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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.)

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