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About 95,000 kids will attend 207 New York City charter schools this fall, more than in many other large US cities, officials said Wednesday.

Enrollment is way up from 84,300 in 2014. If New York’s charters alone were treated as one school district, their enrollment would exceed those of Baltimore, San Francisco and Boston.

Still, demand far exceeds supply, with 42,600 kids stuck on waiting lists, the New York City Charter School Center said.

Most charters will open before Aug. 31, which means students in those schools will get 75 hours of instruction before kids in traditional public schools return to class on Sept. 9, the Charter Center said.

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