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Characteristics of the 100 Largest Public Elementary and Secondary Districts in the United States: 2001-2002 - Table D. Number of students, teachers, and schools in the United States and jurisdictions in the 100 largest school districts: School years 1991-92 and 2001-02

Table D. Number of students, teachers, and schools in the United States and jurisdictions in the 100 largest school districts: School years 1991-92 and 2001-02

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  1991-921 2001-021 Percentage change (1991-92 to 2001-02)
All districts 100 largest
districts
100 largest
districts as
a percentage
of national total
All districts 100 largest districts 100 largest
districts as
a percentage
of national total
All districts 100 largest districts
Students
42,800,693 9,823,729 23.0 48,520,706 11,168,631 23.0 13.4 13.7
Teachers
(full-time equivalent)
2,297,463 521,628 22.7 3,051,583 662,162 21.7 32.8 26.9
Schools
86,287 14,235 16.5 96,193 15,838 16.5 11.5 11.3
1 Data for 2001-02, include outlying areas, Bureau of Indian Affairs, and Department of Defense schools. In 1991-92 these jurisdictions were not collected, and therefore not included. The addition of Bureau of Indian Affairs and Department of Defense schools accounts for 0.3 percent more students, 0.3 percent more teachers, and 0.4 percent more schools.
SOURCE: Data reported by states to U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data, "Local Education Agency Universe Survey," 1991-92 and 2001-02, Version 1a, and "State Nonfiscal Survey of Public Elementary/Secondary Education," 1991-92, Revised, and 2001-02, Version 1a.

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