US school statistics by state: rankings

42 states and territories ranked on five measures computed from the federal school directory. Click a column heading in the full table to sort it; the top-10 tables are fixed. Each state name links to that state's page with its list and a free sample.

Highest charter share

#	State	Value
1	District of Columbia	51.0%
2	Florida	17.5%
3	Nevada	14.1%
4	Colorado	13.7%
5	Rhode Island	13.4%
6	Utah	12.9%
7	Hawaii	12.8%
8	Minnesota	11.3%
9	New Mexico	11.3%
10	Louisiana	11.2%

Highest virtual share

#	State	Value
1	North Dakota	5.6%
2	Alaska	5.5%
3	Kentucky	5.0%
4	Kansas	4.7%
5	Florida	4.5%
6	Oregon	4.3%
7	Minnesota	3.8%
8	Washington	3.3%
9	Utah	3.3%
10	Colorado	3.3%

Best website coverage

#	State	Value
1	District of Columbia	100.0%
2	Wyoming	100.0%
3	Arkansas	99.9%
4	Vermont	99.7%
5	New Mexico	99.4%
6	Wisconsin	99.3%
7	Maine	98.6%
8	Oregon	98.3%
9	North Dakota	97.5%
10	North Carolina	97.4%

Largest average school

#	State	Value
1	Georgia	749 students
2	Florida	682 students
3	Nevada	646 students
4	Maryland	633 students
5	Utah	624 students
6	South Carolina	624 students
7	Delaware	602 students
8	Virginia	591 students
9	North Carolina	573 students
10	Hawaii	564 students

Most districts per 100k students

#	State	Value
1	Montana	267.9
2	North Dakota	141.2
3	Vermont	140.2
4	Maine	127.0
5	New Hampshire	120.9
6	South Dakota	107.4
7	Nebraska	82.6
8	Wyoming	69.0
9	District of Columbia	67.3
10	Iowa	66.2

All states

State	Schools	Students	Charter share	Virtual share	Website on file	Avg school size	Districts per 100k students
Alabama	1,532	751,060	1.5%	1.2%	94.4%	490	20.6
Alaska	488	127,890	6.4%	5.5%	96.3%	262	41.4
Arkansas	1,106	490,845	9.9%	0.8%	99.9%	444	59.1
Colorado	1,900	865,055	13.7%	3.3%	30.1%	455	21.5
Connecticut	1,007	490,969	2.1%	0.0%	94.0%	488	40.3
Delaware	236	142,156	10.2%	0.0%	94.9%	602	30.2
District of Columbia	245	93,638	51.0%	0.4%	100.0%	382	67.3
Florida	4,186	2,856,320	17.5%	4.5%	79.3%	682	2.7
Georgia	2,329	1,744,185	4.1%	0.6%	43.5%	749	13.5
Hawaii	296	167,071	12.8%	0.0%	0.0%	564	0.6
Idaho	796	315,191	10.6%	0.0%	0.0%	396	60.3
Indiana	1,919	1,037,604	7.0%	1.9%	0.0%	541	41.9
Iowa	1,318	497,102	0.5%	1.3%	81.4%	377	66.2
Kansas	1,341	477,006	0.5%	4.7%	94.4%	356	60.8
Kentucky	1,550	655,997	0.0%	5.0%	0.0%	423	26.7
Louisiana	1,308	666,840	11.2%	0.5%	0.0%	510	28.3
Maine	589	166,127	1.9%	0.3%	98.6%	282	127.0
Maryland	1,408	891,525	3.6%	0.4%	76.1%	633	2.8
Massachusetts	1,823	915,932	4.0%	0.5%	93.6%	502	43.3
Minnesota	2,741	875,579	11.3%	3.8%	77.9%	319	62.1
Mississippi	1,019	431,155	1.0%	0.0%	95.7%	423	35.3
Missouri	2,451	885,243	3.3%	0.4%	76.6%	361	63.8
Montana	842	147,049	0.0%	1.8%	91.4%	175	267.9
Nebraska	1,097	330,483	0.0%	0.4%	0.0%	301	82.6
Nevada	735	474,586	14.1%	2.0%	45.9%	646	4.2
New Hampshire	501	162,945	8.4%	0.4%	96.4%	325	120.9
New Mexico	879	304,084	11.3%	1.1%	99.4%	346	50.6
North Carolina	2,705	1,550,037	7.9%	1.7%	97.4%	573	21.6
North Dakota	514	119,656	0.0%	5.6%	97.5%	233	141.2
Oregon	1,291	539,417	9.9%	4.3%	98.3%	418	38.2
Puerto Rico	862	235,819	1.9%	0.0%	0.0%	274	0.4
Rhode Island	313	133,879	13.4%	0.3%	0.0%	428	47.8
South Carolina	1,277	796,780	8.1%	0.6%	0.0%	624	11.5
South Dakota	706	140,592	0.0%	3.0%	85.7%	199	107.4
Tennessee	1,913	1,002,363	6.0%	3.1%	83.9%	524	14.9
Utah	1,097	684,604	12.9%	3.3%	86.6%	624	22.6
Vermont	304	77,745	0.0%	0.0%	99.7%	256	140.2
Virginia	2,126	1,257,315	0.3%	0.6%	54.3%	591	16.6
Washington	2,543	1,094,502	0.7%	3.3%	35.0%	430	30.2
West Virginia	676	242,155	0.9%	0.4%	82.2%	358	25.6
Wisconsin	2,190	805,901	10.3%	2.6%	99.3%	368	56.0
Wyoming	360	89,915	2.2%	0.0%	100.0%	250	69.0

Method notes

Counts are open public schools in the NCES Common Core of Data school directory for 2024-25. Charter share and virtual share are schools flagged charter, or exclusively or primarily virtual, divided by all open schools.
Website coverage is the share of schools with a website recorded in the directory. It depends on how each state reports; a low figure is a reporting gap, not a statement about the schools.
Average school size is students (where NCES reports enrolment) divided by all open schools, so states with missing enrolment look smaller.
Districts per 100k students counts districts and agencies that operate at least one school. Hawaii, DC and Puerto Rico run one statewide or citywide system, so their figures are structural.
Rankings describe reported data and can change when NCES revises it.

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Source: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (LEA and school directories and membership, school year 2024-25). A U.S. government work, public domain under the IES website policy (nces.ed.gov/help/disclaimer.asp); NCES does not endorse this product. Crest, founder of Keencrest. Keencrest runs on automation and a person owns it and answers for it.