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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 9.-Free and reduced-price eligibility and racial/ethnic composition as a percentage of school district membership, and percentage of schools for which characteristic is reported, in the 100 largest school districts in the United States and jurisdictions: School year 2000-01 - Part 1   ||  Part 2
Name of
reporting
district
State
Schools
having
membership
Students eligible for free
or reduced lunch1
Racial/ethnic composition of district as
a percentage of membership
Percentage
of reported
membership
Percentage
of schools
reporting
Amer
Indian/
Alaska
Native
Asian/
Pacific
Islander
Hispanic
Black/
non-
Hispanic
White/
non-
Hispanic
Santa Ana Unified
CA
53 73.4 100.0 0.1 3.9 91.3 1.0 3.6
San Francisco Unified
CA
116 54.2 100.0 0.6 50.4 21.7 15.6 11.0
Greenville County School District
SC
89 31.9 100.0 0.1 1.5 3.6 28.0 66.9
Davis School District
UT
83 19.7 89.2 0.5 1.9 4.6 1.1 91.8
Arlington Independent School District
TX
71 37.5 100.0 0.6 6.8 24.0 21.3 47.3
 
Lee County School District
FL
72 43.2 100.0 0.3 1.1 16.0 15.7 66.8
Atlanta City School District
GA
98 76.4 100.0 0.1 0.9 2.8 89.5 6.8
San Antonio Independent School District
TX
104 51.5 100.0 0.1 0.2 85.5 10.0 4.2
Washoe County School District
NV
89 30.3 93.3 2.5 5.6 22.4 3.4 66.0
Oakland Unified
CA
95 53.8 100.0 0.5 18.0 28.7 46.7 5.6
 
Prince William County Public Schools
VA
66 21.4 97.0 0.5 4.1 10.4 24.7 60.2
East Baton Rouge Parish School
LA
105 64.3 100.0 0.0 1.9 0.7 69.3 28.0
Fort Bend Independent School District
TX
53 20.0 100.0 0.1 16.0 18.0 28.0 37.8
Portland School District
OR
109 41.2 99.1 2.3 9.8 8.9 16.8 62.2
Sacramento City Unified
CA
77 60.5 100.0 1.7 25.1 25.7 21.6 24.6
 
Aldine Independent School District
TX
63 71.6 100.0 0.1 2.9 52.3 34.5 10.2
San Bernardino City Unified
CA
62 74.8 100.0 1.3 3.5 54.5 20.5 20.3
Knox County School District
TN
84 0.0
Chesterfield County Public Schools
VA
58 18.7 82.8 0.5 2.7 2.4 22.6 71.8
Jefferson Parish School Board
LA
83 67.0 100.0 0.5 4.3 7.5 47.5 40.2
 
North East Independent School District
TX
65 34.0 100.0 0.3 2.5 38.8 9.4 49.1
Cumberland County Schools
NC
81 52.1 93.8 1.7 1.6 5.3 48.4 42.9
Garland Independent School District
TX
65 32.6 100.0 0.6 6.5 28.8 16.8 47.2
San Juan Unified
CA
86 28.8 100.0 2.2 5.9 10.3 6.4 75.1
Pasco County School District
FL
60 45.0 100.0 0.3 1.1 7.3 3.7 87.7
 
Anchorage School District
AK
99 25.6 72.7 12.6 9.7 5.6 8.7 63.4
Minneapolis
MN
135 65.6 99.3 4.5 14.7 9.2 44.5 27.2
Garden Grove Unified
CA
65 57.7 100.0 0.3 29.9 48.8 1.2 19.7
Wichita
KS
92 55.5 100.0 2.5 6.0 15.4 23.7 52.5
Elk Grove Unified
CA
53 37.3 100.0 1.4 23.0 17.5 19.3 38.7
 
Seattle
WA
116 0.0 2.8 23.7 10.4 23.2 40.0
Plano Independent School District
TX
59 9.5 100.0 0.3 13.0 10.0 7.4 69.2
Alpine School District
UT
58 21.4 98.3 0.6 1.7 5.3 0.4 92.1
Shelby County School District
TN
45 0.0
Clayton County
GA
48 55.1 100.0 0.1 4.6 6.0 66.3 23.1
 
Cincinnati City School District
OH
77 63.8 92.2 0.1 0.9 0.6 72.8 25.7
Ysleta Independent School District
TX
60 52.1 98.3 0.6 0.4 88.1 2.4 8.6
Buffalo City School District
NY
76 74.5 100.0 1.3 1.3 11.3 57.7 28.5
Omaha Public Schools
NE
81 50.8 100.0 1.5 1.7 12.8 31.9 52.1
Caddo Parish School Board
LA
73 52.8 100.0 0.1 0.6 0.7 62.5 36.1
 
—Not available.
1These percentages should be interpreted with caution; five states (AZ, CT, IL, TN, and WA), DOD (overseas), DOD (domestic), Bureau of Indian Affairs, and the Virgin Islands did not report free and reduced-price lunch eligibility and are not included in the national total. Also, states may not have reported students eligible for reduced-price meals, and a number of states reported participation instead of eligibility data which may not be strictly comparable. See Methodology section for further description. Percentages are based on those schools that reported.
NOTE: The universe for this table 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, "Public Elementary/Secondary School Universe Survey," 2000-01, and "Local Education Agency Universe Survey," 2000-01.

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