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Characteristics of the 100 Largest Public Elementary and secondary School Districts in the United States: 2000-2001
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Table 7.-Median pupil/teacher ratios in public elementary and secondary schools in the 100 largest school districts in the United States and jurisdictions, by specified instructional level: School year 2000-01 - Part 1   ||  Part 2
Name of reporting district
State
Schools having
membership
Instructional level
Primary
Middle
High
Other
Santa Ana Unified
CA
20.4 20.0 25.2 23.9
San Francisco Unified
CA
19.1 18.8 19.3 20.0
Greenville County School District
SC
15.8 15.4 16.6 17.5 0.6
Davis School District
UT
22.4 22.7 22.3 22.2 17.8
Arlington Independent School District
TX
15.4 15.8 14.3 14.8 2.5
 
Lee County School District
FL
18.6 18.6 20.0 21.8 13.0
Atlanta City School District
GA
14.2 13.7 16.2 16.2 13.2
San Antonio Independent School District
TX
16.0 16.0 15.9 16.7 9.3
Washoe County School District
NV
19.2 19.2 19.7 20.9 4.5
Oakland Unified
CA
19.2 19.0 21.4 22.1 16.0
 
Prince William County Public Schools
VA
16.2 16.7 15.7 16.5 4.1
East Baton Rouge Parish School
LA
14.0 14.5 13.1 14.2 2.4
Fort Bend Independent School District
TX
16.7 16.6 17.9 15.7 3.3
Portland School District
OR
17.8 17.9 17.2 18.4
Sacramento City Unified
CA
22.5 22.2 22.6 23.8 37.1
 
Aldine Independent School District
TX
15.3 16.1 15.1 15.0 12.1
San Bernardino City Unified
CA
21.0 20.8 23.9 24.2 31.6
Knox County School District
TN
Chesterfield County Public Schools
VA
14.8 15.7 13.7 15.0
Jefferson Parish School Board
LA
15.0 14.9 16.0 14.5 9.5
 
North East Independent School District
TX
14.6 15.3 14.8 14.4 7.9
Cumberland County Schools
NC
18.3 18.2 19.2 16.8 10.8
Garland Independent School District
TX
16.2 16.2 17.2 15.9 4.7
San Juan Unified
CA
20.3 19.7 24.0 21.9 16.4
Pasco County School District
FL
16.8 16.6 18.4 18.8 4.1
 
Anchorage School District
AK
18.0 18.2 16.9 19.7 10.5
Minneapolis
MN
12.5 13.4 13.5
Garden Grove Unified
CA
22.6 22.2 27.8 25.7
Wichita
KS
16.2 16.4 14.8 16.1 3.5
Elk Grove Unified
CA
20.4 20.1 21.3 21.2 31.4
 
Seattle
WA
17.3 17.2 20.5 16.0 15.0
Plano Independent School District
TX
14.3 14.3 14.4 15.3 13.8
Alpine School District
UT
23.2 21.7 27.4 23.7 13.2
Shelby County School District
TN
Clayton County
GA
17.7 17.5 17.5 19.3
 
Cincinnati City School District
OH
17.4 17.7 14.3 16.9 16.7
Ysleta Independent School District
TX
15.5 15.9 13.8 13.8 2.5
Buffalo City School District
NY
13.6 13.9 11.8 14.1 12.4
Omaha Public Schools
NE
15.0 15.4 13.3 16.9 7.7
Caddo Parish School Board
LA
15.2 14.7 15.8 16.2 4.2
 
—Not available. Tennessee, Massachusetts, and the Jefferson County School District, KY did not report school-level teacher data.
† Not applicable.
NOTE: The universe for this table includes outlying areas, Bureau of Indian Affairs, and Department of Defense schools.
Primary = low grade, PK to 3; high grade, up to 8.
Middle = low grade, 4 to 7; high grade, 4 to 9.
High = low grade, 7 to 12; high grade 12.
Other = any other combination, including PK, K, or 1 to 12.
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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