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Figures and charts from State of ESA Vendors 2026: 18 States, published October 20, 2026. Use any chart or figure free of charge with the credit line shown under it.
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19,566 of them (78%) carry at least one program status that PencilGo checked against the program’s own public roster; the rest are vendor-reported or found in other public directories.
Source: PencilGo ESA provider directory, approved listings on October 20, 2026.257 of 724 providers on Alabama’s program records list a business address in another state. In Texas it is 2% (115 of 4,686).
Source: PencilGo ESA provider directory, October 20, 2026; business address from the public roster or directory each listing came from. Listings with no address are excluded.A claim means the owner verified a business email and PencilGo approved it. Most other listings were built from public program rosters and directories and have not been reviewed by the business.
Source: PencilGo ESA provider directory, approved claims on October 20, 2026.Music, art & sports lessons: 27 questions; computers, tablets, software & internet: 18. The questions came from 34 distinct networks, so this is an early signal, not a survey.
Source: PencilGo “Can ESA cover it?” checker, Sep 25 – October 19, 2026. Categories with fewer than 10 questions are not shown.Each chart is a self-contained image with its title, source and credit. Download it as a PNG (2400 pixels wide), an SVG for print, or the numbers as CSV. Counts from 1 to 9 are shown as “<10” to protect privacy.
| Item | listings |
|---|---|
| Texas | 5,192 |
| North Carolina | 3,572 |
| New Hampshire | 3,516 |
| Alabama | 1,731 |
| Arkansas | 1,591 |
| Utah | 1,447 |
| Florida | 1,438 |
| South Carolina | 1,318 |
| West Virginia | 1,316 |
| Arizona | 1,315 |
| Wyoming | 1,009 |
| Georgia | 980 |
| Indiana | 952 |
| Tennessee | 373 |
| Iowa | 288 |
| Louisiana | 82 |
| Mississippi | <10 |
| Montana | <10 |
| Item | % out of state |
|---|---|
| Alabama | 35% (257 of 724) |
| New Hampshire | 26% (558 of 2,160) |
| South Carolina | 26% (249 of 975) |
| West Virginia | 20% (185 of 907) |
| Arkansas | 15% (182 of 1,216) |
| Georgia | 10% (68 of 678) |
| Indiana | 9% (70 of 805) |
| Texas | 2% (115 of 4,686) |
| Item | listings |
|---|---|
| Other / not yet categorised | 11,115 |
| Private school or microschool | 7,036 |
| Tutoring | 3,717 |
| Therapies & services | 1,886 |
| Curriculum | 679 |
| Classes, co-ops & camps | 371 |
| Online learning | 271 |
| Testing & assessment | 76 |
| Books & supplies | 19 |
| Technology | <10 |
| Worksheets & printables | <10 |
| Item | page views |
|---|---|
| Texas | 365 |
| Indiana | 75 |
| Florida | 55 |
| New Hampshire | 52 |
| South Carolina | 46 |
| Arizona | 34 |
| North Carolina | 29 |
| Arkansas | 26 |
| West Virginia | 19 |
| Iowa | 16 |
| Georgia | 15 |
| Alabama | 14 |
| Louisiana | <10 |
| Mississippi | <10 |
| Montana | <10 |
| Tennessee | <10 |
| Utah | <10 |
| Wyoming | <10 |
| Item | questions |
|---|---|
| Music, art & sports lessons | 27 |
| Not matched to a rule | 24 |
| Computers, tablets, software & internet | 18 |
| Educational therapies | 11 |
| All other categories | 24 |
| Platform | programs |
|---|---|
| ClassWallet | 7 |
| Odyssey | 6 |
| Other | 5 |
PencilGo plans a few minutes of daily practice for children from preschool to grade 5, checks the work on paper or screen, and keeps parents in the loop. It also runs a free directory of ESA providers and plain-English guides to 18 state ESA and scholarship-account programs.
PencilGo is independent. It is not affiliated with, or endorsed by, any state program or program administrator, ClassWallet or Odyssey. PencilGo is itself a vendor in some ESA programs. It is operated by Adroit Consulting Services LLC in Woodstock, Georgia. More about PencilGo.
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Read the methodology and data window. In short: directory counts are a snapshot on October 20, 2026; page views run Sep 6 – October 19, 2026; checker questions run Sep 25 – October 19, 2026. Only aggregates are published.
