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Table 89. Enrollment, poverty, and federal funds for the 100 largest school districts, by enrollment size in 2005: Fall 2005, 2004-05, and fiscal year 2007
Name of district State Rank order Enroll- ment, fall 2005 5- to 17-year-old population, 2004 5- to 17- year-olds in poverty, 2004 Poverty rate of
5- to 17-year-olds, 20041
Revenues by source of funds (in thousands), 2004-05 Revenue for selected federal programs (in thousands), 2004-05 Title I allocations (in thousands), fiscal year 20072
Total Federal Federal as a percent of total Federal revenue per student3 Title I basic and concen- tration grants School lunch Vocational education Drug-free schools Eisen-hower math and science Special education Basic grants Concen- tration grants Targeted grants Education finance incentive grants
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21
New York City NY 1 1,014,058 1,345,220 396,747 29.5 $16,003,018 $1,761,584 11.0 $1,737 $741,992 $274,552 $14,666 $22,774 $222,209 $374,354 $78,359 $200,941 $164,251
Los Angeles Unified CA 2 727,319 869,558 248,359 28.6 7,628,602 1,078,098 14.1 1,482 487,386 222,381 12,040 5,172 $40,122 136,119 175,177 38,968 98,475 102,947
City of Chicago IL 3 420,982 520,224 165,979 31.9 4,135,342 732,715 17.7 1,740 269,620 145,668 9,834 4,597 39,803 103,849 139,699 27,040 78,207 75,271
Dade County FL 4 362,070 419,402 85,384 20.4 3,448,734 401,384 11.6 1,109 123,122 89,883 6,393 3,123 26,026 87,757 57,331 12,753 30,531 25,906
Clark County NV 5 294,131 318,964 46,169 14.5 2,361,284 168,952 7.2 574 41,364 38,787 3,185 1,754 10,697 34,641 29,700 5,651 14,655 11,941
Broward County FL 6 271,630 315,375 45,463 14.4 2,307,391 224,165 9.7 825 58,167 45,910 3,886 1,485 11,372 53,680 28,625 5,849 13,969 11,356
Houston ISD TX 7 210,292 242,833 75,611 31.1 1,748,961 246,927 14.1 1,174 81,259 69,067 3,269 1,803 9,605 28,891 49,084 9,881 25,912 24,073
Hillsborough County FL 8 193,757 206,850 32,431 15.7 1,590,138 222,703 14.0 1,149 35,358 40,399 2,719 1,068 6,247 37,018 20,911 4,602 9,563 8,026
Philadelphia City PA 9 184,560 262,811 73,906 28.1 2,291,777 343,999 15.0 1,864 147,626 64,591 7,754 2,697 23,188 70,513 13,587 37,232 46,867
                                         
Hawaii Dept of Education HI 10 182,818 24,005 1,987 8.3 2,274,166 236,973 10.4 1,296 39,779 45,749 2,713 1,550 286 32,881 2,081 463 602 615
Orange County FL 11 175,609 187,453 28,753 15.3 1,556,195 140,377 9.0 799 34,764 34,492 2,305 990 7,882 34,421 18,242 3,831 8,258 6,713
Palm Beach County FL 12 174,935 199,051 26,354 13.2 1,690,560 127,650 7.6 730 29,373 29,167 1,767 28 35,252 16,638 3,321 7,475 6,076
Fairfax County VA 13 163,753 182,805 10,431 5.7 2,054,496 78,942 3.8 482 11,606 13,849 1,737 748 4,080 31,389 8,355 1,583 3,254 3,944
Dallas ISD TX 14 161,244 187,090 61,480 32.9 1,432,324 185,237 12.9 1,149 61,023 49,127 2,127 1,102 10,903 23,452 39,646 8,469 20,376 18,930
Gwinnett County GA 15 144,598 138,106 15,568 11.3 1,273,228 62,909 4.9 435 23,169 11,045 1,974 4,663 5,554
Montgomery County MD 16 139,398 167,311 13,128 7.8 2,068,665 90,925 4.4 652 16,049 13,972 1,511 727 6,404 24,778 11,796 2,071 4,827 4,246
Prince George's County MD 17 133,325 160,972 15,738 9.8 1,541,245 106,185 6.9 796 23,569 26,715 1,537 917 6,100 24,695 14,097 2,633 5,952 5,340
Detroit City MI 18 133,255 211,841 71,864 33.9 1,567,063 260,915 16.6 1,958 131,436 37,514 5,976 2,693 19,177 8,850 63,283 12,858 33,232 42,937
San Diego Unified CA 19 132,482 162,732 31,252 19.2 1,331,749 141,702 10.6 1,070 44,929 27,680 1,383 1,452 9,586 23,483 21,361 4,497 9,747 8,976
Duval County FL 20 126,662 157,150 23,013 14.6 1,008,899 100,991 10.0 797 27,121 23,744 1,291 811 7,006 28,911 14,734 3,227 6,544 5,417
                                         
Charlotte-Mecklenburg NC 21 124,005 145,146 21,763 15.0 922,481 88,815 9.6 716 25,116 13,672 2,514 6,038 6,741
Wake County NC 22 120,996 135,025 13,308 9.9 1,116,863 60,230 5.4 498 13,961 8,303 1,465 3,413 3,811
Memphis City TN 23 120,275 130,216 33,895 26.0 976,946 154,303 15.8 1,283 51,756 36,316 2,587 25,638 21,101 4,110 9,669 12,041
Pinellas County FL 24 112,174 135,537 18,393 13.6 956,195 89,570 9.4 798 19,999 16,869 1,408 624 5,548 27,342 11,819 2,629 5,127 4,350
Baltimore County MD 25 107,043 134,200 12,148 9.1 1,135,545 78,314 6.9 732 20,044 13,357 1,201 497 7,340 18,587 11,301 1,892 4,585 4,011
Cobb County GA 26 106,724 110,818 10,241 9.2 1,025,984 59,714 5.8 560 11,923 7,375 1,422 2,870 3,238
DeKalb County GA 27 102,310 107,124 20,844 19.5 972,966 76,395 7.9 747 26,002 15,003 2,725 6,598 8,052
Jefferson County KT 28 98,537 118,458 21,008 17.7 884,299 104,661 11.8 1,062 21,528 15,101 2,814 6,656 9,194
Albuquerque NM 29 94,022 103,800 17,992 17.3 767,094 83,745 10.9 891 23,739 16,303 1,235 347 2,897 20,732 12,070 2,569 5,218 5,681
Long Beach Unified CA 30 93,589 107,394 31,064 28.9 820,746 137,385 16.7 1,468 48,067 24,053 1,271 796 8,035 14,466 20,827 4,589 9,487 8,727
                                         
Milwaukee WI 31 92,395 115,465 43,411 37.6 1,136,031 161,183 14.2 1,744 63,249 22,566 2,105 23,684 37,540 6,213 18,221 21,856
Polk County FL 32 89,443 95,487 16,447 17.2 755,266 86,143 11.4 963 22,701 21,643 1,314 482 3,732 18,343 10,362 2,248 4,407 3,627
Baltimore City MD 33 87,643 113,765 29,473 25.9 1,036,293 147,794 14.3 1,686 56,820 22,393 2,160 1,370 16,875 23,136 27,703 5,124 12,603 11,809
Jefferson County CO 34 86,332 95,982 6,637 6.9 789,345 32,654 4.1 378 8,940 6,012 628 293 2,230 10,157 4,858 870 1,700 1,894
Cypress-Fairbanks ISD TX 35 86,256 69,175 5,108 7.4 588,536 29,916 5.1 347 5,451 8,953 444 200 1,282 10,422 3,313 592 1,112 1,033
Austin ISD TX 36 81,155 93,264 20,606 22.1 813,780 78,102 9.6 962 21,011 19,171 972 518 3,848 14,492 13,443 2,573 5,900 5,481
Fulton County GA 37 81,100 90,305 8,117 9.0 827,152 41,601 5.0 513 12,200 5,839 1,016 2,119 2,269
Fort Worth ISD TX 38 80,336 95,495 26,794 28.1 650,826 81,853 12.6 1,019 23,360 21,196 1,318 678 10,945 17,369 3,438 7,818 7,264
Fresno Unified CA 39 79,046 88,778 30,395 34.2 711,873 119,191 16.7 1,508 51,877 24,350 1,461 1,036 9,819 14,053 21,549 4,794 9,408 8,521
Northside ISD TX 40 78,711 74,308 9,780 13.2 597,867 47,305 7.9 601 11,698 12,896 709 303 2,289 11,046 6,430 1,281 2,472 2,296
                                         
Jordan District UT 41 77,110 78,979 4,510 5.7 482,347 34,767 7.2 451 2,424 7,813 803 321 1,415 12,169 2,904 512 959 1,120
Lee County FL 42 75,634 80,339 10,159 12.6 674,867 59,838 8.9 791 11,845 13,482 999 276 14,597 6,430 1,289 2,485 2,020
Brevard County FL 43 75,233 84,090 9,184 10.9 580,817 50,019 8.6 665 12,721 8,999 525 394 14,931 5,860 1,246 2,206 1,821
Mesa Unified AZ 44 74,626 98,190 12,908 13.1 559,441 48,484 8.7 650 13,366 13,018 1,060 474 3,061 10,168 8,186 1,498 3,356 3,397
Virginia Beach City VA 45 74,303 84,903 7,619 9.0 700,580 58,961 8.4 794 11,307 8,502 1,143 451 2,710 15,251 6,131 1,095 2,171 2,446
Anne Arundel County MD 46 73,565 92,228 6,587 7.1 776,100 45,170 5.8 614 9,439 5,367 711 367 3,044 14,303 5,916 967 2,057 1,619
Nashville-Davidson County TN 47 72,713 87,826 17,341 19.7 626,563 66,421 10.6 913 18,337 16,843 1,848 15,436 10,950 1,979 4,707 5,652
Denver County CO 48 72,312 84,286 17,822 21.1 713,938 79,056 11.1 1,093 27,698 14,710 1,761 658 5,664 13,591 12,642 2,752 5,450 6,070
Guilford County NC 49 68,951 76,917 13,412 17.4 591,194 48,687 8.2 706 15,721 8,325 1,613 3,424 3,823
Prince William County VA 50 68,458 71,003 4,606 6.5 699,876 29,858 4.3 436 5,386 7,010 665 237 1,662 8,987 3,647 683 1,199 1,324
                                         
Greenville County SC 51 67,551 73,575 11,959 16.3 603,384 49,503 8.2 733 15,384 11,189 1,090 359 2,398 13,976 8,275 1,558 3,338 4,471
Seminole County FL 52 67,530 73,024 7,555 10.3 529,073 39,022 7.4 578 7,255 10,667 463 303 2,566 12,844 4,741 948 1,674 1,361
Granite District UT 53 67,345 71,540 8,110 11.3 418,003 48,326 11.6 718 9,550 11,030 930 373 2,889 12,820 5,090 892 1,843 2,233
Fort Bend ISD TX 54 66,104 66,352 5,080 7.7 479,216 26,316 5.5 398 4,839 5,794 448 211 1,678 9,689 3,421 643 1,154 1,072
Mobile County AL 55 65,643 75,753 19,641 25.9 488,151 70,800 14.5 1,079 28,230 17,254 2,816 534 4,339 15,902 12,202 2,451 5,319 6,078
Volusia County FL 56 65,627 73,163 10,588 14.5 581,400 47,794 8.2 728 12,907 11,434 1,109 388 3,090 13,549 6,792 1,459 2,662 2,212
Washoe County NV 57 64,246 69,675 7,790 11.2 507,178 41,154 8.1 641 7,972 8,022 664 278 1,044 10,295 5,152 977 1,873 1,251
El Paso ISD TX 58 63,811 64,249 20,740 32.3 511,467 85,798 16.8 1,345 31,338 17,929 1,217 748 6,350 8,752 15,107 3,361 6,400 5,911
Arlington ISD TX 59 63,397 69,967 10,721 15.3 474,286 37,939 8.0 598 9,744 12,748 607 361 2,058 8,043 6,938 1,372 2,720 2,527
Pasco County FL 60 62,768 66,291 9,428 14.2 482,431 43,649 9.0 695 9,113 11,532 614 312 3,172 9,651 5,959 1,247 2,255 1,833
                                         
Davis District UT 61 61,735 59,458 4,335 7.3 359,279 33,867 9.4 549 3,902 7,337 846 184 1,592 9,983 2,703 473 881 1,025
Elk Grove Unified CA 62 60,735 55,031 7,332 13.3 561,944 41,018 7.3 675 14,035 8,416 317 300 1,495 7,864 5,167 998 1,832 1,423
Tucson Unified AZ 63 60,557 81,454 18,147 22.3 508,529 68,999 13.6 1,139 20,380 12,701 1,587 1,132 4,114 12,572 11,744 2,305 5,095 5,342
North East ISD TX 64 59,817 61,217 6,596 10.8 475,889 32,010 6.7 535 5,859 8,374 558 221 1,738 10,358 4,322 860 1,507 1,400
District of Columbia DC 65 59,616 74,517 19,536 26.2 1,109,605 167,922 15.1 2,817 47,773 15,965 4,295 1,610 14,042 22,464 4,997 9,865 8,184
Santa Ana Unified CA 66 59,310 66,777 15,916 23.8 539,738 75,319 14.0 1,270 25,991 16,565 511 344 3,015 10,893 10,588 2,174 4,482 3,951
Columbus City OH 67 58,961 75,700 23,499 31.0 794,995 89,514 11.3 1,518 15,777 2,535 1,049 12,228 19,973 3,824 8,907 11,916
Cleveland Municipal City OH 68 58,788 90,702 33,501 36.9 851,206 132,316 15.5 2,251 24,788 3,653 884 20,648 27,664 5,459 12,666 17,194
San Bernardino City Unified CA 69 58,661 62,482 21,380 34.2 517,592 74,836 14.5 1,276 30,233 18,591 671 419 5,658 9,684 14,466 3,218 6,359 5,743
Aldine ISD TX 70 58,093 54,316 14,538 26.8 467,821 59,507 12.7 1,024 15,597 20,044 761 389 2,949 9,752 9,460 1,810 3,952 3,672
                                         
Garland ISD TX 71 57,425 56,114 6,570 11.7 409,962 29,287 7.1 510 6,733 9,328 468 216 1,471 8,024 4,233 809 1,472 1,367
Boston MA 72 57,349 72,872 18,124 24.9 1,090,975 100,555 9.2 1,753 43,264 8,216 1,520 0 0 19,367 17,149 3,808 7,415 10,014
Chesterfield County VA 73 57,239 56,898 3,967 7.0 485,492 23,146 4.8 404 3,813 3,572 483 226 1,518 10,198 3,147 560 1,004 1,099
San Antonio ISD TX 74 56,422 66,647 24,063 36.1 510,469 92,387 18.1 1,637 32,824 24,776 1,254 541 5,457 9,991 15,817 3,518 7,058 6,557
San Francisco Unified CA 75 56,236 69,003 11,652 16.9 562,398 80,625 14.3 1,434 23,946 11,720 448 1,472 6,803 8,282 1,842 3,350 2,871
Alpine District UT 76 55,383 55,156 4,579 8.3 305,150 25,825 8.5 466 3,473 6,055 540 141 1,186 6,596 2,888 512 953 1,113
Knox County TN 77 54,427 62,459 9,450 15.1 394,103 36,803 9.3 676 11,588 8,225 11,650 5,999 1,214 2,287 2,537
Plano ISD TX 78 53,238 71,824 3,482 4.8 589,303 16,889 2.9 317 2,429 3,814 397 164 838 6,321 2,276 447 0 0
Cumberland County NC 79 53,201 57,482 11,290 19.6 375,017 54,665 14.6 1,028 13,394 7,057 1,459 2,804 3,131
Clayton County GA 80 52,657 56,121 10,483 18.7 463,105 53,957 11.7 1,025 15,474 7,421 1,508 2,892 3,267
                                         
Capistrano Unified CA 81 51,245 59,251 3,534 6.0 435,744 19,726 4.5 385 3,583 2,866 212 203 1,399 7,525 2,351 456 730 546
Atlanta City GA 82 50,770 73,252 27,563 37.6 716,804 97,164 13.6 1,914 16,261 19,709 3,824 8,898 11,022
Sacramento City Unified CA 83 50,408 67,978 17,019 25.0 514,401 87,996 17.1 1,746 36,014 13,198 863 831 4,056 9,112 11,677 2,408 5,014 4,459
Forsyth County NC 84 50,165 57,095 9,114 16.0 401,975 33,397 8.3 666 10,267 5,666 1,099 2,124 2,372
East Baton Rouge Parish SB LA 85 49,945 65,747 15,379 23.4 429,756 59,840 13.9 1,198 18,605 16,480 748 404 5,235 8,235 10,488 2,083 4,415 4,564
Osceola County FL 86 49,798 43,473 7,063 16.2 432,493 33,402 7.7 671 6,660 10,102 553 208 7,455 4,490 999 1,583 1,343
Anchorage School District AK 87 49,714 56,274 5,223 9.3 464,363 61,008 13.1 1,227 13,108 7,099 1,043 570 4,015 12,170 6,216 1,107 3,027 3,102
Garden Grove Unified CA 88 49,574 57,196 10,519 18.4 392,249 45,063 11.5 909 14,527 12,198 386 310 3,735 7,761 6,997 1,541 2,727 2,277
Pasadena ISD TX 89 49,227 47,336 9,521 20.1 366,479 32,705 8.9 664 9,560 13,173 352 256 1,463 5,196 6,175 1,180 2,347 2,180
Howard County MD 90 48,596 54,018 2,687 5.0 565,001 19,146 3.4 394 3,437 2,245 411 190 1,016 7,461 2,432 397 695 515
                                         
Cherry Creek CO 91 48,573 46,183 2,838 6.1 426,231 13,624 3.2 280 1,531 3,172 143 115 878 6,808 2,047 390 601 669
Wichita KS 92 48,547 56,249 10,999 19.6 431,921 60,104 13.9 1,238 18,307 11,942 431 8,703 1,645 3,470 5,395
San Juan Unified CA 93 48,325 62,192 6,974 11.2 440,765 39,706 9.0 822 9,952 6,276 417 273 2,268 7,607 4,949 953 1,746 1,354
Brownsville ISD TX 94 48,260 41,783 17,089 40.9 376,003 70,088 18.6 1,452 27,171 20,728 679 384 4,062 7,134 11,457 2,549 4,704 4,370
Katy ISD TX 95 48,247 36,997 1,793 4.8 371,797 13,544 3.6 281 1,101 3,852 227 142 788 5,156 1,182 214 304 282
Oakland Unified CA 96 48,135 71,460 21,399 29.9 509,588 83,819 16.4 1,741 37,771 784 834 4,737 9,436 14,465 2,890 6,377 5,759
Douglas County CO 97 48,041 53,071 1,958 3.7 389,994 8,619 2.2 179 911 853 115 100 476 5,099 1,373 0 0 0
Henrico County VA 98 47,747 50,237 4,233 8.4 400,069 20,430 5.1 428 5,076 3,794 569 154 1,441 7,313 3,395 608 1,101 1,210
Alief ISD TX 99 47,595 47,221 11,136 23.6 364,954 38,682 10.6 813 12,382 10,811 550 211 1,848 7,184 7,222 1,378 2,859 2,656
Corona-Norco Unified CA 100 47,510 46,272 3,773 8.2 529,159 23,326 4.4 491 4,926 7,271 190 182 1,370 6,752 2,567 499 814 613
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1 Poverty is defined based on the number of persons and related children in the family and their income. For information on poverty thresholds for 2004, see http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/poverty/threshld/thresh04.html.
2 Fiscal year 2007 Department of Education funds available for spending by school districts in the 2007-08 school year.
3 Federal revenue per student is based on fall enrollment collected through the "School District Finance Survey (Form F-33)."
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "School District Finance Survey (Form F-33)," 2004-05, and "Local Education Agency Universe Survey," 2005-06; and unpublished Department of Education budget data. (This table was prepared August 2007.)

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