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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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Appendix B.-Alphabetical list and rank (by size) of the 500 largest public school districts in the United States and jurisdictions: School year 2000-01: K-P
A-D           D-K           K-P           P-V           V-Y          
School district
State Rank
School district
State Rank
Kansas City 33
MO
132
Mobile County Sch Dist
AL
51
Katy ISD
TX
151
Modesto City Elementary
CA
375
Keller ISD
TX
419
Montebello Unified
CA
149
Kenosha
WI
330
Montgomery County Public Schls
MD
18
Kent
WA
229
Montgomery County Sch Dist
AL
157
Kern Union High
CA
200
Montgomery County Schools
TN
268
Killeen ISD
TX
197
Moore
OK
386
Klein ISD
TX
170
Moreno Valley Unified
CA
162
Knox County School District
TN
78
Mt. Diablo Unified
CA
136
Kyrene Elementary District
AZ
353
Muscogee County
GA
161
 
La Joya ISD
TX
392
Napa Valley Unified
CA
442
La Mesa-Spring Valley
CA
500
Naperville C U Dist 203
IL
373
Lafayette Parish School Board
LA
206
Nash-Rocky Mount Schools
NC
381
Lafourche Parish School Board
LA
482
Nashville-Davidson County SD
TN
50
Lake County School District
FL
201
Nebo School District
UT
312
Lake Elsinore Unified
CA
413
New Hanover County Schools
NC
301
Lake Washington
WA
259
New Haven School District
CT
348
Lamar Consolidated ISD
TX
483
New York City Public Schools
NY
1
Lansing Public School District
MI
396
Newark City
NJ
112
Laredo ISD
TX
280
Newport News City Public Schoo
VA
160
 
Las Cruces Public Schools
NM
291
Newport-Mesa Unified
CA
299
Lawton
OK
405
Norfolk City Public Schools
VA
131
Lee County School District
FL
66
North Clackamas Sch Dist 012
OR
497
Leon County School District
FL
173
North East ISD
TX
81
Lewisville ISD
TX
122
North Kansas City 74
MO
410
Lexington County School Distri
SC
408
Northglenn-Thornton 12
CO
192
Lexington County School Distri
SC
486
Northshore
WA
327
Lincoln Public Schools
NE
181
Northside ISD
TX
53
Little Rock
AR
238
Norwalk-La Mirada Unified
CA
261
Littleton 6
CO
439
Oakland Unified
CA
70
 
Livingston Parish School Board
LA
343
Oceanside Unified
CA
285
Livonia Public Schools
MI
380
Okaloosa County School Distric
FL
190
Lodi Unified
CA
219
Oklahoma City
OK
119
Long Beach Unified
CA
32
Olathe
KS
319
Los Angeles Unified
CA
2
Omaha Public Schools
NE
99
Loudoun County Public Schools
VA
175
Onslow County Schools
NC
314
Lowell
MA
455
Ontario-Montclair Elementary
CA
231
Lubbock ISD
TX
205
Orange County School District
FL
16
Lynn
MA
479
Orange Unified
CA
184
Lynwood Unified
CA
383
Orleans Parish School Board
LA
39
 
M S D Lawrence Township
IN
465
Osceola County School District
FL
150
Madera Unified
CA
456
Osseo
MN
294
Madison County Sch Dist
AL
466
Ouachita Parish School Board
LA
400
Madison Metropolitan
WI
242
Oxnard Elementary
CA
448
Manatee County School District
FL
137
Pajaro Valley Joint Unified
CA
335
Manchester Sch Dist
NH
404
Palm Beach County School Distr
FL
15
Mansfield ISD
TX
496
Palm Springs Unified
CA
316
Manteca Unified
CA
342
Palmdale Elementary
CA
315
Marion County School District
FL
123
Paradise Valley Unified Distri
AZ
148
Martin County School District
FL
444
Paramount Unified
CA
423
 
Mcallen ISD
TX
297
Parkway C-2
MO
323
Memphis City School District
TN
21
Pasadena Isd
TX
109
Meridian Joint School District
ID
258
Pasadena Unified
CA
263
Mesa County Valley 51
CO
344
Pasco County School District
FL
85
Mesa Unified District
AZ
43
Paterson City
NJ
249
Mesquite ISD
TX
171
Paulding County
GA
434
Midland ISD
TX
321
Peoria School District 150
IL
464
Millard Public Schools
NE
360
Peoria Unified District
AZ
165
Milwaukee
WI
28
Pharr-San Juan-Alamo ISD
TX
282
Minneapolis
MN
87
Philadelphia City SD
PA
9
 
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, "Local Education Agency Universe Survey," 2000-01.

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