Table 8. 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: By school district, school year 2001

Table 8. 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: By school district, school year 2001–02

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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
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Name of reporting district	State	Schools having membership	Percentage of reported membership	Percentage of schools reporting	Amer Indian/ Alaska Native	Asian/ Pacific Islander	Hispanic	Black, non- Hispanic	White, non- Hispanic
Total		15,631	54.3	95.1	0.6	7.0	32.5	28.7	31.3

New York City Public Schools	NY	1,213	73.4	100.0	0.4	12.2	37.9	34.4	15.2
Los Angeles Unified	CA	663	72.8	100.0	0.3	6.3	71.4	12.4	9.6
Puerto Rico Department of Education²	PR	1,530	80.8	99.9	0.0	0.0	100.0	0.0	0.0
City of Chicago School District	IL	597	81.9	92.5	0.2	3.2	35.8	51.3	9.5
Dade County School District	FL	354	59.9	100.0	0.1	1.2	57.6	30.3	10.8

Broward County School District	FL	243	38.1	99.6	0.3	2.9	21.2	36.4	39.3
Clark County School District	NV	274	38.2	79.6	0.8	7.0	30.6	13.9	47.7
Houston Independent School District	TX	299	72.7	100.0	0.1	3.0	56.1	31.3	9.6
Philadelphia City School District	PA	263	71.0	100.0	0.2	5.0	13.5	65.4	15.9
Hawaii Department of Education	HI	279	41.9	99.6	0.4	72.3	4.5	2.4	20.3

Hillsborough County School District	FL	213	48.8	100.0	0.3	2.2	22.9	24.0	50.5
Detroit City School District	MI	261	70.3	98.5	0.3	0.9	4.5	90.8	3.5
Dallas Independent School District	TX	220	74.5	100.0	0.4	1.3	56.8	34.3	7.2
Fairfax County Public Schools	VA	184	19.2	100.0	0.3	16.0	14.0	10.5	59.0
Palm Beach County School District	FL	191	41.3	100.0	0.5	2.2	19.0	30.0	48.3

Orange County School District	FL	180	43.8	99.4	0.4	3.6	24.5	28.9	42.6
San Diego City Unified	CA	182	61.4	100.0	0.6	17.6	39.7	15.6	26.6
Montgomery County Public Schools	MD	192	21.6	100.0	0.3	13.9	17.2	21.1	47.4
Prince Georges County Public Schools	MD	189	42.3	100.0	0.5	3.2	8.6	77.4	10.3
Duval County School District	FL	175	42.8	100.0	0.2	2.8	4.1	43.5	49.4

Gwinnett County School District	GA	86	20.9	100.0	0.1	9.3	12.2	18.1	60.2
Memphis City School District	TN	169	—	0.0	—	—	—	—	—
Pinellas County School District	FL	160	35.7	100.0	0.3	3.1	5.6	19.1	71.9
Baltimore County Public Schools	MD	162	27.3	100.0	0.5	4.0	2.0	33.7	59.7
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	NC	137	37.3	98.5	0.5	4.4	6.8	43.6	44.7

Wake County Schools	NC	120	18.7	100.0	0.3	4.1	5.6	28.5	61.5
Cobb County School District	GA	96	22.0	100.0	0.2	3.6	8.1	25.0	63.0
Baltimore City Public School System	MD	176	67.4	100.0	0.3	0.6	0.9	88.0	10.2
Milwaukee School District	WI	208	75.4	76.9	1.0	4.3	16.1	60.3	18.3
De Kalb County School District	GA	129	55.9	100.0	0.1	3.8	6.5	77.5	12.1

Long Beach Unified	CA	90	66.9	100.0	0.3	16.1	46.8	19.5	17.3
Jefferson (KY) County	KY	161	50.9	99.4	0.1	1.3	1.8	34.3	62.5
Jefferson (CO) County	CO	164	14.4	100.0	0.9	3.3	13.1	1.6	81.1
Albuquerque Public Schools	NM	138	42.3	100.0	4.7	2.0	50.6	3.8	38.9
Polk County School District	FL	141	53.2	100.0	0.2	1.0	13.2	23.2	62.5

Fresno Unified	CA	99	73.7	100.0	0.7	17.8	50.5	11.8	19.2
Fort Worth Independent School District	TX	138	60.1	100.0	0.2	1.9	48.1	29.7	20.1
Austin Independent School District	TX	111	50.2	100.0	0.2	2.6	49.6	15.0	32.5
Virginia Beach City Public Schools	VA	83	25.2	100.0	0.3	5.6	4.0	28.0	62.0
Anne Arundel County Public Schools	MD	117	15.8	100.0	0.2	2.9	2.5	20.1	74.3

Mesa Unified District	AZ	89	—	0.0	3.7	2.1	25.2	3.6	65.4
Jordan School District	UT	81	17.8	97.5	0.4	2.0	5.2	0.5	91.8
Orleans Parish School Board	LA	125	77.3	100.0	0.1	2.0	1.2	93.0	3.8
Denver County	CO	134	61.6	100.0	1.2	3.3	54.9	19.7	20.9
Cleveland City School District	OH	124	79.1	93.5	0.4	0.7	8.9	71.3	18.8

Granite School District	UT	98	34.2	95.9	1.2	6.5	16.1	1.4	74.8
Brevard County School District	FL	108	25.4	100.0	0.3	1.6	4.9	14.1	79.1
Fulton County School District	GA	77	31.9	100.0	0.1	5.9	7.4	39.0	47.5
District of Columbia Public Schools	DC	165	60.9	100.0	#	1.6	9.4	84.4	4.6
Nashville-Davidson County School District	TN	123	—	0.0	—	—	—	—	—
—Not available.
#Rounds to zero.
¹Free and reduced-price lunch totals do not include AZ and TN districts. 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.
²Puerto Rico reported all students in one category of race/ethnicity.
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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