Table 1.-Selected statistics for the 100 largest
school districts in the United States and jurisdictions: School
year 2000-01 - Part 1 || Part 2
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Name of reporting district
|
City
|
State
|
County |
Number of
students1 |
Number of
full- time
equivalent
(FTE) teachers
|
Number of
1999-2000
completers 2 |
Number
of schools
|
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Santa Ana Unified
|
Santa Ana
|
CA
|
Orange
|
60,643 |
2,837 |
2,145 |
53 |
|
San Francisco Unified
|
San Francisco
|
CA
|
San Francisco
|
59,979 |
3,261 |
3,676 |
116 |
|
Greenville County School District
|
Greenville
|
SC
|
Greenville
|
59,875 |
3,763 |
3,238 |
93 |
|
Davis School District
|
Farmington
|
UT
|
Davis
|
59,578 |
2,642 |
4,567 |
83 |
|
Arlington Independent School District
|
Arlington
|
TX
|
Tarrant
|
58,866 |
3,884 |
2,746 |
71 |
| |
|
Lee County School District
|
Fort Myers
|
FL
|
Lee
|
58,401 |
3,066 |
2,760 |
75 |
|
Atlanta City School District
|
Atlanta
|
GA
|
Fulton
|
58,230 |
3,950 |
2,056 |
98 |
|
San Antonio Independent School District
|
San Antonio
|
TX
|
Bexar
|
57,273 |
3,560 |
2,619 |
104 |
|
Washoe County School District
|
Reno
|
NV
|
Washoe
|
56,268 |
3,323 |
2,588 |
92 |
|
Oakland Unified
|
Oakland
|
CA
|
Alameda
|
54,863 |
2,834 |
1,716 |
96 |
| |
|
Prince William County Public Schools
|
Manassas
|
VA
|
Prince William
|
54,646 |
3,158 |
3,044 |
70 |
|
East Baton Rouge Parish School
|
Baton Rouge
|
LA
|
East Baton Rouge
|
54,246 |
3,746 |
2,857 |
105 |
|
Fort Bend Independent School District
|
Sugar Land
|
TX
|
Fort Bend
|
53,999 |
3,254 |
3,391 |
53 |
|
Portland School District
|
Portland
|
OR
|
Multnomah
|
53,141 |
3,073 |
2,881 |
110 |
|
Sacramento City Unified
|
Sacramento
|
CA
|
Sacramento
|
52,734 |
2,513 |
2,395 |
77 |
| |
|
Aldine Independent School District
|
Houston
|
TX
|
Harris
|
52,520 |
3,497 |
2,024 |
63 |
|
San Bernardino City Unified
|
San Bernardino
|
CA
|
San Bernardino
|
52,031 |
2,396 |
1,984 |
62 |
|
Knox County School District
|
Knoxville
|
TN
|
Knox
|
51,944 |
3,755 |
2,861 |
88 |
|
Chesterfield County Public Schools
|
Chesterfield
|
VA
|
Chesterfield
|
51,212 |
3,452 |
3,249 |
59 |
|
Jefferson Parish School Board
|
Harvey
|
LA
|
Jefferson
|
50,891 |
3,395 |
2,535 |
84 |
| |
|
North East Independent School District
|
San Antonio
|
TX
|
Bexar
|
50,875 |
3,456 |
2,893 |
65 |
|
Cumberland County Schools
|
Fayetteville
|
NC
|
Cumberland
|
50,850 |
3,047 |
2,594 |
81 |
|
Garland Independent School District
|
Garland
|
TX
|
Dallas
|
50,312 |
3,088 |
2,500 |
65 |
|
San Juan Unified
|
Carmichael
|
CA
|
Sacramento
|
50,266 |
2,435 |
3,020 |
86 |
|
Pasco County School District
|
Land O' Lakes
|
FL
|
Pasco
|
49,704 |
2,799 |
2,057 |
61 |
| |
|
Anchorage School District
|
Anchorage
|
AK
|
Anchorage
|
49,526 |
2,738 |
2,334 |
99 |
|
Minneapolis
|
Minneapolis
|
MN
|
Hennepin
|
48,834 |
3,314 |
1,784 |
141 |
|
Garden Grove Unified
|
Garden Grove
|
CA
|
Orange
|
48,742 |
2,098 |
2,574 |
65 |
|
Wichita
|
Wichita
|
KS
|
Sedgwick
|
48,228 |
3,003 |
2,148 |
92 |
|
Elk Grove Unified
|
Elk Grove
|
CA
|
Sacramento
|
47,736 |
2,290 |
2,405 |
53 |
| |
|
Seattle
|
Seattle
|
WA
|
King
|
47,575 |
2,550 |
2,482 |
119 |
|
Plano Independent School District
|
Plano
|
TX
|
Collin
|
47,161 |
3,375 |
2,571 |
59 |
|
Alpine School District
|
American Fork
|
UT
|
Utah
|
47,117 |
2,015 |
2,906 |
58 |
|
Shelby County School District
|
Memphis
|
TN
|
Shelby
|
46,972 |
2,608 |
2,633 |
46 |
|
Clayton County
|
Jonesboro
|
GA
|
Clayton
|
46,930 |
2,662 |
1,741 |
48 |
| |
|
Cincinnati City School District
|
Cincinnati
|
OH
|
Hamilton
|
46,562 |
2,923 |
1,273 |
77 |
|
Ysleta Independent School District
|
El Paso
|
TX
|
El Paso
|
46,394 |
2,979 |
3,052 |
60 |
|
Buffalo City School District
|
Buffalo
|
NY
|
Erie
|
45,721 |
3,471 |
1,857 |
76 |
|
Omaha Public Schools
|
Omaha
|
NE
|
Douglas
|
45,197 |
3,023 |
2,335 |
82 |
|
Caddo Parish School Board
|
Shreveport
|
LA
|
Caddo
|
45,119 |
3,023 |
2,327 |
74 |
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-Not available.
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1Count
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.
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2Includes
high school diploma recipients as well as other high school completers
(e.g., certificates of attendance).
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NOTE: The universe for this table includes outlying
areas, Bureau of Indian Affairs, and Department of Defense schools.
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SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National
Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data, "Public
Elementary/Secondary School Universe Survey," 2000-01, and "Local
Education Agency Universe Survey," 2000-01.
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