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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 2019-20
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 2017-18 2018-19 2019-20 2000-01 2010-11 2017-18 2018-19 2019-20 2000-01 2010-11 2017-18 2018-19 2019-20 2000-01 2010-11 2017-18 2018-19 2019-20
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 7,193 7,427 7,547 448,343 1,787,091 3,143,269 3,290,149 3,431,230 2.1 5.3 7.3 7.5 7.7 1.0 3.6 6.2 6.5 6.8
Alabama 0 0 1 2 4 0 0 245 598 1,223 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.0 0.0 # 0.1 0.2
Alaska 19 27 29 28 29 2,594 5,751 7,007 6,778 7,045 3.7 5.3 5.7 5.5 5.7 1.9 4.4 5.3 5.2 5.3
Arizona 313 519 557 558 557 45,596 124,467 189,686 207,537 214,232 18.2 22.9 23.9 23.8 24.0 5.4 11.6 17.2 18.3 18.7
Arkansas 3 40 82 85 83 708 10,209 31,545 33,219 34,289 0.3 3.6 7.6 7.9 7.7 0.2 2.1 6.4 6.8 6.9
California 302 908 1,268 1,358 1,321 115,582 363,916 626,982 652,825 674,652 3.4 9.0 12.3 13.0 12.7 1.9 5.9 10.1 10.6 11.0

Colorado
77 168 250 255 261 20,155 74,685 120,739 124,562 126,955 4.7 9.4 13.2 13.3 13.6 2.8 8.9 13.3 13.7 13.9
Connecticut 16 18 24 23 22 2,429 5,139 10,187 10,433 10,804 1.3 1.6 2.3 2.3 2.2 0.4 0.9 2.0 2.0 2.1
Delaware 7 19 24 23 22 2,716 9,525 15,337 16,086 16,364 3.7 8.9 10.6 10.2 9.9 2.4 7.4 11.3 11.6 11.7
District of Columbia 33 97 111 114 114 --- 26,910 38,696 39,085 38,529 16.7 42.5 49.6 50.0 49.6 --- 37.8 44.8 44.6 43.3
Florida 148 458 654 658 675 26,893 154,703 295,814 313,557 329,202 4.5 11.1 15.1 15.7 16.1 1.1 5.9 10.4 11.0 11.5

Georgia
30 67 93 86 89 20,066 41,981 72,716 65,740 65,680 1.5 2.7 4.0 3.7 3.9 1.4 2.5 4.1 3.7 3.7
Hawaii 6 31 36 36 37 1,343 8,289 11,168 11,565 11,896 2.3 10.7 12.3 12.3 12.6 0.7 4.6 6.2 6.4 6.6
Idaho 9 40 59 63 68 1,083 15,330 21,070 23,359 24,396 1.3 5.3 8.0 8.4 9.1 0.4 5.6 7.0 7.5 7.8
Illinois 20 50 142 142 141 7,552 43,049 64,925 64,795 63,462 0.5 1.1 3.3 3.3 3.2 0.4 2.1 3.3 3.3 3.3
Indiana 0 60 99 103 101 0 22,472 47,089 49,813 44,965 0.0 3.1 5.2 5.4 5.3 0.0 2.2 4.5 4.7 4.3

Iowa
0 7 3 2 2 0 298 428 123 132 0.0 0.5 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.1 0.1 # #
Kansas 1 25 10 9 9 67 4,618 3,191 3,077 3,066 0.1 1.8 0.8 0.7 0.7 # 1.0 0.7 0.6 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 78 150 158 146 3,212 29,199 80,726 85,189 86,562 1.2 5.3 10.8 11.4 10.7 0.4 4.2 11.3 12.0 12.2
Maine 1 0 11 12 12 154 0 2,240 2,453 2,497 0.1 0.0 1.8 2.0 2.0 0.1 0.0 1.3 1.4 1.4

Maryland
0 44 50 49 46 0 14,492 23,819 24,205 22,680 0.0 3.0 3.5 3.5 3.2 0.0 1.7 2.7 2.7 2.5
Massachusetts 41 63 80 82 81 13,712 28,422 45,238 46,940 47,723 2.2 3.4 4.3 4.4 4.4 1.4 3.0 4.7 4.9 5.1
Michigan 205 300 366 375 369 54,751 111,344 145,948 145,789 146,345 5.1 7.7 9.8 10.1 10.4 3.3 7.2 9.9 10.0 10.1
Minnesota 73 176 221 233 245 9,395 37,253 56,769 59,482 62,751 3.1 7.4 8.8 9.2 9.6 1.1 4.4 6.4 6.7 7.0
Mississippi 1 0 3 5 6 367 0 944 1,607 2,128 0.1 0.0 0.3 0.5 0.6 0.1 0.0 0.2 0.3 0.5

Missouri
21 53 68 70 71 7,061 20,076 23,624 23,208 24,499 0.9 2.2 2.8 2.9 2.9 0.8 2.2 2.6 2.6 2.7
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 72 82 78 1,255 14,127 45,270 52,457 56,057 1.6 5.3 10.4 11.6 11.0 0.4 3.2 9.3 10.6 11.3
New Hampshire 0 14 31 36 40 0 983 3,543 3,934 4,227 0.0 2.9 6.3 7.3 8.1 0.0 0.5 2.0 2.2 2.4

New Jersey
53 76 89 88 88 10,179 24,591 49,447 51,999 55,595 2.2 2.9 3.4 3.4 3.4 0.8 1.8 3.6 3.8 4.0
New Mexico 10 81 97 97 97 1,335 15,290 26,116 26,640 26,612 1.3 9.4 11.0 11.0 11.0 0.4 4.6 7.8 8.0 8.1
New York 38 170 279 292 316 0 54,443 139,385 146,438 159,048 0.9 3.6 5.8 6.1 6.6 0.0 2.0 5.2 5.5 6.0
North Carolina 90 99 173 185 196 15,523 42,141 100,986 110,464 117,348 4.1 3.9 6.5 7.0 7.4 1.2 2.8 6.5 7.1 7.5
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 0.0 0.0

Ohio
66 339 340 319 313 14,745 96,669 113,162 108,781 107,191 1.7 9.0 9.4 8.9 8.9 0.8 5.5 6.6 6.4 6.3
Oklahoma 6 18 58 61 64 1,208 6,585 29,033 38,425 45,988 0.3 1.0 3.2 3.4 3.6 0.2 1.0 4.2 5.5 6.5
Oregon 12 108 127 132 133 559 20,372 33,677 35,603 38,364 0.9 8.3 10.2 10.5 10.6 0.1 3.7 5.9 6.2 6.7
Pennsylvania 65 145 179 180 179 18,981 90,613 137,712 143,201 146,453 2.0 4.5 6.0 6.1 6.1 1.0 5.1 8.1 8.4 8.6
Rhode Island 3 16 31 35 37 557 3,971 8,859 9,526 10,063 0.9 5.0 9.8 10.9 11.7 0.4 2.8 6.3 6.7 7.1

South Carolina
8 44 70 78 80 484 16,390 34,857 37,440 39,311 0.7 3.6 5.6 6.2 6.3 0.1 2.3 4.5 4.8 5.0
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 29 110 115 118 0 6,517 37,713 40,820 43,960 0.0 1.6 6.2 6.2 6.3 0.0 0.7 3.8 4.1 4.3
Texas 201 561 759 806 906 37,978 164,940 325,165 346,186 391,656 2.7 6.4 8.5 9.0 10.1 1.0 3.3 6.0 6.4 7.1
Utah 8 78 131 134 132 537 39,862 75,467 77,769 77,568 1.0 7.7 12.5 12.6 12.3 0.1 6.8 11.3 11.5 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 0.0 0.0
Virginia 2 4 8 8 8 55 348 1,178 1,232 1,218 0.1 0.2 0.4 0.4 0.4 # # 0.1 0.1 0.1
Washington 0 0 10 12 10 0 0 2,498 3,350 3,147 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.3 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 78 207 233 233 236 9,511 36,863 42,499 43,291 44,716 3.6 9.2 10.3 10.3 10.5 1.1 4.2 4.9 5.0 5.2
Wyoming 0 3 5 5 5 0 258 569 568 631 0.0 0.8 1.4 1.4 1.4 0.0 0.3 0.6 0.6 0.7
---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 2019-20. (This table was prepared October 2021.)

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