Table 3. Number and percentage of districts and students by district membership size for regular public elementary and secondary school districts in the United States and jurisdictions: School year 2003

Characteristics of the 100 Largest Public Elementary and Secondary School Districts in the United States: 2003–04

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Table 3. Number and percentage of districts and students by district membership size for regular public elementary and secondary school districts in the United States and jurisdictions: School year 2003–04

District size (number of students)	Number	Percentage	Cumulative percentage	Number	Percentage	Cumulative percentage	Districts	Students
	Districts			Students			Cumulative totals
Total	14,472	100.0	†	48,347,323	100.0	†	†	†

100,000 or more	27	0.2	0	6,623,862	13.7	13.7	27	6,623,862
25,000 to 99,999	231	1.6	2	9,932,402	20.5	34.2	258	16,556,264
10,000 to 24,999	597	4.1	6	9,084,550	18.8	53.0	855	25,640,814
7,500 to 9,999	344	2.4	8	2,972,465	6.1	59.2	1,199	28,613,279
5,000 to 7,499	714	4.9	13	4,370,280	9.0	68.2	1,913	32,983,559

2,500 to 4,999	2,031	14.0	27	7,160,367	14.8	83.0	3,944	40,143,926
2,000 to 2,499	810	5.6	33	1,813,269	3.8	86.8	4,754	41,957,195
1,500 to 1,999	1,046	7.2	40	1,816,381	3.8	90.5	5,800	43,773,576
1,000 to 1,499	1,565	10.8	51	1,928,475	4.0	94.5	7,365	45,702,051
800 to 999	745	5.2	56	670,820	1.4	95.9	8,110	46,372,871

600 to 799	983	6.8	63	684,743	1.4	97.3	9,093	47,057,614
450 to 599	882	6.1	69	461,249	1.0	98.3	9,975	47,518,863
300 to 449	1,099	7.6	77	406,350	0.8	99.1	11,074	47,925,213
150 to 299	1,407	9.7	86	310,892	0.6	99.8	12,481	48,236,105
1 to 149	1,587	11.0	97	111,218	0.2	100.0	14,068	48,347,323

Zero¹	51	0.4	98	0	0.0	100.0	14,119	48,347,323
Not Applicable	353	2.4	100	†	†	100.0	14,472	48,347,323
† Not applicable.
¹ Membership may be zero in two situations: (1) if the school district does not operate schools, but pays tuition for its students to attend a neighboring district; and (2) if the district provides services for students who are accounted for in some other district(s).
NOTE: The universe for this table includes all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, four outlying areas (American Samoa, Guam, Northern Marianas, and the U.S. Virgin Islands), the Bureau of Indian Affairs, and the Department of Defense schools. Not included in this table are local supervisory unions, regional education service agencies, and state and federally operated agencies. The number of regular districts presented in this table differs from that presented in table 1, which represents all districts. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.
SOURCE: Data reported by states to U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "Local Education Agency Universe Survey," 2003–04, Version 1b.

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