Table A-9. Racial/ethnic composition as a percentage of public elementary and secondary school district membership and free and reduced-price lunch eligibility in the 100 largest school districts in the United States and jurisdictions, by school district: School year 2005

Characteristics of the 100 Largest Public Elementary and Secondary School Districts in the United States: 2005–06

NCES 2008-339
June 2008

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Table A-9. Racial/ethnic composition as a percentage of public elementary and secondary school district membership and free and reduced-price lunch eligibility in the 100 largest school districts in the United States and jurisdictions, by school district: School year 2005–06

Name of reporting district	State	Schools having member- ship	Race/ethnicity					Students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch¹
Name of reporting district	State	Schools having member- ship	American Indian/ Alaska Native	Asian/ Pacific Islander	Hispanic	Black, non-Hispanic	White, non-Hispanic	Percent of reported member- ship	Percent of schools reporting
Reporting districts²	†	16,255	0.5	7.2	35.2	27.7	29.4	50.8	90.5

New York City Public Schools	NY	1,407	0.5	13.4	39.1	32.8	14.3	73.6	100.0
Los Angeles Unified	CA	768	0.3	6.3	73.2	11.4	8.8	76.9	100.0
Puerto Rico Department of Education³	PR	1,515	0.0	0.0	100.0	0.0	0.0	—	—
City of Chicago School District 299	IL	625	0.1	3.3	38.5	49.8	8.3	74.2	100.0
Dade County School District	FL	384	0.1	1.1	61.1	27.9	9.8	61.2	100.0

Clark County School District	NV	312	0.8	8.5	36.8	14.4	39.5	45.5	99.7
Broward County School District	FL	277	0.2	3.2	25.3	37.9	33.5	41.5	100.0
Houston Independent School District	TX	303	0.1	3.1	58.3	30.0	8.5	80.2	100.0
Hillsborough County School District	FL	255	0.3	2.7	27.2	23.3	46.5	49.4	100.0
Philadelphia City School District	PA	270	0.2	5.6	15.7	65.2	13.3	71.4	100.0

Hawaii Department of Education	HI	284	0.6	72.7	4.5	2.3	19.8	40.5	100.0
Orange County School District	FL	204	0.4	4.1	30.0	28.4	37.1	46.3	100.0
Palm Beach County School District	FL	227	0.6	2.5	23.1	29.6	44.3	41.7	100.0
Fairfax County Public Schools	VA	191	0.3	18.4	16.7	11.4	53.3	19.4	100.0
Dallas Independent School District	TX	220	0.3	1.0	62.7	30.8	5.3	82.9	100.0

Gwinnett County	GA	103	0.1	10.4	19.6	25.9	44.1	37.2	100.0
Montgomery County Public Schools	MD	197	0.3	14.7	20.0	22.8	42.2	22.0	100.0
Prince George's County Public Schools	MD	200	0.5	2.9	14.0	76.3	6.3	43.2	100.0
Detroit City School District	MI	229	0.3	0.8	5.9	90.4	2.5	74.1	100.0
San Diego Unified	CA	211	0.5	16.5	43.5	13.9	25.6	59.4	100.0

Duval County School District	FL	175	0.2	3.5	6.0	44.8	45.6	41.7	100.0
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	NC	142	0.6	4.2	12.0	45.7	37.6	45.9	100.0
Wake County Schools	NC	137	0.3	4.7	9.2	30.5	55.3	28.2	100.0
Memphis City School District	TN	186	0.1	1.2	4.3	86.0	8.4	72.9	96.2
Pinellas County School District	FL	162	0.3	3.5	8.2	19.6	68.4	40.3	100.0

Baltimore County Public Schools	MD	163	0.5	4.7	3.3	39.3	52.3	33.2	100.0
Cobb County	GA	105	0.2	4.2	13.1	30.5	52.0	33.6	100.0
Dekalb County	GA	137	0.1	3.3	8.2	78.1	10.3	63.7	100.0
Jefferson County	KY	165	0.1	2.1	3.5	35.8	58.4	62.2	100.0
Albuquerque Public Schools	NM	163	5.0	2.4	54.6	4.0	34.0	39.7	100.0

Long Beach Unified	CA	90	0.3	14.5	50.2	18.1	16.9	68.5	100.0
Milwaukee	WI	230	0.8	4.5	20.0	58.3	16.3	72.4	100.0
Polk County School District	FL	146	0.2	1.3	19.3	21.8	57.4	57.6	100.0
Baltimore City Public Schools	MD	195	0.3	0.6	1.9	89.1	8.1	70.9	100.0
Jefferson County R-1	CO	159	1.1	3.6	17.2	1.9	76.3	23.4	100.0

Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District	TX	65	0.2	8.5	32.9	13.6	44.8	32.2	100.0
Austin Independent School District	TX	112	0.2	2.9	55.4	13.5	27.9	45.9	100.0
Fulton County	GA	89	0.1	7.5	9.9	42.0	40.5	36.8	100.0
Fort Worth Independent School District	TX	144	0.2	1.7	55.1	27.1	15.9	70.5	100.0
Fresno Unified	CA	104	0.8	16.0	56.5	11.3	15.5	81.5	100.0

Northside Independent School District	TX	91	0.3	2.9	61.2	8.0	27.6	49.1	100.0
Jordan District	UT	89	0.6	2.7	7.5	1.0	88.2	21.1	100.0
Lee County School District	FL	96	0.4	1.5	26.0	14.1	58.0	44.3	100.0
Brevard County School District	FL	108	0.3	1.9	7.2	14.4	76.3	30.0	100.0
Mesa Unified District	AZ	88	4.0	2.4	33.6	3.9	56.1	53.4	98.9

Virginia Beach City Public Schools	VA	81	0.5	6.4	5.3	28.6	59.4	26.1	100.0
Anne Arundel County Public Schools	MD	119	0.4	3.4	4.7	21.9	69.5	20.8	100.0
Nashville-Davidson County School District	TN	131	0.2	3.3	11.4	48.2	37.0	57.5	97.7
Denver County 1	CO	148	1.2	3.1	57.5	18.4	19.8	65.0	100.0
Guilford County Schools	NC	110	0.6	4.5	6.9	44.9	43.2	45.0	100.0

Prince William County Public Schools	VA	77	0.3	7.2	23.3	23.1	46.1	27.0	100.0
Greenville County School District	SC	92	0.2	2.0	7.7	27.8	62.3	38.7	100.0
Seminole County School District	FL	77	0.3	3.3	17.6	14.2	64.6	30.5	100.0
Granite District	UT	111	1.2	6.9	22.7	1.9	67.2	41.6	100.0
Fort Bend Independent School District	TX	58	0.2	19.1	21.3	32.3	27.2	30.7	100.0

Mobile County	AL	99	0.9	2.2	0.9	50.4	45.6	70.1	100.0
Volusia County School District	FL	93	0.2	1.4	14.0	15.1	69.3	41.8	100.0
Washoe County School District	NV	98	2.5	6.2	30.1	3.8	57.3	32.8	100.0
El Paso Independent School District	TX	87	0.3	1.4	81.0	4.7	12.6	69.6	100.0
Arlington Independent School District	TX	76	0.5	6.9	33.4	24.3	34.8	57.4	100.0

Pasco County School District	FL	73	0.3	1.7	11.6	4.6	81.9	43.5	100.0
Davis District	UT	97	0.8	2.4	6.4	1.5	88.8	23.6	100.0
Elk Grove Unified	CA	62	0.9	27.4	21.2	20.1	30.4	40.2	100.0
Tucson Unified District	AZ	122	4.2	2.6	53.3	6.8	33.1	56.2	99.2
North East Independent School District	TX	70	0.3	3.4	44.0	9.8	42.5	38.2	100.0

District of Columbia Public Schools	DC	177	0.1	1.7	9.9	82.9	5.4	61.0	100.0
Santa Ana Unified	CA	60	0.1	3.5	92.2	0.7	3.4	71.3	100.0
Columbus City	OH	147	0.2	2.1	4.6	63.1	30.0	56.0	100.0
Cleveland Municipal City	OH	103	0.3	0.6	10.6	71.3	17.1	82.1	100.0
San Bernardino City Unified	CA	69	0.9	2.8	65.1	18.1	13.1	79.1	100.0

Aldine Independent School District	TX	65	0.1	2.1	60.8	32.2	4.8	77.0	100.0
Garland Independent School District	TX	73	0.5	7.3	38.5	19.0	34.7	44.6	100.0
Boston	MA	139	0.5	8.6	33.8	43.3	13.7	73.1	100.0
Chesterfield County Public Schools	VA	59	0.6	3.0	5.6	26.5	64.2	15.2	100.0
San Antonio Independent School District	TX	106	0.1	0.3	87.8	8.8	3.0	19.4	100.0

San Francisco Unified	CA	117	0.6	53.1	22.9	13.8	9.6	1.3	100.0
Alpine District	UT	67	0.5	2.1	7.3	0.7	89.4	24.5	100.0
Knox County School District	TN	84	0.3	1.8	2.4	14.9	80.7	35.6	96.4
Plano Independent School District	TX	68	0.3	17.2	15.0	10.7	56.8	20.4	100.0
Cumberland County Schools	NC	88	1.8	1.8	6.4	51.4	38.6	51.9	100.0

Clayton County	GA	57	0.1	4.4	12.3	75.8	7.5	72.6	100.0
Capistrano Unified	CA	58	0.3	7.3	19.3	1.4	71.6	13.8	100.0
Atlanta City	GA	99	0.0	0.6	4.2	86.8	8.3	75.5	100.0
Sacramento City Unified	CA	90	1.3	23.9	31.6	21.6	21.7	63.8	100.0
Forsyth County Schools	NC	74	0.3	1.5	13.7	37.0	47.5	44.3	100.0

East Baton Rouge Parish School Board	LA	95	0.1	2.3	1.7	78.9	17.0	77.2	100.0
Osceola County School District	FL	58	0.3	2.4	50.1	10.3	36.8	55.4	100.0
Anchorage School District	AK	94	14.6	12.1	6.9	8.5	57.9	‡	‡
Garden Grove Unified	CA	67	0.2	31.1	52.8	1.0	14.9	60.2	100.0
Pasadena Independent School District	TX	53	0.2	3.4	72.7	8.0	15.7	68.7	100.0

Howard County Public Schools	MD	69	0.3	13.6	4.4	19.8	62.0	10.9	100.0
Cherry Creek 5	CO	53	0.5	7.5	11.9	13.4	66.7	17.7	100.0
Wichita	KS	88	2.7	5.3	22.1	22.5	47.5	67.2	100.0
San Juan Unified	CA	78	2.1	6.5	15.1	7.7	68.6	30.2	100.0
Brownsville Independent School District	TX	48	0.0	0.3	97.9	0.1	1.6	1.0	100.0

Katy Independent School District	TX	46	0.2	8.1	25.7	9.1	56.9	23.3	100.0
Oakland Unified	CA	131	0.4	17.1	35.7	40.7	6.1	65.0	100.0
Douglas County Re 1	CO	66	0.6	4.1	6.8	1.9	86.6	3.9	100.0
Henrico County Public Schools	VA	64	0.4	5.1	3.8	37.6	53.2	20.7	100.0
Alief Independent School District	TX	41	0.1	12.7	43.9	38.5	4.9	68.5	100.0

— Not available.
† Not applicable.
‡ Reporting standards not met. Data were missing for more than 20 percent of students.
¹ Free and reduced-price lunch totals do not include Puerto Rico. Also, states may not have reported students eligible for reduced-price meals, and a number of states reported participation instead of eligibility data, which may not be strictly comparable. See appendix B—Methodology section for further description. Percentages are based on those schools that reported.
² Totals do not include districts where data were not available.
³ Puerto Rico reported all students in one category of race/ethnicity.
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). Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "Public Elementary/Secondary School Universe Survey," 2005–06, Version 1a, and "Local Education Agency Universe Survey," 2005–06, Version 1a.

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