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Table 96. Enrollment, poverty, and federal funds for the 100 largest school districts, by enrollment size in 2008: Fall 2008, 2007-08, and federal fiscal year 2010
Name of district State Rank order Enroll-
ment, fall 2008
5- to 17-year-old popu-
lation, 2008
5- to
17-year-olds in poverty, 20081
Poverty rate of
5- to
17-year-olds, 20081
Revenues by source of funds, 2007-08 Revenue for selected federal programs (in thousands), 2007-08 Title I allocations (in thousands), fiscal year 20102  
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 1 981,690 1,338,402 353,193 26.4 $19,885,693 $1,785,145 9.0 $1,803 $811,796 $304,526 $5,880 $10,558 $273,494 $862,789 $324,650 $82,382 $250,133 $205,623  
Los Angeles Unified CA 2 687,534 822,138 196,104 23.9 9,551,053 1,053,853 11.0 1,519 438,643 138,622 54,221 6,331 $12,217 231,013 407,377 136,896 34,760 112,001 123,720  
City of Chicago IL 3 421,430 499,095 127,262 25.5 4,844,616 808,902 16.7 1,985 370,726 106,051 0 4,371 10,142 150,393 307,538 113,156 28,602 79,839 85,940  
Dade FL 4 345,525 381,709 76,923 20.2 3,959,408 427,479 10.8 1,228 139,575 84,685 27,058 2,297 7,162 87,357 129,370 48,911 12,419 37,419 30,621  
Clark County NV 5 312,761 343,613 43,732 12.7 3,111,868 196,022 6.3 634 56,191 41,893 13,082 2,838 4,491 52,100 68,243 26,867 6,822 18,996 15,558  
                                             
Broward FL 6 256,351 295,941 41,416 14.0 2,874,695 233,523 8.1 902 63,420 50,164 11,046 1,136 3,849 51,098 66,614 26,483 6,724 18,372 15,035  
Houston ISD TX 7 200,225 261,380 66,400 25.4 2,059,689 267,705 13.0 1,342 95,937 33,450 21,542 1,471 2,400 71,610 111,084 41,970 10,609 30,143 28,362  
Hillsborough FL 8 192,007 205,610 34,333 16.7 2,068,665 247,129 11.9 1,279 48,754 40,472 8,001 851 3,233 48,534 54,993 22,329 5,670 14,845 12,148  
Hawaii Department of Education HI 9 179,478 198,036 18,001 9.1 2,541,703 310,732 12.2 1,727 52,171 56,136 1,850 2,343 4,772 36,813 42,599 17,744 3,630 10,651 10,574  
Orange FL 10 172,257 187,038 30,431 16.3 1,974,283 155,268 7.9 892 39,227 35,441 7,261 759 2,422 38,559 47,549 19,402 4,926 12,770 10,450  
                                             
Palm Beach FL 11 170,757 189,017 26,621 14.1 2,183,132 138,401 6.3 810 41,562 37,622 2,119 31,063 41,876 17,169 4,360 11,190 9,157  
Fairfax County VA 12 169,030 176,254 9,728 5.5 2,313,386 87,266 3.8 527 18,271 30,249 3,891 507 1,813 16,286 18,461 7,556 1,918 4,177 4,810  
Philadelphia City PA 13 159,867 254,184 76,519 30.1 2,567,483 311,595 12.1 1,804 150,435 35 23,314 1,684 5,719 63,166 205,337 67,520 17,209 53,716 66,891  
Dallas ISD TX 14 157,352 200,864 58,463 29.1 1,613,014 216,482 13.4 1,372 82,137 30,936 11,424 978 1,650 60,506 94,454 35,149 8,925 25,957 24,423  
Gwinnett County GA 15 157,219 157,167 17,036 10.8 1,764,516 95,838 5.4 616 36,455 29,711 11,704 2,972 7,248 7,788  
                                             
Montgomery County MD 16 139,282 162,629 9,861 6.1 2,604,887 93,751 3.6 681 25,932 27,013 4,853 516 1,500 16,424 20,927 8,925 2,266 4,980 4,756  
Wake County NC 17 138,443 156,819 15,917 10.1 1,264,960 68,546 5.4 513 16,750 23,729 9,398 2,386 5,760 6,185  
Charlotte-Mecklenburg NC 18 135,064 163,227 20,827 12.8 1,345,133 105,771 7.9 808 34,413 31,996 12,436 3,158 7,909 8,493  
San Diego Unified CA 19 132,256 156,647 29,332 18.7 1,560,549 144,969 9.3 1,102 45,648 24,522 7,876 685 1,245 31,390 50,323 19,723 5,008 12,965 12,627  
Prince George's County MD 20 127,977 144,117 10,339 7.2 1,926,633 117,772 6.1 908 33,907 24,889 8,605 321 1,461 29,241 26,447 10,724 2,733 6,670 6,320  
                                             
Duval FL 21 122,606 153,761 23,297 15.2 1,238,175 106,117 8.6 851 29,107 30,290 6,776 579 1,540 25,185 36,401 14,912 3,786 9,742 7,961  
Memphis City TN 22 111,954 132,351 37,295 28.2 1,119,814 160,100 14.3 1,388 57,532 26,247 1,412 4,663 39,533 62,228 22,035 5,595 15,659 18,939  
Cobb County GA 23 106,747 118,069 9,812 8.3 1,157,791 66,790 5.8 622 15,495 16,597 6,886 1,748 3,838 4,124  
Pinellas FL 24 106,061 125,883 17,952 14.3 1,211,026 94,072 7.8 872 26,598 28,189 5,089 582 1,687 19,196 27,637 11,565 2,936 7,224 5,912  
Baltimore County MD 25 103,180 126,756 10,450 8.2 1,518,801 81,477 5.4 781 22,281 24,118 2,531 487 1,271 15,681 23,253 9,774 2,482 5,580 5,416  
                                             
Cypress-Fairbanks ISD TX 26 100,685 74,402 8,664 11.6 792,371 43,607 5.5 450 4,577 15,224 1,479 199 480 16,089 11,979 5,229 1,328 2,793 2,628  
DeKalb County GA 27 99,775 115,790 26,297 22.7 1,245,461 83,281 6.7 831 31,726 47,237 18,142 4,607 11,804 12,685  
Jefferson County KY 28 98,774 121,614 22,379 18.4 1,087,693 114,025 10.5 1,189 25,430 39,599 15,129 3,841 9,703 10,925  
Detroit City MI 29 97,577 195,127 74,702 38.3 1,317,526 168,009 12.8 1,557 101,497 10,840 435 3,847 27,954 180,478 59,294 15,113 47,003 59,068  
Albuquerque NM 30 95,934 110,178 18,664 16.9 999,503 87,819 8.8 915 21,305 30,320 4,740 310 1,566 31,243 12,052 3,060 7,578 8,552  
                                             
Polk FL 31 94,657 98,331 19,514 19.8 1,250,657 82,891 6.6 882 23,262 17,942 3,793 352 1,376 25,866 30,179 12,565 3,191 7,932 6,491  
Northside ISD TX 32 89,000 79,646 13,023 16.4 766,936 57,934 7.6 672 11,707 16,471 2,333 274 683 18,536 19,221 7,986 2,028 4,744 4,464  
Fulton County GA 33 88,299 102,456 12,524 12.2 1,068,153 45,181 4.2 524 16,295 21,486 8,682 2,204 5,109 5,490  
Long Beach Unified CA 34 87,509 99,358 24,528 24.7 914,366 130,977 14.3 1,485 43,302 14,876 6,398 1,258 1,528 24,946 41,391 16,387 4,161 10,605 10,239  
Jefferson County CO 35 85,946 88,777 7,128 8.0 858,375 40,484 4.7 470 9,323 15,711 2,782 255 494 7,366 11,306 4,887 1,241 2,543 2,635  
                                             
Milwaukee WI 36 85,381 120,070 32,164 26.8 1,187,218 186,192 15.7 2,145 83,298 25,255 1,993 28,549 83,555 32,096 8,113 19,474 23,871  
Austin ISD TX 37 83,483 109,075 20,870 19.1 970,089 85,664 8.8 1,038 26,335 16,010 4,272 396 1,096 22,618 31,371 12,610 3,202 8,016 7,543  
Baltimore City MD 38 82,266 107,221 24,121 22.5 1,397,983 162,776 11.6 2,003 75,330 25,846 8,753 970 2,224 24,553 62,186 23,822 6,049 15,964 16,351  
Jordan UT 39 81,485 88,370 5,460 6.2 635,282 45,641 7.2 533 4,851 14,229 2,696 189 735 9,057 6,874 3,329 0 1,641 1,904  
Lee FL 40 79,434 86,504 12,788 14.8 980,391 67,054 6.8 833 15,084 14,405 298 1,101 17,426 19,021 8,174 2,075 4,824 3,948  
                                             
Fort Worth ISD TX 41 79,285 103,306 23,241 22.5 725,234 96,921 13.4 1,229 31,580 17,134 4,652 389 1,365 23,066 35,050 14,010 3,557 9,007 8,475  
Fresno Unified CA 42 76,621 86,072 29,559 34.3 838,633 123,361 14.7 1,613 59,071 14,459 9,023 609 2,223 27,931 50,620 19,834 5,036 13,044 12,707  
Davidson County TN 43 74,312 102,500 24,124 23.5 740,835 78,816 10.6 1,069 23,811 16,518 1,770 21,708 37,150 14,207 3,607 9,163 10,173  
Denver CO 44 74,189 96,151 23,825 24.8 861,239 93,657 10.9 1,282 32,935 15,564 4,978 562 1,523 17,401 41,329 15,804 4,013 10,189 11,323  
Prince William County VA 45 73,917 72,504 4,852 6.7 878,492 34,356 3.9 471 5,787 11,684 712 231 148 10,215 7,446 3,735 0 1,795 1,916  
                                             
Anne Arundel County MD 46 73,653 88,704 5,161 5.8 1,003,238 45,951 4.6 626 10,548 15,732 2,423 231 792 6,669 9,727 4,597 918 2,237 1,974  
Brevard FL 47 73,098 78,630 10,311 13.1 747,371 51,979 7.0 699 13,072 15,536 292 677 11,511 15,004 6,593 1,674 3,705 3,032  
Guilford County NC 48 72,951 80,004 13,851 17.3 716,338 67,308 9.4 949 19,710 20,359 8,160 2,072 4,884 5,244  
Virginia Beach City VA 49 71,554 78,936 7,045 8.9 808,886 61,932 7.7 855 11,194 15,163 2,722 270 1,156 9,004 12,744 5,511 1,399 2,800 3,034  
Greenville 01 SC 50 70,441 78,170 12,542 16.0 684,420 55,081 8.0 793 17,619 16,646 2,774 285 1,181 13,712 21,734 8,338 2,117 4,923 6,356  
                                             
Mesa Unified AZ 51 70,346 105,686 17,323 16.4 635,243 55,855 8.8 765 16,823 10,974 3,147 447 834 15,512 26,703 10,467 2,658 6,516 7,062  
Granite UT 52 70,166 80,047 8,421 10.5 505,372 58,887 11.7 775 10,257 13,095 2,710 177 692 12,680 12,307 5,069 1,287 2,696 3,256  
Fort Bend ISD TX 53 68,708 73,664 6,111 8.3 571,456 29,488 5.2 434 4,968 11,661 1,406 175 434 7,754 7,554 3,829 0 1,919 1,806  
Pasco FL 54 66,784 71,282 10,677 15.0 713,902 55,039 7.7 830 12,997 15,186 2,635 262 657 13,991 15,633 6,840 1,737 3,880 3,175  
Davis UT 55 66,614 65,832 4,588 7.0 485,031 40,386 8.3 574 2,587 10,397 1,522 146 633 8,746 5,571 2,748 0 1,313 1,510  
                                             
Washoe County NV 56 65,421 69,949 9,874 14.1 618,949 45,021 7.3 686 11,387 10,485 761 168 729 9,628 13,876 6,098 1,548 3,425 2,805  
Seminole FL 57 64,927 68,594 6,737 9.8 633,500 40,109 6.3 613 9,844 13,295 2,290 231 615 10,161 9,356 4,307 1,094 2,176 1,780  
North East ISD TX 58 63,452 65,622 9,577 14.6 661,970 33,815 5.1 544 5,492 11,539 1,662 185 508 10,761 13,532 5,821 1,478 3,212 3,022  
Arlington ISD TX 59 63,045 75,668 11,481 15.2 537,280 49,128 9.1 782 12,212 12,815 2,042 219 689 15,856 16,394 6,910 1,755 3,982 3,747  
Volusia FL 60 63,018 70,473 11,596 16.5 713,726 51,040 7.2 791 14,847 14,085 3,416 292 1,113 12,964 18,618 7,832 1,996 4,837 3,953  
                                             
Mobile County AL 61 62,531 77,114 19,149 24.8 618,181 75,127 12.2 1,167 27,963 18,366 4,519 741 1,954 20,174 29,936 11,717 2,975 7,369 7,875  
El Paso ISD TX 62 62,322 64,810 21,765 33.6 583,899 87,626 15.0 1,411 34,036 12,478 5,349 401 1,095 19,154 34,386 13,536 3,450 9,002 8,397  
Alpine UT 63 62,281 70,922 4,814 6.8 428,596 35,566 8.3 557 4,093 7,599 1,447 134 642 6,989 5,957 2,920 0 1,410 1,626  
Elk Grove Unified CA 64 62,172 52,133 7,376 14.1 596,705 39,960 6.7 641 9,168 9,356 1,777 275 493 12,035 12,125 5,458 1,386 2,870 2,412  
Aldine ISD TX 65 61,526 58,281 15,987 27.4 559,919 68,093 12.2 1,133 17,053 10,771 3,683 294 764 25,110 23,607 9,655 2,452 5,925 5,575  
                                             
Chesterfield County VA 66 59,080 56,042 3,891 6.9 609,461 24,364 4.0 413 4,422 10,275 1,120 143 635 4,628 5,883 3,024 0 1,392 1,467  
Douglas County CO 67 58,723 58,226 1,505 2.6 515,086 11,217 2.2 212 728 7,011 631 66 153 1,624 1,007 1,007 0 0 0  
Garland ISD TX 68 57,510 58,767 10,901 18.5 482,310 38,863 8.1 680 6,590 12,505 1,712 121 492 12,042 15,393 6,529 1,658 3,713 3,493  
Santa Ana Unified CA 69 57,439 63,643 12,588 19.8 564,867 69,466 12.3 1,217 22,937 10,765 5,856 623 571 20,256 19,817 8,330 2,115 4,903 4,469  
Tucson Unified AZ 70 57,391 85,561 17,720 20.7 545,561 63,503 11.6 1,070 22,679 10,363 4,157 1,106 1,463 13,983 27,885 10,891 2,765 6,817 7,411  
                                             
Loudoun County VA 71 56,894 59,990 1,833 3.1 814,891 19,645 2.4 364 1,644 10,723 585 51 369 3,376 1,434 1,434 0 0 0  
Katy ISD TX 72 56,862 40,153 3,930 9.8 508,389 20,328 4.0 374 874 8,984 628 84 182 6,385 4,585 2,414 0 1,119 1,053  
Boston MA 73 55,923 82,611 19,320 23.4 1,313,368 91,360 7.0 1,627 36,145 18,709 1,522 11,760 50,633 18,252 4,652 12,093 15,636  
Knox County TN 74 55,535 68,503 10,082 14.7 487,605 43,208 8.9 793 13,841 12,727 318 1,624 9,899 14,569 6,104 1,550 3,428 3,487  
San Francisco Unified CA 75 55,183 76,471 10,283 13.4 668,282 69,870 10.5 1,269 19,559 4,485 341 443 11,744 16,040 6,920 1,757 3,905 3,458  
                                             
San Bernardino City Unified CA 76 54,727 59,206 18,367 31.0 797,791 73,382 9.2 1,294 31,779 10,363 3,792 520 743 19,298 30,648 12,375 3,142 7,765 7,365  
San Antonio ISD TX 77 54,696 71,440 22,593 31.6 541,408 91,324 16.9 1,667 30,495 12,267 6,295 510 1,204 24,835 35,081 14,275 3,608 8,861 8,337  
Cumberland County NC 78 54,288 55,921 10,957 19.6 458,835 60,684 13.2 1,158 15,356 16,292 6,528 1,661 3,927 4,177  
Plano ISD TX 79 54,203 84,005 5,170 6.2 611,837 21,894 3.6 408 2,267 10,054 1,198 148 295 5,084 6,040 3,107 0 1,511 1,422  
Columbus City OH 80 53,536 79,543 20,698 26.0 910,711 130,197 14.3 2,356 14,067 379 1,661 19,317 48,459 17,280 4,404 11,555 15,220  
                                             
Forsyth County NC 81 52,906 59,062 11,026 18.7 505,580 45,335 9.0 891 12,348 15,831 6,489 1,648 3,720 3,974  
Capistrano Unified CA 82 52,681 56,470 3,679 6.5 453,589 23,800 5.2 454 3,688 8,330 1,146 61 224 3,629 4,424 2,435 0 1,107 881  
Corona-Norco Unified CA 83 52,138 46,821 5,159 11.0 476,836 26,997 5.7 526 3,452 7,766 1,052 112 194 9,195 6,590 3,495 0 1,708 1,388  
Osceola FL 84 51,941 48,095 8,276 17.2 628,244 44,158 7.0 837 9,454 9,273 274 642 13,715 11,843 5,349 1,358 2,825 2,312  
Pasadena ISD TX 85 51,578 50,964 11,033 21.6 464,800 45,440 9.8 895 11,341 7,578 2,367 223 532 16,788 15,736 6,659 1,691 3,805 3,580  
                                             
Cherry Creek CO 86 51,199 45,466 3,111 6.8 493,657 19,321 3.9 382 3,459 7,819 977 125 249 5,308 4,636 2,358 0 1,149 1,129  
Lewisville ISD TX 87 50,216 61,955 2,747 4.4 495,986 21,186 4.3 427 1,968 8,587 732 118 312 5,310 1,676 1,676 0 0 0  
Cleveland Municipal OH 88 49,952 84,742 29,020 34.2 922,544 127,424 13.8 2,406 0 21,632 645 3,284 18,518 65,354 23,718 6,081 15,069 20,486  
Howard County MD 89 49,905 51,698 2,107 4.1 805,247 20,014 2.5 404 3,149 8,987 1,370 85 457 2,778 1,884 1,884 0 0 0  
Clayton County GA 90 49,508 57,618 10,816 18.8 567,961 55,651 9.8 1,056 19,656 18,120 7,446 1,891 4,234 4,550  
                                             
Atlanta GA 91 49,032 83,574 21,622 25.9 869,896 88,718 10.2 1,775 17,611 39,834 15,194 3,841 9,601 11,198  
Henrico County VA 92 48,991 50,547 5,142 10.2 474,941 25,736 5.4 529 5,131 10,365 1,288 104 541 5,919 7,997 3,986 0 1,937 2,074  
Anchorage Ak 93 48,837 51,307 3,898 7.6 650,738 61,866 9.5 1,266 13,337 9,985 4,817 395 1,085 9,086 11,739 5,020 0 3,346 3,373  
Brownsville ISD TX 94 48,587 43,889 19,847 45.2 473,510 78,215 16.5 1,602 28,316 8,875 4,403 375 697 24,284 30,950 12,032 3,104 8,216 7,599  
Garden Grove Unified CA 95 48,574 54,514 9,504 17.4 468,369 41,967 9.0 862 13,232 8,340 2,339 243 410 13,750 14,773 6,290 2,017 3,459 3,007  
                                             
Sacramento City Unified CA 96 48,155 64,377 13,188 20.5 545,693 78,196 14.3 1,614 26,190 13,899 5,727 322 634 13,485 22,015 9,151 2,324 5,484 5,056  
Omaha NE 97 48,014 61,851 10,032 16.2 545,674 88,496 16.2 1,853 18,837 11,808 2,983 290 475 14,327 22,679 8,327 2,122 5,038 7,192  
Conroe ISD TX 98 47,996 49,129 5,111 10.4 409,899 24,562 6.0 528 5,268 8,970 1,378 141 370 6,132 6,045 3,110 0 1,512 1,423  
Shelby County TN 99 47,448 43,792 3,753 8.6 367,604 20,894 5.7 445 2,407 10,408 439 5,809 4,899 2,539 0 1,197 1,162  
Wichita KS 100 47,260 59,331 9,947 16.8 562,916 58,078 10.3 1,241 21,190 429 13,561 21,841 8,044 2,042 4,568 7,187  
—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 2008, see
http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/poverty/data/threshld/thresh08.html.
2 Fiscal year 2010 Department of Education funds available for spending by school districts in the 2010-11 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)," 2007-08, and "Local Education Agency Universe Survey," 2008-09; and unpublished Department of Education budget data. (This table was prepared October 2010.)  

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