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Table 216.90d. Percentage distribution of public traditional and charter schools, by school locale and state: Fall 2014
State Traditional schools Charter schools
City Suburban Town Rural City Suburban Town Rural
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Total 24.9 32.1 14.1 28.9 56.0 26.2 6.9 10.8
Alabama 23.4 17.1 15.2 44.3
Alaska 18.5 2.5 17.1 61.9 29.6 11.1 44.4 14.8
Arizona 41.3 23.6 15.7 19.4 57.5 22.3 10.3 9.9
Arkansas 20.9 10.8 22.8 45.5 43.3 21.7 20.0 15.0
California 37.6 41.4 8.8 12.1 53.7 29.4 7.2 9.7
                 
Colorado 31.7 30.7 12.3 25.3 48.1 31.8 5.1 15.0
Connecticut 28.5 54.0 4.0 13.5 77.3 13.6 9.1 0.0
Delaware 14.4 52.8 16.4 16.4 54.2 33.3 4.2 8.3
District of Columbia 99.1 0.0 0.0 0.9 100.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Florida 27.8 51.4 7.4 13.3 31.6 56.1 3.2 9.1
                 
Georgia 18.4 37.4 12.9 31.3 33.7 42.7 7.9 15.7
Hawaii 24.7 39.2 25.5 10.6 20.6 14.7 23.5 41.2
Idaho 17.8 17.8 24.2 40.1 21.2 30.8 25.0 23.1
Illinois 23.0 42.5 13.7 20.9 86.8 8.8 2.9 1.5
Indiana 25.4 21.6 16.7 36.2 80.0 13.8 2.5 3.8
                 
Iowa 17.6 8.1 24.2 50.1 33.3 0.0 33.3 33.3
Kansas 18.6 11.6 25.0 44.9 9.1 0.0 27.3 63.6
Kentucky 13.4 18.7 26.8 41.0
Louisiana 22.4 25.6 18.3 33.7 79.1 8.2 3.7 9.0
Maine 8.0 11.1 14.4 66.4 33.3 0.0 0.0 66.7
                 
Maryland 22.0 57.4 4.2 16.5 68.1 29.8 0.0 2.1
Massachusetts 17.0 69.4 2.2 11.5 47.5 48.8 0.0 3.8
Michigan 18.7 36.9 14.6 29.9 51.5 32.0 3.7 12.8
Minnesota 17.7 28.0 23.0 31.3 49.3 23.9 8.3 18.5
Mississippi 10.8 9.2 31.5 48.5
                 
Missouri 15.4 23.7 19.9 41.1 100.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Montana 8.0 1.3 16.7 73.9
Nebraska 23.2 8.6 19.6 48.6
Nevada 39.5 29.0 12.6 18.8 77.8 15.6 4.4 2.2
New Hampshire 8.9 27.0 13.9 50.2 28.6 35.7 21.4 14.3
                 
New Jersey 8.4 79.7 2.7 9.3 57.5 39.1 0.0 3.4
New Mexico 22.7 10.4 28.8 38.1 51.5 14.4 15.5 18.6
New York 41.9 33.3 7.9 16.9 94.8 4.4 0.0 0.8
North Carolina 25.4 19.3 13.0 42.3 42.3 19.5 12.1 26.2
North Dakota 13.1 5.1 15.8 66.1
                 
Ohio 16.3 38.9 15.3 29.4 74.3 16.5 6.6 2.6
Oklahoma 14.3 12.1 22.5 51.1 71.4 14.3 11.4 2.9
Oregon 28.4 21.1 25.1 25.4 19.0 21.4 18.3 41.3
Pennsylvania 16.2 47.1 10.6 26.1 67.6 24.3 2.2 5.9
Rhode Island 23.0 64.2 0.0 12.8 44.0 44.0 0.0 12.0
                 
South Carolina 17.2 28.4 13.3 41.0 33.3 36.4 9.1 21.2
South Dakota 10.6 0.9 16.0 72.5
Tennessee 31.0 15.9 17.4 35.7 95.0 2.5 0.0 2.5
Texas 35.1 25.5 13.8 25.6 69.8 18.4 4.4 7.5
Utah 17.7 49.9 13.7 18.7 18.2 63.6 7.3 10.9
                 
Vermont 4.7 6.0 19.6 69.6
Virginia 23.8 36.4 9.0 30.8 71.4 0.0 0.0 28.6
Washington 30.2 34.3 14.1 21.3 100.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
West Virginia 12.3 18.5 19.9 49.3
Wisconsin 22.7 21.0 19.7 36.6 39.3 15.7 19.0 26.0
Wyoming 14.3 1.7 32.8 51.2 25.0 0.0 25.0 50.0
†Not applicable. No charter schools in state.
NOTE: Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "Public Elementary/Secondary School Universe Survey," 2014-15. (This table was prepared March 2017.)

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