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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 2018-19
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 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19 2000-01 2010-11 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19 2000-01 2010-11 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19 2000-01 2010-11 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21
United States 1,993 5,274 7,011 7,193 7,427 448,343 1,787,091 3,010,287 3,143,269 3,290,149 2.1 5.3 7.1 7.3 7.5 1.0 3.6 6.0 6.2 6.5
Alabama 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 --- 245 598 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 --- # 0.1
Alaska 19 27 28 29 28 2,594 5,751 6,677 7,007 6,778 3.7 5.3 5.5 5.7 5.5 1.9 4.4 5.0 5.3 5.2
Arizona 313 519 550 557 558 45,596 124,467 185,588 189,686 207,537 18.2 22.9 23.8 23.9 23.8 5.4 11.6 16.6 17.2 18.3
Arkansas 3 40 75 82 85 708 10,209 27,896 31,545 33,219 0.3 3.6 6.9 7.6 7.9 0.2 2.1 5.7 6.4 6.8
California 302 908 1,248 1,268 1,358 115,582 363,916 602,837 626,982 652,825 3.4 9.0 12.1 12.3 13.0 1.9 5.9 9.7 10.1 10.6

Colorado
77 168 238 250 255 20,155 74,685 114,694 120,739 124,562 4.7 9.4 12.6 13.2 13.3 2.8 8.9 12.7 13.3 13.7
Connecticut 16 18 24 24 23 2,429 5,139 9,573 10,187 10,433 1.3 1.6 1.9 2.3 2.3 0.4 0.9 1.8 2.0 2.0
Delaware 7 19 27 24 23 2,716 9,525 14,722 15,337 16,086 3.7 8.9 11.8 10.6 10.2 2.4 7.4 10.8 11.3 11.6
District of Columbia 33 97 110 111 114 --- 26,910 37,151 38,696 39,085 16.7 42.5 49.3 49.6 50.0 --- 37.8 43.7 44.8 44.6
Florida 148 458 655 654 658 26,893 154,703 283,560 295,814 313,557 4.5 11.1 15.7 15.1 15.7 1.1 5.9 10.1 10.4 11.0

Georgia
30 67 84 93 86 20,066 41,981 66,905 72,716 65,740 1.5 2.7 3.7 4.0 3.7 1.4 2.5 3.8 4.1 3.7
Hawaii 6 31 34 36 36 1,343 8,289 10,669 11,168 11,565 2.3 10.7 11.7 12.3 12.3 0.7 4.6 5.9 6.2 6.4
Idaho 9 40 57 59 63 1,083 15,330 20,579 21,070 23,359 1.3 5.3 7.7 8.0 8.4 0.4 5.6 6.9 7.0 7.5
Illinois 20 50 63 142 142 7,552 43,049 65,169 64,925 64,795 0.5 1.1 1.5 3.3 3.3 0.4 2.1 3.2 3.3 3.3
Indiana 0 60 93 99 103 0 22,472 43,079 47,089 49,813 0.0 3.1 4.8 5.2 5.4 0.0 2.2 4.1 4.5 4.7

Iowa
0 7 3 3 2 0 298 398 428 123 0.0 0.5 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 #
Kansas 1 25 10 10 9 67 4,618 3,159 3,191 3,077 0.1 1.8 0.8 0.8 0.7 # 1.0 0.6 0.7 0.6
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 0.0 0.0
Louisiana 19 78 151 150 158 3,212 29,199 79,022 80,726 85,189 1.2 5.3 10.8 10.8 11.4 0.4 4.2 11.0 11.3 12.0
Maine 1 0 9 11 12 154 0 1,955 2,240 2,453 0.1 0.0 1.5 1.8 2.0 0.1 0.0 1.1 1.3 1.4

Maryland
0 44 49 50 49 0 14,492 22,366 23,819 24,205 0.0 3.0 3.4 3.5 3.5 0.0 1.7 2.5 2.7 2.7
Massachusetts 41 63 78 80 82 13,712 28,422 42,596 45,238 46,940 2.2 3.4 4.2 4.3 4.4 1.4 3.0 4.5 4.7 4.9
Michigan 205 300 376 366 375 54,751 111,344 147,061 145,948 145,789 5.1 7.7 10.9 9.8 10.1 3.3 7.2 10.0 9.9 10.0
Minnesota 73 176 220 221 233 9,395 37,253 54,211 56,769 59,482 3.1 7.4 8.8 8.8 9.2 1.1 4.4 6.2 6.4 6.7
Mississippi 1 0 3 3 5 367 0 523 944 1,607 0.1 0.0 0.3 0.3 0.5 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.3

Missouri
21 53 72 68 70 7,061 20,076 22,803 23,624 23,208 0.9 2.2 3.0 2.8 2.9 0.8 2.2 2.5 2.6 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 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 0.0 0.0
Nevada 8 34 49 72 82 1,255 14,127 40,074 45,270 52,457 1.6 5.3 7.5 10.4 11.6 0.4 3.2 8.5 9.3 10.6
New Hampshire 0 14 31 31 36 0 983 3,422 3,543 3,934 0.0 2.9 6.3 6.3 7.3 0.0 0.5 1.9 2.0 2.2

New Jersey
53 76 88 89 88 10,179 24,591 46,274 49,447 51,999 2.2 2.9 3.4 3.4 3.4 0.8 1.8 3.4 3.6 3.8
New Mexico 10 81 99 97 97 1,335 15,290 25,139 26,116 26,640 1.3 9.4 11.4 11.0 11.0 0.4 4.6 7.6 7.8 8.0
New York 38 170 267 279 292 0 54,443 128,784 139,385 146,438 0.9 3.6 5.6 5.8 6.1 0.0 2.0 4.8 5.2 5.5
North Carolina 90 99 167 173 185 15,523 42,141 92,281 100,986 110,464 4.1 3.9 6.4 6.5 7.0 1.2 2.8 6.0 6.5 7.1
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 0.0 0.0

Ohio
66 339 362 340 319 14,745 96,669 116,279 113,162 108,781 1.7 9.0 10.1 9.4 8.9 0.8 5.5 6.8 6.6 6.4
Oklahoma 6 18 48 58 61 1,208 6,585 24,248 29,033 38,425 0.3 1.0 2.7 3.2 3.4 0.2 1.0 3.5 4.2 5.5
Oregon 12 108 124 127 132 559 20,372 32,323 33,677 35,603 0.9 8.3 10.0 10.2 10.5 0.1 3.7 5.7 5.9 6.2
Pennsylvania 65 145 179 179 180 18,981 90,613 132,979 137,712 143,201 2.0 4.5 6.0 6.0 6.1 1.0 5.1 7.8 8.1 8.4
Rhode Island 3 16 30 31 35 557 3,971 8,137 8,859 9,526 0.9 5.0 9.5 9.8 10.9 0.4 2.8 5.8 6.3 6.7

South Carolina
8 44 70 70 78 484 16,390 32,343 34,857 37,440 0.7 3.6 5.6 5.6 6.2 0.1 2.3 4.2 4.5 4.8
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 0.0 0.0
Tennessee 0 29 104 110 115 0 6,517 34,984 37,713 40,820 0.0 1.6 5.9 6.2 6.2 0.0 0.7 3.5 3.8 4.1
Texas 201 561 753 759 806 37,978 164,940 310,846 325,165 346,186 2.7 6.4 8.5 8.5 9.0 1.0 3.3 5.8 6.0 6.4
Utah 8 78 124 131 134 537 39,862 71,417 75,467 77,769 1.0 7.7 12.0 12.5 12.6 0.1 6.8 10.8 11.3 11.5

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 0.0 0.0
Virginia 2 4 8 8 8 55 348 1,176 1,178 1,232 0.1 0.2 0.4 0.4 0.4 # # 0.1 0.1 0.1
Washington 0 0 8 10 12 0 0 1,676 2,498 3,350 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.2 0.3
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 0.0 0.0
Wisconsin 78 207 237 233 233 9,511 36,863 44,209 42,499 43,291 3.6 9.2 10.5 10.3 10.3 1.1 4.2 5.1 4.9 5.0
Wyoming 0 3 5 5 5 0 258 503 569 568 0.0 0.8 1.3 1.4 1.4 0.0 0.3 0.5 0.6 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 2018-19. (This table was prepared September 2020.)

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