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Summary of Private School Choice in U.S. - Jan 2020

-- edChoice summary by David Swink, 01/21/2021

School Choice enables families to choose the educational option best suited to their children in grades K-12. The availability of these programs varies based on residence locations as each state has different School Choice options.

EdChoice's "The ABCs of School Choice - Jan 2020" is a comprehensive guide to private school choice program in 30 states. UMass Dartmouth provides a condensed version in html. They list each state's private school choice options in four categories:
-- Education Savings Accounts (ESAs)
-- School Vouchers
-- Tax-Credit Scholarships
-- Individual Tax Credits & Deductions

This paper merely summarizes the basic information into a simple table with the state's population and percentage of students eligible in each category option:

State Population ESAs Vouchr TC-Sch Tx-Ded Comments Alabama 4,905,621 - - 37% 5% Arizona 7,378,494 23% - 93% - Arkansas 3,038,999 - 13% - - D.C. 720,687 - 33% - - Florida 21,992,985 3% 56% 85% - Georgia 10,736,059 - 10% 90% - Illinois 12,659,682 - - 44% 100% Indiana 6,745,354 - 47% 61% 12% Iowa 3,179,849 - - 59% 100% Kansas 2,910,357 - - 6% - Louisiana 4,645,184 - 35% 48% 18% Maine 1,345,790 - 3% - - Maryland 6,083,116 - 20% - - Minnesota 5,700,671 - - - 20% Mississippi 2,989,260 12% 3% - - Montana 1,086,759 - - 100% - Nevada 3,139,658 - - 53% - New Hampshire 1,371,246 - <1% 35% - North Carolina 10,611,862 10% 45% - - Ohio 11,747,694 - 26% - - Oklahoma 3,954,821 - 15% 83% - Pennsylvania 12,820,878 - - 68% - Rhode Island 1,056,161 - - 41% - South Carolina 5,210,095 - - 11% - South Dakota 903,027 - - 37% - Tennessee 6,897,576 3% 58% - - Utah 3,282,115 - 11% - - Vermont 628,061 - 4% - - Virginia 8,626,207 - - 44% - Wisconsin 5,851,754 - 27% - 13%