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Table 216.90a. Percentage distribution of enrollment in traditional public and public charter schools and percentage of schools, by race/ethnicity, racial/ethnic concentration, and state: Fall 2019
State Percentage distribution of enrollment, by race/ethnicity Percent of schools, by racial/ethnic concentration
Traditional school enrollment Charter school enrollment Traditional schools Charter schools
White Black Hispanic Asian Pacific Islan-der American Indian/ Alaska Native Two or more races White Black Hispanic Asian Pacific Islan-der American Indian/ Alaska Native Two or more races More than 50 percent White More than 50 percent Black More than 50 percent Hispanic More than 50 percent White More than 50 percent Black More than 50 percent Hispanic
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21
United States 47.6 14.2 27.1 5.4 0.4 1.0 4.3 30.4 24.9 35.3 4.2 0.4 0.8 4.2 55.3 8.4 17.1 30.1 22.1 28.8
Alabama 53.8 32.1 9.1 1.5 0.1 0.9 2.6 22.9 72.3 0.9 1.7 0.4 0.3 1.5 60.2 29.1 1.3 0 75.0 0
Alaska 46.0 2.6 7.5 5.8 3.2 22.5 12.5 63.9 1.2 6.8 1.8 0.7 13.1 12.4 40.1 0.2 0.2 75.9 0 0
Arizona 36.9 5.2 46.7 2.3 0.3 4.8 3.8 41.2 5.9 39.9 5.6 0.4 2.0 5.0 36.1 0 40.0 35.8 0.2 38.9
Arkansas 61.0 19.3 13.5 1.6 1.0 0.6 3.1 48.6 30.5 13.6 2.9 0.2 0.8 3.4 69.5 16.0 4.4 41.5 36.6 1.2
California 21.8 5.0 55.2 12.4 0.5 0.5 4.7 27.1 7.4 52.2 6.4 0.3 0.5 6.0 16.6 0.6 55.0 22.4 3.3 50.7

Colorado
53.2 4.3 34.0 3.0 0.3 0.7 4.5 50.9 5.9 33.8 4.2 0.3 0.5 4.5 61.6 0.1 26.6 57.7 0.4 29.6
Connecticut 52.6 11.5 26.5 5.3 0.1 0.3 3.8 6.8 57.5 30.7 2.5 0.3 0.3 2.0 59.0 2.3 15.7 4.5 40.9 9.1
Delaware 43.3 29.2 18.8 3.6 0.1 0.4 4.6 39.1 35.6 13.4 7.6 0.2 0.5 3.5 37.9 13.1 5.1 40.9 45.5 9.1
District of
    Columbia
16.1 57.9 21.1 2.0 0.1 0.1 2.6 8.0 76.0 11.9 1.0 0.1 0.2 2.8 10.3 66.4 12.9 0.9 80.7 5.3
Florida 37.7 21.9 33.3 2.8 0.2 0.3 3.8 30.5 19.5 43.7 2.7 0.2 0.3 3.1 34.2 17.0 19.0 27.7 16.3 32.0

Georgia
38.5 36.0 16.9 4.4 0.1 0.2 4.0 36.0 46.2 10.0 3.5 0.1 0.2 4.0 39.1 33.8 5.3 29.2 52.8 1.1
Hawaii 10.9 1.5 16.1 28.2 26.6 0.2 16.6 25.7 1.0 15.3 9.8 34.0 0.3 13.9 1.6 0 0 10.8 0 0
Idaho 74.5 1.1 18.9 1.1 0.3 1.1 2.9 78.9 1.0 14.0 1.6 0.3 1.0 3.3 90.3 0 6.1 95.5 0 3.0
Illinois 49.1 15.3 26.1 5.4 0.1 0.3 3.8 3.3 51.8 42.1 1.2 0.1 0.2 1.3 57.6 12.6 14.1 0.7 57.1 36.4
Indiana 67.9 11.4 12.7 2.7 0.1 0.2 5.1 34.4 42.4 15.8 1.7 0.1 0.2 5.4 79.0 4.6 2.3 37.6 40.6 5.0

Iowa
74.4 6.5 11.5 2.6 0.3 0.4 4.3 68.2 1.5 24.2 6.1 0 0 0 89.3 0.5 2.1 50.0 0 50.0
Kansas 63.4 6.8 20.4 2.8 0.2 0.8 5.6 75.2 4.4 12.2 1.1 0.1 1.0 6.1 80.1 0.5 7.9 88.9 0 0
Kentucky 75.2 10.6 7.6 1.9 0.1 0.1 4.3 85.4 3.6 0.2
Louisiana 47.2 39.2 8.3 1.6 0.1 0.7 3.0 20.0 67.3 8.8 1.5 0.1 0.4 2.0 45.8 37.9 1.5 15.1 76.0 0.7
Maine 88.3 4.1 2.6 1.4 0.1 0.7 2.8 91.3 2.2 2.1 0.7 0.2 0.7 2.8 98.7 0.4 0 100.0 0 0

Maryland
36.2 32.0 19.7 6.7 0.1 0.3 4.9 11.8 75.7 8.3 1.6 0.1 0.3 2.3 34.7 27.7 8.4 6.5 76.1 2.2
Massachusetts 59.6 8.1 20.8 7.2 0.1 0.2 4.0 26.4 30.0 35.2 4.8 0.1 0.3 3.3 68.6 2.4 13.5 26.3 22.5 23.8
Michigan 69.3 14.1 8.0 3.5 0.1 0.6 4.4 32.5 49.8 9.7 3.4 0.1 0.4 4.2 78.1 10.1 1.6 37.0 47.7 3.6
Minnesota 66.8 10.0 9.7 6.2 0.1 1.7 5.5 38.2 28.0 11.3 16.4 0.1 1.5 4.5 75.8 2.4 1.4 47.1 24.2 5.4
Mississippi 43.9 47.4 4.3 1.1 0.1 0.2 3.0 1.3 97.6 0.2 0.2 0 # 0.7 39.3 49.8 0 0 100.0 0

Missouri
71.8 14.2 6.6 2.1 0.3 0.4 4.6 14.5 60.8 18.9 1.4 0.1 0.2 4.1 84.9 8.8 0.4 9.9 63.4 15.5
Montana 78.1 0.8 5.2 0.8 0.2 10.8 4.2 89.5 0 0
Nebraska 65.4 6.6 19.6 2.9 0.1 1.3 4.1 81.8 1.4 8.4
Nevada 30.6 11.5 43.8 5.2 1.4 0.9 6.5 37.1 11.2 33.7 7.3 1.6 0.5 8.7 33.1 1.4 31.3 24.4 6.4 14.1
New Hampshire 84.4 2.1 6.2 3.1 0.1 0.2 3.8 80.2 1.8 4.8 8.3 # 0.4 4.4 97.1 0 0.2 94.7 0 0

New Jersey
43.5 13.4 29.8 10.5 0.2 0.1 2.4 6.9 42.9 43.0 5.8 0.1 0.2 1.2 49.8 7.0 18.1 8.0 33.0 39.8
New Mexico 22.1 1.8 62.2 1.1 0.1 10.4 2.2 28.2 1.9 61.3 1.4 0.2 5.4 1.6 10.0 0 67.5 13.0 0 67.4
New York 44.3 14.4 27.5 10.1 0.3 0.7 2.8 5.9 51.7 36.7 2.6 0.3 1.1 1.6 49.7 10.1 20.1 2.5 49.7 34.2
North Carolina 45.9 24.4 19.4 3.6 0.1 1.2 5.5 52.2 25.8 11.4 3.5 0.1 0.6 6.3 47.8 14.6 3.7 56.6 25.0 2.6
North Dakota 76.8 5.2 5.8 1.6 0.3 6.7 3.6 92.2 0 0

Ohio
70.7 14.5 6.2 2.7 0.1 0.1 5.7 34.1 48.8 8.7 1.2 0.1 0.2 6.9 78.7 10.8 0.6 24.3 53.0 2.2
Oklahoma 47.9 8.0 17.7 2.1 0.4 13.0 10.8 48.4 12.9 24.1 0.9 0.3 10.8 2.7 56.0 1.5 5.3 40.3 11.3 27.4
Oregon 60.5 2.3 24.6 4.2 0.8 1.2 6.5 75.2 1.6 12.8 1.9 0.3 1.4 6.8 76.5 0 10.1 92.5 0 3.0
Pennsylvania 67.0 11.9 12.1 4.3 0.1 0.1 4.4 31.5 42.4 18.1 2.9 0.1 0.3 4.8 77.7 7.9 4.6 28.5 46.4 12.8
Rhode Island 57.9 8.2 24.9 3.4 0.2 0.9 4.7 20.4 17.0 56.2 1.8 0.2 0.6 3.7 67.6 0 16.5 16.2 0 70.3

South Carolina
49.2 33.1 10.9 1.6 0.1 0.3 4.8 60.3 25.0 8.5 1.8 0.2 0.4 4.0 44.4 29.5 1.1 58.8 25.0 0
South Dakota 72.5 3.3 6.9 1.7 0.1 10.6 4.9 85.5 0 0.1
Tennessee 63.4 19.4 11.4 2.1 0.1 0.2 3.5 7.9 69.6 20.3 0.8 # 0.1 1.3 72.4 13.9 2.1 2.5 78.0 10.2
Texas 28.1 12.2 52.0 4.6 0.2 0.4 2.6 13.1 17.8 62.6 4.2 0.1 0.3 1.9 26.5 3.4 47.6 9.4 11.1 58.8
Utah 74.0 1.4 17.5 1.6 1.6 1.1 2.9 70.3 1.6 19.7 2.9 1.5 0.5 3.5 85.0 0 6.5 84.1 0.8 5.3

Vermont
89.3 2.4 2.5 2.3 0.1 0.3 3.0 98.3 0 0
Virginia 47.5 21.8 17.0 7.2 0.2 0.3 5.9 49.0 30.7 7.6 3.2 0.2 0.8 8.5 51.5 14.1 5.5 62.5 12.5 0
Washington 52.6 4.4 24.1 8.0 1.2 1.2 8.6 36.3 31.2 16.7 3.8 0.7 1.3 9.9 62.4 0.2 9.7 20.0 20.0 0
West Virginia 89.5 4.1 2.0 0.6 0.1 0.1 3.7 98.8 0 0
Wisconsin 70.0 8.3 12.1 4.0 0.1 1.1 4.4 46.6 22.0 20.7 6.0 0.1 0.5 4.0 82.7 5.4 2.4 75.6 10.7 7.3
Wyoming 77.4 1.0 13.9 0.7 0.2 3.6 3.2 65.6 1.1 18.1 4.4 0.2 5.4 5.2 94.6 0 0.3 80.0 0 0
†Not applicable. No charter schools in state.
#Rounds to zero.
NOTE: Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "Public Elementary/Secondary School Universe Survey," 2019-20. (This table was prepared March 2022.)

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