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In the 2015-2016 academic year, approximately 2.9 million students were enrolled in 6,824 charter schools nationwide. This represented roughly 5.9 percent of total public school enrollment.

HIGHLIGHTS

In the 2015-2016 school year, nearly 50 percent of the District of Columbia's public school students were enrolled in charter schools, a greater share than in any state.

In six states (as well as Washington, D.C.), charter school students accounted for more more than 10 percent of total public school enrollments.

California was home to 1,234 charter schools, 18 percent of the nationwide total and more than any other state.

The tables below summarize charter school participation and prevalence data for each state by school year.

Charter school participation and prevalence

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2015-2016 academic year

Charter school participation and prevalence, 2015-2016
State	Total number of charter schools	Estimated enrollment	Percentage of total public school enrollment
Alabama	0	0	0.00%
Alaska	28	6,700	5.00%
Arizona	535	177,600	15.90%
Arkansas	50	23,700	4.92%
California	1,234	581,100	9.18%
Colorado	226	108,800	12.26%
Connecticut	24	8,900	1.68%
Delaware	27	14,400	11.01%
District of Columbia	115	39,000	49.87%
Florida	656	282,500	10.36%
Georgia	115	82,800	4.79%
Hawaii	34	11,000	5.87%
Idaho	48	21,100	7.20%
Illinois	145	64,400	3.13%
Indiana	91	40,300	3.92%
Iowa	3	300	0.06%
Kansas	10	2,800	0.57%
Kentucky	0	0	0.00%
Louisiana	143	80,100	11.21%
Maine	7	1,500	0.84%
Maryland	50	19,000	2.17%
Massachusetts	81	40,300	4.28%
Michigan	300	149,100	9.85%
Minnesota	165	48,200	5.55%
Mississippi	2	200	0.04%
Missouri	68	20,800	2.28%
Montana	0	0	0.00%
Nebraska	0	0	0.00%
Nevada	38	34,000	7.41%
New Hampshire	26	3,200	1.76%
New Jersey	89	44,600	3.29%
New Mexico	99	25,700	7.53%
New York	257	125,800	4.66%
North Carolina	161	82,000	5.30%
North Dakota	0	0	0.00%
Ohio	373	132,000	7.77%
Oklahoma	35	20,000	2.92%
Oregon	127	31,500	5.36%
Pennsylvania	175	141,200	8.10%
Rhode Island	28	7,200	5.21%
South Carolina	68	31,300	4.15%
South Dakota	0	0	0.00%
Tennessee	100	33,300	3.32%
Texas	723	282,900	5.39%
Utah	111	64,800	10.03%
Vermont	0	0	0.00%
Virginia	9	1,200	0.09%
Washington	0	0	0.00%
West Virginia	0	0	0.00%
Wisconsin	244	44,800	5.15%
Wyoming	4	500	0.53%
United States total	6,824	2,930,600	5.85%
Sources: National Alliance for Public Charter Schools, "A Closer Look at the Charter School Movement," accessed June 27, 2016 National Center for Education Statistics, "Table 203.20. Enrollment in public elementary and secondary schools, by region, state, and jurisdiction: Selected years, fall 1990 through fall 2025," accessed June 27, 2016

2013-2014 academic year

Charter school participation and prevalence, 2013-2014
State	Number of charter school students	Percentage of state's public school students that are charter students	Number of public charter schools	Percentage of state's public schools that are charters
Alaska	6,123	5%	27	6%
Arizona	190,672	17%	605	30%
Arkansas	16,399	3%	39	4%
California	514,172	8%	1,131	11%
Colorado	93,141	11%	197	11%
Connecticut	6,981	1%	18	1%
Delaware	11,078	8%	21	9%
District of Columbia	36,565	44%	107	49%
Florida	229,926	8%	625	16%
Georgia	70,718	4%	110	5%
Hawaii	9,840	5%	33	11%
Idaho	20,380	7%	47	6%
Illinois	59,627	3%	145	3%
Indiana	35,552	3%	75	4%
Iowa	315	0.1%	3	0.2%
Kansas	2,549	1%	11	1%
Louisiana	59,059	8%	117	8%
Maine	383	Less than 1%	5	1%
Maryland	21,397	3%	52	4%
Massachusetts	33,214	3%	81	4%
Michigan	136,859	9%	297	8%
Minnesota	44,100	5%	149	7%
Mississippi	0	0%	0	0%
Missouri	19,439	2%	38	2%
Nevada	26,022	5%	34	5%
New Hampshire	2,096	1%	19	4%
New Jersey	32,260	2%	87	3%
New Mexico	21,376	6%	95	11%
New York	92,043	3%	233	5%
North Carolina	58,387	4%	127	5%
Ohio	123,778	7%	400	11%
Oklahoma	9,751	1%	25	1%
Oregon	28,581	5%	124	6%
Pennsylvania	128,701	7%	176	5%
Rhode Island	5,950	4%	19	6%
South Carolina	23,302	3%	59	5%
Tennessee	12,148	1%	71	4%
Texas	238,093	5%	689	8%
Utah	54,900	9%	95	10%
Virginia	2,161	0.2%	6	0.3%
Washington	0	0%	0	0%
Wisconsin	43,835	5%	245	11%
Wyoming	463	1%	4	1%
Source: National Alliance for Public Charter Schools, "The Health of the Public Charter School Movement: A State-By-State Analysis," October 2014

2012-2013 academic year

Charter school participation and prevalence, 2012-2013
State	Number of charter school students	Percentage of state's public school students that are charter students	Number of public charter schools	Percentage of state's public schools that are charters
Alaska	5,876	4.40%	27	5.30%
Arizona	145,273	13.30%	534	24.50%
Arkansas	12,882	2.70%	32	3.00%
California	470,578	7.60%	1,065	10.70%
Colorado	89,451	10.40%	186	10.20%
Connecticut	6,560	1.20%	17	1.50%
Delaware	10,438	7.90%	22	9.50%
District of Columbia	34,674	43.20%	57	47.10%
Florida	206,144	7.70%	576	14.50%
Georgia	62,580	3.70%	108	4.70%
Hawaii	9,593	0.052	32	11.20%
Idaho	18,781	0.065	44	6.10%
Illinois	54,028	2.60%	58	3.10%
Indiana	33,783	3.30%	72	3.90%
Iowa	352	0.10%	3	0.20%
Kansas	3,032	0.60%	15	1.10%
Louisiana	49,484	6.90%	105	7.50%
Maine	106	0.10%	2	0.30%
Maryland	19,705	2.30%	52	3.70%
Massachusetts	31,830	3.30%	77	4.20%
Michigan	129,205	8.40%	276	7.80%
Minnesota	41,243	4.90%	148	6.80%
Missouri	17,868	1.90%	38	1.70%
Nevada	21,869	4.90%	32	4.90%
New Hampshire	1,740	0.90%	17	3.50%
New Jersey	29,387	2.10%	86	3.50%
New Mexico	19,916	5.90%	94	9.40%
New York	77,354	3.00%	209	4.50%
North Carolina	50,001	3.40%	107	4.20%
Ohio	118,931	6.70%	374	10.40%
Oklahoma	11,756	1.70%	24	1.30%
Oregon	27,070	4.80%	123	9.10%
Pennsylvania	120,102	6.70%	175	5.70%
Rhode Island	5,131	3.60%	16	4.80%
South Carolina	20,186	2.70%	55	4.60%
Tennessee	10,803	1.30%	47	2.60%
Texas	217,162	4.20%	280	7.50%
Utah	50,778	8.40%	88	9.30%
Virginia	399	0.00%	4	0.20%
Wisconsin	44,206	5.20%	238	10.60%
Wyoming	369	0.40%	4	1.10%
United States	2,280,627	4.60%	6,004	6.30%
Source: National Alliance for Public Charter Schools, "Dashboard," accessed October 20, 2014.

See also

• Charter schools
• Charter school demographics
• School choice

External links

• National Alliance for Public Charter Schools