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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-16.  Number of students in public elementary and secondary schools in the 100 largest school districts in the United States and jurisdictions, by grade range and school district: School year 2004–05
 
Name of reporting district State Total numberof students1 Grade range 
PK to 6 7 to 9 10 to 12 Ungraded
Total  †  11,247,386 6,190,602 2,743,560 2,154,653 158,571
   
New York City Public Schools  NY  986,967 493,709 235,481 175,609 82,168
Los Angeles Unified  CA  741,283 408,804 177,790 122,601 32,088
Puerto Rico Department of Education  PR  575,648 305,769 134,598 115,288 19,993
City of Chicago School District  IL  426,812 256,352 99,734 70,726 †
Dade County School District  FL  365,478 196,813 94,536 74,129 †
   
Clark County School District  NV  283,221 160,676 70,749 51,426 370
Broward County School District  FL  273,346 150,632 67,283 55,431 †
Houston Independent School District  TX  208,919 131,560 45,149 32,210 †
Hillsborough County School District  FL  188,703 107,212 45,504 35,987 †
Philadelphia City School District  PA  186,051 100,537 46,800 36,974 1,740
   
Hawaii Department of Education  HI  183,185 100,404 45,242 37,321 218
Palm Beach County School District  FL  174,102 94,491 46,102 33,509 †
Orange County School District  FL  172,485 94,942 41,838 35,705 †
Fairfax County Public Schools  VA  164,765 86,276 39,660 38,829 †
Dallas Independent School District  TX  157,953 96,778 36,984 24,191 †
   
Detroit City School District  MI  141,402 75,674 40,910 21,511 3,307
Montgomery County Public Schools  MD  139,393 73,099 34,100 32,194 †
Prince George's County Public Schools  MD  136,095 71,998 36,527 27,570 †
Gwinnett County School District  GA  135,392 76,074 33,373 25,945 †
San Diego City Unified  CA  134,709 75,312 31,744 26,428 1,225
   
Duval County School District  FL  127,483 72,993 32,358 22,132 †
Memphis City School District  TN  121,028 66,551 29,555 22,203 2,719
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools  NC  118,765 66,477 30,269 22,019 †
Wake County Schools  NC  114,568 64,101 28,013 22,454 †
Pinellas County School District  FL  112,820 58,865 30,096 23,859 †
   
Baltimore County Public Schools  MD  107,701 56,633 26,946 24,122 †
Cobb County School District  GA  103,935 55,981 25,831 22,123 †
De Kalb County School District  GA  99,986 55,896 25,354 18,736 †
Jefferson County  KY  91,822 48,264 22,344 18,149 3,065
Long Beach Unified  CA  96,319 52,468 23,260 20,591 †
   
Milwaukee School District  WI  93,654 53,569 23,307 16,778 †
Albuquerque Public Schools  NM  93,341 51,528 22,968 18,845 †
Baltimore City Public School System  MD  87,521 48,190 23,855 15,476 †
Jefferson County R-1  CO  86,868 45,026 21,144 20,698 †
Polk County School District  FL  86,278 48,769 21,091 16,418 †
   
Fresno Unified  CA  80,760 44,571 20,018 16,165 6
Austin Independent School District  TX  79,783 48,713 17,356 13,714 †
Fort Worth Independent School District  TX  79,769 48,392 18,044 13,333 †
Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District  TX  79,314 44,970 18,506 15,838 †
Fulton County School District  GA  75,891 42,242 18,244 15,405 †
   
Jordan School District  UT  75,548 40,735 17,403 17,410 †
Virginia Beach City Public Schools  VA  75,515 39,377 19,648 16,490 †
Mesa Unified District  AZ  75,471 42,867 17,375 15,229 †
Brevard County School District  FL  74,364 39,207 19,163 15,994 †
Northside Independent School District  TX  74,649 42,841 17,792 14,016 †
   
Anne Arundel County Public Schools  MD  73,736 38,477 18,802 16,457 †
Nashville-Davidson County School District  TN  72,807 40,870 17,062 12,923 1,952
Denver County 1  CO  72,410 44,095 17,394 10,921 †
Lee County School District  FL  70,871 39,338 17,692 13,841 †
Granite School District  UT  68,761 37,383 16,120 15,258 †
   
Guilford County Schools  NC  68,220 37,110 16,977 14,133 †
Seminole County School District  FL  66,342 35,208 16,920 14,214 †
Prince William County Public Schools  VA  66,298 35,964 16,744 13,590 †
Volusia County School District  FL  65,025 34,461 16,926 13,638 †
Greenville County School District  SC  65,264 36,598 16,314 12,352 †
   
Orleans Parish School Board  LA  64,920 36,874 16,194 11,852 †
Cleveland City School District  OH  64,286 35,871 17,169 11,246 †
Mobile County School District  AL  63,987 35,910 15,960 12,117 †
Washoe County School District  NV  63,322 34,799 16,217 12,159 147
El Paso Independent School District  TX  63,216 35,802 15,432 11,982 †
   
Fort Bend Independent School District  TX  62,853 32,321 15,857 14,675 †
District of Columbia Public Schools  DC  62,306 36,157 12,500 8,960 4,689
Arlington Independent School District  TX  62,267 35,794 14,999 11,474 †
Santa Ana Unified  CA  61,693 36,273 14,538 10,871 11
Tucson Unified District  AZ  61,204 34,443 14,618 12,097 46
   
Pasco County School District  FL  60,617 33,508 15,852 11,257 †
Columbus City School District  OH  60,660 34,741 15,933 9,986 †
San Bernardino City Unified  CA  59,105 33,986 15,766 9,353 †
Davis School District  UT  58,953 31,988 13,431 13,534 †
Elk Grove Unified  CA  58,670 31,376 14,153 12,896 245
   
Boston School District  MA  57,742 30,125 14,742 12,875 †
North East Independent School District  TX  57,599 31,974 14,055 11,570 †
San Francisco Unified  CA  57,144 29,225 13,951 13,968 †
San Antonio Independent School District  TX  56,639 34,642 12,721 9,276 †
Aldine Independent School District  TX  56,375 34,431 13,322 8,622 †
   
Chesterfield County Public Schools  VA  56,242 29,580 14,150 12,512 †
Garland Independent School District  TX  56,236 31,676 13,265 11,295 †
Knox County School District  TN  54,247 28,486 12,362 11,750 1,649
Cumberland County Schools  NC  53,346 29,195 12,943 11,208 †
Alpine School District  UT  52,920 29,742 11,900 11,278 †
   
Plano Independent School District  TX  52,406 29,772 12,150 10,484 †
Sacramento City Unified  CA  51,420 28,512 12,328 10,580 †
Clayton County  GA  51,405 28,818 13,671 8,916 †
Jefferson Parish School Board  LA  51,403 30,227 12,492 8,684 †
Atlanta City School District  GA  51,377 30,744 11,825 8,808 †
   
Capistrano Unified  CA  50,615 27,743 12,497 10,375 †
San Juan Unified  CA  50,089 24,156 12,122 13,811 †
Garden Grove Unified  CA  50,030 28,051 11,783 10,045 151
Anchorage School District  AK  49,545 26,373 12,216 10,956 †
Oakland Unified  CA  49,214 28,393 11,915 8,457 449
   
Forsyth County Schools  NC  48,785 26,950 12,055 9,780 †
Wichita  KS  48,639 26,243 10,603 9,766 2,027
Howard County Public Schools System  MD  48,219 25,149 12,105 10,965 †
Cherry Creek 5  CO  47,818 25,755 11,534 10,529 †
Portland School District 1J  OR  46,078 25,803 10,524 9,445 306
   
Osceola County School District  FL  47,340 25,243 12,165 9,932 †
Pasadena Independent School District  TX  47,355 28,587 11,569 7,199 †
Brownsville Independent School District  TX  46,846 28,561 11,076 7,209 †
Seattle School District 1  WA  46,746 25,673 10,229 10,844 †
Henrico County Public Schools  VA  46,711 25,088 11,676 9,947 †
† Not applicable. For grade range counts, district does not classify students as ungraded.
1 Student distribution by grade range is based on grade-level membership in the schools of the school district. Grade-level membership may not be available for all students. Therefore, this count may differ from the count of students receiving educational services from the school district reported in table A-1 and from the count of students by type of school reported in table A-10.
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).
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "Public Elementary/Secondary School Universe Survey," 2004–05, Version 1b, and "Local Education Agency Universe Survey," 2004–05, Version 1c.

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