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Table 92.Enrollment of the 130 largest public school districts: Fall 1994

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   Name of school district    |State |  Rank  |Enrollment,||   Name of school district    |State |  Rank  |Enrollment,
                              |      |order\1\| fall 1994 ||                              |      |order\1\| fall 1994
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              1               |  2   |   3    |     4     ||              1               |  2   |   3    |     4
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New York City.................|N.Y.  |      1 | 1,022,534 ||Fulton County ................|Ga.   |     66 |    53,143
Los Angeles Unified...........|Calif.|      2 |   632,973 ||Cincinnati City...............|Ohio  |     67 |    52,852
City of Chicago Schools.......|Ill.  |      3 |   407,241 ||Knox County ..................|Tenn. |     68 |    52,285
Dade County...................|Fla.  |      4 |   321,615 ||Oakland Unified...............|Calif.|     69 |    51,706
Philadelphia City.............|Penn. |      5 |   208,710 ||Arlington.....................|Texas |     70 |    50,293
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Houston.......................|Texas |      6 |   202,149 ||Cumberland County.............|N.C.  |     71 |    49,995
Broward County................|Fla.  |      7 |   199,255 ||Caddo Parish..................|La.   |     72 |    49,609
Hawaii .......................|Hawaii|      8 |   183,869 ||Lee County ...................|Fla.  |     73 |    49,413
Detroit City..................|Mich. |      9 |   170,855 ||Cypress-Fairbanks.............|Texas |     74 |    49,364
Clark County..................|Nev.  |     10 |   156,348 ||Sacramento City Unified.......|Calif.|     75 |    49,282
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Dallas ISD....................|Texas |     11 |   145,019 ||Santa Ana Unified.............|Calif.|     76 |    48,870
Hillsborough County...........|Fla.  |     12 |   138,575 ||Chesterfield County ..........|Va.   |     77 |    48,050
Fairfax County................|Va.   |     13 |   137,646 ||Anchorage ....................|Alaska|     78 |    47,655
San Diego City Unified........|Calif.|     14 |   128,555 ||Buffalo City..................|N.Y.  |     79 |    47,595
Palm Beach County ............|Fla.  |     15 |   127,519 ||Ysleta........................|Texas |     80 |    47,572
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Duval County..................|Fla.  |     16 |   121,362 ||San Juan Unified..............|Calif.|     81 |    47,080
Orange County.................|Fla.  |     17 |   118,666 ||Seattle.......................|Wash. |     82 |    46,565
Prince George's County........|Md.   |     18 |   118,478 ||Newark City...................|N.J.  |     83 |    46,541
Montgomery County.............|Md.   |     19 |   117,082 ||Indianapolis .................|Ind.  |     84 |    46,038
Baltimore City................|Md.   |     20 |   113,428 ||Wichita.......................|Kansas|     85 |    46,002
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Memphis City..................|Tenn. |     21 |   108,643 ||Washoe County ................|Nevada|     86 |    45,752
Pinellas County...............|Fla.  |     22 |   102,170 ||Prince William County.........|Va.   |     87 |    45,675
Baltimore County..............|Md.   |     23 |    99,231 ||Minneapolis...................|Minn. |     88 |    45,187
Milwaukee.....................|Wisc. |     24 |    98,009 ||Escambia County...............|Fla.  |     89 |    44,765
Jefferson County..............|Kent. |     25 |    93,407 ||Charleston County.............|S.C.  |     90 |    44,669
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Albuquerque ..................|N.M.  |     26 |    89,001 ||San Bernardino City Unified...|Calif.|     91 |    44,250
Orleans Parish................|La.   |     27 |    86,028 ||Shelby County ................|Tenn. |     92 |    43,843
Charlotte-Mecklenburg.........|N.C.  |     28 |    86,023 ||Aldine........................|Texas |     93 |    43,818
Jefferson County..............|Colo. |     29 |    84,018 ||Omaha ........................|Nebr. |     94 |    43,577
DeKalb County ................|Ga.   |     30 |    83,722 ||North East....................|Texas |     95 |    43,484
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Cobb County ..................|Ga.   |     31 |    80,479 ||Fort Bend.....................|Texas |     96 |    43,115
District of Columbia..........|D.C.  |     32 |    80,450 ||Garland.......................|Texas |     97 |    42,433
Gwinnett County...............|Ga.   |     33 |    80,220 ||Garden Grove Unified..........|Calif.|     98 |    42,423
Granite District..............|Utah  |     34 |    78,590 ||Alpine District...............|Utah  |     99 |    42,014
Long Beach Unified............|Calif.|     35 |    78,127 ||Corpus Christi................|Texas |    100 |    41,902
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Fresno Unified................|Calif.|     36 |    77,023 ||Birmingham City...............|Ala.  |    101 |    41,839
Wake County Schools...........|N.C.  |     37 |    76,922 ||St. Louis City................|Mo.   |    102 |    41,054
Virginia Beach City...........|Va.   |     38 |    75,926 ||Tulsa.........................|Okla. |    103 |    40,801
Cleveland City................|Ohio  |     39 |    73,803 ||St. Paul......................|Minn. |    104 |    40,732
Austin........................|Texas |     40 |    73,191 ||Jefferson County..............|Ala.  |    105 |    40,422
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Fort Worth....................|Texas |     41 |    72,342 ||Pasco County .................|Fla.  |    106 |    40,114
Nashville-Davidson County.....|Tenn. |     42 |    71,574 ||Brownsville...................|Texas |    107 |    40,111
Polk County ..................|Fla.  |     43 |    71,297 ||Pittsburgh....................|Penn. |    108 |    39,716
Jordan District...............|Utah  |     44 |    70,761 ||Forsyth County................|N.C.  |    109 |    39,554
Anne Arundel County...........|Md.   |     45 |    70,588 ||Pasadena......................|Texas |    110 |    39,189
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Mesa Unified .................|Ariz. |     46 |    69,160 ||Clayton County ...............|Ga.   |    111 |    39,149
Columbus City.................|Ohio  |     47 |    65,809 ||Okla City.....................|Okla. |    112 |    39,053
El Paso.......................|Texas |     48 |    64,880 ||Toledo City...................|Ohio  |    113 |    39,021
Mobile County.................|Ala.  |     49 |    64,645 ||Anoka-Hennepin................|Minn. |    114 |    38,344
Brevard County ...............|Fla.  |     50 |    64,595 ||Kansas City...................|Mo.   |    115 |    36,598
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Denver County.................|Colo. |     51 |    62,773 ||Norfolk City .................|Va.   |    116 |    36,479
Tucson Unified District.......|Ariz. |     52 |    62,624 ||Plano.........................|Texas |    117 |    36,426
Boston .......................|Mass. |     53 |    61,489 ||Howard County.................|Md.   |    118 |    36,125
East Baton Rouge Parish.......|La.   |     54 |    61,460 ||Rochester City................|N.Y.  |    119 |    36,080
San Francisco Unified.........|Calif.|     55 |    61,340 ||Harford County ...............|Md.   |    120 |    35,956
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San Antonio...................|Texas |     56 |    60,419 ||Henrico County ...............|Va.   |    121 |    35,934
Atlanta City .................|Ga.   |     57 |    59,560 ||Richmond County...............|Ga.   |    122 |    35,918
Davis District................|Utah  |     58 |    58,122 ||Chatham County ...............|Ga.   |    123 |    35,442
Jefferson Parish..............|La.   |     59 |    56,790 ||Montgomery County.............|Ala.  |    124 |    34,746
Northside.....................|Texas |     60 |    56,117 ||Cherry Creek..................|Colo. |    125 |    34,714
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Guilford County ..............|N.C.  |     61 |    55,688 ||Alief.........................|Texas |    126 |    34,680
Volusia County ...............|Fla.  |     62 |    55,530 ||Riverside Unified.............|Calif.|    127 |    34,662
Portland......................|Oreg. |     63 |    54,849 ||Calcasieu Parish..............|La.   |    128 |    34,487
Greenville County.............|S.C.  |     64 |    54,064 ||Mt. Diablo Unified............|Calif.|    129 |    34,410
Seminole County...............|Fla.  |     65 |    53,366 ||Chesapeake City ..............|Va.   |    130 |    34,130
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\1\Public school districts ranked by size of enrollment in fall 1994. ISD=Independent School District.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data survey. (This table was prepared September 1996.)


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