2011-12 NATIONAL CHARTER SCHOOL & ENROLLMENT STATISTICS State Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware DC Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina Tennessee Texas Utah Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming TOTAL
Operating in 2010-2011 28 506 33 907 171 23 19 96 445 109 31 39 99 62 8 19 97 0 40 66 291 156 0 45 27 10 78 82 185 104 336 17 107 155 16 45 27 413 80 4 217 3 5,196
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Open in 2011-2012 0 33 4 101 14 0 3 11 72 16 0 4 6 1 0 0 16 0 6 10 25 6 0 7 7 1 9 3 16 1 32 2 9 15 1 3 8 31 5 0 39 1 518
Total Operating 28 539 37 1,008 185 23 22 107 517 125 31 43 105 63 8 19 113 0 46 76 316 162 0 52 34 11 87 85 201 105 368 19 116 170 17 48 35 444 85 4 256 4 5,714
Total Estimated Enrollment 5,613 135,930 11,605 410,157 79,963 4,810 9,816 35,224 179,254 61,821 8,798 16,304 48,233 20,372 1,179 3,066 38,671 0 11,549 29,141 118,702 32,967 0 19,573 12,962 2,431 23,399 15,815 54,681 37,407 122,660 6,576 19,255 98,108 3,817 18,171 7,210 149,348 38,643 354 47,352 894 1,941,831 www.edreform.com
CHARTER SCHOOL GROWTH OVER TIME 2000-2011 Charters Grow from 1,651 in 2000 to 5,714 in 2011
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METHODOLOGY: Several sources are used to calculate school numbers and enrollment each year, beginning with an annual survey of all schools (response rate approx 21%), news analysis, personal calls and interviews, state and local support groups, networks and service providers and additional effort. Discrepancies in data amidst other groups is most likely owing to their reliance on state education department data or other methodology differences.
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