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Table 92. Enrollment, poverty, and federal funds for the 100 largest school districts, by enrollment size in 2007: Fall 2007, 2006-07, and fiscal year 2009
Name of district State Rank order Enroll- ment, fall 2007 5- to 17-year-old popu- lation, 2007 5- to
17-year-olds in poverty, 2007
Poverty rate of
5- to
17-year-olds, 20071
Revenues by source of funds, 2006-07 Revenue for selected federal programs (in thousands), 2006-07 Title I allocations (in thousands), fiscal year 20092  
Total (in thousands) Federal (in thousands) Federal as a percent of total Federal revenue per stu- dent3 Title I basic and concen- tration grants School lunch Voca- tional educa- tion Drug-free schools Eisen- hower math and science Special edu- cation Total 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 22  
New York City NY 1 989,941 1,333,830 355,528 26.7 $19,368,571 $1,899,716 9.8 $1,901 $870,868 $240,943 $18,417 $32,185 $297,023 $1,581,698 $325,164 $82,492 $644,867 $529,176  
Los Angeles Unified CA 2 693,680 838,081 194,010 23.1 9,064,937 1,052,743 11.6 1,488 442,789 139,471 $56,261 5,201 12,065 216,684 774,056 141,892 35,411 284,774 311,979  
City of Chicago IL 3 407,510 503,932 135,343 26.9 4,702,647 702,909 14.9 1,699 286,008 81,721 3,546 8,589 147,408 604,271 125,729 31,780 219,464 227,298  
Dade FL 4 348,128 388,022 72,504 18.7 3,814,807 433,672 11.4 1,226 161,047 71,400 22,514 2,340 7,420 87,367 223,900 46,667 12,039 91,214 73,980  
Clark County NV 5 309,051 339,260 47,694 14.1 2,843,207 202,379 7.1 667 55,912 44,398 11,306 849 3,693 48,276 134,706 28,768 7,332 54,501 44,105  
                                           
Broward FL 6 258,893 301,128 39,933 13.3 2,709,902 229,713 8.5 874 50,390 48,203 11,874 1,210 4,003 45,383 114,811 25,254 6,437 45,896 37,224  
Houston ISD TX 7 199,534 258,340 71,349 27.6 2,057,191 273,906 13.3 1,350 95,927 34,505 20,056 1,436 3,065 70,340 222,634 46,633 11,788 84,599 79,614  
Hillsborough FL 8 193,180 206,940 28,444 13.7 2,129,937 252,566 11.9 1,305 57,114 41,436 8,645 1,225 3,374 46,406 81,485 18,550 4,728 32,140 26,067  
Hawaii Department of Education HI 9 179,897 199,004 18,364 9.2 2,985,593 256,696 8.6 1,420 57,755 36,629 776 1,563 2,873 38,591 76,230 17,744 3,939 27,381 27,166  
Orange FL 10 174,142 187,804 25,922 13.8 1,976,983 149,156 7.5 851 38,053 37,446 7,679 691 2,384 35,563 72,807 17,715 4,570 27,896 22,625  
                                           
Philadelphia PA 11 172,704 256,496 81,430 31.7 2,441,472 311,782 12.8 1,749 153,577 22,136 2,007 6,612 62,723 412,717 71,074 18,115 144,706 178,823  
Palm Beach FL 12 170,883 192,117 24,516 12.8 2,057,933 133,639 6.5 780 37,682 33,753 59 557 29,325 69,114 16,637 4,292 26,606 21,579  
Fairfax County VA 13 165,722 177,497 9,949 5.6 2,255,060 83,635 3.7 510 15,840 29,763 4,332 561 1,598 15,204 34,415 7,744 1,974 11,367 13,332  
Dallas ISD TX 14 157,804 196,138 57,748 29.4 1,587,549 213,494 13.4 1,342 83,091 27,280 12,935 1,272 2,110 56,274 171,139 34,032 8,674 66,166 62,267  
Gwinnett County GA 15 155,618 154,335 14,222 9.2 1,571,111 87,664 5.6 577 32,686 45,060 9,603 2,448 15,258 17,750  
                                           
Montgomery County MD 16 137,717 160,378 8,610 5.4 2,249,696 92,959 4.1 675 21,400 26,968 4,992 772 1,522 15,718 31,141 8,515 2,152 10,977 9,496  
Wake County NC 17 134,401 151,288 14,547 9.6 1,447,470 65,144 4.5 506 15,052 39,084 8,609 2,194 13,723 14,558  
San Diego Unified CA 18 131,577 157,229 26,672 17.0 1,617,096 144,726 8.9 1,105 47,492 24,816 9,394 1,170 1,243 31,777 81,824 17,648 4,498 30,408 29,270  
Charlotte-Mecklenburg NC 19 131,176 158,935 20,521 12.9 1,244,057 91,893 7.4 714 30,805 57,658 12,249 3,122 20,520 21,767  
Prince George's County MD 20 129,752 148,216 14,277 9.6 1,761,330 111,266 6.3 849 30,079 24,635 7,328 632 1,424 27,161 54,735 12,617 3,216 20,081 18,822  
                                           
Duval FL 21 124,740 155,148 25,604 16.5 1,218,342 117,295 9.6 937 33,032 33,910 7,122 686 1,399 24,252 70,463 16,172 4,122 27,701 22,467  
Memphis City TN 22 115,342 134,114 42,008 31.3 1,067,335 142,662 13.4 1,216 46,625 23,468 0 1,123 4,312 38,950 128,385 24,307 6,195 44,528 53,355  
Pinellas FL 23 107,892 128,701 17,952 13.9 1,160,215 101,691 8.8 925 32,166 26,355 5,983 502 2,118 18,650 48,826 11,505 2,932 18,988 15,400  
Detroit City MI 24 107,874 203,661 80,289 39.4 1,508,139 269,588 17.9 2,292 178,014 20,100 2,960 4,514 31,658 364,122 62,415 15,908 126,621 159,178  
Cobb County GA 25 107,307 117,595 10,569 9.0 1,190,519 68,721 5.8 641 14,823 32,398 7,300 1,861 10,959 12,278  
                                           
Baltimore County MD 26 104,283 129,316 10,673 8.3 1,328,911 92,367 7.0 873 22,713 23,121 4,410 516 1,151 14,843 40,335 9,756 2,487 14,741 13,351  
DeKalb County GA 27 100,273 115,932 21,590 18.6 1,193,406 94,124 7.9 928 30,783 72,749 14,640 3,731 24,661 29,717  
Cypress-Fairbanks ISD TX 28 96,837 73,538 8,729 11.9 751,839 37,840 5.0 411 4,790 11,924 1,377 229 466 13,638 20,657 5,169 1,318 7,300 6,870  
Albuquerque NM 29 95,965 109,303 19,289 17.6 909,023 87,631 9.6 918 25,748 20,498 8,616 746 1,055 0 59,861 12,237 3,119 20,370 24,135  
Jefferson County KY 30 95,871 121,298 22,404 18.5 1,026,965 107,923 10.5 1,165 24,472 72,793 14,841 3,783 25,115 29,055  
                                           
Polk FL 31 93,980 98,428 16,285 16.5 982,220 82,301 8.4 887 24,727 17,414 3,905 426 1,202 24,187 43,598 10,377 2,645 16,883 13,693  
Long Beach Unified CA 32 88,186 101,285 24,266 24.0 909,270 133,819 14.7 1,476 48,235 14,990 6,311 928 1,020 24,285 73,891 16,870 4,264 26,954 25,803  
Milwaukee WI 33 86,819 120,900 39,231 32.4 1,146,819 159,448 13.9 1,773 65,415 25,804 2,015 28,241 167,281 35,663 9,014 55,377 67,227  
Northside ISD TX 34 86,260 78,454 11,867 15.1 731,923 55,227 7.5 669 11,723 14,915 2,582 315 713 16,066 30,366 7,159 1,825 11,015 10,366  
Fulton County GA 35 86,225 100,226 12,912 12.9 997,880 45,745 4.6 545 14,957 40,427 8,761 2,233 13,685 15,748  
                                           
Jefferson County CO 36 86,168 89,891 8,428 9.4 825,158 41,486 5.0 482 8,956 17,667 2,948 253 487 7,044 22,392 5,441 1,387 7,657 7,908  
Jordan UT 37 85,651 87,133 5,284 6.1 552,931 39,461 7.1 504 4,457 12,923 1,712 179 684 8,723 11,939 3,167 0 4,097 4,675  
Austin ISD TX 38 82,564 105,418 19,830 18.8 960,995 82,135 8.5 1,000 24,485 14,972 4,464 413 954 20,551 52,876 11,773 3,001 19,629 18,473  
Baltimore City MD 39 81,284 108,700 27,171 25.0 1,246,552 122,920 9.9 1,454 52,655 20,244 11,950 1,114 2,162 24,619 122,988 26,175 6,671 45,393 44,749  
Lee FL 40 80,541 87,115 11,082 12.7 1,003,253 66,646 6.6 844 14,795 14,086 333 1,067 15,403 27,924 6,997 1,783 10,571 8,574  
                                           
Fort Worth ISD TX 41 78,857 101,392 22,916 22.6 710,684 98,401 13.8 1,238 33,617 16,795 518 1,263 20,843 62,253 14,065 3,554 22,994 21,639  
Fresno Unified CA 42 76,460 86,474 27,980 32.4 821,413 120,670 14.7 1,556 58,951 14,522 6,542 644 1,620 25,812 86,425 19,448 4,677 31,716 30,583  
Granite UT 43 75,982 78,926 8,831 11.2 448,235 49,274 11.0 730 9,689 12,116 2,767 195 744 12,110 22,975 5,231 1,333 7,450 8,961  
Brevard FL 44 74,369 80,670 9,202 11.4 741,110 53,583 7.2 716 14,026 15,621 294 820 11,138 22,722 6,001 1,548 8,378 6,795  
Davidson County TN 45 73,715 100,670 20,190 20.1 720,591 72,974 10.1 990 19,991 16,792 1,808 20,091 56,557 11,743 2,993 19,608 22,213  
                                           
Anne Arundel County MD 46 73,400 89,886 5,037 5.6 931,352 45,134 4.8 618 9,596 16,760 2,237 278 643 6,173 15,869 4,441 1,080 5,683 4,665  
Denver CO 47 73,053 92,685 22,580 24.4 797,383 86,525 10.9 1,192 30,385 16,775 5,830 467 1,328 16,466 70,440 14,308 3,647 24,212 28,273  
Mesa Unified AZ 48 73,044 104,066 15,967 15.3 613,251 51,825 8.5 699 13,957 10,807 3,062 359 1,129 14,482 45,024 9,519 2,426 15,455 17,625  
Prince William County VA 49 72,988 72,252 4,335 6.0 847,608 35,176 4.2 496 8,011 11,037 952 250 610 8,939 12,041 3,364 0 4,180 4,497  
Virginia Beach City VA 50 72,477 80,961 6,910 8.5 807,157 61,259 7.6 845 11,320 16,181 2,652 347 1,085 8,693 21,911 5,397 1,376 7,216 7,922  
                                           
Guilford County NC 51 72,389 79,602 13,977 17.6 652,707 55,835 8.6 778 18,611 37,179 8,236 2,099 13,026 13,818  
Davis UT 52 70,323 65,142 4,590 7.0 418,693 34,790 8.3 559 2,754 10,490 1,533 143 761 8,389 9,914 2,692 0 3,387 3,835  
Greenville 01 SC 53 69,444 77,118 10,626 13.8 637,541 52,331 8.2 775 14,819 16,324 2,685 297 1,127 12,880 32,679 6,994 1,783 10,523 13,380  
Fort Bend ISD TX 54 67,992 71,991 6,025 8.4 550,235 28,496 5.2 425 4,327 12,009 1,416 171 455 7,116 13,174 3,699 0 4,881 4,594  
Pasco FL 55 66,314 70,546 10,569 15.0 685,854 48,179 7.0 745 11,957 12,628 2,261 284 634 13,116 26,378 6,663 1,698 9,948 8,069  
                                           
Washoe County NV 56 65,663 69,823 7,401 10.6 580,576 34,882 6.0 537 8,764 8,956 1,813 428 1,193 8,633 16,192 4,616 1,176 6,297 4,103  
Seminole FL 57 65,378 69,832 6,586 9.4 633,727 42,441 6.7 640 8,594 14,086 2,450 252 585 11,522 15,160 4,140 1,055 5,502 4,463  
Volusia FL 58 64,488 72,195 13,732 19.0 701,777 51,455 7.3 781 15,763 14,009 3,183 287 1,213 12,096 35,831 8,702 2,218 13,755 11,156  
Mobile County AL 59 64,375 77,396 20,751 26.8 580,429 80,697 13.9 1,240 30,996 20,194 5,059 647 2,242 19,758 58,720 12,429 3,168 20,825 22,297  
Alpine UT 60 63,856 63,312 4,448 7.0 359,176 31,146 8.7 552 4,001 8,455 1,407 124 574 6,865 9,785 2,661 0 3,342 3,782  
                                           
Arlington ISD TX 61 62,863 74,266 11,296 15.2 518,791 44,809 8.6 710 12,050 11,189 1,923 275 662 14,433 28,015 6,677 1,702 10,116 9,520  
Elk Grove Unified CA 62 62,294 52,631 6,894 13.1 584,299 39,639 6.8 641 9,364 8,990 1,760 277 385 10,756 18,485 4,970 1,267 6,738 5,511  
North East ISD TX 63 62,181 64,634 9,186 14.2 581,418 32,159 5.5 525 5,523 10,551 1,685 189 488 10,027 22,221 5,490 1,399 7,898 7,433  
El Paso ISD TX 64 62,123 64,509 24,239 37.6 563,711 86,039 15.3 1,369 34,395 12,591 4,689 535 1,089 18,094 64,953 14,249 3,632 24,251 22,822  
Aldine ISD TX 65 60,083 57,604 14,873 25.8 536,158 68,261 12.7 1,160 16,613 11,280 3,605 250 727 24,065 39,087 9,302 2,400 14,108 13,277  
                                           
Tucson Unified AZ 66 59,327 82,274 16,084 19.5 527,757 63,504 12.0 1,053 22,373 10,569 4,197 980 1,799 13,434 46,486 9,788 2,495 15,959 18,245  
Chesterfield County VA 67 58,969 56,756 3,799 6.7 598,918 25,246 4.2 432 4,188 10,842 1,085 180 577 4,288 10,281 2,943 0 3,551 3,787  
District of Columbia DC 68 58,191 77,505 18,995 24.5 1,148,358 134,700 11.7 2,366 72,077 14,306 1,510 3,800 13,319 86,414 19,620 5,001 33,156 28,637  
Garland ISD TX 69 57,169 57,384 10,381 18.1 469,348 35,589 7.6 625 6,345 11,153 1,477 257 437 11,128 25,229 6,106 1,556 9,049 8,516  
Santa Ana Unified CA 70 57,061 64,115 11,542 18.0 566,980 73,721 13.0 1,287 29,003 10,670 2,633 296 589 17,914 32,273 8,576 2,168 11,370 10,160  
                                           
San Bernardino City Unified CA 71 56,727 60,267 14,782 24.5 619,398 78,412 12.7 1,366 36,212 10,391 4,615 578 758 19,070 45,792 12,368 3,118 15,750 14,556  
Boston MA 72 56,168 81,381 22,958 28.2 1,220,761 102,201 8.4 1,812 45,777 18,934 1,307 11,386 104,404 20,280 5,169 34,387 44,568  
Columbus City OH 73 55,269 79,001 24,778 31.4 907,767 100,819 11.1 1,800 15,183 456 2,872 17,221 100,553 19,200 4,894 32,857 43,602  
San Francisco Unified CA 74 55,069 69,616 9,216 13.2 655,003 74,706 11.4 1,330 23,792 6,579 338 397 11,272 24,335 6,336 1,555 8,832 7,613  
San Antonio ISD TX 75 54,779 70,365 21,846 31.0 543,509 97,844 18.0 1,766 32,086 12,745 5,127 542 1,117 23,689 61,873 15,026 3,797 22,178 20,872  
                                           
Knox County TN 76 54,490 67,969 9,828 14.5 478,390 42,000 8.8 704 12,514 12,889 304 917 9,513 24,970 5,858 1,493 8,620 8,999  
Katy ISD TX 77 54,402 39,618 3,712 9.4 462,280 16,553 3.6 323 915 6,571 546 100 219 5,292 7,475 2,237 0 2,699 2,540  
Loudoun County VA 78 53,961 57,633 1,467 2.5 684,499 9,462 1.4 188 404 2,628 667 91 323 2,453 1,151 1,151 0 0 0  
Plano ISD TX 79 53,683 80,867 4,331 5.4 648,715 20,962 3.2 396 2,213 8,950 1,167 146 451 4,688 8,768 2,569 0 3,194 3,006  
Cumberland County NC 80 53,295 56,218 12,182 21.7 423,987 55,700 13.1 1,039 15,118 32,095 7,239 1,845 11,166 11,845  
                                           
Douglas County CO 81 52,983 56,990 1,242 2.2 471,882 10,102 2.1 201 6,833 587 67 125 1,088 992 992 0 0 0  
Cleveland Municipal City OH 82 52,954 86,903 29,767 34.3 911,109 130,506 14.3 2,348 20,371 750 2,230 20,230 122,887 24,967 6,401 39,161 52,359  
Osceola FL 83 52,742 46,981 7,524 16.0 532,103 38,652 7.3 743 8,415 9,016 207 623 12,417 17,725 4,788 1,220 6,470 5,247  
Clayton County GA 84 52,717 58,190 11,023 18.9 556,161 58,860 10.6 1,120 18,470 33,031 7,416 1,890 11,174 12,552  
Capistrano Unified CA 85 52,390 56,887 3,222 5.7 444,583 22,214 5.0 431 3,775 8,124 1,141 173 223 3,258 6,375 2,080 0 2,412 1,884  
                                           
Forsyth County NC 86 51,738 58,820 11,769 20.0 463,122 44,643 9.6 870 12,032 30,491 6,925 1,765 10,579 11,222  
Corona-Norco Unified CA 87 51,322 47,063 4,676 9.9 522,274 23,394 4.5 469 4,107 7,376 1,177 133 205 8,105 10,211 3,104 0 3,942 3,164  
Pasadena ISD TX 88 50,757 50,372 10,936 21.7 434,863 45,102 10.4 905 11,759 11,895 2,475 247 419 14,232 27,891 7,143 1,841 9,740 9,166  
Cherry Creek CO 89 50,601 45,276 4,369 9.6 472,054 17,805 3.8 358 3,058 8,029 763 100 175 4,056 9,621 2,775 0 3,460 3,387  
Atlanta GA 90 49,991 81,872 22,726 27.8 814,744 88,422 10.9 1,746 17,010 79,048 16,883 4,268 26,210 31,687  
                                           
Lewisville ISD TX 91 49,636 59,552 2,676 4.5 467,179 23,471 5.0 478 1,841 7,677 779 108 312 4,814 1,609 1,609 0 0 0  
Howard County MD 92 49,542 52,535 2,066 3.9 754,403 18,529 2.5 378 2,133 8,991 1,586 88 441 2,634 1,836 1,836 0 0 0  
Anchorage AK 93 48,857 52,849 4,466 8.5 536,620 60,069 11.2 1,220 12,837 10,467 4,685 571 1,003 8,824 24,927 5,532 0 9,585 9,811  
Brownsville ISD TX 94 48,837 43,272 19,276 44.5 465,961 78,309 16.8 1,620 26,267 10,794 5,467 371 708 23,280 52,452 12,665 3,267 18,814 17,705  
Garden Grove Unified CA 95 48,669 54,916 8,870 16.2 456,133 43,375 9.5 889 14,803 8,226 2,727 218 415 12,947 23,043 5,726 2,242 8,149 6,927  
                                           
Henrico County VA 96 48,620 50,702 5,397 10.6 467,012 25,324 5.4 531 4,721 10,343 1,336 230 970 4,821 15,562 4,207 0 5,439 5,916  
Sacramento City Unified CA 97 48,446 64,994 12,439 19.1 550,875 75,511 13.7 1,530 25,878 11,688 3,562 492 723 13,636 37,129 9,458 2,391 13,241 12,039  
Omaha NE 98 47,763 61,143 11,409 18.7 496,376 78,550 15.8 1,670 21,502 11,901 5,972 381 1,070 13,294 46,207 9,253 2,358 14,325 20,272  
San Juan Unified CA 99 47,400 59,646 7,409 12.4 488,602 42,664 8.7 891 10,896 9,535 2,099 200 440 6,939 19,347 5,143 1,311 7,060 5,834  
Shelby County TN 100 46,918 44,375 4,363 9.8 344,040 19,178 5.6 407 2,459 7,454 396 5,140 9,908 2,837 0 3,604 3,467  
—Not available.  
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 2007, see http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/poverty/threshld/thresh07.html.
2 Fiscal year 2009 Department of Education funds available for spending by school districts in the 2009-10 school year.  
3 Federal revenue per student is based on fall enrollment collected through the "School District Finance Survey (Form F-33)."  
NOTE: Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. ISD = independent school district.  
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "School District Finance Survey (Form F-33)," 2006-07, and "Local Education Agency Universe Survey," 2007-08; and unpublished Department of Education budget data. (This table was prepared September 2009.)  

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