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Table 216.90. Public elementary and secondary charter schools and enrollment, and charter schools and enrollment as a percentage of total public schools and total enrollment in public schools, by state: Selected years, 2000-01 through 2017-18
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 2010-11 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 2000-01 2010-11 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 2000-01 2010-11 2016-17 2017-18 2000-01 2010-11 2016-17 2017-18
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19
United States 1,993 5,274 6,855 7,011 7,193 448,343 1,787,091 2,845,322 3,010,287 3,143,269 2.1 5.3 7.1 7.3 1.0 3.6 6.0 6.2
Alabama 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 --- 245 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 --- #
Alaska 19 27 28 28 29 2,594 5,751 6,343 6,677 7,007 3.7 5.3 5.5 5.7 1.9 4.4 5.0 5.3
Arizona 313 519 552 550 557 45,596 124,467 176,894 185,588 189,686 18.2 22.9 23.8 23.9 5.4 11.6 16.6 17.2
Arkansas 3 40 65 75 82 708 10,209 24,182 27,896 31,545 0.3 3.6 6.9 7.6 0.2 2.1 5.7 6.4
California 302 908 1,224 1,248 1,268 115,582 363,916 568,774 602,837 626,982 3.4 9.0 12.1 12.3 1.9 5.9 9.7 10.1

Colorado
77 168 226 238 250 20,155 74,685 108,793 114,694 120,739 4.7 9.4 12.6 13.2 2.8 8.9 12.7 13.3
Connecticut 16 18 24 24 24 2,429 5,139 9,132 9,573 10,187 1.3 1.6 1.9 2.3 0.4 0.9 1.8 2.0
Delaware 7 19 28 27 24 2,716 9,525 13,622 14,722 15,337 3.7 8.9 11.8 10.6 2.4 7.4 10.8 11.3
District of Columbia 33 97 109 110 111 --- 26,910 35,798 37,151 38,696 16.7 42.5 49.3 49.6 --- 37.8 43.7 44.8
Florida 148 458 653 655 654 26,893 154,703 270,953 283,560 295,814 4.5 11.1 15.7 15.1 1.1 5.9 10.1 10.4

Georgia
30 67 82 84 93 20,066 41,981 72,170 66,905 72,716 1.5 2.7 3.7 4.0 1.4 2.5 3.8 4.1
Hawaii 6 31 34 34 36 1,343 8,289 10,444 10,669 11,168 2.3 10.7 11.7 12.3 0.7 4.6 5.9 6.2
Idaho 9 40 54 57 59 1,083 15,330 19,381 20,579 21,070 1.3 5.3 7.7 8.0 0.4 5.6 6.9 7.0
Illinois 20 50 64 63 142 7,552 43,049 64,108 65,169 64,925 0.5 1.1 1.5 3.3 0.4 2.1 3.2 3.3
Indiana 0 60 88 93 99 0 22,472 39,671 43,079 47,089 0.0 3.1 4.8 5.2 0.0 2.2 4.1 4.5

Iowa
0 7 3 3 3 0 298 430 398 428 0.0 0.5 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1
Kansas 1 25 10 10 10 67 4,618 3,186 3,159 3,191 0.1 1.8 0.8 0.8 # 1.0 0.6 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 78 138 151 150 3,212 29,199 74,030 79,022 80,726 1.2 5.3 10.8 10.8 0.4 4.2 11.0 11.3
Maine 1 0 7 9 11 154 0 1,518 1,955 2,240 0.1 0.0 1.5 1.8 0.1 0.0 1.1 1.3

Maryland
0 44 50 49 50 0 14,492 20,988 22,366 23,819 0.0 3.0 3.4 3.5 0.0 1.7 2.5 2.7
Massachusetts 41 63 81 78 80 13,712 28,422 40,199 42,596 45,238 2.2 3.4 4.2 4.3 1.4 3.0 4.5 4.7
Michigan 205 300 370 376 366 54,751 111,344 145,483 147,061 145,948 5.1 7.7 10.9 9.8 3.3 7.2 10.0 9.9
Minnesota 73 176 216 220 221 9,395 37,253 50,812 54,211 56,769 3.1 7.4 8.8 8.8 1.1 4.4 6.2 6.4
Mississippi 1 0 2 3 3 367 0 226 523 944 0.1 0.0 0.3 0.3 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.2

Missouri
21 53 70 72 68 7,061 20,076 21,619 22,803 23,624 0.9 2.2 3.0 2.8 0.8 2.2 2.5 2.6
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 34 47 49 72 1,255 14,127 35,130 40,074 45,270 1.6 5.3 7.5 10.4 0.4 3.2 8.5 9.3
New Hampshire 0 14 31 31 31 0 983 3,011 3,422 3,543 0.0 2.9 6.3 6.3 0.0 0.5 1.9 2.0

New Jersey
53 76 89 88 89 10,179 24,591 41,026 46,274 49,447 2.2 2.9 3.4 3.4 0.8 1.8 3.4 3.6
New Mexico 10 81 99 99 97 1,335 15,290 22,079 25,139 26,116 1.3 9.4 11.4 11.0 0.4 4.6 7.6 7.8
New York 38 170 256 267 279 0 54,443 117,710 128,784 139,385 0.9 3.6 5.6 5.8 0.0 2.0 4.8 5.2
North Carolina 90 99 158 167 173 15,523 42,141 82,521 92,281 100,986 4.1 3.9 6.4 6.5 1.2 2.8 6.0 6.5
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
66 339 373 362 340 14,745 96,669 118,603 116,279 113,162 1.7 9.0 10.1 9.4 0.8 5.5 6.8 6.6
Oklahoma 6 18 45 48 58 1,208 6,585 19,893 24,248 29,033 0.3 1.0 2.7 3.2 0.2 1.0 3.5 4.2
Oregon 12 108 126 124 127 559 20,372 30,728 32,323 33,677 0.9 8.3 10.0 10.2 0.1 3.7 5.7 5.9
Pennsylvania 65 145 175 179 179 18,981 90,613 130,940 132,979 137,712 2.0 4.5 6.0 6.0 1.0 5.1 7.8 8.1
Rhode Island 3 16 29 30 31 557 3,971 7,310 8,137 8,859 0.9 5.0 9.5 9.8 0.4 2.8 5.8 6.3

South Carolina
8 44 68 70 70 484 16,390 29,470 32,343 34,857 0.7 3.6 5.6 5.6 0.1 2.3 4.2 4.5
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 29 100 104 110 0 6,517 29,274 34,984 37,713 0.0 1.6 5.9 6.2 0.0 0.7 3.5 3.8
Texas 201 561 702 753 759 37,978 164,940 284,617 310,846 325,165 2.7 6.4 8.5 8.5 1.0 3.3 5.8 6.0
Utah 8 78 117 124 131 537 39,862 67,398 71,417 75,467 1.0 7.7 12.0 12.5 0.1 6.8 10.8 11.3

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 4 7 8 8 55 348 1,001 1,176 1,178 0.1 0.2 0.4 0.4 # # 0.1 0.1
Washington 0 0 9 8 10 0 0 1,225 1,676 2,498 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.2
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 78 207 242 237 233 9,511 36,863 44,162 44,209 42,499 3.6 9.2 10.5 10.3 1.1 4.2 5.1 4.9
Wyoming 0 3 4 5 5 0 258 468 503 569 0.0 0.8 1.3 1.4 0.0 0.3 0.5 0.6
---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 2017-18. (This table was prepared November 2019.)

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