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Characteristics of the 100 Largest School Districts in the United States: 1999-2000
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Appendix B.-Alphabetical list and rank (by size) of the 500 largest public school districts in the United States*: School year 1999-2000
A-E           E-M           M-S           S-Y          
School district State Rank School district State Rank
Montebello Unified CA 146 Pueblo City 60 CO 391
Montgomery County Public Schls MD 19 Puerto Rico Department of Educ PR 3
Montgomery County Sch Dist AL 155 Pulaski Co. Spec. AR 355
Montgomery County Schools TN 258 Putnam City OK 337
Moore OK 387 Puyallup WA 334
Moreno Valley Unified CA 163 Racine WI 301
Mt. Diablo Unified CA 133 Randolph County Schools NC 419
Muscogee County GA 151 Rankin Co School Dist MS 480
Mwc/Del City OK 484 Rapides Parish School Board LA 255
Napa Valley Unified CA 431 Reading SD PA 469
Naperville C U Dist 203 IL 370 Red Clay Consolidated School D DE 458
Nash-Rocky Mount Schools NC 385 Redlands Unified CA 356
Nashville-Davidson County SD TN 47 Rialto Unified CA 218
Nebo School District UT 312 Richardson ISD TX 142
New Hanover County Schools NC 296 Richland School District 01 SC 213
New Haven School District CT 345 Richland School District 02 SC 406
New York City Public Schools NY 1 Richmond City VA 214
Newark City NJ 110 Richmond County GA 134
Newport News City VA 152 Riverside Unified CA 128
Newport-Mesa Unified CA 299 Robeson County Schools NC 253
Norfolk City VA 129 Rochester MN 443
North East ISD TX 84 Rochester City SD NY 127
North Kansas City 74 MO 395 Rockford School Dist 205 IL 215
Northglenn-Thornton 12 CO 199 Rockingham County Schools NC 496
Northshore WA 319 Rockwood R-VI MO 304
Northside ISD TX 55 Rosemount-Apple Valley-Eagan MN 206
Norwalk-La Mirada Unified CA 266 Round Rock ISD TX 191
Oakland Unified CA 70 Rowan-Salisbury Schools NC 318
Oceanside Unified CA 281 Rowland Unified CA 350
Okaloosa County School Distric FL 189 Rutherford County School Dist TN 245
Okla City OK 120 Sacramento City Unified CA 76
Olathe KS 321 Saddleback Valley Unified CA 141
Omaha Public Schools NE 103 Saint Landry Parish School Boa LA 459
Onslow County Schools NC 303 Saint Marys County Public Schs MD 481
Ontario-Montclair Elementary CA 232 Saint Tammany Parish School Bo LA 165
Orange County School District FL 16 Salem/Keizer Sch Dist 24J OR 145
Orange Unified CA 184 Salt Lake City School District UT 237
Orleans Parish School Board LA 35 San Angelo ISD TX 432
Osceola County School District FL 169 San Antonio ISD TX 66
Osseo MN 283 San Bernardino City Unified CA 81
Ouachita Parish School Board LA 400 San Diego City Unified CA 17
Oxnard Elementary CA 457 San Francisco Unified CA 58
Pajaro Valley Joint Unified CA 330 San Jose Unified CA 156
Palm Beach County School Distr FL 15 San Juan Unified CA 88
Palm Springs Unified CA 322 San Ramon Valley Unified CA 323
Palmdale Elementary CA 326 Santa Ana Unified CA 65
Paradise Valley Unified Distri AZ 143 Santa Rosa County School Distr FL 280
Paramount Unified CA 414 Sarasota County School Distric FL 144
Parkway C-2 MO 313 Schaumburg C C School Dist 54 IL 453
Pasadena ISD TX 111 School District 46 IL 138
Pasadena Unified CA 259 Scottsdale Unified District AZ 222
Pasco County School District FL 92 Seattle WA 90
Paterson City NJ 249 Seminole County School Distric FL 63
Paulding County GA 473 Shawnee Mission Pub Sch KS 179
Peoria School District 150 IL 447 Shelby County Sch Dist AL 331
Peoria Unified District AZ 182 Shelby County School District TN 85
Pharr-San Juan-Alamo ISD TX 292 Simi Valley Unified CA 311
Philadelphia City SD PA 9 Sioux Falls 49-5 SD 361
Phoenix Union High School Dist AZ 291 Socorro ISD TX 239
Pickens County School District SC 442 South Bend Community Sch Corp IN 300
Pinellas County School Distric FL 22 South Washington County MN 495
Pitt County Schools NC 325 South-Western City SD OH 357
Pittsburgh SD PA 123 Spokane WA 162
Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified CA 233 Spotsylvania VA 384
Plano ISD TX 101 Spring Branch ISD TX 175
Plymouth-Canton Community Schs MI 430 Spring ISD TX 285
Polk County School District FL 37 Springfield MA 228
Pomona Unified CA 149 Springfield R-XII MO 244
Portland Sch Dist 1J OR 72 Springfield School District 18 IL 477
Portsmouth City VA 405 St Vrain Valley Re 1J CO 363
Poudre R-1 CO 264 St. Johns County School Distri FL 354
Poway Unified CA 160 St. Louis City MO 97
Prince Georges County Pub Schs MD 18 St. Lucie County School Distri FL 195
Prince William VA 75 St. Paul MN 100
Providence Sch Dist RI 224 Stafford VA 329
*Includes outlying areas, Bureau of Indian Affairs, and Department of Defense schools.

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

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