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Table 216.90. Public elementary and secondary charter schools and enrollment, by state: Selected years, 1999-2000 through 2014-15
State Number of charter schools Fall enrollment in charter schools Charter schools as a percent of total public schools Charter school enrollment as a percent of total fall enrollment in public schools
1999-2000 2004-05 2009-10 2013-14 2014-15 1999-2000 2004-05 2009-10 2013-14 2014-15 1999-2000 2004-05 2009-10 2014-15 1999-2000 2004-05 2009-10 2014-15
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19
United States 1,524 3,399 4,952 6,465 6,747 339,678 887,327 1,610,285 2,522,022 2,721,786 1.7 3.5 5.0 6.9 0.7 1.8 3.3 5.4
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 21 25 27 27 2,300 4,108 5,196 6,118 6,217 3.6 4.2 4.9 5.3 1.7 3.1 3.9 4.7
Arizona 245 498 504 600 619 31,176 87,198 113,974 195,027 206,667 14.9 24.3 22.4 27.1 3.7 8.4 10.6 18.6
Arkansas 0 17 38 52 60 0 3,296 8,662 16,921 20,135 0.0 1.5 3.4 5.5 0.0 0.7 1.8 4.1
California 238 495 813 1,125 1,177 104,730 177,642 316,658 514,075 544,293 2.8 5.2 8.1 11.4 1.8 2.8 5.1 8.7
                                     
Colorado 69 110 158 200 214 17,822 36,932 66,826 95,860 101,359 4.3 6.5 8.8 11.6 2.5 4.8 8.0 11.4
Connecticut 16 14 18 18 22 2,148 2,692 5,215 7,093 8,036 1.5 1.3 1.5 1.7 0.4 0.5 0.9 1.5
Delaware 1 13 18 21 24 115 6,543 9,173 11,064 12,197 0.5 6.0 8.3 11.0 0.1 5.5 7.3 9.1
District of Columbia 27 40 99 109 107 6,432 14,063 25,813 33,158 34,541 14.3 18.6 42.5 48.2 8.3 18.3 37.3 42.7
Florida 113 319 412 623 651 17,251 83,075 137,887 230,173 251,825 3.5 8.7 10.2 15.6 0.7 3.1 5.2 9.1
                                     
Georgia 18 51 63 94 89 11,005 26,358 37,545 70,544 71,617 1.0 2.2 2.6 3.8 0.8 1.7 2.3 4.1
Hawaii 2 27 31 33 34 790 5,177 7,869 9,816 10,435 0.8 9.5 10.7 11.8 0.4 2.8 4.4 5.7
Idaho 8 20 36 49 52 915 5,975 14,529 19,904 19,079 1.2 2.9 4.9 7.0 0.4 2.3 5.3 6.6
Illinois 17 29 39 65 68 6,152 13,669 35,836 59,788 62,446 0.4 0.7 0.9 1.6 0.3 0.7 1.7 3.1
Indiana 0 28 53 76 80 0 4,266 18,488 35,676 37,448 0.0 1.4 2.7 4.2 0.0 0.4 1.8 3.6
                                     
Iowa 0 2 9 3 3 0 145 593 315 322 0.0 0.1 0.6 0.2 0.0 # 0.1 0.1
Kansas 0 20 35 11 11 0 1,482 4,684 2,518 2,758 0.0 1.4 2.5 0.8 0.0 0.3 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 17 77 118 135 2,449 5,155 31,467 50,049 69,817 1.0 1.1 5.2 9.8 0.3 0.7 4.6 9.7
Maine 0 0 0 5 6 0 0 0 384 857 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5
                                     
Maryland 0 1 42 53 47 0 228 11,995 20,269 19,337 0.0 0.1 2.9 3.3 0.0 # 1.4 2.2
Massachusetts 40 57 62 81 80 12,518 20,349 27,393 34,631 37,402 2.1 3.0 3.4 4.3 1.3 2.1 2.9 3.9
Michigan 193 247 294 370 375 46,078 81,615 110,504 139,110 142,752 4.9 6.1 7.6 10.7 2.8 4.7 6.8 9.6
Minnesota 62 129 181 186 205 7,794 17,530 35,375 43,937 47,747 2.6 5.0 7.4 8.4 0.9 2.1 4.2 5.6
Mississippi 1 1 1 0 0 347 344 375 0 0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0
                                     
Missouri 15 0 48 59 62 4,303 0 18,415 19,462 20,012 0.6 0.0 2.0 2.6 0.5 0.0 2.0 2.2
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 20 35 41 45 898 4,178 11,613 24,621 28,975 1.0 3.6 5.5 6.8 0.3 1.0 2.7 6.3
New Hampshire 0 3 15 23 28 0 81 816 2,097 2,547 0.0 0.6 3.1 5.7 0.0 # 0.4 1.4
                                     
New Jersey 0 50 70 87 87 0 13,537 22,981 33,430 37,257 0.0 2.0 2.7 3.4 0.0 1.0 1.7 2.7
New Mexico 1 44 72 95 97 22 8,131 13,090 21,376 22,715 0.1 5.3 8.4 11.0 # 2.5 3.9 6.7
New York 5 61 140 233 248 18,124 43,963 92,143 106,483 0.1 1.3 3.0 5.1 0.6 1.6 3.9
North Carolina 82 97 96 128 149 12,691 25,248 38,973 58,307 70,244 3.8 4.2 3.8 5.7 1.0 1.8 2.6 4.6
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 48 255 323 390 381 9,809 59,353 90,989 120,716 122,437 1.2 6.4 8.5 10.5 0.5 3.2 5.2 7.1
Oklahoma 0 12 18 25 35 0 3,709 6,315 13,473 16,585 0.0 0.7 1.0 1.9 0.0 0.6 1.0 2.4
Oregon 1 57 102 124 126 109 4,188 18,334 28,581 29,883 0.1 4.4 7.8 10.1 # 0.8 3.3 5.3
Pennsylvania 47 109 134 181 185 11,413 48,212 79,167 128,701 132,766 1.5 3.3 4.1 6.1 0.6 2.6 4.5 7.7
Rhode Island 2 11 12 23 25 446 2,198 3,233 5,950 6,433 0.6 3.2 3.7 8.1 0.3 1.4 2.3 4.6
                                     
South Carolina 7 24 39 60 66 327 3,726 13,035 23,432 27,055 0.6 2.1 3.2 5.3 # 0.5 1.8 3.6
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 7 20 72 80 0 981 4,343 15,690 22,142 0.0 0.4 1.1 4.3 0.0 0.1 0.4 2.2
Texas 176 296 536 658 681 25,687 66,152 148,392 236,899 262,103 2.4 3.7 6.2 7.7 0.6 1.5 3.1 5.0
Utah 6 27 72 95 110 390 6,214 33,968 54,795 61,411 0.8 2.9 6.9 10.8 0.1 1.3 5.8 9.7
                                     
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 5 3 6 7 0 370 179 603 883 0.0 0.2 0.1 0.3 0.0 # # 0.1
Washington 0 0 0 0 1 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 45 163 206 242 244 3,561 24,879 36,153 44,853 44,109 2.1 7.3 9.2 10.8 0.4 2.9 4.1 5.1
Wyoming 0 2 3 4 4 0 204 269 463 459 0.0 0.5 0.8 1.1 0.0 0.2 0.3 0.5
—Not available.
#Rounds to zero.
NOTE: Some data have been revised from previously published figures.
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 2014-15. (This table was prepared October 2016.)

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