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Characteristics of the 100 Largest School Districts in the United States: 1999-2000
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Table 15.-Number and percentage of public elementary and secondary students receiving migrant services andserved in Limited-English Proficient (LEP) Programs in the 100 largest districts in the United States1 : School year 1999-2000 - Part 1  ||  Part 2
Name of reporting district State Number of students receiving migrant services2 Percentage of students receiving migrant services Number of students receiving summer migrant services3 Percentage of students receiving summer migrant services Number of students served in LEP programs4 Percentage of students served in LEP programs
New York City Public Schools NY
Los Angeles Unified CA 313,442 44.1
Puerto Rico Dept of Education PR 467 0.1 467 0.1
City of Chicago School District IL 58,541 13.6
Dade County School District FL 1,077 0.3 341 0.1 59,997 16.7
   
Broward County School District FL 796 0.3 398 0.2 22,822 9.5
Clark County School District NV 0 0.0
Houston Independent School District TX 1,536 0.7 55,472 26.5
Philadelphia City School District PA
Hawaii Department of Education HI 0 0.0 39 (5) 12,289 6.6
   
Detroit City School District MI
Dallas Independent School District TX 1,319 0.8 52,614 32.8
Hillsborough County School District FL 3,762 2.4 1,544 1.0 16,201 10.2
Fairfax County Public Schools VA 0 0.0 0 0.0 4,809 3.1
Palm Beach County School District FL 7,698 5.1 1,525 1.0 18,137 12.1
   
Orange County School District FL 477 0.3 481 0.3 12,861 8.9
San Diego City Unified CA 38,768 27.5
Prince Georges County Public Schools MD 4,992 3.8
Montgomery County Public Schools MD 7,412 5.7
Duval County School District FL 47 (5) 9 (5) 1,898 1.5
   
Memphis City School District TN
Pinellas County School District FL 0 0.0 0 0.0 2,247 2.0
Baltimore County Public Schools MD 1,501 1.4
Gwinnett County School District GA 12 (5) 0 0.0 11,513 11.0
Baltimore City Public School System MD 0 0.0 582 0.6
   
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools NC 0 0.0 4,339 4.3
Milwaukee School District WI
Jefferson (KY) County KY 61 0.1
De Kalb County School District GA 4 (5) 0 0.0 4,176 4.4
Wake County Schools NC 241 0.3 2,520 2.6
   
Cobb County School District GA 5 (5) 0 0.0 3,443 3.7
Long Beach Unified CA 32,950 36.0
Jefferson (CO) County CO 913 1.0 172 0.2
Albuquerque Public Schools NM 58 0.1 15,766 18.5
Orleans Parish School Board LA 147 0.2 144 0.2 1,561 1.9
   
Fresno Unified CA 25,473 32.3
Polk County School District FL 2,516 3.2 595 0.8 2,874 3.7
Fort Worth Independent School District TX 130 0.2 19,678 25.0
Austin Independent School District TX 378 0.5 13,053 16.8
Virginia Beach City Public Schools VA 0 0.0 0 0.0 782 1.0
   
Cleveland City School District OH 1 (5)
Anne Arundel County Public Schools MD 0 0.0 301 0.4
Jordan School District UT 122 0.2 184 0.3 4,299 5.9
Granite School District UT 0 0.0 0 0.0 9,024 12.5
Mesa Unified School District AZ 4,128 5.7
   
District of Columbia Pub Schools DC 607 0.9 607 0.9 8,591 12.1
Nashville-Davidson County School District TN
Denver County CO 612 0.9 111 0.2
Brevard County School District FL 30 (5) 0 0.0 765 1.1
Fulton County School District GA 4 (5) 0 0.0 2,659 4.0
   
Columbus City School District OH 1 (5)
Mobile County School District AL 934 1.4 0 0.0 952 1.5
Boston School District MA 0 0.0 0 0.0 12,819 20.4
Tucson Unified District AZ 7,864 12.6
Northside Independent School District TX 231 0.4 3,330 5.3
   
Guilford County Schools NC 0 0.0 2,236 3.6
El Paso Independent School District TX 1,651 2.6 20,112 32.3
San Francisco Unified CA 18,752 30.8
Volusia County School District FL 1,282 2.1 521 0.9 1,487 2.5
Cypress-Fairbanks ISD TX 0 0.0 6,426 10.6
— Data not available.

1Includes outlying areas, Bureau of Indian Affairs, and Department of Defense schools.
2Migrant students include those who were enrolled at any time during the previous (1998-99) regular school year. Migrant students enrolled in more than one school in a district are counted for each enrollment.
3Migrant students include those who were served in a summer program immediately prior to the 1999-00 school year.
4Limited-English-Proficient. Individuals who 1) were not born in the United States or whose native language is a language other than English; or 2) come from environments where a language other than English is dominant; or 3) are American Indians and Alaskan Natives and who come from environments where a language other than English has had a significant impact on their level of English proficiency; and who, by reason thereof, have sufficient difficulty speaking, reading, writing, or understanding the English language, to deny such individuals the opportunity to learn successfully in classrooms where the language of instruction is English or to participate fully in our society.
5Less than 0.05.

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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