 899 8,662 11,395 13,261 0.0 0.6 3.4 4.1 0.0 0.2 1.8 2.7
California 238 409 813 985 1,085 104,730 156,696 316,658 413,124 470,880 2.8 4.5 8.1 10.5 1.8 2.5 5.1 7.6
                                     
Colorado 69 93 158 178 187 17,822 28,785 66,826 83,478 89,451 4.3 5.5 8.8 10.2 2.5 3.8 8.0 10.4
Connecticut 16 13 18 17 17 2,148 2,198 5,215 6,098 6,518 1.5 1.0 1.5 1.5 0.4 0.4 0.9 1.2
Delaware 1 11 18 22 22 115 5,060 9,173 10,322 9,942 0.5 5.5 8.3 9.8 0.1 4.3 7.3 7.8
District of Columbia 27 35 99 100 102 6,432 8,644 25,813 29,002 31,580 14.3 17.2 42.5 44.3 8.3 11.3 37.3 41.7
Florida 113 226 412 519 581 17,251 51,708 137,887 180,880 204,132 3.5 6.5 10.2 13.6 0.7 2.0 5.2 7.6
                                     
Georgia 18 48 63 128 93 11,005 25,732 37,545 79,989 64,233 1.0 2.1 2.6 3.9 0.8 1.7 2.3 3.8
Hawaii 2 25 31 31 32 790 3,354 7,869 9,165 9,635 0.8 8.8 10.7 11.2 0.4 1.8 4.4 5.2
Idaho 8 16 36 45 47 915 3,058 14,529 17,257 18,188 1.2 2.3 4.9 6.5 0.4 1.2 5.3 6.4
Illinois 17 23 39 52 58 6,152 7,466 35,836 49,070 53,829 0.4 0.5 0.9 1.4 0.3 0.4 1.7 2.6
Indiana 0 11 53 65 72 0 1,271 18,488 28,270 33,297 0.0 0.6 2.7 3.7 0.0 0.1 1.8 3.2
                                     
Iowa 0 0 9 7 3 0 0 593 403 352 0.0 0.0 0.6 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1
Kansas 0 18 35 17 16 0 1,944 4,684 3,122 2,888 0.0 1.3 2.5 1.2 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 20 77 99 104 2,449 4,730 31,467 44,330 45,293 1.0 1.3 5.2 7.4 0.3 0.6 4.6 6.5
Maine 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 106 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1
                                     
Maryland 0 0 42 50 52 0 0 11,995 17,273 18,943 0.0 0.0 2.9 3.6 0.0 0.0 1.4 2.2
Massachusetts 40 47 62 72 77 12,518 15,912 27,393 30,595 31,830 2.1 2.5 3.4 4.2 1.3 1.6 2.9 3.3
Michigan 193 198 294 306 346 46,078 68,081 110,504 118,177 126,602 4.9 4.9 7.6 9.7 2.8 3.8 6.8 8.4
Minnesota 62 94 181 174 176 7,794 12,144 35,375 39,143 41,615 2.6 3.8 7.4 7.3 0.9 1.4 4.2 4.9
Mississippi 1 1 1 0 0 347 335 375 0 0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0
                                     
Missouri 15 25 48 61 57 4,303 9,743 18,415 21,472 17,925 0.6 1.0 2.0 2.4 0.5 1.1 2.0 2.0
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 13 35 39 40 898 2,788 11,613 18,255 22,199 1.0 2.4 5.5 6.0 0.3 0.8 2.7 5.0
New Hampshire 0 0 15 15 22 0 0 816 1,169 1,739 0.0 0.0 3.1 4.6 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.9
                                     
New Jersey 0 50 70 86 86 0 12,526 22,981 29,007 29,540 0.0 2.0 2.7 3.3 0.0 0.9 1.7 2.2
New Mexico 1 27 72 84 94 22 4,404 13,090 16,864 19,916 0.1 3.3 8.4 10.7 # 1.4 3.9 5.9
New York 5 44 140 183 211 0 10,410 43,963 60,137 78,139 0.1 0.9 3.0 4.4 0.4 1.6 2.9
North Carolina 82 93 96 100 108 12,691 20,420 38,973 45,496 50,060 3.8 4.1 3.8 4.2 1.0 1.5 2.6 3.3
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 48 134 323 355 368 9,809 34,028 90,989 107,089 114,459 1.2 3.4 8.5 10.0 0.5 1.9 5.2 6.6
Oklahoma 0 10 18 21 23 0 2,712 6,315 9,229 12,037 0.0 0.6 1.0 1.3 0.0 0.4 1.0 1.8
Oregon 1 21 102 115 123 109 1,959 18,334 24,205 27,077 0.1 1.7 7.8 9.8 # 0.4 3.3 4.9
Pennsylvania 47 91 134 162 175 11,413 32,862 79,167 104,967 118,430 1.5 2.8 4.1 5.6 0.6 1.8 4.5 6.8
Rhode Island 2 7 12 18 18 446 705 3,233 4,662 5,131 0.6 2.1 3.7 5.9 0.3 0.4 2.3 3.6
                                     
South Carolina 7 13 39 47 55 327 1,132 13,035 17,034 20,067 0.6 1.1 3.2 4.4 # 0.2 1.8 2.7
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 0 20 40 51 0 0 4,343 9,104 11,698 0.0 0.0 1.1 2.8 0.0 0.0 0.4 1.2
Texas 176 263 536 581 628 25,687 53,988 148,392 189,654 215,082 2.4 3.3 6.2 7.2 0.6 1.3 3.1 4.2
Utah 6 12 72 81 88 390 1,558 33,968 44,687 50,694 0.8 1.5 6.9 8.8 0.1 0.3 5.8 8.3
                                     
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 7 3 4 4 0 466 179 393 399 0.0 0.3 0.1 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 45 129 206 234 238 3,561 19,005 36,153 40,531 43,323 2.1 5.8 9.2 10.6 0.4 2.2 4.1 5.0
Wyoming 0 1 3 4 4 0 102 269 306 369 0.0 0.3 0.8 1.1 0.0 0.1 0.3 0.4
—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 2012-13. (This table was prepared December 2014.)

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