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Table 216.90a. Percentage distribution of enrollment in public traditional and charter schools and percentage of schools, by race/ethnicity, racial/ethnic concentration, and state: Fall 2016
State Percentage distribution of enrollment, by race/ethnicity Percent of schools, by racial/ethnic concentration
Traditional school enrollment Charter school enrollment Traditional schools Charter schools
White Black Hispanic Asian Pacific Islan-der American Indian/ Alaska Native Two or more races White Black Hispanic Asian Pacific Islan-der American Indian/ Alaska Native Two or more races More than 50 percent White More than 50 percent Black More than 50 percent Hispanic More than 50 percent White More than 50 percent Black More than 50 percent Hispanic
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21
Total 49.2 14.6 26.0 5.2 0.4 1.0 3.6 32.2 26.5 32.6 4.0 0.4 0.7 3.6 57.4 8.8 16.3 33.3 23.1 25.8
Alabama 54.9 33.0 7.4 1.4 0.1 0.9 2.2 61.4 29.1 1.0
Alaska 46.9 3.2 6.8 6.1 3.0 23.3 10.7 65.2 1.4 5.0 2.3 0.9 14.5 10.6 40.1 0.2 0.2 78.6 0.0 0.0
Arizona 37.6 5.2 46.8 2.4 0.3 5.0 2.8 44.9 6.1 37.3 5.4 0.5 2.2 3.6 37.5 0.0 40.7 43.7 0.2 36.7
Arkansas 62.0 19.9 12.8 1.6 0.8 0.6 2.4 49.9 32.0 12.0 2.8 0.2 0.9 2.3 71.5 15.5 3.8 46.7 29.3 2.7
California 23.1 5.3 54.6 12.0 0.5 0.5 3.9 28.3 8.0 50.9 6.3 0.3 0.6 5.6 19.2 0.8 53.3 26.4 3.9 47.5
                                         
Colorado 53.9 4.4 33.6 3.0 0.2 0.7 4.0 52.7 5.7 33.3 3.7 0.2 0.6 3.8 62.2 0.1 26.2 58.4 0.4 29.8
Connecticut 55.8 11.9 23.8 5.2 0.1 0.3 2.9 7.8 58.9 29.0 1.9 0.1 0.2 2.2 57.9 3.5 14.4 8.3 58.3 4.2
Delaware 45.4 29.6 17.5 3.4 0.1 0.4 3.6 42.5 36.5 11.2 6.9 0.2 0.4 2.4 43.0 10.9 6.7 40.0 40.0 8.0
District of
Columbia
14.2 61.5 19.8 2.0 0.1 0.2 2.1 6.1 79.9 11.2 1.0 0.1 0.2 1.5 8.8 69.0 12.4 0.9 79.1 2.7
Florida 39.4 22.5 31.4 2.7 0.2 0.3 3.5 32.2 20.6 41.3 2.5 0.2 0.4 2.8 37.5 18.6 16.8 31.4 18.2 27.7
                                         
Georgia 40.4 36.4 15.4 4.0 0.1 0.2 3.5 38.0 46.0 8.6 3.3 0.1 0.2 3.8 41.7 33.1 4.7 30.1 51.8 1.2
Hawaii 11.7 1.9 13.3 30.5 29.0 0.3 13.4 27.0 1.2 12.0 11.8 37.3 0.4 10.2 1.2 0.0 0.0 14.7 0.0 0.0
Idaho 75.1 1.1 18.6 1.2 0.3 1.2 2.5 83.0 1.0 10.4 1.5 0.3 1.2 2.6 90.7 0.0 5.8 96.4 0.0 1.8
Illinois 50.0 15.7 25.3 5.0 0.1 0.4 3.5 3.3 54.1 39.7 1.3 0.1 0.3 1.2 59.5 12.5 13.1 1.6 61.3 24.2
Indiana 69.8 11.3 11.5 2.3 0.1 0.2 4.8 40.6 40.1 12.7 1.2 0.1 0.3 5.1 79.9 5.6 2.1 35.5 46.2 5.4
                                         
Iowa 76.6 5.9 10.6 2.5 0.2 0.4 3.8 49.0 22.6 13.3 1.8 5.5 0.3 7.5 90.8 0.4 2.1 33.3 0.0 33.3
Kansas 64.6 6.9 19.5 2.8 0.2 0.9 5.1 78.6 4.5 10.5 0.8 0.3 0.9 4.4 81.1 0.9 7.7 90.0 0.0 0.0
Kentucky 77.5 10.5 6.4 1.7 0.1 0.1 3.6 87.2 3.8 0.4
Louisiana 48.2 40.6 6.4 1.6 0.1 0.7 2.4 20.0 70.9 5.8 1.4 0.1 0.3 1.5 47.2 39.3 0.6 13.3 78.7 0.7
Maine 89.8 3.6 2.1 1.5 0.1 0.7 2.3 91.9 1.7 2.1 0.9 0.1 0.5 2.8 98.9 0.2 0.0 100.0 0.0 0.0
                                         
Maryland 38.9 32.9 16.7 6.6 0.1 0.3 4.5 12.4 77.0 6.7 1.6 0.2 0.2 1.9 39.1 28.5 6.4 8.2 79.6 2.0
Massachusetts 62.8 7.9 18.8 6.8 0.1 0.2 3.4 30.2 29.9 31.7 4.7 0.1 0.3 3.2 72.0 2.5 11.6 32.1 25.6 16.7
Michigan 70.7 14.1 7.5 3.3 0.1 0.7 3.7 32.6 51.0 9.0 3.4 0.1 0.4 3.5 79.9 10.0 1.5 35.9 48.3 3.8
Minnesota 69.2 9.6 8.9 6.1 0.1 1.7 4.4 41.4 27.4 10.6 14.8 0.1 1.4 4.3 78.6 3.4 1.1 51.6 23.7 4.1
Mississippi 44.4 48.8 3.6 1.1 0.1 0.2 1.8 1.3 97.7 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.8 40.6 50.7 0.0 0.0 100.0 0.0
                                         
Missouri 73.1 14.8 5.9 2.0 0.3 0.4 3.6 15.5 63.2 16.2 1.4 0.1 0.2 3.4 84.9 10.2 0.5 8.3 68.1 13.9
Montana 79.0 0.9 4.5 0.8 0.2 11.2 3.4 89.2 0.0 0.0
Nebraska 66.9 6.7 18.6 2.7 0.1 1.4 3.6 83.5 1.5 7.0
Nevada 32.2 10.7 43.4 5.5 1.4 0.9 6.0 44.3 12.2 28.1 5.8 1.4 0.6 7.6 35.5 1.0 31.3 36.7 12.2 14.3
New Hampshire 86.3 2.0 5.2 3.1 0.1 0.3 3.0 83.0 1.8 3.9 8.8 0.1 0.1 2.3 98.3 0.0 0.2 96.7 0.0 0.0
                                         
New Jersey 46.6 14.2 27.0 10.1 0.2 0.1 1.8 7.9 53.2 32.8 4.9 0.1 0.2 0.9 53.4 8.2 16.2 9.2 40.2 26.4
New Mexico 22.9 1.9 61.5 1.1 0.1 10.6 1.8 30.0 2.1 59.1 1.5 0.1 5.8 1.3 11.8 0.0 66.8 15.2 0.0 56.6
New York 45.9 15.5 26.1 9.4 0.3 0.7 2.2 6.3 55.0 33.9 2.2 0.2 0.9 1.4 51.6 11.2 19.0 2.6 54.3 30.0
North Carolina 48.5 25.5 17.4 3.2 0.1 1.3 4.0 55.8 26.2 9.2 3.5 0.2 0.7 4.5 50.6 15.8 3.0 60.5 25.1 1.8
North Dakota 79.6 4.6 4.7 1.5 0.3 7.0 2.2 93.6 0.2 0.0
                                         
Ohio 72.9 14.3 5.3 2.4 0.1 0.1 4.9 38.9 46.4 7.4 1.0 0.1 0.2 6.1 81.0 10.5 0.5 31.2 49.7 1.4
Oklahoma 49.6 8.5 16.4 2.0 0.3 14.1 9.0 41.7 17.5 27.1 1.1 0.3 8.6 3.6 57.8 2.3 5.5 30.4 23.9 26.1
Oregon 62.2 2.3 23.3 4.1 0.8 1.4 5.9 76.4 1.7 11.8 2.0 0.3 1.7 6.2 78.0 0.1 9.1 89.5 1.6 2.4
Pennsylvania 69.5 12.3 10.5 3.9 0.1 0.2 3.6 33.4 43.2 16.3 2.9 0.1 0.2 3.9 80.0 8.2 4.0 30.3 46.1 13.5
Rhode Island 60.9 8.0 22.8 3.3 0.2 0.7 4.1 22.7 15.3 56.0 1.7 0.1 0.6 3.5 70.0 0.0 15.2 23.3 0.0 66.7
                                         
South Carolina 50.7 34.3 9.2 1.5 0.1 0.3 3.8 62.4 26.0 6.2 1.5 0.2 0.5 3.2 47.8 30.4 0.8 61.4 31.4 0.0
South Dakota 74.7 3.1 5.5 1.8 0.1 11.2 3.7 85.7 0.3 0.0
Tennessee 65.5 20.2 9.5 2.0 0.1 0.2 2.6 6.5 78.4 13.5 0.6 # 0.1 0.8 74.7 14.6 1.6 2.9 81.7 4.8
Texas 28.9 12.2 51.9 4.2 0.1 0.4 2.2 14.6 18.5 60.5 4.4 0.1 0.3 1.7 28.4 3.8 46.5 10.7 11.4 55.6
Utah 75.0 1.4 16.9 1.6 1.6 1.2 2.4 74.3 1.6 16.6 2.5 1.5 0.5 3.1 86.8 0.0 5.7 87.9 0.8 6.5
                                         
Vermont 90.5 2.1 1.9 2.0 0.1 0.2 3.3 98.7 0.0 0.0
Virginia 49.7 22.6 15.1 6.8 0.2 0.3 5.3 48.2 33.0 7.7 3.2 0.3 0.2 7.3 55.0 14.9 4.7 62.5 25.0 0.0
Washington 55.3 4.3 22.8 7.5 1.1 1.3 7.7 36.9 24.0 17.5 5.3 1.3 1.6 13.3 66.4 0.3 9.7 25.0 0.0 0.0
West Virginia 90.4 4.3 1.6 0.6 # 0.1 2.8 99.3 0.0 0.0
Wisconsin 71.6 8.5 11.4 3.8 0.1 1.2 3.5 48.2 24.2 18.3 5.5 0.1 0.6 3.2 84.0 5.5 2.4 78.2 10.3 6.0
Wyoming 78.1 1.1 14.0 0.8 0.1 3.6 2.3 68.0 2.0 17.1 5.2 0.0 5.6 2.2 95.5 0.0 0.6 80.0 0.0 0.0
—Not available.
†Not applicable. No charter schools in state.
# Rounds to zero.
NOTE: Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "Public Elementary/Secondary School Universe Survey," 2016-17. (This table was prepared December 2018.)

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