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Table 216.90c. Percentage distribution of public traditional and charter schools, by school level, school size, and state: Fall 2017
State Percentage distribution of schools, by school level Percentage distribution of schools, by school size
Traditional schools Charter schools Traditional schools Charter schools
Elemen-
tary1
Secon-
dary2
Com-
bined3
Ungraded Elemen-
tary1
Secon-
dary2
Com-
bined3
Ungraded Less
than
300
300
to
499
500
to
999
1,000
or
more
Less
than
300
300
to
499
500
to
999
1,000
or
more
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17
Total 69.4 24.3 5.3 1.0 56.5 23.2 20.3 0.1 28.6 28.3 33.5 9.6 44.8 25.5 23.3 6.3
Alabama 62.6 27.0 10.1 0.3 0.0 100.0 0.0 0.0 17.2 34.1 40.4 8.4 100.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Alaska 36.9 16.0 47.1 0.0 72.4 6.9 20.7 0.0 65.2 23.9 8.2 2.7 82.8 10.3 6.9 0.0
Arizona 62.4 33.2 3.6 0.8 51.0 31.2 17.6 0.2 24.4 21.2 43.2 11.2 59.8 17.8 17.8 4.5
Arkansas 65.5 32.9 1.6 0.0 37.8 52.4 8.5 1.2 27.3 37.4 31.9 3.5 44.4 29.6 21.0 4.9
California 70.2 24.3 3.8 1.7 53.2 22.9 23.9 0.0 21.8 22.5 42.2 13.4 36.9 31.1 23.8 8.2

Colorado
71.8 20.8 7.5 0.0 61.2 21.2 17.6 0.0 32.9 32.7 26.0 8.4 35.6 30.8 26.0 7.6
Connecticut 76.8 21.5 1.5 0.2 45.8 20.8 33.3 0.0 20.8 42.8 29.6 6.9 50.0 25.0 12.5 12.5
Delaware 75.9 14.8 6.9 2.5 45.8 33.3 20.8 0.0 15.4 26.2 47.7 10.8 25.0 29.2 33.3 12.5
District of Columbia 80.5 16.8 2.7 0.0 77.5 16.2 6.3 0.0 27.4 50.4 19.5 2.7 39.6 46.8 13.5 0.0
Florida 65.1 14.9 16.2 3.8 69.4 20.0 10.6 0.0 19.4 11.5 47.4 21.6 44.1 21.4 25.9 8.6

Georgia
77.2 20.0 2.5 0.3 69.9 16.1 12.9 1.1 8.0 19.1 53.0 19.9 19.6 30.4 37.0 13.0
Hawaii 77.0 19.9 3.1 0.0 41.7 5.6 52.8 0.0 13.7 28.9 43.0 14.5 61.1 16.7 19.4 2.8
Idaho 65.1 25.4 9.5 0.0 37.3 27.1 35.6 0.0 40.8 29.2 23.3 6.7 49.1 26.3 17.5 7.0
Illinois 73.7 22.6 1.4 2.3 45.1 43.0 12.0 0.0 37.4 31.0 24.6 7.0 25.5 36.9 32.6 5.0
Indiana 72.8 23.4 3.8 0.0 45.5 32.3 22.2 0.0 18.2 36.6 37.0 8.2 52.5 20.2 21.2 6.1

Iowa
70.8 26.2 3.0 0.0 33.3 66.7 0.0 0.0 46.4 32.5 17.2 3.9 100.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Kansas 69.8 25.8 4.1 0.2 30.0 40.0 30.0 0.0 48.5 29.9 17.4 4.2 70.0 0.0 20.0 10.0
Kentucky 63.0 27.6 9.3 0.1 27.0 30.5 35.4 7.0
Louisiana 69.8 19.8 10.4 0.0 62.0 24.0 14.0 0.0 22.4 35.5 34.4 7.7 26.2 28.2 39.6 6.0
Maine 74.0 23.8 2.2 0.0 36.4 45.5 18.2 0.0 58.0 24.6 15.9 1.4 72.7 27.3 0.0 0.0

Maryland
78.9 17.3 2.9 0.9 78.0 6.0 16.0 0.0 12.6 30.0 43.9 13.4 26.0 40.0 30.0 4.0
Massachusetts 77.8 20.1 1.6 0.5 41.3 18.8 40.0 0.0 25.9 35.1 31.0 8.1 23.8 37.5 25.0 13.8
Michigan 61.3 26.6 10.8 1.4 57.7 17.8 24.6 0.0 35.5 35.2 23.7 5.6 45.3 24.3 27.6 2.8
Minnesota 53.9 34.3 11.6 0.1 61.5 27.1 11.3 0.0 49.1 20.1 23.5 7.3 68.6 18.2 11.4 1.8
Mississippi 57.8 31.1 4.2 6.9 100.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 18.8 38.8 34.1 8.2 66.7 33.3 0.0 0.0

Missouri
66.3 26.2 6.6 0.9 80.9 19.1 0.0 0.0 43.7 31.4 20.0 4.9 48.5 35.3 16.2 0.0
Montana 60.5 39.5 0.0 0.0 79.2 14.6 4.3 2.0
Nebraska 66.8 27.9 1.1 4.3 62.2 21.2 12.7 3.9
Nevada 75.8 18.7 5.3 0.2 61.1 15.3 23.6 0.0 23.5 12.2 46.7 17.6 33.8 18.3 31.0 16.9
New Hampshire 79.7 20.3 0.0 0.0 51.6 48.4 0.0 0.0 45.5 32.4 17.3 4.8 100.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

New Jersey
75.5 21.2 2.5 0.8 67.4 10.1 22.5 0.0 26.7 33.0 29.9 10.4 36.4 34.1 18.2 11.4
New Mexico 72.1 24.9 0.8 2.3 36.1 35.1 27.8 1.0 44.5 27.7 22.1 5.6 66.0 24.7 8.2 1.0
New York 68.6 24.0 7.3 0.1 66.7 12.9 20.4 0.0 19.0 37.3 33.6 10.1 23.3 36.9 33.3 6.5
North Carolina 74.3 22.0 3.8 0.0 59.0 5.2 35.8 0.0 20.4 27.0 41.5 11.1 30.6 19.1 36.4 13.9
North Dakota 59.1 34.5 0.0 6.4 76.0 13.4 7.4 3.2

Ohio
68.5 27.5 2.9 1.1 57.1 27.1 15.9 0.0 22.8 41.0 30.1 6.2 71.2 16.5 9.7 2.6
Oklahoma 68.8 31.1 0.1 0.0 62.1 37.9 0.0 0.0 47.8 28.1 20.6 3.5 39.3 30.4 21.4 8.9
Oregon 74.1 22.6 3.3 0.0 46.5 15.7 37.8 0.0 27.7 37.7 28.0 6.6 78.6 15.1 4.0 2.4
Pennsylvania 71.8 26.9 1.3 0.0 49.7 16.2 34.1 0.0 17.4 34.1 38.8 9.7 26.3 18.4 38.5 16.8
Rhode Island 78.3 20.6 1.0 0.0 54.8 35.5 9.7 0.0 33.3 31.2 29.0 6.5 61.3 25.8 12.9 0.0

South Carolina
75.9 22.2 1.9 0.0 47.1 27.1 25.7 0.0 12.9 26.0 49.0 12.1 47.1 24.3 17.1 11.4
South Dakota 63.4 34.4 2.2 0.0 77.6 10.9 9.7 1.7
Tennessee 76.0 19.8 4.2 0.0 73.6 18.2 8.2 0.0 17.7 32.4 39.5 10.5 40.9 41.8 17.3 0.0
Texas 70.4 23.4 6.2 0.0 55.1 22.8 22.1 0.0 22.1 22.2 43.3 12.3 41.9 25.5 28.3 4.2
Utah 68.9 27.3 3.8 0.0 41.2 23.7 35.1 0.0 19.8 19.4 44.8 16.0 15.4 30.8 41.5 12.3

Vermont
73.3 20.9 5.8 0.0 65.5 20.6 12.8 1.0
Virginia 70.6 20.5 1.7 7.2 50.0 50.0 0.0 0.0 12.4 24.2 47.2 16.2 75.0 25.0 0.0 0.0
Washington 65.3 25.8 8.9 0.0 50.0 30.0 20.0 0.0 33.0 28.1 31.5 7.4 70.0 30.0 0.0 0.0
West Virginia 74.5 21.2 4.2 0.0 42.8 30.3 23.0 3.9
Wisconsin 72.1 24.4 3.3 0.2 48.9 31.8 19.3 0.0 40.7 34.8 19.1 5.4 81.4 9.5 7.4 1.7
Wyoming 67.0 27.5 5.5 0.0 60.0 20.0 20.0 0.0 64.3 25.2 8.0 2.5 100.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
†Not applicable. No charter schools in state.
1 Includes schools beginning with grade 6 or below and with no grade higher than 8.
2 Includes schools with no grade lower than 7.
3 Includes schools beginning with grade 6 or below and ending with grade 9 or above.
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," 2017-18. (This table was prepared November 2019.)

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