If you have school clients or are in search of school clients in one of these states, here’s what you need to know.

The National Alliance of Public Charter Schools estimates in a new report that 2.9 million children now attend U.S. charter schools, up 9 percent from the last school year.

Take that with a grain of salt: The same organization estimated a year ago that enrollment had already reached 2.9 million, a figure that turned out to be off by a couple-hundred-thousand students. So in 2015, charter school enrollment didn’t grow by 14 percent, as the National Alliance (and The Washington Post) reported, but by closer to 7 percent.

[Pro-charter school group estimates 14 percent enrollment growth nationwide]

A spokeswoman attributed the mis-estimation in part to a quirk in Arizona policy that encouraged traditional schools to convert to charter schools, and that didn’t result in as many conversions as it initially appeared. The organization also changed its estimation method, going school by school to better pick up on unreasonable growth rates.

The 7 and 9 percent increases over the past two years were lower than the average 11 percent annual enrollment growth over the past eight years, according to the National Alliance.

The organization’s estimates — though imperfect, as estimates tend to be — provide the closest thing to real-time enrollment data for charter schools nationwide. (The latest federal data on charter school enrollment, for example, appears to be from 2012-2013.) This year’s report says that more than 400 charter schools opened their doors for the 2015-2016 school year, and another 270 stopped operating. There are now more than 6,800 charter schools in 42 states and the District.

“The continued expansion of charter public schools nationwide, year after year, demonstrates the demand for quality public school options,” Nina Rees, president and CEO of the National Alliance, said in a statement.

This map shows how enrollment varies by state, according to this year’s National Alliance estimates:

Estimated charter school enrollment growth by state

Most states with no data do not have charter schools. Mississippi, which had no charter schools previously, opened two schools in fall 2015, according to the National Alliance.

NV, OK, AR, TN, NC, VA, NY, NJ, ME and NH will increase by 17% or more.

AZ, NM, LA, FL, SC, MD, DR, CT and RI will increase between 11 to 16 percent

CA, AK, UT, WY, CO, MN, IN, OH, PA, MA, DC TX and GA will end up between 6 to 10 percent

And the rest of the states will increase 5 percent or less

*Source: National Alliance for Public Charter Schools THE WASHINGTON POST

Charter school enrollment estimates by state for 2015-2016

• NY, PA, OH, MI, FL, TX, CO, AZ and CA all will have more than 100,000 students
• NC, IL, GA, MN, LA, CT, NJ, DE, MD, DC and UT will have between 45,001 to 100,000 students
• VA, IA, WY, NM, NV, ID, OR, SC, TN, ME, NH and MS will end up between 10,001 to 45,000 students
• The rest will be Fewer than 10,000

*Source: National Alliance for Public Charter Schools THE WASHINGTON POST

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