Table 216.10.

Number of public elementary and secondary schools, by school level, type, and charter, magnet, and virtual status: School years 2010-11 through 2021-22

School level, type, and charter, magnet, or virtual status	2010-11	2011-12	2012-13	2013-14	2014-15	2015-16	2016-17	2017-18	2018-19	2019-20	2020-21		2021-22
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12		13
Total, all schools	98,817	98,328	98,454	98,271	98,176	98,277	98,158	98,469	98,755	98,469	98,577		99,239
School type
Regular	88,929	88,663	89,031	89,183	89,386	89,501	89,527	89,914	90,019	89,831	89,895		90,503
Special education	2,206	2,087	2,034	2,010	1,954	2,005	1,991	1,903	2,061	1,932	1,921		1,870
Vocational	1,485	1,434	1,403	1,380	1,387	1,396	1,391	1,467	1,507	1,491	1,545		1,554
Alternative1	6,197	6,144	5,986	5,698	5,449	5,375	5,249	5,185	5,168	5,215	5,216		5,312
School level and type
Prekindergarten	1,195	1,087	1,118	1,197	1,234	1,276	1,287	1,418	1,545	1,453	1,507		1,535
Regular	881	818	847	909	957	1,011	1,019	1,110	1,206	1,149	1,215		1,245
Special education	266	232	232	255	248	241	241	288	316	278	269		267
Vocational	2	1	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0		0
Alternative1	46	36	38	32	28	24	26	20	23	26	23		23
Elementary	52,571	52,427	52,332	52,300	52,379	52,243	52,084	52,353	52,394	52,322	52,313		52,450
Regular	51,954	51,716	51,702	51,719	51,835	51,696	51,578	51,888	51,927	51,877	51,906		52,047
Special education	279	281	274	261	287	293	271	238	244	227	178		174
Vocational	9	10	8	4	2	2	2	2	0	0	0		0
Alternative1	329	420	348	316	255	252	233	225	223	218	229		229
Middle	16,661	16,777	16,557	16,553	16,500	16,412	16,241	16,341	16,322	16,264	16,235		16,300
Regular	16,217	16,225	16,215	16,234	16,178	16,102	15,939	16,074	16,021	16,025	16,019		16,076
Special education	54	68	47	41	55	54	49	34	51	39	20		23
Vocational	8	14	9	6	6	6	6	5	4	4	1		1
Alternative1	382	470	286	272	261	250	247	228	246	196	195		200
Secondary and high	23,728	23,195	23,348	23,311	23,441	23,472	23,379	23,318	23,567	23,529	23,519		23,742
Regular	17,710	17,602	17,841	17,959	18,103	18,173	18,303	18,212	18,225	18,137	18,079		18,181
Special education	460	355	432	437	430	408	411	385	415	390	334		339
Vocational	1,382	1,330	1,054	1,032	1,040	1,065	948	1,062	1,216	1,210	1,332		1,351
Alternative1	4,176	3,908	4,021	3,883	3,868	3,826	3,717	3,659	3,711	3,792	3,774		3,871
Other, ungraded, and not applicable/not      reported	4,662	4,842	5,099	4,910	4,622	4,874	5,167	5,039	4,927	4,901	5,003		5,212
Regular	2,167	2,302	2,426	2,362	2,313	2,519	2,688	2,630	2,640	2,643	2,676		2,954
Special education	1,147	1,151	1,049	1,016	934	1,009	1,019	958	1,035	998	1,120		1,067
Vocational	84	79	331	337	338	323	434	398	287	277	212		202
Alternative1	1,264	1,310	1,293	1,195	1,037	1,023	1,026	1,053	965	983	995		989
Charter status and level
All charter schools2	5,274	5,696	6,079	6,465	6,747	6,855	7,011	7,193	7,427	7,547	7,641		7,847
Prekindergarten	26	26	25	22	19	24	25	25	24	34	26		27
Elementary	2,322	2,547	2,760	2,970	3,146	3,155	3,215	3,350	3,453	3,544	3,607		3,704
Middle	626	695	696	741	779	768	780	772	783	792	801		815
Secondary and high	1,614	1,636	1,766	1,826	1,897	1,943	1,985	2,036	2,060	2,088	2,098		2,143
Other, ungraded, and not applicable/not      reported	686	792	832	906	906	965	1,006	1,010	1,107	1,089	1,109		1,158
Magnet status and level
All magnet schools2	2,722	2,949	3,151	3,254	3,285	3,237	3,164	3,421	3,484	3,497	2,946	3	3,015	4
Prekindergarten	4	5	5	5	8	7	3	12	12	9	9	3	10	4
Elementary	1,411	1,515	1,597	1,610	1,637	1,590	1,530	1,689	1,715	1,735	1,429	3	1,477	4
Middle	502	575	626	618	646	630	610	666	686	688	615	3	631	4
Secondary and high	740	796	863	954	928	922	911	979	993	984	824	3	818	4
Other, ungraded, and not applicable/not      reported	65	58	60	67	66	88	110	75	78	81	69	3	79	4
Virtual status and level
All virtual schools2,5	---	---	---	477	576	592	562	656	675	691	796	3	1,093	4
Prekindergarten	---	---	---	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	4
Elementary	---	---	---	59	69	63	61	65	64	61	100	3	196	4
Middle	---	---	---	7	12	14	11	18	18	20	31	3	60	4
Secondary and high	---	---	---	199	240	250	235	273	292	292	279	3	354	4
Other, ungraded, and not applicable/not      reported	---	---	---	212	255	265	255	300	301	318	386	3	483	4

---Not available.

1Includes schools that provide nontraditional education, address needs of students that typically cannot be met in regular schools, serve as adjuncts to regular schools, or fall outside the categories of regular, special education, or vocational education.

2Magnet, charter, and virtual schools are also included under regular, special education, vocational, or alternative schools as appropriate.

3Data for 2020-21 are missing for California, Illinois, and Utah.

4Data for 2021-22 are missing for California.

5Virtual schools are defined as having instruction during which students and teachers are separated by time and/or location and interact via internet-connected computers or other electronic devices.

NOTE: Data in this table represent the 50 states and the District of Columbia. Some data have been revised from previously published figures.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "Public Elementary/Secondary School Universe Survey," 2011-12 through 2021-22. (This table was prepared October 2022.)