Number of public elementary and secondary schools, by school level, type, and charter, magnet, and virtual status: School years 2012-13 through 2022-23

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Table 216.10.Number of public elementary and secondary schools, by school level, type, and charter, magnet, and virtual status: School years 2012-13 through 2022-23
School level, type, and charter, magnet, or virtual status	2012-13	2013-14	2014-15	2015-16	2016-17	2017-18	2018-19	2019-20		2020-21		2021-22		2022-23
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		10		11		12
Total, all schools	98,454	98,271	98,176	98,277	98,158	98,469	98,755	98,469		98,577		99,239		99,388
School type
Regular	89,031	89,183	89,386	89,501	89,527	89,914	90,019	89,831		89,895		90,503		90,603
Special education	2,034	2,010	1,954	2,005	1,991	1,903	2,061	1,932		1,921		1,870		1,882
Vocational	1,403	1,380	1,387	1,396	1,391	1,467	1,507	1,491		1,545		1,554		1,569
Alternative¹	5,986	5,698	5,449	5,375	5,249	5,185	5,168	5,215		5,216		5,312		5,334

School level and type
Prekindergarten	1,118	1,197	1,234	1,276	1,287	1,418	1,545	1,453	²	1,507		1,535	²	1,570	²
Regular	847	909	957	1,011	1,019	1,110	1,206	1,149		1,215		1,245		1,278
Special education	232	255	248	241	241	288	316	278		269		267		273
Vocational	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0		0		0		0
Alternative¹	38	32	28	24	26	20	23	26		23		23		19

Elementary	52,332	52,300	52,379	52,243	52,084	52,353	52,394	52,322		52,313		52,450		52,474
Regular	51,702	51,719	51,835	51,696	51,578	51,888	51,927	51,877		51,906		52,047		52,064
Special education	274	261	287	293	271	238	244	227		178		174		171
Vocational	8	4	2	2	2	2	0	0		0		0		0
Alternative¹	348	316	255	252	233	225	223	218		229		229		239

Middle	16,557	16,553	16,500	16,412	16,241	16,341	16,322	16,264		16,235		16,300		16,298
Regular	16,215	16,234	16,178	16,102	15,939	16,074	16,021	16,025		16,019		16,076		16,059
Special education	47	41	55	54	49	34	51	39		20		23		26
Vocational	9	6	6	6	6	5	4	4		1		1		1
Alternative¹	286	272	261	250	247	228	246	196		195		200		212

Secondary and high	23,348	23,311	23,441	23,472	23,379	23,318	23,567	23,529		23,519		23,742		23,810
Regular	17,841	17,959	18,103	18,173	18,303	18,212	18,225	18,137		18,079		18,181		18,266
Special education	432	437	430	408	411	385	415	390		334		339		339
Vocational	1,054	1,032	1,040	1,065	948	1,062	1,216	1,210		1,332		1,351		1,349
Alternative¹	4,021	3,883	3,868	3,826	3,717	3,659	3,711	3,792		3,774		3,871		3,856

Other, ungraded, and not applicable/not reported	5,099	4,910	4,622	4,874	5,167	5,039	4,927	4,901		5,003		5,212		5,236
Regular	2,426	2,362	2,313	2,519	2,688	2,630	2,640	2,643		2,676		2,954		2,936
Special education	1,049	1,016	934	1,009	1,019	958	1,035	998		1,120		1,067		1,073
Vocational	331	337	338	323	434	398	287	277		212		202		219
Alternative¹	1,293	1,195	1,037	1,023	1,026	1,053	965	983		995		989		1,008

Charter status and level
All charter schools³	6,079	6,465	6,747	6,855	7,011	7,193	7,427	7,547		7,641		7,847		7,998
Prekindergarten	25	22	19	24	25	25	24	34		26		27		26
Elementary	2,760	2,970	3,146	3,155	3,215	3,350	3,453	3,544		3,607		3,704		3,759
Middle	696	741	779	768	780	772	783	792		801		815		813
Secondary and high	1,766	1,826	1,897	1,943	1,985	2,036	2,060	2,088		2,098		2,143		2,200
Other, ungraded, and not applicable/not reported	832	906	906	965	1,006	1,010	1,107	1,089		1,109		1,158		1,200

Magnet status and level
All magnet schools³	3,151	3,254	3,285	3,237	3,164	3,421	3,484	3,497		2,946	⁴	3,015	²	---
Prekindergarten	5	5	8	7	3	12	12	9		9	⁴	10	²	---
Elementary	1,597	1,610	1,637	1,590	1,530	1,689	1,715	1,735		1,429	⁴	1,477	²	---
Middle	626	618	646	630	610	666	686	688		615	⁴	631	²	---
Secondary and high	863	954	928	922	911	979	993	984		824	⁴	818	²	---
Other, ungraded, and not applicable/not reported	60	67	66	88	110	75	78	81		69	⁴	79	²	---

Virtual status and level
All virtual schools^3,5	---	477	576	592	562	656	675	691		796	⁴	1,093	²	1,323
Prekindergarten	---	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	⁴	0	²	0
Elementary	---	59	69	63	61	65	64	61		100	⁴	196	²	203
Middle	---	7	12	14	11	18	18	20		31	⁴	60	²	74
Secondary and high	---	199	240	250	235	273	292	292		279	⁴	354	²	428
Other, ungraded, and not applicable/not reported	---	212	255	265	255	300	301	318		386	⁴	483	²	618
---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.
²Data are missing for California.
³Magnet, charter, and virtual schools are also included under regular, special education, vocational, or alternative schools as appropriate.
⁴Data are missing for California, Illinois, and Utah.
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. Because the data reflect reports by schools, totals differ from those in tables based on reports by states or school districts.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "Public Elementary/Secondary School Universe Survey," 2012-13 through 2022-23. (This table was prepared December 2023.)

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