Charter Schools — CFDA 84.282

Charter-school program obligations at $2.04 billion

USAspending.gov records $2,043,571,640.85 in obligations under CFDA 84.282. One hundred sixty-six awards produce that stock. A simple average is about $12.3 million per award — larger than a typical campus project grant and consistent with multi-year state and developer awards. That average is a quotient of two packet totals, not a typical school start-up budget or a per-pupil amount.

The assistance-listing title is CHARTER SCHOOLS. CFDA 84.282 is the identifier. Other K–12 listings tagged under different CFDA numbers are not mixed into the $2.04 billion. Combining those codes would invent a combined charter-school total this packet does not contain.

118 recipients across 39 states

One hundred eighteen recipients share 166 awards, or about 1.4 award records per recipient on average. Splitting $2.04 billion evenly would assign about $17.3 million per recipient. That pattern is close to one or two awards per state agency or developer, not thousands of individual charter campuses on the federal extract. The packet does not list the 118. Recipient count is the organizational headcount, not a census of charter schools or students.

Thirty-nine states in the geographic count leave a visibly incomplete map. Charter-program dollars follow awarded states and developers, not every jurisdiction with a charter law. Place-of-performance amounts are on the program table.

Award count is not a campus or student count

Among education listings, 84.282 is a low-row, high-dollar file: 166 awards against 118 recipients. Multi-year awards and amendments can inflate award count relative to unique grants. Award count is therefore a weak proxy for “number of charter schools funded.” Recipients (118) tell you how many named organizations sit on the extract; awards (166) tell you how many assistance rows were stored.

The packet does not report campuses opened, enrollment, or test scores. Citing 166 as schools or students would be a unit error. Keep the units straight: dollars, awards, recipients, states.

Obligations versus charter-program outlays

The $2.04 billion is an obligation total from USAspending.gov. Outlays — cash paid against Charter Schools awards — are not in the packet. A state agency or developer can show a large obligation stock while school start-up follows a later calendar. Deobligations and upward adjustments both move the total. A remaining-balance question is an outlay question this extract does not answer.

Use CFDA 84.282 to size this Charter Schools listing in the assistance file. Do not use it as an enrollment dashboard. Those series live elsewhere. This page reports the obligation book tagged 84.282.

What the 84.282 tables omit

The Charter Schools hub lists award-backed obligations from USAspending.gov. It is not a campus directory, not a student roster, and not an outcomes report. Series that never appear as assistance awards will not show up in the $2,043,571,640.85. That omission is definitional rather than a gap in the 166 award rows.

Place-of-performance on 39 states is a coding field. Read the program page before treating those cells as equal shares. Recipient dollars, if shown on the hub, are still obligation amounts, not cash already spent on facilities or instruction.

Where the 84.282 table lives

The program page overlays these four facts. The all-programs index ranks 84.282 among other assistance listings. Agency pages show awarding-agency rollups that may include this CFDA among other education listings. For 84.282 only, start on the program page.

CFDA 84.282’s 166 awards spread $2,043,571,640.85 across 118 recipients and 39 states. Quote award count as a record count, recipient count as the organizational headcount, and dollars as obligations from USAspending.gov. About 1.4 award records per recipient is the density story on this listing. Outlays remain a separate column. Source: USAspending.gov assistance awards. Read 84.282 as a charter-program grant book: 118 organizations, 166 awards, 39 states, and $12.3 million averages that describe state and developer awards rather than campus-level aid. The $2.04 billion remains an obligation stock on USAspending.gov.

Questions

How much is obligated for the Charter Schools program?

USAspending.gov records $2,043,571,640.85 in obligations for CFDA 84.282. SpendingVault indexes 166 awards, 118 recipients, and 39 states. The figure is an obligation sum from assistance awards, not an outlay and not a campus count. CFDA 84.282’s $2.04 billion is the USAspending obligation stock.

How many awards does CFDA 84.282 carry?

The listing shows 166 awards against 118 recipients, or about 1.4 award records per recipient. A simple average is about $12.3 million per award. Award count is not a school or student count. Recipient dollars are on the program page.

How many organizations receive 84.282 awards?

The extract lists 118 recipients. Those are organizational recipients on assistance awards tagged 84.282, typically state agencies and developers rather than every charter campus. Geographic coding covers 39 states. The packet does not name the 118.

Is $2.04 billion already spent on charter schools?

Not necessarily. Obligations are commitments. Outlays are payments. CFDA 84.282’s indexed total is the obligation stock from USAspending.gov. This page does not report cash drawn, remaining balances, or campuses opened. The $2.04 billion on 166 awards is the obligation figure.