Civic Report No. 24 December 2002

Table 2: Ranking the States by Availability of Charter School Options State Charter Score Charter Rank Arizona 4.69 1 Delaware 2.28 2 Michigan 1.94 3 Florida 1.91 4 Colorado 1.84 5 Minnesota 1.75 6 California 1.71 7 North Carolina 1.69 8 Texas 1.59 9 Hawaii 1.56 10 Massachusetts 1.53 11 Wisconsin 1.47 12 Pennsylvania 1.40 13 New Jersey 1.38 14 New York 1.29 15 Missouri 1.27 16 Oregon 1.26 17 Ohio 1.26 18 South Carolina 1.25 19 Indiana 1.25 20 Georgia 1.18 21 Oklahoma 1.05 22 New Mexico 1.03 23 Nevada 1.03 24 Alaska 1.03 25 Idaho 1.02 26 Louisiana 1.00 27 Illinois 0.96 28 Utah 0.87 29 Connecticut 0.87 30 New Hampshire 0.85 31 Rhode Island 0.68 32 Kansas 0.60 33 Wyoming 0.54 34 Arkansas 0.48 35 Virginia 0.45 36 Mississippi 0.08 37 Alabama 0.00 38 Iowa 0.00 38 Kentucky 0.00 38 Maine 0.00 38 Maryland 0.00 38 Montana 0.00 38 Nebraska 0.00 38 North Dakota 0.00 38 South Dakota 0.00 38 Tennessee 0.00 38 Vermont 0.00 38 Washington 0.00 38 West Virginia 0.00 38 Table 2A: Charter Options in the States, Arranged Alphabetically State Charter Score Charter Rank Alabama 0.00 38 Alaska 1.03 25 Arizona 4.69 1 Arkansas 0.48 35 California 1.71 7 Colorado 1.84 5 Connecticut 0.87 30 Delaware 2.28 2 Florida 1.91 4 Georgia 1.18 21 Hawaii 1.56 10 Idaho 1.02 26 Illinois 0.96 28 Indiana 1.25 20 Iowa 0.00 38 Kansas 0.60 33 Kentucky 0.00 38 Louisiana 1.00 27 Maine 0.00 38 Maryland 0.00 38 Massachusetts 1.53 11 Michigan 1.94 3 Minnesota 1.75 6 Mississippi 0.08 37 Missouri 1.27 16 Montana 0.00 38 Nebraska 0.00 38 Nevada 1.03 24 New Hampshire 0.85 31 New Jersey 1.38 14 New Mexico 1.03 23 New York 1.29 15 North Carolina 1.69 8