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Table 216.90. Public elementary and secondary charter schools and enrollment, by state: Selected years, 2000-01 through 2015-16
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
2000-01 2005-06 2010-11 2014-15 2015-16 2000-01 2005-06 2010-11 2014-15 2015-16 2000-01 2005-06 2010-11 2015-16 2000-01 2005-06 2010-11 2015-16
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19
United States 1,993 3,780 5,274 6,747 6,855 448,343 1,012,906 1,787,091 2,721,786 2,845,322 2.1 3.9 5.3 7.0 1.0 2.1 3.6 5.7
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 19 23 27 27 28 2,594 4,660 5,751 6,217 6,343 3.7 4.6 5.3 5.5 1.9 3.5 4.4 4.8
Arizona 313 501 519 619 552 45,596 90,597 124,467 206,667 176,894 18.2 24.1 22.9 24.2 5.4 8.3 11.6 16.0
Arkansas 3 19 40 60 65 708 4,006 10,209 20,135 24,182 0.3 1.7 3.6 6.0 0.2 0.8 2.1 4.9
California 302 543 908 1,177 1,224 115,582 195,876 363,916 544,293 568,774 3.4 5.6 9.0 11.9 1.9 3.1 5.9 9.2
                                     
Colorado 77 121 168 214 226 20,155 44,254 74,685 101,359 108,793 4.7 7.1 9.4 12.1 2.8 5.7 8.9 12.1
Connecticut 16 14 18 22 24 2,429 2,927 5,139 8,036 9,132 1.3 1.3 1.6 1.8 0.4 0.5 0.9 1.7
Delaware 7 13 19 24 28 2,716 6,566 9,525 12,197 13,622 3.7 5.9 8.9 12.6 2.4 5.4 7.4 10.1
District of Columbia 33 52 97 107 109 17,260 26,910 34,541 35,798 16.7 22.7 42.5 49.1 22.5 37.8 43.1
Florida 148 342 458 651 653 26,893 92,335 154,703 251,825 270,953 4.5 9.2 11.1 15.7 1.1 3.5 5.9 9.7
                                     
Georgia 30 58 67 89 82 20,066 26,440 41,981 71,617 72,170 1.5 2.4 2.7 3.6 1.4 1.7 2.5 4.1
Hawaii 6 27 31 34 34 1,343 6,498 8,289 10,435 10,444 2.3 9.5 10.7 11.7 0.7 3.5 4.6 5.7
Idaho 9 26 40 52 54 1,083 8,003 15,330 19,079 19,381 1.3 3.7 5.3 7.3 0.4 3.1 5.6 6.6
Illinois 20 29 50 68 64 7,552 16,968 43,049 62,446 64,108 0.5 0.7 1.1 1.5 0.4 0.8 2.1 3.2
Indiana 0 29 60 80 88 0 7,409 22,472 37,448 39,671 0.0 1.5 3.1 4.6 0.0 0.7 2.2 3.8
                                     
Iowa 0 6 7 3 3 0 520 298 322 430 0.0 0.4 0.5 0.2 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1
Kansas 1 26 25 11 10 67 1,914 4,618 2,758 3,186 0.1 1.8 1.8 0.8 # 0.4 1.0 0.7
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 19 26 78 135 138 3,212 8,315 29,199 69,817 74,030 1.2 1.9 5.3 9.9 0.4 1.3 4.2 10.3
Maine 1 0 0 6 7 154 0 0 857 1,518 0.1 0.0 0.0 1.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.9
                                     
Maryland 0 15 44 47 50 0 3,363 14,492 19,337 20,988 0.0 1.0 3.0 3.5 0.0 0.4 1.7 2.4
Massachusetts 41 59 63 80 81 13,712 21,958 28,422 37,402 40,199 2.2 3.1 3.4 4.4 1.4 2.3 3.0 4.2
Michigan 205 264 300 375 370 54,751 91,384 111,344 142,752 145,483 5.1 6.5 7.7 10.7 3.3 5.3 7.2 9.8
Minnesota 73 161 176 205 216 9,395 20,603 37,253 47,747 50,812 3.1 6.1 7.4 8.7 1.1 2.5 4.4 5.9
Mississippi 1 1 0 0 2 367 374 0 0 226 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.0 #
                                     
Missouri 21 23 53 62 70 7,061 10,972 20,076 20,012 21,619 0.9 1.0 2.2 2.9 0.8 1.2 2.2 2.4
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 8 19 34 45 47 1,255 4,818 14,127 28,975 35,130 1.6 3.4 5.3 7.1 0.4 1.2 3.2 7.5
New Hampshire 0 6 14 28 31 0 200 983 2,547 3,011 0.0 1.3 2.9 6.3 0.0 0.1 0.5 1.7
                                     
New Jersey 53 54 76 87 89 10,179 14,937 24,591 37,257 41,026 2.2 2.2 2.9 3.4 0.8 1.1 1.8 3.0
New Mexico 10 53 81 97 99 1,335 8,595 15,290 22,715 22,079 1.3 6.2 9.4 11.2 0.4 2.6 4.6 6.6
New York 38 79 170 248 256 0 21,539 54,443 106,483 117,710 0.9 1.7 3.6 5.3 0.0 0.8 2.0 4.3
North Carolina 90 99 99 149 158 15,523 27,441 42,141 70,244 82,521 4.1 4.2 3.9 6.1 1.2 1.9 2.8 5.3
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 66 316 339 381 373 14,745 68,679 96,669 122,437 118,603 1.7 7.9 9.0 10.3 0.8 3.7 5.5 6.9
Oklahoma 6 14 18 35 45 1,208 4,081 6,585 16,585 19,893 0.3 0.8 1.0 2.5 0.2 0.6 1.0 2.9
Oregon 12 54 108 126 126 559 5,192 20,372 29,883 30,728 0.9 4.3 8.3 10.1 0.1 1.0 3.7 5.4
Pennsylvania 65 116 145 185 175 18,981 55,630 90,613 132,766 130,940 2.0 3.6 4.5 5.8 1.0 3.0 5.1 7.7
Rhode Island 3 11 16 25 29 557 2,571 3,971 6,433 7,310 0.9 3.3 5.0 9.3 0.4 1.7 2.8 5.2
                                     
South Carolina 8 27 44 66 68 484 4,104 16,390 27,055 29,470 0.7 2.3 3.6 5.4 0.1 0.6 2.3 3.9
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 12 29 80 100 0 1,685 6,517 22,142 29,274 0.0 0.7 1.6 5.4 0.0 0.2 0.7 2.9
Texas 201 319 561 681 702 37,978 70,895 164,940 262,103 284,617 2.7 3.7 6.4 8.0 1.0 1.6 3.3 5.4
Utah 8 36 78 110 117 537 11,439 39,862 61,411 67,398 1.0 3.8 7.7 11.3 0.1 2.2 6.8 10.4
                                     
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 2 3 4 7 7 55 210 348 883 1,001 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.3 # # # 0.1
Washington 0 0 0 1 9 0 0 0 0 1,225 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1
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 78 181 207 244 242 9,511 27,450 36,863 44,109 44,162 3.6 8.1 9.2 10.7 1.1 3.1 4.2 5.1
Wyoming 0 3 3 4 4 0 238 258 459 468 0.0 0.8 0.8 1.1 0.0 0.3 0.3 0.5
—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," 2000-01 through 2015-16. (This table was prepared August 2017.)

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