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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 D.-Selected statistics for the 100 largest school districts in the United States and jurisdictions: School year 1990-91 - Part 1  ||  Part 2
Name of reported
district
City State County Number of
students
Number of
teachers
Number of
1990 completers*
Number
of schools
Total
      9,627,140 515,175 450,318 14,206
 
NEW YORK CITY        
PUBLIC SCHOOLS
BROOKLYN
NY
KINGS
943,969 55,343 35,982 1,000
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
HATO REY
PR
N/A
644,734 34,330 33,952 1,619
LOS ANGELES UNIFIED
LOS ANGELES
CA
LOS ANGELES
625,073 27,240 22,811 632
CITY OF CHICAGO SCHOOL DIST 29
CHICAGO
IL
COOK
408,830 22,697 16,958 616
DADE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT
MIAMI
FL
DADE
292,000 16,022 13,571 304
 
HOUSTON ISD
HOUSTON
TX
HARRIS
194,000 10,530 7,741 246
PHILADELPHIA CITY SCHOOL DIST
PHILADELPHIA
PA
PHILADELPHIA
190,979 10,809 7,677 257
DETROIT CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT
DETROIT
MI
WAYNE
168,956 245
BROWARD COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT
FT LAUDERDALE
FL
BROWARD
161,100 8,309 7,338 176
HAWAII DEPT OF EDUCATION
HONOLULU
HI
HONOLULU
159,285 9,108 10,325 235
 
DALLAS ISD
DALLAS
TX
DALLAS
135,000 8,616 5,530 196
FAIRFAX COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS
FAIRFAX
VA
FAIRFAX
128,840 8,001 10,052 192
HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SCH DIST
TAMPA
FL
HILLSBOROUGH
123,900 7,526 6,249 172
CLARK COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT
LAS VEGAS
NV
CLARK
121,984 5,864 6,185 151
SAN DIEGO CITY UNIFIED
SAN DIEGO
CA
SAN DIEGO
121,107 5,215 5,958 158
 
DUVAL COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT
JACKSONVILLE
FL
DUVAL
111,100 5,848 4,962 153
PRINCE GEORGES CO PUBLIC SCHS
UPPER MARLBORO
MD
PRINCE GEORGE'S
108,868 6,011 6,742 172
BALTIMORE CITY PUB SCH SYSTEM
BALTIMORE
MD
BALTIMORE CITY
108,663 5,792 3,771 177
MEMPHIS CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT
MEMPHIS
TN
SHELBY
107,103 5,725 5,177 160
PALM BEACH COUNTY SCHOOL DIST
W PALM BEACH
FL
PALM BEACH
106,000 6,521 4,885 133
 
MONTGOMERY CO PUBLIC SCHOOLS
ROCKVILLE
MD
MONTGOMERY
103,757 6,084 6,410 173
ORANGE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT
ORLANDO
FL
ORANGE
103,000 6,486 4,984 137
PINELLAS COUNTY SCHOOL DIST
CLEARWATER
FL
PINELLAS
94,364 5,379 5,152 131
MILWAUKEE SCHOOL DISTRICT
MILWAUKEE
WI
MILWAUKEE
92,789 5,366 3,538 148
JEFFERSON COUNTY
LOUISVILLE
KY
JEFFERSON
91,450 5,267 4,944 162
 
ALBUQUERQUE PUBLIC SCHOOLS
ALBUQUERQUE
NM
BERNALILLO
88,295 4,842 4,558 124
BALTIMORE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHS
TOWSON
MD
BALTIMORE
86,737 5,183 5,310 147
ORLEANS PAR SCHOOL BOARD
NEW ORLEANS
LA
ORLEANS
82,925 4,644 3,435 126
D.C. PUBLIC SCHOOLS
WASHINGTON
DC
WASHINGTON
80,694 4,666 3,626 181
GRANITE SCHOOL DISTRICT
SALT LAKE CY
UT
SALT LAKE
78,554 3,108 3,634 100
 
MECKLENBURG COUNTY
CHARLOTTE
NC
MECKLENBURG
77,069 4,482 4,262 110
JEFFERSON COUNTY R-1
GOLDEN
CO
JEFFERSON
76,275 3,578 4,997 123
DEKALB COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT
DECATUR
GA
DE KALB
74,404 4,661 4,319 103
FRESNO UNIFIED
FRESNO
CA
FRESNO
71,500 3,222 2,508 86
LONG BEACH UNIFIED
LONG BEACH
CA
LOS ANGELES
71,342 2,939 3,234 83
 
VIRGINIA BEACH CITY PUB SCHLS
VIRGINIA BCH
VA
VIRGINIA BEACH
70,266 3,901 3,516 72
CLEVELAND CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT
CLEVELAND
OH
CUYAHOGA
70,019 3,792 2,788 128
COBB COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT
MARIETTA
GA
COBB
69,441 4,120 3,898 81
FORT WORTH ISD
FORT WORTH
TX
TARRANT
69,163 3,728 3,154 122
NASHVILLE-DAVIDSON COUNTY SD
NASHVILLE
TN
DAVIDSON
68,452 3,943 3,028 120
 
MOBILE COUNTY
MOBILE
AL
MOBILE
67,286 3,400 3,494 87
AUSTIN ISD
AUSTIN
TX
TRAVIS
65,885 4,096 3,094 100
POLK COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT
BARTOW
FL
POLK
65,218 3,864 3,140 102
ANNE ARUNDEL CO PUBLIC SCHOOLS
ANNAPOLIS
MD
ANNE ARUNDEL
65,011 3,613 4,126 114
JORDAN SCHOOL DISTRICT
SANDY
UT
SALT LAKE
64,991 2,644 3,215 69
 
GWINNETT COUNTY SCHOOL DIST
LAWRENCEVILLE
GA
GWINNETT
64,980 3,528 3,530 59
COLUMBUS CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT
COLUMBUS
OH
FRANKLIN
64,280 3,800 2,852 139
WAKE COUNTY
RALEIGH
NC
WAKE
64,266 4,299 3,777 85
EL PASO ISD
EL PASO
TX
EL PASO
64,092 3,639 3,572 73
MESA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT
MESA
AZ
MARICOPA
62,748 2,802 3,116 64
 
SAN FRANCISCO UNIFIED
SAN FRANCISCO
CA
SAN FRANCISCO
61,688 3,052 4,757 110
EAST BATON ROUGE PAR SCH BOARD
BATON ROUGE
LA
EAST BATON ROUGE
61,669 3,819 2,955 103
ATLANTA CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT
ATLANTA
GA
FULTON
60,795 3,829 2,814 114
BOSTON SCHOOL DISTRICT
BOSTON
MA
SUFFOLK
60,543 2,812 117
SAN ANTONIO ISD
SAN ANTONIO
TX
BEXAR
60,161 3,548 2,695 103
 
DENVER COUNTY 1
DENVER
CO
DENVER
59,013 3,673 2,635 113
JEFFERSON PAR SCHOOL BOARD
HARVEY
LA
JEFFERSON
58,177 3,165 2,496 84
BREVARD COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT
ROCKLEDGE
FL
BREVARD
56,639 3,240 3,009 73
TUCSON UNIFIED DISTRICT #1
TUCSON
AZ
PIMA
56,174 2,668 3,372 108
DAVIS CO SCHOOL DISTRICT
FARMINGTON
UT
DAVIS
54,558 2,139 3,000 70
 
— Data not available.
*Includes high school diploma recipients as well as other high school completers (i.e., certificates).
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," 1990-91.

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