Table A7. Number and percentage of public elementary and secondary schools and percentage of students in magnet and charter schools in the 100 largest school districts in the United Statesand jurisdictions, by school district: School year 2007

Characteristics of the 100 Largest Public Elementary and Secondary School Districts in the United States: 2007–08

NCES 2010-349
July 2010

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Table A7. Number and percentage of public elementary and secondary schools and percentage of students in magnet and charter schools in the 100 largest school districts in the United Statesand jurisdictions, by school district: School year 2007–08
			Percent of schools that are magnet schools¹	Percent of students in magnet schools¹	Number of charter schools²	Percent of schools that are charter schools²	Percent of students in charter schools²
		Number of magnet schools¹

Name of reporting district	State
Total	†	1,225	7.2	10.7	821	4.9	2.6

New York City Public Schools	NY	8	0.6	0.5	0	0.0	0.0
Los Angeles Unified	CA	141	17.1	35.8	125	15.2	6.8
Puerto Rico Department of Education	PR	†	†	†	†	†	†
City of Chicago School District 299	IL	292	46.3	48.5	28	4.4	5.6
Dade	FL	85	18.0	32.9	63	13.4	6.2

Clark County School District	NV	0	0.0	0.0	11	3.2	1.1
Broward	FL	46	15.5	20.6	49	16.5	6.6
Houston Independent School District	TX	†	†	†	30	10.2	5.6
Hillsborough	FL	20	7.0	9.7	27	9.5	2.2
Hawaii Department of Education	HI	†	†	†	28	9.8	3.7

Orange	FL	0	0.0	0.0	17	7.3	1.6
Philadelphia City School District	PA	25	9.2	7.5	0	0.0	0.0
Palm Beach	FL	16	6.2	15.6	35	13.6	3.9
Fairfax County Public Schools	VA	68	34.2	33.5	0	0.0	0.0
Dallas Independent School District	TX	†	†	†	1	0.4	0.4

Gwinnett County	GA	†	†	†	2	1.8	0.3
Montgomery County Public Schools	MD	24	11.7	12.3	0	0.0	0.0
Wake County Schools	NC	34	22.2	20.6	0	0.0	0.0
San Diego Unified	CA	31	14.5	15.0	35	16.4	10.6
Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools	NC	53	32.9	32.1	0	0.0	0.0

Prince George's County Public Schools	MD	25	11.7	18.6	4	1.9	0.7
Duval	FL	51	28.8	34.6	5	2.8	0.9
Memphis City School District	TN	1	0.5	0.6	9	4.7	2.0
Pinellas	FL	21	12.4	22.4	6	3.6	1.2
Detroit City School District	MI	1	0.5	0.5	0	0.0	0.0

Cobb County	GA	†	†	†	6	5.2	5.2
Baltimore County Public Schools	MD	28	16.4	26.4	0	0.0	0.0
Dekalb County	GA	†	†	†	10	6.7	5.0
Cypress Fairbanks Independent School District	TX	†	†	†	0	0.0	0.0
Albuquerque Public Schools	NM	1	0.6	#	37	21.6	7.3

Jefferson County	KY	31	17.9	29.8	†	†	†
Polk	FL	8	5.3	4.7	23	15.1	10.1
Long Beach Unified	CA	27	29.0	45.8	5	5.4	1.4
Milwaukee School District	WI	0	0.0	0.0	42	19.6	14.1
Northside Independent School District	TX	†	†	†	0	0.0	0.0

Fulton County	GA	†	†	†	11	11.1	7.1
Jefferson County School District No R 1	CO	0	0.0	0.0	15	9.2	5.9
Jordan District	UT	1	1.0	0.8	0	0.0	0.0
Austin Independent School District	TX	†	†	†	0	0.0	0.0
Baltimore City Public Schools	MD	0	0.0	0.0	22	11.3	6.8

Lee	FL	9	8.2	16.4	14	12.7	9.7
Fort Worth Independent School District	TX	†	†	†	0	0.0	0.0
Fresno Unified	CA	1	1.0	0.2	10	9.5	3.7
Granite District	UT	3	2.6	1.6	0	0.0	0.0
Brevard	FL	6	4.8	5.7	10	8.1	4.1

Davidson County School District	TN	13	9.5	10.0	3	2.2	0.6
Anne Arundel County Public Schools	MD	0	0.0	0.0	1	0.8	0.3
Denver County 1	CO	2	1.4	1.5	19	12.8	9.2
Mesa Unified District	AZ	†	†	†	0	0.0	0.0
Prince William County Public Schools	VA	38	46.9	59.4	0	0.0	0.0

Va Beach City Public Schools	VA	6	7.0	14.2	0	0.0	0.0
Guilford County Schools	NC	15	12.5	10.9	0	0.0	0.0
Davis District	UT	0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0
Greenville 01	SC	12	13.2	14.6	6	6.6	1.5
Fort Bend Independent School District	TX	†	†	†	0	0.0	0.0

Pasco	FL	2	2.0	5.4	5	5.0	1.6
Washoe County School District	NV	1	1.0	0.2	9	8.7	3.1
Seminole	FL	8	10.4	16.7	3	3.9	0.9
Volusia	FL	2	2.1	9.6	5	5.3	0.9
Mobile County	AL	7	6.1	6.5	†	†	†

Alpine District	UT	0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0
Arlington Independent School District	TX	†	†	†	0	0.0	0.0
Elk Grove Unified	CA	0	0.0	0.0	2	3.1	0.9
North East Independent School District	TX	†	†	†	0	0.0	0.0
El Paso Independent School District	TX	†	†	†	0	0.0	0.0

Aldine Independent School District	TX	†	†	†	0	0.0	0.0
Tucson Unified District	AZ	†	†	†	0	0.0	0.0
Chesterfield County Public Schools	VA	1	1.6	2.6	0	0.0	0.0
District of Columbia Public Schools	DC	4	2.4	3.7	0	0.0	0.0
Garland Independent School District	TX	†	†	†	0	0.0	0.0

Santa Ana Unified	CA	0	0.0	0.0	5	8.5	4.4
San Bernardino City Unified	CA	21	29.2	22.8	4	5.6	2.1
Boston	MA	0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0
Columbus City	OH	†	†	†	0	0.0	0.0
San Francisco Unified	CA	0	0.0	0.0	9	8.1	4.2

San Antonio Independent School District	TX	†	†	†	18	17.1	16.2
Knox County School District	TN	5	5.8	4.8	0	0.0	0.0
Katy Independent School District	TX	†	†	†	0	0.0	0.0
Loudoun County Public Schools	VA	0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0
Plano Independent School District	TX	†	†	†	0	0.0	0.0

Cumberland County Schools	NC	0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0
Douglas County School District No Re 1	CO	2	2.8	1.4	7	9.7	6.5
Cleveland Municipal City	OH	†	†	†	0	0.0	0.0
Osceola	FL	0	0.0	0.0	7	11.7	8.9
Clayton County	GA	†	†	†	2	3.1	1.1

Capistrano Unified	CA	0	0.0	0.0	3	4.9	1.3
Forsyth County Schools	NC	5	6.5	3.9	0	0.0	0.0
Corona Norco Unified	CA	2	4.0	4.5	0	0.0	0.0
Pasadena Independent School District	TX	†	†	†	0	0.0	0.0
Cherry Creek 5	CO	3	5.4	2.7	1	1.8	0.9

Atlanta Public Schools	GA	†	†	†	7	6.2	5.0
Lewisville Independent School District	TX	†	†	†	0	0.0	0.0
Howard County Public Schools	MD	0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0
Anchorage School District	AK	7	7.3	6.1	7	7.3	4.1
Brownsville Independent School District	TX	†	†	†	0	0.0	0.0

Garden Grove Unified	CA	0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0
Henrico County Public Schools	VA	8	11.4	30.6	0	0.0	0.0
Sacramento City Unified	CA	0	0.0	0.0	13	14.3	8.1
Omaha Public Schools	NE	†	†	†	†	†	†
San Juan Unified	CA	4	5.2	5.1	5	6.5	10.3
† Not applicable. State does not have legislation authorizing magnet or charter schools.
# Rounds to zero.
¹ A magnet school is a school designed to attract students of different racial/ethnic backgrounds for the purpose of reducing, preventing, or eliminating racial isolation and/or to provide an academic or social focus on a particular theme.
² Charter schools are schools that provide free public elementary and/or secondary education to eligible students under a specific charter granted by the state legislature or other appropriate authority and designated by such authority to be a charter school. Charter schools located in the same geographic area as a district's schools but not administered by the district itself are not included.
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). See table A-1 for student membership counts for each district.
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.

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