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: School years 2010-11 and 2021-22

Locale	Charter schools			Charter school enrollment
	Number	Percentage distribution	Percent of total public schools	Enrollment	Percentage distribution	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
2021-22
Total1	7,847	100.0	7.9	3,674,712	100.0	7.5
City	4,292	56.3	16.0	2,019,399	55.6	13.8
Large	3,172	41.6	21.5	1,498,197	41.2	18.7
Midsize	578	7.6	10.0	273,200	7.5	8.6
Small	542	7.1	8.6	248,002	6.8	7.2
Suburban	1,961	25.7	6.4	1,092,187	30.1	5.7
Large	1,668	21.9	6.5	970,156	26.7	5.9
Midsize	191	2.5	6.0	84,848	2.3	4.8
Small	102	1.3	5.5	37,183	1.0	3.9
Town	459	6.0	3.6	145,193	4.0	2.7
Fringe	98	1.3	3.4	45,948	1.3	3.3
Distant	199	2.6	3.3	52,827	1.5	2.1
Remote	162	2.1	4.1	46,418	1.3	3.2
Rural	911	12.0	3.3	377,182	10.4	3.8
Fringe	588	7.7	5.2	290,292	8.0	4.8
Distant	211	2.8	2.1	65,945	1.8	2.4
Remote	112	1.5	1.8	20,945	0.6	2.2

1Includes schools with missing locale information. There were 1,171 schools in the 2021-22 data that had missing 2020-21 locale information (the most recent data available when this table was tabulated), representing about 1 percent of all schools. Locale and enrollment data are from different academic years. Schools may change locales between academic years. Between 2019-20 and 2020-21, locale remained the same for 99.5 percent of schools.

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 2021-22; and Education Demographic and Geographic Estimates (EDGE), "Public School File," 2011-12 and 2020-21. (This table was prepared December 2022.)