Chart: District of Columbia Public Schools’ enrollment; all, traditional public, and public charter schools, 1998–2011 | Economic Policy Institute

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District of Columbia Public Schools' enrollment; all, traditional public, and public charter schools, 1998–2011

	1998–99	1999–2000	2000–01	2001–02	2002–03	2003–04	2004–05	2005–06	2006–07	2007–08	2008–09	2009–10	2010–11	2011–12
DCPS schools*	70,399	68,814	66,863	64,250	63,369	60,950	58,394	54,601	52,191	49,001	44,681	44,467	45,630	45,065
DC public charter schools**	3,954	6,530	9,555	10,471	11,012	13,576	15,338	17,395	19,662	21,866	25,614	27,617	29,366	31,530
All Public School Students	74,353	77,292	78,480	77,140	76,944	77,131	76,396	74,268	74,026	72,685	72,143	74,287	77,179	78,311

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Source: Author's analysis of audited enrollment data for DCPS traditional and public charter schools, 1998–2012 (Levy 2012f)

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