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Table A4.  Number of regular public elementary and secondary schools in the 100 largest school districts in the United States and jurisdictions, by specified instructional level and school district: School year 2007–08
 
Regular schools having membership Instructional level
Name of reporting district State   Primary Middle High Other
Total  15,225   10,025 2,490 2,080 630
               
New York City Public Schools  NY 1,356   715 263 245 133
Los Angeles Unified  CA 743   523 94 101 25
Puerto Rico Department of Education  PR 1,448   870 232 161 185
City of Chicago School District 299  IL 604   468 21 84 31
Dade  FL 374   243 70 55 6
               
Clark County School District  NV 310   210 57 37 6
Broward  FL 263   168 57 33 5
Houston Independent School District  TX 273   192 46 30 5
Hillsborough  FL 228   151 47 25 5
Hawaii Department of Education  HI 282   181 38 41 22
               
Orange  FL 191   130 33 24 4
Philadelphia City School District  PA 256   175 29 39 13
Palm Beach  FL 186   121 35 29 1
Fairfax County Public Schools  VA 186   138 23 25 0
Dallas Independent School District  TX 221   153 37 29 2
               
Gwinnett County  GA 105   67 20 15 3
Montgomery County Public Schools  MD 193   130 38 25 0
Wake County Schools  NC 150   95 31 21 3
San Diego Unified  CA 205   133 34 33 5
Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools  NC 156   95 30 24 7
               
Prince George's County Public Schools  MD 190   142 26 22 0
Duval  FL 159   109 28 19 3
Memphis City School District  TN 180   112 33 31 4
Pinellas  FL 126   85 23 17 1
Detroit City School District  MI 175   131 14 26 4
               
Cobb County  GA 110   70 24 16 0
Baltimore County Public Schools  MD 149   101 27 21 0
Dekalb County  GA 139   90 22 24 3
Cypress Fairbanks Independent School District  TX 70   47 15 7 1
Albuquerque Public Schools  NM 158   93 32 27 6
               
Jefferson County  KY 137   99 17 11 10
Polk  FL 123   82 21 15 5
Long Beach Unified  CA 87   64 13 8 2
Milwaukee School District  WI 203   125 17 44 17
Northside Independent School District  TX 83   59 15 9 0
               
Fulton County  GA 92   55 22 13 2
Jefferson County School District No R 1  CO 152   105 23 21 3
Jordan District  UT 83   58 14 8 3
Austin Independent School District  TX 108   79 17 12 0
Baltimore City Public Schools  MD 167   120 18 22 7
               
Lee  FL 89   55 17 15 2
Fort Worth Independent School District  TX 117   80 24 13 0
Fresno Unified  CA 97   65 16 12 4
Granite District  UT 87   61 12 9 5
Brevard  FL 93   65 13 15 0
               
Davidson County School District  TN 129   75 37 15 2
Anne Arundel County Public Schools  MD 109   78 19 12 0
Denver County 1  CO 137   97 17 15 8
Mesa Unified District  AZ 84   59 14 8 3
Prince William County Public Schools  VA 81   56 15 10 0
               
Va Beach City Public Schools  VA 82   56 15 11 0
Guilford County Schools  NC 112   68 19 23 2
Davis District  UT 79   55 14 7 3
Greenville 01  SC 85   50 18 15 2
Fort Bend Independent School District  TX 64   41 13 10 0
               
Pasco  FL 73   47 12 11 3
Washoe County School District  NV 100   68 16 15 1
Seminole  FL 61   40 12 9 0
Volusia  FL 71   49 12 8 2
Mobile County  AL 95   61 20 14 0
               
Alpine District  UT 64   47 10 7 0
Arlington Independent School District  TX 70   51 12 6 1
Elk Grove Unified  CA 57   40 8 8 1
North East Independent School District  TX 62   42 13 7 0
El Paso Independent School District  TX 81   55 14 11 1
               
Aldine Independent School District  TX 65   35 19 5 6
Tucson Unified District  AZ 110   74 18 17 1
Chesterfield County Public Schools  VA 60   39 11 10 0
District of Columbia Public Schools  DC 133   97 19 14 3
Garland Independent School District  TX 69   50 12 7 0
               
Santa Ana Unified  CA 55   38 9 8 0
San Bernardino City Unified  CA 61   43 9 6 3
Boston  MA 120   78 15 25 2
Columbus City  OH 124   80 23 18 3
San Francisco Unified  CA 108   71 17 20 0
               
San Antonio Independent School District  TX 90   66 16 8 0
Knox County School District  TN 77   50 14 13 0
Katy Independent School District  TX 46   30 10 6 0
Loudoun County Public Schools  VA 70   47 12 8 3
Plano Independent School District  TX 66   46 12 3 5
               
Cumberland County Schools  NC 81   51 15 12 3
Douglas County School District No Re 1  CO 69   51 9 7 2
Cleveland Municipal City  OH 106   82 1 17 6
Osceola  FL 46   29 7 9 1
Clayton County  GA 59   37 14 8 0
               
Capistrano Unified  CA 56   36 12 6 2
Forsyth County Schools  NC 68   40 13 13 2
Corona Norco Unified  CA 42   30 7 5 0
Pasadena Independent School District  TX 54   34 15 5 0
Cherry Creek 5  CO 55   40 9 6 0
               
Atlanta Public Schools  GA 103   62 19 12 10
Lewisville Independent School District  TX 60   39 15 5 1
Howard County Public Schools  MD 70   40 18 12 0
Anchorage School District  AK 84   63 9 11 1
Brownsville Independent School District  TX 48   33 10 5 0
               
Garden Grove Unified  CA 63   46 10 7 0
Henrico County Public Schools  VA 65   44 12 9 0
Sacramento City Unified  CA 84   62 10 12 0
Omaha Public Schools  NE 90   72 11 7 0
San Juan Unified  CA 68   45 10 9 4
† Not applicable.
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). Primary = low grade, PK to 3; high grade, up to 8. Middle = low grade, 4 to 7; high grade, 4 to 9. High = low grade, 7 to 12; high grade 12. Other = any other combination, including PK, K, or 1 to 12.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "Public Elementary/Secondary School Universe Survey," 2007–08, Version 1a, and "Local Education Agency Universe Survey," 2007–08, Version 1a.