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Characteristics of the 100 Largest School Districts in the United States: 1999-2000
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Table 1.-Selected statistics for the 100 largest school districts in the United States1 : School year 1999-2000 - Part 2  ||  Part 1
Name of reporting district City State County Number of students2 Number of full- time equivalent (FTE) teachers Number of 1998-1999 completers3 Number of schools
Davis School District Farmington UT Davis 59,486 2,614 4,209 82
Atlanta City School District Atlanta GA Fulton 59,429 3,891 2,042 99
Seminole County School District Sanford FL Seminole 59,326 3,132 2,972 65
Greenville County School District Greenville SC Greenville 59,176 3,712 3,100 94
Santa Ana Unified Santa Ana CA Orange 58,043 2,651 2,062 50
   
San Antonio Independent School District San Antonio TX Bexar 57,565 3,582 2,499 105
Arlington Independent School District Arlington TX Tarrant 56,773 3,613 2,680 69
Lee County School District Fort Myers FL Lee 56,109 3,021 2,683 75
East Baton Rouge Parish School Board Baton Rouge LA East Baton Rouge 55,652 3,768 2,760 104
Oakland Unified Oakland CA Alameda 55,051 2,865 1,618 93
   
Washoe County School District Reno NV Washoe 54,508 3,222 2,539 89
Portland School District Portland OR Multnomah 53,587 2,948 2,427 109
Knox County School District Knoxville TN Knox 52,840 3,492 2,686 86
Fort Bend Independent School District Sugar Land TX Fort Bend 52,704 3,167 2,898 51
Prince William County Public Schools Manassas VA Prince William 52,551 3,004 2,919 68
   
Sacramento City Unified Sacramento CA Sacramento 51,898 2,440 2,346 77
Jefferson Parish School Board Harvey LA Jefferson 51,835 3,397 2,591 84
Cumberland County Schools Fayetteville NC Cumberland 51,300 3,078 2,428 78
Aldine Independent School District Houston TX Harris 50,890 3,431 1,992 63
Chesterfield County Public Schools Chesterfield VA Chesterfield 50,847 3,346 3,004 59
   
San Bernardino City Unified San Bernardino CA San Bernardino 50,340 2,314 1,860 62
Cincinnati City School District Cincinnati OH Hamilton 49,574 3,135 1,278 79
Anchorage School District Anchorage AK Anchorage 49,382 2,764 2,609 93
North East Independent School District San Antonio TX Bexar 49,197 3,260 2,762 64
Shelby County School District Memphis TN Shelby 49,078 2,366 2,540 44
   
Garland Independent School District Garland TX Dallas 49,036 2,971 2,295 65
Minneapolis Minneapolis MN Hennepin 48,688 3,626 1,959 145
San Juan Unified Carmichael CA Sacramento 48,052 2,149 2,904 84
Garden Grove Unified Garden Grove CA Orange 48,031 2,056 2,562 65
Seattle Seattle WA King 47,989 2,492 2,908 118
   
Wichita Wichita KS Sedgwich 47,778 3,284 2,026 94
Pasco County School District Land O Lakes FL Pasco 47,691 2,745 1,997 51
Ysleta Independent School District El Paso TX El Paso 46,950 3,043 2,797 60
Buffalo City School District Buffalo NY Erie 46,370 3,399 1,779 76
Caddo Parish School Board Shreveport LA Caddo 46,222 2,976 2,283 74
   
Alpine School District American Fork UT Utah 45,842 2,013 2,884 56
St. Louis City St. Louis MO St. Louis City 45,658 3,252 1,263 115
Escambia County School District Pensacola FL Escambia 45,297 2,612 2,129 82
Clayton County School District Jonesboro GA Clayton 45,266 2,801 1,750 48
St. Paul St. Paul MN Ramsey 45,253 3,290 1,974 137
— Data missing.

1Includes outlying areas, Bureau of Indian Affairs, and Department of Defense schools.
2Count of students receiving educational services from school district may differ somewhat from the counts in tables 3 and 5, which reflect the count of students from the schools aggregated up to the school district.
3Includes high school diploma recipients as well as other high school completers (i.e., certificates).

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data, "Public Elementary/Secondary School Universe Survey," 1999-2000, and "Local Education Agency Universe Survey," 1999-2000.
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