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Characteristics of the 100 Largest Public Elementary and Secondary School Districts in the United States: 2004–05
NCES 2008-335
April 2008

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Table A-13.  Number of public high school completers and the public school averaged freshman graduation rate in the 100 largest school districts in the United States and jurisdictions, by school district: School year 2003–04
 
Name of reporting district State Completers1 Averaged freshman graduation rate2
Total Diploma Other completers
Reporting districts3  †  520,117 503,415 16,702 70.2
   
New York City Public Schools  NY  — — — —
Los Angeles Unified  CA  29,621 29,621 † 54.7
Puerto Rico Department of Education  PR  31,946 30,083 1,863 64.8
City of Chicago School District  IL  16,745 16,745 † 54.6
Dade County School District  FL  18,599 17,256 1,343 57.2
   
Clark County School District  NV  11,389 9,876 1,513 55.6
Broward County School District  FL  14,192 13,212 980 69.2
Houston Independent School District  TX  8,520 8,520 † 57.3
Hillsborough County School District  FL  9,380 8,999 381 70.4
Philadelphia City School District  PA  10,331 10,331 † 59.9
   
Hawaii Department of Education  HI  10,501 10,324 177 72.6
Palm Beach County School District  FL  9,313 8,405 908 65.9
Orange County School District  FL  8,478 8,274 204 66.3
Fairfax County Public Schools  VA  11,021 10,814 207 89.8
Dallas Independent School District  TX  7,080 7,080 † 60.2
   
Detroit City School District  MI  4,975 4,975 0 41.8
Montgomery County Public Schools  MD  9,108 8,982 126 86.7
Prince George's County Public Schools  MD  7,663 7,618 45 74.3
Gwinnett County School District  GA  7,204 6,706 498 75.0
San Diego City Unified  CA  6,360 6,360 † 61.8
   
Duval County School District  FL  6,225 5,836 389 58.7
Memphis City School District  TN  5,099 4,426 673 52.7
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools  NC  5,469 5,403 66 65.0
Wake County Schools  NC  6,155 6,088 67 82.5
Pinellas County School District  FL  6,053 5,681 372 56.5
   
Baltimore County Public Schools  MD  7,485 7,391 94 87.8
Cobb County School District  GA  5,928 5,612 316 75.6
De Kalb County School District  GA  5,318 4,499 819 60.4
Jefferson County  KY  5,171 5,114 57 66.7
Long Beach Unified  CA  4,785 4,785 † 69.4
   
Milwaukee School District  WI  — — — —
Albuquerque Public Schools  NM  4,577 4,525 52 63.3
Baltimore City Public School System  MD  3,779 3,643 136 48.0
Jefferson County R-1  CO  5,849 5,796 53 79.4
Polk County School District  FL  4,591 4,185 406 64.3
   
Fresno Unified  CA  3,889 3,889 † 62.6
Austin Independent School District  TX  3,733 3,733 † 65.6
Fort Worth Independent School District  TX  3,744 3,744 † 64.1
Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District  TX  4,578 4,578 † 91.3
Fulton County School District  GA  4,126 3,790 336 73.0
   
Jordan School District  UT  4,922 4,922 0 85.9
Virginia Beach City Public Schools  VA  4,716 4,599 117 73.2
Mesa Unified District  AZ  4,254 4,210 44 73.8
Brevard County School District  FL  4,462 4,346 116 74.7
Northside Independent School District  TX  4,127 4,127 † 80.1
   
Anne Arundel County Public Schools  MD  4,774 4,750 24 78.4
Nashville-Davidson County School District  TN  3,667 3,193 474 66.0
Denver County 1  CO  3,350 3,205 145 65.3
Lee County School District  FL  3,545 3,289 256 74.7
Granite School District  UT  3,916 3,916 0 72.6
   
Guilford County Schools  NC  3,848 3,810 38 76.0
Seminole County School District  FL  3,861 3,705 156 71.9
Prince William County Public Schools  VA  3,584 3,529 55 80.5
Volusia County School District  FL  3,775 3,604 171 72.5
Greenville County School District  SC  3,345 3,115 230 64.6
   
Orleans Parish School Board  LA  3,625 3,442 183 72.4
Cleveland City School District  OH  2,508 2,508 † 46.8
Mobile County School District  AL  3,178 2,972 206 60.6
Washoe County School District  NV  2,940 2,576 364 57.9
El Paso Independent School District  TX  3,412 3,412 † 67.0
   
Fort Bend Independent School District  TX  4,286 4,286 † 90.0
District of Columbia Public Schools  DC  3,017 2,741 276 65.7
Arlington Independent School District  TX  3,343 3,343 † 73.8
Santa Ana Unified  CA  2,903 2,903 † 74.7
Tucson Unified District  AZ  3,546 3,546 0 74.6
   
Pasco County School District  FL  2,914 2,860 54 69.8
Columbus City School District  OH  2,724 2,724 † 55.7
San Bernardino City Unified  CA  2,138 2,138 † 53.8
Davis School District  UT  3,694 3,690 4 81.0
Elk Grove Unified  CA  3,110 3,110 † 87.0
   
Boston School District  MA  3,255 3,255 0 73.0
North East Independent School District  TX  3,465 3,465 † 87.1
San Francisco Unified  CA  3,747 3,747 † 78.0
San Antonio Independent School District  TX  2,594 2,594 † 60.3
Aldine Independent School District  TX  2,338 2,338 † 61.6
   
Chesterfield County Public Schools  VA  3,725 3,695 30 87.9
Garland Independent School District  TX  3,065 3,065 † 76.8
Knox County School District  TN  3,129 2,933 196 73.9
Cumberland County Schools  NC  3,207 3,184 23 73.4
Alpine School District  UT  3,300 3,295 5 95.2
   
Plano Independent School District  TX  3,074 3,074 † 86.3
Sacramento City Unified  CA  2,369 2,369 † 61.2
Clayton County  GA  2,212 1,891 321 50.3
Jefferson Parish School Board  LA  2,144 2,108 36 58.0
Atlanta City School District  GA  2,291 2,034 257 49.1
   
Capistrano Unified  CA  2,736 2,736 † 85.6
San Juan Unified  CA  3,826 3,826 † 93.8
Garden Grove Unified  CA  2,592 2,592 † 79.7
Anchorage School District  AK  2,693 2,621 72 69.9
Oakland Unified  CA  1,592 1,592 † 42.3
   
Forsyth County Schools  NC  2,527 2,496 31 75.5
Wichita  KS  2,241 2,241 † 61.9
Howard County Public Schools System  MD  3,184 3,164 20 90.3
Cherry Creek 5  CO  3,101 3,101 0 93.4
Portland School District 1J  OR  2,991 2,641 350 66.7
   
Osceola County School District  FL  2,378 2,134 244 74.1
Pasadena Independent School District  TX  2,030 2,030 † 65.8
Brownsville Independent School District  TX  2,164 2,164 † 70.9
Seattle School District 1  WA  2,813 2,810 3 80.3
Henrico County Public Schools  VA  2,870 2,750 120 86.4
— Not available. New York and Wisconsin did not report diploma recipient or other high school completer data.
† Not applicable.
1 Includes high school diploma recipients as well as other high school completers (e.g., certificates of attendance), but not high school equivalencies (e.g., GEDs). Total completers may be different than reported in the CCD state-level file.
2 Averaged freshman graduation rate (AFGR) is an estimate of the percentage of an entering freshman class graduating in four years. For 2003–04, it equals the total number of high school diploma recipients in 2003–04 divided by the average membership of the 8th-grade class in 1999–2000, the 9th-grade class in 2000–01, and the 10th-grade class in 2001–02. Ungraded students were allocated to individual grades proportional to each state's enrollment in those grades.
3 Totals do not include districts where data were not available.
NOTE: Data 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 the Department of Defense dependents schools (overseas and domestic). High school completers for each year are reported on the following year's agency file (e.g., 2003–04 completers are reported on the 2004–05 agency file).
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "Local Education Agency Universe Survey," 2004–05, Version 1c.

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