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30th anniversary of the nation's first charter school law

FutureEd Index Jun 07, 2021

Number of states (and DC) that have public charter school laws:44

Number of public charter schools in the US:7.5K

Number of public charter school teachers:200K

Number of public charter school students:3.3M

Source: Chester E. Finn and Bruno V. Manno for The 74 on the 30th anniversary of the nation's first charter school law.