Table 10.-Revenues by source, current expenditures, and current expenditures per pupil for the 100 largest districts in the United States : Fiscal year 1998

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Characteristics of the 100 Largest School Districts in the United States: 1999-2000

Table 10.-Revenues by source, current expenditures, and current expenditures per pupil for the 100 largest districts in the United States¹ : Fiscal year 1998 - Part 2 \|\| Part 1
Name of reporting district	State	Total students Fall 1997²	Revenues by source				Current expenditures		Current expenditures per pupil
Name of reporting district	State	Total students Fall 1997²	Total	Federal	State	Local	Total	Instructional³	Current expenditures per pupil
	(In thousands of dollars)
Volusia County School District	FL	59,310	$377,724	$23,565	$184,658	$169,501	$306,339	$182,341	$5,165
Davis School District	UT	59,220	271,358	17,879	176,583	76,896	221,856	143,324	3,746
East Baton Rouge Parish School Board	LA	58,238	324,916	32,839	155,914	136,163	308,775	179,450	5,302
Greenville County School District	SC	56,967	337,977	20,595	176,230	141,152	281,300	168,481	4,938
Seminole County School District	FL	56,916	345,773	13,350	186,008	146,415	279,096	168,837	4,904

Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District	TX	55,593	324,687	9,026	111,947	203,714	283,871	174,376	5,106
Portland School District	OR	55,321	440,921	32,193	213,601	195,127	437,247	234,307	7,904
Arlington Independent School District	TX	54,591	288,807	12,982	80,012	195,813	255,269	160,950	4,676
Jefferson Parish School Board	LA	54,413	338,335	32,908	139,368	166,059	314,581	184,690	5,781
Santa Ana Unified	CA	53,805	354,515	28,968	230,082	95,465	281,788	184,648	5,237

Lee County School District	FL	53,790	379,424	26,256	123,728	229,440	309,092	172,966	5,746
Oakland Unified	CA	53,564	417,271	35,671	270,498	111,102	327,563	199,727	6,115
Washoe County School District	NV	51,205	299,192	11,776	82,813	204,603	266,660	165,783	5,208
Knox County School District	TN	51,152	281,576	21,486	106,902	153,188	274,812	174,819	5,372
Sacramento City Unified	CA	51,042	330,348	34,405	205,975	89,968	278,937	181,050	5,465

Cumberland County Schools	NC	51,014	293,553	25,743	186,023	81,787	246,944	157,966	4,841
Cincinnati City School District	OH	50,332	417,615	41,905	151,113	224,597	350,007	219,770	6,954
Chesterfield Cnty Public Schools	VA	50,173	295,266	9,598	102,907	182,761	256,459	161,579	5,111
Prince William County Public School	VA	49,905	344,945	10,719	113,878	220,348	302,347	182,831	6,058
Minneapolis	MN	49,157	523,132	33,849	237,108	252,175	417,240	259,998	8,488

Fort Bend Independent School District	TX	49,093	278,475	8,589	124,293	145,593	239,690	143,590	4,882
Anchorage School District	AK	48,888	360,721	31,550	225,910	103,261	320,093	207,432	6,547
Aldine Independent School District	TX	48,585	310,671	25,191	175,107	110,373	266,555	165,285	5,486
Caddo Parish School Board	LA	48,347	285,284	29,232	140,664	115,388	256,192	156,757	5,299
Seattle	WA	47,883	403,252	30,939	215,008	157,305	328,717	183,566	6,865

San Juan Unified	CA	47,837	338,235	20,232	234,077	83,926	262,522	160,331	5,488
Ysleta Independent School District	TX	47,616	283,622	29,891	187,677	66,054	249,147	154,683	5,232
San Bernardino City Unified	CA	47,385	287,304	29,798	216,334	41,172	275,225	162,114	5,808
Buffalo City School District	NY	47,010	468,066	57,981	306,864	103,221	422,822	278,151	8,994
Wichita	KS	46,859	305,038	32,879	176,542	95,617	276,196	160,556	5,894

Garland Independent School District	TX	46,632	260,122	10,724	124,551	124,847	209,745	131,424	4,498
North East Independent School District	TX	46,550	289,969	15,344	78,506	196,119	264,065	166,424	5,673
St. Louis City	MO	46,235	411,087	47,211	186,771	177,105	338,920	182,403	7,330
Escambia County School District	FL	46,083	292,925	28,893	183,293	80,739	238,456	130,686	5,174
Shelby County School District	TN	45,899	223,726	9,677	107,513	106,536	204,864	139,329	4,463

Garden Grove Unified	CA	45,776	267,436	23,763	157,853	85,820	241,603	153,684	5,278
Saint Paul	MN	45,142	404,088	27,644	233,273	143,171	333,793	218,649	7,394
Omaha Public Schools	NE	45,046	293,247	27,647	101,321	164,279	250,468	145,343	5,560
Pasco County School District	FL	44,770	286,493	20,988	164,934	100,571	238,897	135,861	5,336
Alpine School District	UT	44,694	187,962	10,357	132,667	44,938	159,955	109,493	3,579
¹Includes outlying areas, Bureau of Indian Affairs, and Department of Defense schools. ² In a few cases, the student membership received from the fiscal district collection varies slightly from the student membership received from the non-fiscal collection. ³ Instructional expenditures are current expenditures for activities directly associated with the interaction between teachers and students. These include teacher salaries and benefits, supplies (such as textbooks), and purchased instructional services. NOTE: Details may not add to totals due to rounding. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, 1998 Annual Survey of Local Government Finances: School Systems. Data for Puerto Rico were obtained from the U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data, National Public Education Financial Survey, 1998-99.

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