Charter schools in Georgia
37 of the 1,401 public schools this site covers in Georgia are flagged as charter schools in the 2023-24 federal release — 2.6% of them. They are not spread evenly: 6 of the 236 districts have at least one, and the district with the most has 19.
The figures, 2023-24
Charter status is a field in the federal school directory, taken as published. The size comparison below uses the same enrollment field as every school page on this site.
| State | Georgia |
|---|---|
| Charter schools | 37 |
| All public schools in the state | 2327 |
| Schools covered here | 1401 |
| Districts with at least one charter | 6 |
| School districts | 236 |
| Median charter enrollment | 484 |
| Median enrollment, all schools | 714 |
| Charter share of all schoolscalculated | 2.6%charter_schools / schools_covered_here |
| Share of districts with a chartercalculated | 2.5%districts_with_a_charter / number_of_districts |
Districts with at least one charter school
Other statewide answers
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Questions
How many charter schools are in Georgia?
37 among the 1,401 schools this site covers, in the 2023-24 federal release.
Are charter schools smaller than other public schools?
In this release the median charter enrolls 484 students against 714 for all public schools. That is a comparison of medians in one year, not a finding about why.
Are charter schools counted as public schools here?
Yes. The Common Core of Data is a census of public schools and charters are public schools, so they appear in every total on this site and are flagged rather than separated.
Method and sources
Every figure on this page is a census over the 2023-24 Common Core of Data, published by the U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics. Charter status is read from the federal directory's own flag and is not inferred from a school's name or governance. A record with no flag is counted in the school total and in neither charter group. No figure here is imputed, and where a count excludes records the number excluded is on the page.
- NCES CCD LEA Directory 2023-24 (ccd_lea_029_2324_w_1a_073124)
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- NCES CCD School Membership 2023-24 (ccd_sch_052_2324_l_1a_073124)