Charter School Growth
1992-2003

State 
(Year Law Passed)

Operational Schools by Year Opened

Total Operating

Approved to Open 2003-04

1992-
1993

1993-
1994

1994-
1995

1995-
1996

1996-
1997

1997-
1998

1998-
1999

1999-
2000

2000-
2001

2001-
2002

2002-
2003

Alaska (1995)

0

0

0

0

1

8

3

1

1

0

1

15

0

Arizona (1994)

0

0

0

47

57

50

46

75

69

72

48

464

13

Arkansas (1995)

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

3

2

3

8

0

California (1992)

0

27

27

26

17

14

32

83

61

62

79

428

11

Colorado (1993)

0

2

10

9

7

19

9

6

10

15

6

93

0

Connecticut (1996)

0

0

0

0

0

10

4

2

0

0

0

16

0

Delaware (1995)

0

0

0

0

2

1

1

0

3

3

1

11

2

D.C. (1996)

0

0

0

0

1

1

13

10

7

4

3

39

0

Florida (1996)

0

0

0

0

4

25

39

34

33

52

40

227

10

Georgia (1993)

0

0

0

2

1

1

8

3

6

6

8

35

3

Hawaii (1994)

0

0

0

1

1

0

0

0

9

11

3

25

0

Idaho (1998)

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

6

1

2

3

13

2

Illinois (1996)

0

0

0

0

0

6

9

4

1

6

3

29

0

Indiana (2001)

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

10

10

3

Iowa (2002)

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Kansas (1994)

0

0

0

0

0

1

11

0

0

15

3

30

0

Louisiana (1995)

0

0

0

0

1

3

3

5

4

3

1

20

5

Massachusetts (1993)

0

0

1

13

6

1

9

6

3

2

5

46

5

Michigan (1993)

0

0

4

35

39

29

31

36

13

7

2

196

1

Minnesota (1991)

1

3

7

2

3

5

12

16

14

11

13

87

4

Mississippi (1997)

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

1

0

Missouri (1998)

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

15

5

1

5

26

2

Nevada (1997)

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

4

2

2

4

13

1

New Hampshire (1995)

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

New Jersey (1996)

0

0

0

0

0

11

16

11

8

6

4

56

0

New Mexico (1993)

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

1

8

11

7

28

4

New York (1998)

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

3

15

13

7

38

10

North Carolina (1996)

0

0

0

0

0

26

19

20

15

8

5

93

2

Ohio (1997)

0

0

0

0

0

0

15

26

21

28

41

131

0

Oklahoma (1999)

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

6

3

1

10

0

Oregon (1999)

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

10

6

8

25

1

Pennsylvania (1997)

0

0

0

0

0

6

24

16

18

12

15

91

2

Rhode Island (1995)

0