Table 216.92.

Public elementary and secondary charter schools and enrollment, percentage distribution of charter schools and enrollment, and charter schools and enrollment as a percentage of total public schools and enrollment, by locale: 2010-11 and 2016-17

Locale	Charter schools			Charter school enrollment
	Number	Percentage distribution	Percent of total public schools	Enrollment	Percentage distribution	Percent of total fall enrollment in public schools
1	2	3	4	5	6	7
2010-11
Total	5,274	100.0	5.3	1,787,091	100.0	3.6
City	2,926	55.5	11.3	991,161	55.5	6.9
Large	2,060	39.1	15.5	715,566	40.0	9.5
Midsize	389	7.4	6.8	127,594	7.1	4.0
Small	477	9.0	7.0	148,001	8.3	4.0
Suburban	1,125	21.3	4.2	425,867	23.8	2.5
Large	941	17.8	4.2	372,488	20.8	2.6
Midsize	97	1.8	3.5	30,726	1.7	1.9
Small	87	1.6	4.6	22,653	1.3	2.3
Town	401	7.6	2.9	94,372	5.3	1.6
Fringe	42	0.8	2.2	12,035	0.7	1.3
Distant	200	3.8	2.9	55,007	3.1	1.8
Remote	159	3.0	3.2	27,330	1.5	1.5
Rural	822	15.6	2.6	275,691	15.4	2.3
Fringe	523	9.9	3.9	229,827	12.9	3.1
Distant	188	3.6	1.6	33,286	1.9	1.0
Remote	111	2.1	1.6	12,578	0.7	1.1
2016-17
Total	7,011	100.0	7.1	3,010,287	100.0	6.0
City	3,929	56.0	14.7	1,710,133	56.8	11.2
Large	2,874	41.0	20.1	1,288,194	42.8	15.4
Midsize	555	7.9	9.5	236,042	7.8	7.0
Small	500	7.1	7.7	185,897	6.2	5.2
Suburban	1,839	26.2	5.9	915,604	30.4	4.6
Large	1,548	22.1	6.0	812,108	27.0	4.7
Midsize	178	2.5	5.5	67,178	2.2	3.7
Small	113	1.6	5.9	36,318	1.2	3.7
Town	449	6.4	3.4	128,441	4.3	2.3
Fringe	101	1.4	3.5	42,796	1.4	3.0
Distant	195	2.8	3.1	47,645	1.6	1.8
Remote	153	2.2	3.8	38,000	1.3	2.5
Rural	794	11.3	2.9	256,109	8.5	2.7
Fringe	480	6.8	4.4	192,214	6.4	3.4
Distant	204	2.9	2.0	49,848	1.7	1.8
Remote	110	1.6	1.7	14,047	0.5	1.4

NOTE: Enrollments are based on data reported by schools and may differ from data reported in tables that reflect aggregate totals reported by states.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "Public Elementary/Secondary School Universe Survey," 2010-11 and 2016-17; and Education Demographic and Geographic Estimates (EDGE), "Public School File," 2016-17. (This table was prepared June 2019.)