Table 216.20.

Enrollment of public elementary and secondary schools, by school level, type, and charter, magnet, and virtual status: School years 2010-11 through 2021-22

School level, type, and charter, magnet, or virtual status	2010-11	2011-12	2012-13	2013-14	2014-15	2015-16	2016-17	2017-18	2018-19	2019-20	2020-21		2021-22
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12		13
Total, all schools	49,177,617	49,256,120	49,519,559	49,777,410	50,009,771	50,115,178	50,264,883	50,330,241	50,330,883	50,437,821	49,038,443		49,089,640
School type
Regular	48,259,245	48,273,539	48,583,049	48,863,752	49,178,890	49,313,134	49,459,192	49,531,526	49,534,589	49,629,390	48,241,988		48,216,636
Special education	190,910	195,161	198,626	214,611	186,269	180,155	184,261	185,073	180,523	173,348	154,165		150,280
Vocational	164,013	159,905	160,207	148,447	147,550	146,321	146,601	147,516	158,088	152,961	161,495		193,189
Alternative1	563,449	627,515	577,677	550,600	497,062	475,568	474,829	466,126	457,683	482,122	480,795		529,535
School level and type
Prekindergarten	159,013	162,063	167,303	178,408	176,494	186,614	190,523	196,914	211,861	217,022	168,694		187,555
Regular	136,480	140,455	144,748	151,393	154,408	164,564	166,721	172,789	184,778	188,319	146,381		164,893
Special education	19,719	18,662	19,353	24,359	19,685	20,129	21,716	22,969	26,084	27,339	21,436		21,912
Vocational	25	16	6	12	167	0	177	0	0	0	0		0
Alternative1	2,789	2,930	3,196	2,644	2,234	1,921	1,909	1,156	999	1,364	877		750
Elementary	23,725,686	23,830,842	23,971,083	24,131,417	24,223,110	24,154,981	24,051,448	24,077,645	23,898,171	23,808,079	22,442,665		22,545,068
Regular	23,624,599	23,697,886	23,868,105	24,030,001	24,150,353	24,084,883	23,991,773	24,010,516	23,838,158	23,755,547	22,390,855		22,491,833
Special education	34,400	36,205	36,077	35,031	30,911	29,200	19,347	26,974	21,347	17,463	14,129		12,397
Vocational	1,975	2,641	2,161	1,581	1,274	1,365	1,514	1,542	0	0	0		0
Alternative1	64,712	94,110	64,740	64,804	40,572	39,533	38,814	38,613	38,666	35,069	37,681		40,838
Middle	9,391,287	9,485,716	9,479,530	9,497,598	9,439,744	9,392,450	9,366,871	9,531,009	9,603,188	9,693,590	9,422,643		9,215,744
Regular	9,367,918	9,447,340	9,454,002	9,476,546	9,421,613	9,372,239	9,348,445	9,513,963	9,588,984	9,683,345	9,415,280		9,201,117
Special education	5,142	6,074	5,213	4,584	3,878	3,255	2,612	2,715	2,731	689	522		536
Vocational	1,495	2,361	1,567	358	308	364	429	289	148	156	160		156
Alternative1	16,732	29,941	18,748	16,110	13,945	16,592	15,385	14,042	11,325	9,400	6,681		13,935
Secondary and high	14,842,780	14,703,795	14,773,659	14,805,127	14,939,874	15,050,043	15,210,764	15,179,513	15,174,601	15,227,541	15,240,146		15,318,119
Regular	14,274,857	14,130,104	14,192,428	14,258,335	14,412,714	14,533,149	14,697,396	14,675,284	14,670,574	14,703,625	14,741,002		14,791,352
Special education	34,942	31,573	35,410	36,283	30,397	28,772	28,604	27,273	24,554	24,499	23,177		21,775
Vocational	155,719	154,160	156,275	146,310	145,617	144,532	144,331	145,566	157,822	152,691	159,776		191,462
Alternative1	377,262	387,958	389,546	364,199	351,146	343,590	340,433	331,390	321,651	346,726	316,191		313,530
Other, ungraded, and not applicable/not       reported	1,058,851	1,073,704	1,127,984	1,164,860	1,230,549	1,331,090	1,445,277	1,345,160	1,443,062	1,491,589	1,764,295		1,823,154
Regular	855,391	857,754	923,766	947,477	1,039,802	1,158,299	1,254,857	1,158,974	1,252,095	1,298,554	1,548,470		1,567,441
Special education	96,707	102,647	102,573	114,354	101,398	98,799	111,982	105,142	105,807	103,358	94,901		93,660
Vocational	4,799	727	198	186	184	60	150	119	118	114	1,559		1,571
Alternative1	101,954	112,576	101,447	102,843	89,165	73,932	78,288	80,925	85,042	89,563	119,365		160,482
Charter status and level
All charter schools2	1,787,091	2,057,599	2,269,435	2,522,022	2,721,786	2,845,322	3,008,297	3,143,269	3,290,149	3,431,230	3,680,294		3,674,712
Prekindergarten	5,884	6,265	6,794	5,638	5,315	5,857	5,653	5,449	5,219	5,365	3,421		3,057
Elementary	771,063	887,941	980,889	1,095,419	1,196,503	1,235,990	1,289,641	1,376,412	1,443,839	1,512,281	1,563,961		1,568,732
Middle	156,606	194,508	194,003	219,359	232,530	235,177	243,333	246,751	249,027	256,721	272,808		258,718
Secondary and high	430,332	468,302	519,786	571,853	620,217	657,256	690,159	723,070	747,380	771,361	810,186		806,729
Other, ungraded, and not applicable/not       reported	423,206	500,583	567,963	629,753	667,221	711,042	779,511	791,587	844,684	885,502	1,029,918		1,037,476
Magnet status and level
All magnet schools2	2,055,133	2,248,177	2,478,531	2,556,644	2,609,104	2,604,145	2,536,520	2,665,820	2,672,473	2,694,281	2,207,082	3	2,220,219	4
Prekindergarten	1,488	716	1,055	1,100	1,520	1,203	785	757	591	1,184	875	3	1,278	4
Elementary	707,591	777,624	834,683	851,600	853,557	838,514	810,267	881,389	882,526	886,750	696,181	3	719,658	4
Middle	374,297	436,570	506,174	497,684	509,944	505,172	495,047	528,151	552,592	560,470	491,772	3	481,276	4
Secondary and high	943,492	1,010,561	1,115,819	1,182,842	1,218,907	1,220,936	1,186,564	1,227,219	1,207,307	1,215,852	993,982	3	988,480	4
Other, ungraded, and not applicable/not       reported	28,265	22,706	20,800	23,418	25,176	38,320	43,857	28,304	29,457	30,025	24,272	3	29,527	4
Virtual status and level
All virtual schools2,5	---	---	---	200,343	229,608	234,148	212,311	278,783	289,614	293,689	590,267	3	566,188	4
Prekindergarten	---	---	---	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	4
Elementary	---	---	---	12,864	16,503	15,972	9,429	13,293	11,208	12,757	71,972	3	65,579	4
Middle	---	---	---	1,414	3,780	3,384	5,634	8,143	5,442	7,854	22,777	3	22,993	4
Secondary and high	---	---	---	31,392	43,556	47,373	45,829	62,363	65,749	64,444	110,016	3	111,703	4
Other, ungraded, and not applicable/not       reported	---	---	---	154,673	165,769	167,419	151,419	194,984	207,215	208,634	385,502	3	365,913	4

---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.

2Magnet, charter, and virtual schools are also included under regular, special education, vocational, or alternative schools as appropriate.

3Data for 2020-21 are missing for California, Illinois, and Utah.

4Data for 2021-22 are missing for California.

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. Some data have been revised from previously published figures.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "Public Elementary/Secondary School Universe Survey," 2010-11 through 2021-22. (This table was prepared October 2022.)