Table 1. Selected statistics for the 100 largest school districts in the United States and jurisdictions: By school district, school year 2001

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Name of reporting district	City	State	County	Number of students¹	Number of full- time equivalent (FTE) teachers	Number of 2000-01 com-pleters²	Number of schools
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Total				11,168,631	662,162	517,898	15,838

New York City Public Schools	Brooklyn	NY	Kings	1,049,831	65,804	41,151	1,218
Los Angeles Unified	Los Angeles	CA	Los Angeles	735,058	36,115	27,579	663
Puerto Rico Department of Education	San Juan	PR	San Juan	604,177	42,906	32,574	1,538
City of Chicago School District	Chicago	IL	Cook	437,418	24,064	14,091	599
Dade County School District	Miami	FL	Dade	375,836	19,043	17,287	363

Broward County School District	Fort Lauderdale	FL	Broward	262,055	12,763	11,215	244
Clark County School District	Las Vegas	NV	Clark	245,659	12,514	10,138	275
Houston Independent School District	Houston	TX	Harris	210,950	12,097	7,632	299
Philadelphia City School District	Philadelphia	PA	Philadelphia	197,083	10,686	9,362	263
Hawaii Department of Education	Honolulu	HI	Honolulu	184,546	11,007	10,323	279

Hillsborough County School District	Tampa	FL	Hillsborough	169,789	9,975	7,845	219
Detroit City School District	Detroit	MI	Wayne	166,675	9,053	6,068	265
Dallas Independent School District	Dallas	TX	Dallas	163,562	10,562	6,008	226
Fairfax County Public Schools	Fairfax	VA	Fairfax	160,584	12,310	10,657	198
Palm Beach County School District	West Palm Beach	FL	Palm Beach	160,223	8,678	7,394	193

Orange County School District	Orlando	FL	Orange	157,433	8,946	7,028	184
San Diego City Unified	San Diego	CA	San Diego	141,599	7,501	6,534	182
Montgomery County Public Schools	Rockville	MD	Montgomery	136,895	8,662	8,078	193
Prince Georges County Public Schools	Upper Marlboro	MD	Prince George's	135,039	8,067	7,490	196
Duval County School District	Jacksonville	FL	Duval	127,392	6,478	4,962	178

Gwinnett County School District	Lawrenceville	GA	Gwinnett	116,339	7,598	6,102	86
Memphis City School District	Memphis	TN	Shelby	115,992	7,155	4,301	174
Pinellas County School District	Largo	FL	Pinellas	114,583	6,480	5,218	169
Baltimore County Public Schools	Towson	MD	Baltimore	107,212	6,857	6,592	170
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	Charlotte	NC	Mecklenburg	106,312	6,927	4,801	137

Wake County Schools	Raleigh	NC	Wake	101,756	6,408	5,183	120
Cobb County School District	Marietta	GA	Cobb	98,338	6,388	5,541	96
Baltimore City Public School System	Baltimore	MD	Baltimore City	97,817	6,303	4,365	177
Milwaukee School District	Milwaukee	WI	Milwaukee	97,762	5,980	3,446	208
De Kalb County School District	Decatur	GA	De Kalb	97,501	6,417	4,591	129

Long Beach Unified	Long Beach	CA	Los Angeles	96,488	4,581	4,396	90
Jefferson (KY) County	Louisville	KY	Jefferson	93,516	5,374	5,213	172
Jefferson (CO) County	Golden	CO	Jefferson	88,460	4,724	5,155	166
Albuquerque Public Schools	Albuquerque	NM	Bernalillo	87,201	5,847	4,585	138
Polk County School District	Bartow	FL	Polk	81,207	4,851	3,615	142

Fresno Unified	Fresno	CA	Fresno	81,058	3,859	3,530	99
Fort Worth Independent School District	Fort Worth	TX	Tarrant	80,597	5,024	3,259	143
Austin Independent School District	Austin	TX	Travis	77,684	5,304	3,619	111
Virginia Beach City Public Schools	Virginia Beach	VA	Virginia Beach City	75,970	5,213	4,504	85
Anne Arundel County Public Schools	Annapolis	MD	Anne Arundel	75,081	4,440	4,344	119

Mesa Unified District	Mesa	AZ	Maricopa	74,808	3,698	4,053	89
Jordan School District	Sandy	UT	Salt Lake	73,494	3,072	4,901	81
Orleans Parish School Board	New Orleans	LA	Orleans	73,185	4,552	3,672	130
Denver County	Denver	CO	Denver	72,361	4,376	2,585	134
Cleveland City School District	Cleveland	OH	Cuyahoga	72,199	6,619	2,173	125

Granite School District	Salt Lake City	UT	Salt Lake	72,082	3,423	4,337	98
Brevard County School District	Viera	FL	Brevard	71,781	3,914	3,630	109
Fulton County School District	Atlanta	GA	Fulton	69,841	4,639	3,520	77
District of Columbia Public Schools	Washington	DC	District of Columbia	68,449	4,951	3,043	165
Nashville-Davidson County School District	Nashville	TN	Davidson	67,689	4,700	2,801	123
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.
²Includes high school diploma recipients as well as other high school completers (e.g., certificates of attendance), but does not include high school equivalencies (GEDs).
NOTE: The universe for this table includes outlying areas, Bureau of Indian Affairs, and Department of Defense schools.
SOURCE: Data reported by states to U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data, "Public Elementary/Secondary School Universe Survey," 2001-02, Version 1a, and "Local Education Agency Universe Survey," 2001-02, Version 1a.

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