Skip Navigation
small header image
Characteristics of the 100 Largest School Districts in the United States: 1999-2000
Go to the Table of ContentsGo to DiscussionGo to Tables and FiguresGo to MethodologyGo to Related Data SourcesGo to Appendices
Appendix C.-Selected statistics for the 100 largest school districts in the United States*: School year 1989-90 - Part 2  ||  Part 1
Name of reporting district City State Number of students Number ofteachers Number of graduates for1988-89 Number ofschools
Portland School District Portland OR 53,116 2,676 2,835 97
Caddo Parish School Board Shreveport LA 52,309 3,017 2,458 76
Greenville County School District Greenville SC 50,849 2,975 3,066 92
Cincinnati City School District Cincinnati OH 50,842 3,020 2,636 85
Oakland Unified Oakland CA 50,741 2,079 2,030 90
   
Knox County School District Knoxville TN 49,926 2,515 3,714 92
Ysleta Independent School District El Paso TX 49,675 1,302 3,000 50
Northside Independent School District San Antonio TX 49,539 2,715 3,184 59
Indianapolis Public Schools Indianapolis IN 48,805 2,985 2,194 89
Newark City Newark NJ 48,573 3,413 1,908 82
   
Sacramento City Unified Sacramento CA 48,061 2,057 1,993 72
Wichita Wichita KS 47,251 2,456 2,358 90
Buffalo City Schools Buffalo NY 46,694 3,082 2,500 75
San Juan Unified Carmichael CA 46,640 2,063 2,977 86
Seminole County School District Sanford FL 46,499 2,518 3,055 46
   
Volusia County School District Deland FL 45,775 2,665 2,539 65
Cumberland County Fayetteville NC 44,327 2,486 2,920 69
St Louis City School District St Louis MO 44,056 3,398 1,545 127
Charleston County School District Charleston SC 42,877 2,550 2,025 70
Chesterfield County Public Schools Chesterfield VA 42,864 2,549 2,992 48
   
Santa Ana Unified Santa Ana CA 42,785 1,718 1,386 45
Arlington Independent School District Arlington TX 42,651 2,328 2,536 50
Birmingham City Birmingham AL 42,440 2,221 2,238 85
Escambia County School District Pensacola FL 42,071 2,584 2,979 71
Corpus Christi Independent School District Corpus Christi TX 42,054 2,359 2,141 61
   
Omaha Public Schools Omaha NE 41,251 2,432 2,641 80
Prince William County Public Schools Manassas VA 40,991 2,427 2,785 55
Toledo City School District Toledo OH 40,944 2,259 2,309 61
Anchorage School District Anchorage AK 40,924 2,026 2,195 82
Tulsa City School District Tulsa OK 40,919 2,025 2,300 78
   
Seattle Seattle WA 40,917 2,220 106
Minneapolis Special School District Minneapolis MN 40,831 1,910 2,108 54
North East Independent School District San Antonio TX 40,644 2,276 2,892 43
Jefferson County Birmingham AL 40,627 2,119 2,667 61
Lee County School District Fort Myers FL 40,569 2,271 2,388 62
   
Fulton County School District Atlanta GA 40,280 2,482 2,392 63
Pittsburgh School District Pittsburgh PA 39,559 2,493 2,590 82
San Bernardino City Unified San Bernardino CA 39,033 1,495 1,226 53
Alpine School District American Fork UT 38,246 1,463 1,750 45
Aldine Independent School District Houston TX 38,245 2,178 1,681 37
— Not available.
* Includes outlying areas.


SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data, Public Elementary/Secondary Agency Universe Survey, 1989-90.

Back to Top


1990 K Street, NW
Washington, DC 20006, USA
Phone: (202) 502-7300 (map)