Table 4. Number of public elementary and secondary students, full-time-equivalent (FTE) teachers, and schools in all districts and the 100 largest school districts in the United States and jurisdictions: School years 1994–95 and 2004–05

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Characteristics of the 100 Largest Public Elementary and Secondary School Districts in the United States: 2004–05

NCES 2008-335
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Table 4. Number of public elementary and secondary students, full-time-equivalent (FTE) teachers, and schools in all districts and the 100 largest school districts in the United States and jurisdictions: School years 1994–95 and 2004–05
District characteristic	1994–95				2004–05				Percent change (1994–95 to 2004–05)
District characteristic	All districts	100 largest districts	100 largest districts as a percent of national total		All districts	100 largest districts	100 largest districts as a percent of national total		All districts	100 largest districts
Students	44,810,788	10,252,740	22.9		49,588,626	11,270,624	22.7		10.7	9.9
FTE teachers¹	2,596,266	540,267	20.8		3,145,078	614,484	19.5		21.1	13.7
Schools²	88,099	14,595	16.6		98,579	16,328	16.6		11.9	11.9
¹ Full-time equivalent (FTE) is the amount of time required to perform an assignment stated as a proportion of a full-time position. It is computed by dividing the amount of time employed by the amount of time normally required for a full-time position. FTE is not a head count; for example, 2 half-time employees represent 1 FTE.
² Totals for number of schools may differ from published estimates since for 1994–95, they exclude closed schools, and for 2004–05, they exclude closed, inactive, and future schools. Additionally, because inactive and future schools were not distinguished in 1994–95, and therefore cannot be excluded, the school totals for 1994–95 and 2004–05 are not directly comparable.
NOTE: Data for 2004–05 include all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, four outlying areas (American Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and the U.S. Virgin Islands), the Bureau of Indian Education, and Department of Defense dependents schools (overseas and domestic). In 1994–95, data for the Bureau of Indian Education, and Department of Defense dependents schools (domestic) were not collected, and therefore are not included. The Bureau of Indian Education and Department of Defense dependents schools (domestic) account for 0.1 percent of students, 0.1 percent of teachers, and 0.3 percent of schools among all districts in 2004–05.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "Public Elementary/Secondary School Universe Survey," 1994–95 and 2004–05, Version 1b,"Local Education Agency Universe Survey," 1994–95 and 2004–05, Version 1c, and "State Nonfiscal Survey of Public Elementary/Secondary Education," 1994–95, Version 1b, and 2004–05, Version 1e.

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