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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 D-4.  Selected statistics for the 100 largest school districts in the United States and jurisdictions: School year 1994–95
 
Name of reported district City State County Number of students Number of full-time-equivalent (FTE) teachers1 Number of 1993–94 completers2 Number of schools3
Total † † † 10,252,740 540,267 458,380 14,595
               
NYC-Chancellor's Office New York NY Kings 1,022,534 57,214 35,531 1,097
Los Angeles Unified Los Angeles CA Los Angeles 632,973 25,278 25,349 643
Puerto Rico Department Of Education Hato Rey PR San Juan 621,121 39,933 51,762 1,566
City Of Chicago School District 29 Chicago IL Cook 407,241 22,418 15,007 604
Dade County School District  Miami FL Dade 321,615 15,515 14,798 319
 
Philadelphia City School District  Philadelphia PA Philadelphia 208,710 10,669 8,486 258
Houston Independent School District  Houston TX Harris 202,149 11,627 6,719 263
Broward County School District  Fort Lauderdale FL Broward 199,255 9,697 7,364 186
Hawaii Department Of Education  Honolulu HI Honolulu 183,869 10,241 9,850 242
Detroit City School District  Detroit MI Wayne 170,855 7,703 5,779 258
 
Clark County School District  Las Vegas NV Clark 156,348 7,938 6,254 198
Dallas Independent School District  Dallas TX Dallas 145,019 8,928 4,673 200
Hillsborough County School District  Tampa FL Hillsborough 138,575 8,016 5,786 172
Fairfax Cnty Public Schools  Fairfax VA Fairfax 137,646 — 8,904 203
San Diego City Unified  San Diego CA San Diego 128,555 5,518 5,849 160
 
Palm Beach County School District  West Palm Beach FL Palm Beach 127,519 6,635 5,493 129
Duval County School District  Jacksonville FL Duval 121,362 5,950 4,616 155
Orange County School District  Orlando FL Orange 118,666 6,396 4,815 157
Prince Georges County Public Schools  Upper Marlboro MD Prince George's 118,478 6,566 6,615 176
Montgomery County Public Schools  Rockville MD Montgomery 117,082 6,898 6,463 179
 
Baltimore City Public School System  Baltimore MD Baltimore City 113,428 6,149 3,319 180
Memphis City School District  Memphis TN Shelby 108,643 5,657 4,226 164
Pinellas County School District  Largo FL Pinellas 102,170 5,796 4,863 147
Baltimore County Public Schools  Towson MD Baltimore 99,231 5,759 5,200 157
Milwaukee School District  Milwaukee WI Milwaukee 98,009 5,690 3,066 150
 
Jefferson County  Louisville KY Jefferson 93,407 5,438 5,370 148
Albuquerque Public Schools  Albuquerque NM Bernalillo 89,001 5,491 4,367 126
Orleans Parish School Board  New Orleans LA Orleans 86,028 4,603 2,998 121
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools  Charlotte NC Mecklenburg 86,023 5,135 3,945 123
Jefferson County R-1  Golden CO Jefferson 84,018 3,935 4,206 142
 
De Kalb County School District  Decatur GA De Kalb 83,722 5,226 4,170 106
Cobb County School District  Marietta GA Cobb 80,479 4,800 4,032 86
District Of Columbia Public Schools  Washington DC District Of Columbia 80,450 6,110 3,312 175
Gwinnett County School District  Lawrenceville GA Gwinnett 80,220 4,693 3,868 70
Granite District  Salt Lake City UT Salt Lake 78,590 3,286 4,338 99
 
Long Beach Unified  Long Beach CA Los Angeles 78,127 3,126 3,361 80
Fresno Unified  Fresno CA Fresno 77,023 3,334 3,143 90
Wake County Schools  Raleigh NC Wake 76,922 4,666 3,725 95
Virginia Beach City Public Schools  Virginia Beach VA Virginia Beach City 75,926 — 3,546 81
Cleveland City School District  Cleveland OH Cuyahoga 73,803 4,355 — 129
 
Austin Independent School District  Austin TX Travis 73,191 4,765 2,704 103
Fort Worth Independent School District  Fort Worth TX Tarrant 72,342 4,106 2,252 127
Nashville-Davidson County School District  Nashville TN Davidson 71,574 4,110 2,694 121
Polk County School District  Bartow FL Polk 71,297 3,906 3,005 117
Jordan District  Sandy UT Salt Lake 70,761 2,825 3,993 70
 
Anne Arundel County Public Schools  Annapolis MD Anne Arundel 70,588 3,951 3,706 111
Mesa Unified School District  Mesa AZ Maricopa 69,160 3,241 3,436 71
Columbus City School District  Columbus OH Franklin 65,809 4,280 1,215 144
El Paso Independent School District  El Paso TX El Paso 64,880 3,990 3,021 81
Mobile County School District  Mobile AL Mobile 64,645 3,548 3,188 88
 
Brevard County School District  Melbourne FL Brevard 64,595 3,482 2,785 87
Denver County 1 Denver CO Denver 62,773 3,510 2,531 112
Tucson Unified District  Tucson AZ Pima 62,624 2,996 2,475 110
Boston School District  Boston MA Suffolk 61,489 3,932 3,023 117
East Baton Rouge Parish School Board4 Baton Rouge LA East Baton Rouge 61,460 3,827 2,893 103
 
San Francisco Unified  San Francisco CA San Francisco 61,340 2,967 3,613 109
San Antonio Independent School District  San Antonio TX Bexar 60,419 3,752 2,029 110
Atlanta City School District  Atlanta GA Fulton 59,560 3,643 2,263 109
Davis District  Farmington UT Davis 58,122 2,330 3,632 70
Jefferson Parish School Board  Harvey LA Jefferson 56,790 3,249 2,226 83
 
Northside Independent School District  San Antonio TX Bexar 56,117 3,533 2,817 74
Guilford County Public Schools  Greensboro NC Guilford 55,688 3,549 3,000 93
Volusia County School District  Deland FL Volusia 55,530 3,007 2,431 72
Portland School District IJ  Portland OR Multnomah 54,849 3,041 2,712 101
Greenville County School District  Greenville SC Greenville 54,064 3,151 2,786 91
 
Seminole County School District  Sanford FL Seminole 53,366 2,597 2,729 55
Fulton County School District  Atlanta GA Fulton 53,143 3,333 2,362 55
Cincinnati City School District4 Cincinnati OH Hamilton 52,852 3,091 1,848 83
Knox County School District  Knoxville TN Knox 52,285 2,946 2,610 88
Oakland Unified  Oakland CA Alameda 51,706 2,268 1,793 90
 
Arlington Independent School District  Arlington TX Tarrant 50,293 2,916 2,291 60
Cumberland County Schools  Fayetteville NC Cumberland 49,995 2,880 2,656 70
Caddo Parish School Board4 Shreveport LA Caddo 49,609 2,870 2,203 75
Lee County School District  Fort Myers FL Lee 49,413 2,459 2,234 71
Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District  Houston TX Harris 49,364 3,017 2,297 48
 
Sacramento City Unified  Sacramento CA Sacramento 49,282 1,966 2,000 75
Santa Ana Unified  Santa Ana CA Orange 48,870 1,835 1,932 46
Chesterfield Cnty Public Schools  Chesterfield VA Chesterfield 48,050 — 2,620 55
Anchorage School District  Anchorage AK Anchorage 47,655 2,432 2,173 83
Buffalo City School District4 Buffalo NY Erie 47,595 3,337 2,169 74
 
Ysleta Independent School District4 El Paso TX El Paso 47,572 2,953 2,728 62
San Juan Unified  Carmichael CA Sacramento 47,080 1,981 2,738 87
Seattle  Seattle WA King 46,565 2,430 — 116
Newark City4 Newark NJ Essex 46,541 3,505 1,502 79
Indianapolis Public Schools4 Indianapolis IN Marion 46,038 2,923 1,357 97
 
Wichita  Wichita KS Sedgwick 46,002 2,785 2,172 104
Washoe County School District  Reno NV Washoe 45,752 2,574 1,837 79
Prince William County Public Schools  Manassas VA Prince William 45,675 — 2,449 66
Minneapolis4 Minneapolis MN Hennepin 45,187 2,745 1,572 141
Escambia County School District4 Pensacola FL Escambia 44,765 2,562 2,311 70
 
Charleston County School District4 Charleston SC Charleston 44,669 2,743 1,810 70
San Bernardino City Unified  San Bernardino CA San Bernardino 44,250 1,837 1,476 57
Shelby County School District4 Memphis TN Shelby 43,843 2,011 2,161 41
Aldine Independent School District  Houston TX Harris 43,818 2,895 1,508 45
Omaha Public Schools4 Omaha NE Douglas 43,577 2,675 2,318 83
 
North East Independent School District  San Antonio TX Bexar 43,484 2,708 2,388 52
Fort Bend Independent School District  Sugar Land TX Fort Bend 43,115 2,329 1,802 41
Garland Independent School District  Garland TX Dallas 42,433 2,364 1,804 59
Garden Grove Unified  Garden Grove CA Orange 42,423 1,634 2,393 63
Alpine District  American Fork UT Utah 42,014 1,590 2,539 47
— Not available.
† Not applicable.
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.
2 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).
3 Totals for number of schools may differ from published estimates since they exclude closed schools.
4 School district was no longer among the 100 largest public school districts in the 2004–05 school year.
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," 1994–95, and "Local Education Agency Universe Survey," 1994–95.

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