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 2017-18

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
2017-18
Total	7,193	100.0	7.3	3,143,269	100.0	6.2
City	4,032	56.1	15.1	1,773,571	56.4	11.6
Large	2,978	41.4	20.4	1,322,909	42.1	15.8
Midsize	553	7.7	9.6	244,178	7.8	7.4
Small	501	7.0	7.7	206,484	6.6	5.8
Suburban	1,893	26.3	6.1	946,889	30.1	4.8
Large	1,603	22.3	6.1	843,176	26.8	4.9
Midsize	179	2.5	5.6	68,981	2.2	3.8
Small	111	1.5	5.9	34,732	1.1	3.5
Town	439	6.1	3.4	131,536	4.2	2.4
Fringe	94	1.3	3.3	42,713	1.4	3.0
Distant	189	2.6	3.0	49,681	1.6	1.9
Remote	156	2.2	3.9	39,142	1.2	2.6
Rural	829	11.5	3.0	291,273	9.3	3.0
Fringe	505	7.0	4.6	213,940	6.8	3.7
Distant	217	3.0	2.1	62,655	2.0	2.2
Remote	107	1.5	1.7	14,678	0.5	1.5

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 2017-18; and Education Demographic and Geographic Estimates (EDGE), "Public School File," 2017-18. (This table was prepared February 2020.)