Number of Charter Schools and Students in the 2005-06 School Year

National Alliance for Public Charter Schools

April 2006

 

State

Schools

Students

Alaska

23

4,704

Arizona

466

83,092

Arkansas

17

3,724

California

574

212,000

Colorado

120

44,424

Connecticut

14

2,944

Delaware

13

6,904

D.C.

63

17,819

Florida

333

92,158

Georgia

48

20,201

Hawaii

27

6,000

Idaho

24

8,209

Illinois

42

16,000

Indiana

28

7,000

Iowa

10

2,686

Kansas

26

1,966

Louisiana

30

12,700

Maryland

15

4,000

Massachusetts

57

21,000

Michigan

226

91,567

Minnesota

124

20,600

Mississippi

1

400

Missouri

23

11,000

Nevada

18

3,940

New Hampshire

6

500

New Jersey

53

14,723

New Mexico

52

8,500

New York

79

22,232

North Carolina

97

28,000

Ohio

297

72,000

Oklahoma

13

3,900

Oregon

65

7,581

Pennsylvania

117

54,500

Rhode Island

11

2,494

South Carolina

27

5,227

Tennessee

12

1,883

Texas

237

89,171

Utah

36

12,828

Virginia

3

215

Wisconsin

183

25,000

Wyoming

3

244

Total

3,613

1,040,536