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 2019-20

Locale	Charter schools			Charter school enrollment
	Number	Percentage distribution	Percent of total public schools	Percentage distribution	Enrollment	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
2019-20
Total	7,547	100.0	7.7	3,431,230	100.0	6.8
City	4,268	56.6	15.8	1,941,875	56.6	12.6
Large	3,162	41.9	21.3	1,468,787	42.8	17.3
Midsize	556	7.4	9.8	248,076	7.2	7.6
Small	550	7.3	8.4	225,012	6.6	6.1
Suburban	1,943	25.7	6.3	1,016,029	29.6	5.2
Large	1,654	21.9	6.4	905,000	26.4	5.3
Midsize	188	2.5	5.9	75,055	2.2	4.1
Small	101	1.3	5.4	35,974	1.0	3.7
Town	455	6.0	3.5	138,824	4.0	2.5
Fringe	99	1.3	3.4	44,547	1.3	3.2
Distant	192	2.5	3.1	49,865	1.5	1.9
Remote	164	2.2	4.2	44,412	1.3	3.0
Rural	881	11.7	3.2	334,502	9.7	3.4
Fringe	554	7.3	4.9	261,413	7.6	4.3
Distant	214	2.8	2.1	56,850	1.7	2.0
Remote	113	1.5	1.8	16,239	0.5	1.6

NOTE: Data in this table represent the 50 states and the District of Columbia. 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 2019-20; and Education Demographic and Geographic Estimates (EDGE), "Public School File," 2019-20. (This table was prepared March 2022.)