National Center for Charter School Accountability

Alabama

Has 17 charter schools. One charter with enrollment has closed.

Alaska

There are 32 charter schools. 15 charter schools that enrolled students have closed.

Arizona

There are 566 open charter schools. 527 charter schools with enrollment have closed since 1998.

Arkansas

There are 101 charter schools. 52 charter schools with enrollment either closed or gave up their charter and became district public schools.

California

There are 1262 charter schools. 657 charter schools with enrollment closed.

Colorado

There are 269 charter schools. 74 charter schools with enrollment closed.

Connecticut

There are 21 charter schools. 15 charter schools with enrollment have closed.

Delaware

There are 23 charter schools. 14 schools that had enrollment have closed.

District of Columbia

There are 126 charter schools. 50 charter schools with enrollment have closed.

Florida

Georgia

There are 97 charter schools. 151 charter schools with enrollment closed. These include charter schools that relinquished their charter and became public schools.

Hawaii

There are 37 charter schools. Two charter schools with enrollment have closed.

Idaho

There are 76 charter schools. 16 schools with enrollment have closed.

Illinois

There are 134 charter schools. 57 charter schools with enrollment have closed.

Indiana

There are 119 charter schools. 55 charters schools with enrollment have closed.

Iowa

There are 4 charter schools. 10 charter schools with enrollment have closed or become a public school.

Kansas

There are 9 charter schools. 57 charter schools with enrollment have closed.

Kentucky

There are no charter schools in Kentucky.

Louisiana

There are 133 charter schools in Louisiana. 88 schools with enrollment have closed. The number of closed schools is an undercount because schools shut down and then reopen with the same name but different operators in the same site or close by in New Orleans, the center of charter churn. We did not include these schools in our count.

Maine

There are 13 charter schools. One with enrollment has closed.

Maryland

There are 48 charter schools. 29 charter schools that had enrollment closed.

Massachusetts

There are 76 charter schools. 31 charter schools with enrollment have closed.

Michigan

There are 378 charter schools. 205 charter schools with enrollment have closed.

Minnesota

Has 273 charter schools. 109 charter schools that had enrollment closed.

Mississippi

There are 8 charter schools. One school with enrollment has closed.

Missouri

Has 81 charter schools. 48 charter schools that had enrollment have closed.

Montana

Montana recently passed a charter school law. It did not have charter schools during the 2022-23 school year.

Nebraska

Nevada

Has 101 charter schools. 35 charter schools with enrollment have closed.

New Hampshire

There are 37 open charter schools. 14 charter schools with enrollment have closed.

New Jersey

There are 84 charter schools in New Jersey. 59 charter schools with enrollment have closed.

New Mexico

There are 98 charter schools. 34 charter schools with enrollment have closed.

New York

There are 342 charter schools. 58 charter schools with enrollment have closed.

North Carolina

There are 206 charter schools. 59 charter schools with enrollment have closed.

North Dakota

North Dakota does not have charter schools.

Ohio

There are 333 charter schools in Ohio. 306 charter schools with enrollment have closed.

Oklahoma

There are 62 charter schools. 30 charter schools have closed.

Oregon

There are 129 charter schools. 41 charter schools with enrollment have closed.

Pennsylvania

There are 177 charter schools. 54 charter schools have closed.

Rhode Island

There are 41 charter schools. No charter schools have closed.

South Carolina

Has 85 charter schools. 45 charter schools that enrolled students have closed.

South Dakota

Has no charter schools.

Tennessee

Has 114 charter schools. 52 charter schools that enrolled students have closed.

Texas

Has 1030 charter schools. 455 charter schools that enrolled students have closed.  Closed schools include district charters that became district public schools.

Utah

Has 140 charter schools. 14 charter schools with enrollment have closed. Utah has the most lax accountability standard in its charter law in the nation.

Vermont

Virginia

Has 7 charter schools. 7 charter schools with enrollment have closed.

Washington

Has 16 charter schools. 6 charter schools with enrollment have closed.

West Virginia

Has 4 charter schools. All have recently opened and none have closed.

Wisconsin

Has 239 charter schools, including district-run charter schools. 287 charter schools that had enrollment have closed, including district charter schools that changed to public schools.

Wyoming

Has 5 charter schools. One charter school that enrolled students has closed.