Table A-14. Public elementary and secondary revenues by source, current expenditures, and current expenditures per pupil for the 100 largest school districts in the United States and jurisdictions: Fiscal year 2005

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

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Table A-14. Public elementary and secondary revenues by source, current expenditures, and current expenditures per pupil for the 100 largest school districts in the United States and jurisdictions: Fiscal year 2005

Name of reporting district	State	Total students (fall member- ship)¹	Revenues by source (in thousands of dollars)				Current expenditures (in thousands of dollars)		Current expendi- tures per pupil
Name of reporting district	State	Total students (fall member- ship)¹	Total	Federal	State	Local	Total²	Instruc- tional³	Current expendi- tures per pupil
Total	†	11,290,163	$111,100,517	$12,502,888	$49,533,859	$49,063,769	$115,223,344	$61,080,560	$10,206

New York City Public Schools	NY	1,041,976	16,003,018	1,761,584	7,001,697	7,239,737	16,566,015	11,276,779	15,899
Los Angeles Unified	CA	747,009	7,628,602	1,078,098	5,125,097	1,425,407	8,670,891	4,053,267	11,607
Puerto Rico Department of Education	PR	584,916	3,017,121	891,609	2,125,381	130	2,985,573	2,865,945	5,104
City of Chicago School District 299	IL	434,419	4,135,342	732,715	1,515,273	1,887,354	4,345,502	2,239,447	10,003
Dade County School District	FL	371,785	3,448,734	401,384	1,542,760	1,504,590	3,439,247	1,750,830	9,251

Clark County School District	NV	270,529	2,361,284	168,952	547,737	1,644,595	2,497,253	1,110,646	9,231
Broward County School District	FL	272,835	2,307,391	224,165	1,014,617	1,068,609	2,530,606	1,198,946	9,275
Houston Independent School District	TX	211,499	1,748,961	246,927	277,069	1,224,965	1,848,956	909,226	8,742
Hillsborough County School District	FL	181,900	1,590,138	222,703	800,252	567,183	1,653,812	758,382	9,092
Philadelphia City School District	PA	189,779	2,291,777	343,999	1,152,984	794,794	2,531,423	922,485	13,339

Hawaii Department of Education	HI	183,609	2,274,166	236,973	1,986,615	50,578	1,765,805	1,007,207	9,617
Orange County School District	FL	170,260	1,556,195	140,377	683,422	732,396	1,516,974	677,665	8,910
Palm Beach County School District	FL	165,992	1,690,560	127,650	433,087	1,129,823	1,843,419	828,920	11,105
Fairfax County Public Schools	VA	164,235	2,054,496	78,942	375,998	1,599,556	2,038,156	1,087,315	12,410
Dallas Independent School District	TX	160,584	1,432,324	185,237	209,650	1,037,437	1,833,704	739,599	11,419

Gwinnett County	GA	153,034	1,273,228	62,909	506,800	703,519	1,337,759	703,176	8,742
Montgomery County Public Schools	MD	139,201	2,068,665	90,925	366,869	1,610,871	2,003,474	1,070,585	14,393
Prince George's County Public Schools	MD	137,285	1,541,245	106,185	713,988	721,072	1,508,181	695,753	10,986
Detroit City School District	MI	129,014	1,567,063	260,915	1,027,480	278,668	1,913,871	877,068	14,835
San Diego Unified	CA	137,960	1,331,749	141,702	575,637	614,410	1,485,080	671,895	10,765

Duval County School District	FL	129,557	1,008,899	100,991	496,864	411,044	1,009,085	526,079	7,789
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	NC	116,224	922,481	88,815	520,869	312,797	1,056,103	545,859	9,087
Wake County Schools	NC	113,865	1,116,863	60,230	501,780	554,853	1,019,010	504,490	8,949
Memphis City School District	TN	108,969	976,946	154,303	357,939	464,704	974,914	584,194	8,947
Pinellas County School District	FL	114,510	956,195	89,570	394,945	471,680	948,950	458,486	8,287

Baltimore County Public Schools	MD	108,523	1,135,545	78,314	411,028	646,203	1,150,459	645,425	10,601
Cobb County	GA	102,034	1,025,984	59,714	381,833	584,437	955,287	546,335	9,362
Dekalb County	GA	99,550	972,966	76,395	365,061	531,510	965,936	512,307	9,703
Jefferson County	KY	95,582	884,299	104,661	367,455	412,183	888,518	431,983	9,296
Albuquerque Public Schools	NM	97,560	767,094	83,745	573,748	109,601	769,337	382,446	7,886

Long Beach Unified	CA	97,359	820,746	137,385	558,622	124,739	824,927	442,786	8,473
Milwaukee	WI	90,537	1,136,031	161,183	700,171	274,677	1,197,722	612,654	13,229
Polk County School District	FL	94,049	755,266	86,143	410,238	258,885	744,316	388,616	7,914
Baltimore City Public Schools	MD	87,172	1,036,293	147,794	655,299	233,200	970,898	525,869	11,138
Jefferson County R-1	CO	84,135	789,345	32,654	319,635	437,056	785,424	366,688	9,335

Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District	TX	81,408	588,536	29,916	156,279	402,341	759,338	334,466	9,328
Austin Independent School District	TX	79,007	813,780	78,102	82,460	653,218	831,457	369,322	10,524
Fulton County	GA	80,335	827,152	41,601	217,307	568,244	819,896	452,162	10,206
Fort Worth Independent School District	TX	74,877	650,826	81,853	245,897	323,076	627,236	332,033	8,377
Fresno Unified	CA	73,319	711,873	119,191	496,791	95,891	755,249	390,072	10,301

Northside Independent School District	TX	74,761	597,867	47,305	212,003	338,559	696,759	297,287	9,320
Jordan District	UT	76,304	482,347	34,767	250,031	197,549	459,152	225,495	6,017
Lee County School District	FL	75,401	674,867	59,838	150,904	464,125	808,506	281,645	10,723
Brevard County School District	FL	73,901	580,817	50,019	283,535	247,263	597,936	318,660	8,091
Mesa Unified District	AZ	71,798	559,441	48,484	268,228	242,729	494,936	279,010	6,893

Virginia Beach City Public Schools	VA	74,508	$700,580	$58,961	$328,083	$313,536	$709,569	$381,120	$9,523
Anne Arundel County Public Schools	MD	68,651	776,100	45,170	240,421	490,509	781,892	422,930	11,389
Nashville-Davidson County School District	TN	72,100	626,563	66,421	169,413	390,729	666,878	367,490	9,249
Denver County 1	CO	66,466	713,938	79,056	230,447	404,435	790,799	329,215	11,898
Guilford County Schools	NC	70,771	591,194	48,687	308,606	233,901	555,023	308,380	7,843

Prince William County Public Schools	VA	65,884	699,876	29,858	284,260	385,758	719,686	334,306	10,924
Greenville County School District	SC	64,904	603,384	49,503	245,173	308,708	825,158	261,756	12,714
Seminole County School District	FL	63,404	529,073	39,022	248,118	241,933	534,139	266,345	8,424
Granite District	UT	64,089	418,003	48,326	229,285	140,392	398,004	217,900	6,210
Fort Bend Independent School District	TX	64,245	479,216	26,316	165,229	287,671	506,785	254,242	7,888

Mobile County	AL	67,922	488,151	70,800	273,025	144,326	545,652	255,824	8,034
Volusia County School District	FL	69,655	581,400	47,794	243,721	289,885	615,234	274,095	8,833
Washoe County School District	NV	64,774	507,178	41,154	140,567	325,457	486,785	278,536	7,515
El Paso Independent School District	TX	62,103	511,467	85,798	252,013	173,656	529,372	286,867	8,524
Arlington Independent School District	TX	63,200	474,286	37,939	110,527	325,820	454,812	261,299	7,196

Pasco County School District	FL	61,248	482,431	43,649	265,641	173,141	471,317	231,474	7,695
Davis District	UT	65,099	359,279	33,867	212,611	112,801	380,620	194,084	5,847
Elk Grove Unified	CA	62,454	561,944	41,018	342,605	178,321	567,312	274,867	9,084
Tucson Unified District	AZ	62,874	508,529	68,999	233,661	205,869	485,991	236,630	7,730
North East Independent School District	TX	61,448	475,889	32,010	86,564	357,315	579,233	261,219	9,426

District of Columbia Public Schools	DC	57,510	1,109,605	167,922	†	941,683	1,085,658	459,063	18,878
Santa Ana Unified	CA	63,098	539,738	75,319	341,349	123,070	573,042	281,014	9,082
Columbus City	OH	57,818	794,995	89,514	281,344	424,137	747,667	378,808	12,931
Cleveland Municipal City	OH	60,749	851,206	132,316	466,030	252,860	786,206	388,281	12,942
San Bernardino City Unified	CA	55,613	517,592	74,836	387,178	55,578	528,169	266,164	9,497

Aldine Independent School District	TX	60,150	467,821	59,507	237,276	171,038	463,643	256,852	7,708
Garland Independent School District	TX	56,298	409,962	29,287	168,152	212,523	474,292	219,838	8,425
Boston	MA	57,805	1,090,975	100,555	339,854	650,566	1,039,801	607,849	17,988
Chesterfield County Public Schools	VA	56,914	485,492	23,146	222,472	239,874	482,322	260,807	8,475
San Antonio Independent School District	TX	56,292	510,469	92,387	261,428	156,654	592,417	264,848	10,524

San Francisco Unified	CA	55,393	562,398	80,625	189,030	292,743	570,020	256,401	10,290
Alpine District	UT	55,114	305,150	25,825	186,246	93,079	303,302	165,271	5,503
Knox County School District	TN	52,659	394,103	36,803	126,356	230,944	403,468	233,233	7,662
Plano Independent School District	TX	52,812	589,303	16,889	46,192	526,222	599,203	243,357	11,346
Cumberland County Schools	NC	51,240	375,017	54,665	236,882	83,470	386,030	225,595	7,534

Clayton County	GA	51,869	463,105	53,957	204,285	204,863	453,472	253,136	8,743
Capistrano Unified	CA	51,453	435,744	19,726	194,089	221,929	378,290	221,396	7,352
Atlanta City	GA	50,555	716,804	97,164	137,230	482,410	719,855	333,139	14,239
Sacramento City Unified	CA	51,453	514,401	87,996	322,319	104,086	559,945	260,938	10,883
Forsyth County Schools	NC	52,103	401,975	33,397	222,743	145,835	407,747	237,860	7,826

East Baton Rouge Parish School Board	LA	49,746	429,756	59,840	135,973	233,943	416,924	219,104	8,381
Osceola County School District	FL	50,906	432,493	33,402	211,747	187,344	396,388	180,940	7,787
Anchorage School District	AK	50,172	464,363	61,008	250,223	153,132	591,659	263,320	11,793
Garden Grove Unified	CA	49,722	392,249	45,063	245,540	101,646	384,736	239,636	7,738
Pasadena Independent School District	TX	50,437	366,479	32,705	187,131	146,643	370,024	198,488	7,336

Howard County Public Schools	MD	47,342	$565,001	$19,146	$159,299	$386,556	$624,913	$331,688	$13,200
Cherry Creek 5	CO	48,894	426,231	13,624	164,127	248,480	466,317	228,687	9,537
Wichita	KS	47,833	431,921	60,104	239,104	132,713	417,092	201,745	8,720
San Juan Unified	CA	46,594	440,765	39,706	268,581	132,478	453,420	245,983	9,731
Brownsville Independent School District	TX	48,344	376,003	70,088	244,787	61,128	365,219	194,613	7,555

Katy Independent School District	TX	43,911	371,797	13,544	108,936	249,317	416,273	188,781	9,480
Oakland Unified	CA	46,142	509,588	83,819	284,157	141,612	535,778	248,786	11,612
Douglas County Re 1	CO	45,923	389,994	8,619	153,095	228,280	433,765	201,623	9,445
Henrico County Public Schools	VA	47,588	400,069	20,430	168,779	210,860	391,984	212,845	8,237
Alief Independent School District	TX	45,354	364,954	38,682	170,620	155,652	372,990	212,387	8,224

† Not applicable.
¹ The student membership obtained from the CCD fiscal district data collection varies slightly from the student membership obtained from the CCD nonfiscal data collection.
² Total current expenditures for elementary and secondary education. Excludes capital outlays, interest on debt, payments to private schools, and payments to public charter schools.
³ Instructional expenditures are current expenditures for activities directly associated with the interaction between teachers and students. These include teacher salaries and benefits, supplies (such as textbooks), and purchased instructional services. New York City Public Schools includes guidance counselor costs in its instructional figures.
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), "School District Finance Survey" (F-33), FY 2005, Version 1a, and "National Public Education Financial Survey," (NPEFS), 2004–05, Version 1a.

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