Table A9. 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 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 A9. 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 2007–08
								Students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch¹
		Schools having membership	Race/ethnicity					Students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch¹
			American Indian/ Alaska Native					Percent of reported membership	Percent of schools reporting
				Asian/ Pacific Islander

Name of reporting district	State				Hispanic	Black	White
Reporting districts²	†	16,478	0.5	7.5	36.5	26.4	29.1	52.0	94.4

New York City Public Schools	NY	1,453	0.4	14.0	39.7	31.7	14.2	70.6	100.0
Los Angeles Unified	CA	823	0.3	6.4	73.7	10.9	8.8	68.5	98.2
Puerto Rico Department of Education	PR	1,499	0.0	#	99.9	#	0.1	91.4	100.0
City of Chicago School District 299	IL	627	0.2	3.4	40.2	47.9	8.2	75.7	84.7
Dade	FL	414	0.1	1.2	62.8	26.6	9.3	59.3	100.0

Clark County School District	NV	338	0.8	9.2	39.7	14.2	36.1	42.1	92.9
Broward	FL	291	0.2	3.4	26.6	38.6	31.2	44.4	100.0
Houston Independent School District	TX	293	0.1	3.2	60.3	28.4	8.0	62.3	100.0
Hillsborough	FL	264	0.3	3.1	29.1	23.3	44.3	47.9	100.0
Hawaii Department of Education	HI	285	0.6	73.0	4.6	2.3	19.4	37.7	100.0

Orange	FL	216	0.4	4.4	32.0	28.1	35.0	47.3	100.0
Philadelphia City School District	PA	269	0.2	6.1	16.9	63.4	13.4	70.1	90.0
Palm Beach	FL	222	0.5	2.8	24.8	30.1	41.8	41.1	100.0
Fairfax County Public Schools	VA	192	0.3	19.5	17.9	11.3	51.0	20.0	97.9
Dallas Independent School District	TX	230	0.2	1.0	65.3	28.7	4.8	84.4	100.0

Gwinnett County	GA	109	0.1	10.8	22.7	28.3	38.0	41.3	100.0
Montgomery County Public Schools	MD	203	0.3	15.2	21.5	22.9	40.1	25.7	99.0
Wake County Schools	NC	153	0.3	5.8	11.6	27.7	54.7	—	0.0
San Diego Unified	CA	214	0.5	16.3	44.4	13.5	25.3	62.1	99.1
Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools	NC	160	0.5	4.6	15.4	43.7	35.8	42.8	96.3

Prince George's County Public Schools	MD	211	0.4	2.9	17.4	74.2	5.1	46.8	97.2
Duval	FL	177	0.2	4.0	7.0	46.1	42.7	39.0	100.0
Memphis City School District	TN	183	0.1	1.2	5.3	86.2	7.1	70.9	94.5
Pinellas	FL	158	0.3	3.9	9.8	20.2	65.9	40.8	100.0
Detroit City School District	MI	194	0.3	0.8	7.2	89.1	2.5	73.9	100.0

Cobb County	GA	111	0.2	4.6	15.4	30.9	48.9	35.2	100.0
Baltimore County Public Schools	MD	166	0.5	5.4	4.3	40.0	49.9	34.4	98.8
Dekalb County	GA	147	0.1	3.5	9.1	76.8	10.5	65.5	100.0
Cypress Fairbanks Independent School District	TX	72	0.3	8.6	37.1	15.2	38.8	35.4	100.0
Albuquerque Public Schools	NM	168	5.2	2.4	56.6	4.0	31.8	52.8	92.9

Jefferson County	KY	169	0.2	2.5	4.7	37.4	55.2	55.1	97.0
Polk	FL	149	0.3	1.5	22.7	22.4	53.2	50.4	100.0
Long Beach Unified	CA	92	0.3	14.0	51.7	17.6	16.5	67.7	100.0
Milwaukee School District	WI	213	0.8	4.5	21.9	57.3	15.6	77.1	100.0
Northside Independent School District	TX	97	0.3	3.3	63.2	7.8	25.4	46.9	100.0

Fulton County	GA	94	0.1	8.5	10.5	43.4	37.5	37.2	100.0
Jefferson County School District No R 1	CO	162	1.2	3.8	18.6	1.9	74.5	24.3	98.8
Jordan District	UT	93	0.6	3.3	9.9	1.2	85.1	20.5	94.6
Austin Independent School District	TX	119	0.2	3.3	58.1	12.1	26.4	60.7	100.0
Baltimore City Public Schools	MD	194	0.3	0.7	2.5	88.9	7.6	73.4	99.0

Lee	FL	106	0.4	1.6	30.0	14.7	53.3	46.2	100.0
Fort Worth Independent School District	TX	144	0.3	1.6	58.2	25.6	14.3	68.1	100.0
Fresno Unified	CA	105	0.8	14.8	58.8	10.8	14.7	78.8	97.1
Granite District	UT	106	1.5	7.1	28.6	2.6	60.1	43.6	87.7
Brevard	FL	107	0.3	2.2	8.6	15.5	73.5	30.5	100.0

Davidson County School District	TN	135	0.2	3.2	14.3	48.1	34.1	66.0	94.1
Anne Arundel County Public Schools	MD	120	0.5	3.8	6.0	22.7	67.1	21.8	96.7
Denver County 1	CO	147	1.1	3.2	56.5	17.9	21.4	65.7	100.0
Mesa Unified District	AZ	90	3.9	2.5	37.3	4.2	52.1	47.4	98.9
Prince William County Public Schools	VA	81	0.3	7.7	26.2	23.4	42.4	29.2	98.8

Va Beach City Public Schools	VA	82	0.4	6.7	5.9	28.9	58.1	26.2	98.8
Guilford County Schools	NC	118	0.5	5.6	9.1	42.9	41.9	—	0.0
Davis District	UT	99	0.7	2.8	8.3	1.7	86.5	25.6	100.0
Greenville 01	SC	87	0.2	2.4	9.8	26.9	60.6	38.9	95.4
Fort Bend Independent School District	TX	66	0.2	20.6	23.1	31.8	24.3	30.3	100.0

Pasco	FL	84	0.3	2.2	14.0	5.8	77.7	41.8	100.0
Washoe County School District	NV	104	2.5	6.4	32.8	3.8	54.5	33.1	100.0
Seminole	FL	76	0.3	4.0	19.1	14.6	62.1	31.7	100.0
Volusia	FL	95	0.2	1.6	16.3	15.2	66.7	42.5	100.0
Mobile County	AL	103	1.0	2.2	1.3	50.4	45.1	63.0	96.1

Alpine District	UT	70	0.5	2.3	9.2	0.8	87.1	16.3	97.1
Arlington Independent School District	TX	76	0.5	7.1	37.2	23.9	31.4	54.1	100.0
Elk Grove Unified	CA	64	0.6	28.4	22.6	19.8	28.6	50.1	95.3
North East Independent School District	TX	71	0.3	3.7	47.4	9.3	39.3	39.1	100.0
El Paso Independent School District	TX	89	0.3	1.4	81.3	4.8	12.2	68.0	100.0

Aldine Independent School District	TX	68	0.1	1.8	64.0	30.5	3.6	79.6	100.0
Tucson Unified District	AZ	123	4.2	2.7	55.0	7.1	31.0	1.4	87.0
Chesterfield County Public Schools	VA	62	0.6	3.4	7.3	27.6	61.1	16.1	100.0
District of Columbia Public Schools	DC	160	0.1	1.8	10.8	81.1	6.3	52.9	87.5
Garland Independent School District	TX	74	0.5	7.8	42.7	18.5	30.5	45.5	100.0

Santa Ana Unified	CA	59	0.1	3.1	92.8	0.7	3.3	78.6	100.0
San Bernardino City Unified	CA	70	0.8	1.6	69.8	16.7	11.2	82.3	94.3
Boston	MA	138	0.5	8.6	37.3	40.0	13.6	71.4	100.0
Columbus City	OH	132	0.2	1.9	5.7	63.6	28.5	—	0.0
San Francisco Unified	CA	111	0.7	51.3	24.1	13.1	10.8	56.4	99.1

San Antonio Independent School District	TX	105	0.1	0.2	88.9	7.8	2.9	59.4	100.0
Knox County School District	TN	82	0.3	1.9	3.3	14.7	79.8	38.1	98.8
Katy Independent School District	TX	50	0.2	9.7	29.7	9.6	50.8	25.0	100.0
Loudoun County Public Schools	VA	70	0.3	12.9	13.3	8.3	65.2	12.3	100.0
Plano Independent School District	TX	69	0.4	19.1	17.2	10.6	52.7	15.9	100.0

Cumberland County Schools	NC	87	2.0	2.0	7.5	49.7	38.8	—	0.0
Douglas County School District No Re 1	CO	72	0.6	4.5	7.3	2.0	85.6	4.5	90.3
Cleveland Municipal City	OH	106	0.3	0.6	11.7	71.5	15.9	—	0.0
Osceola	FL	57	0.3	2.6	53.2	11.3	32.5	63.1	100.0
Clayton County	GA	59	0.1	4.4	14.1	76.2	5.2	73.8	100.0

Capistrano Unified	CA	61	0.3	7.3	19.7	1.4	71.3	16.9	98.4
Forsyth County Schools	NC	76	0.3	1.9	16.9	33.5	47.5	47.0	96.1
Corona Norco Unified	CA	50	0.3	8.6	50.6	6.1	34.3	41.5	98.0
Pasadena Independent School District	TX	57	0.2	3.2	76.6	7.4	12.6	68.9	100.0
Cherry Creek 5	CO	55	0.5	8.0	13.1	14.3	64.1	21.2	98.2

Atlanta Public Schools	GA	107	0.1	0.7	4.6	85.0	9.7	76.1	100.0
Lewisville Independent School District	TX	62	0.5	9.1	20.4	8.9	61.1	21.8	100.0
Howard County Public Schools	MD	72	0.3	14.9	5.3	20.9	58.6	11.8	98.6
Anchorage School District	AK	95	10.2	13.9	11.7	7.1	57.1	30.6	100.0
Brownsville Independent School District	TX	49	#	0.3	98.0	0.2	1.5	0.5	100.0

Garden Grove Unified	CA	67	0.2	32.0	53.6	0.9	13.2	64.1	97.0
Henrico County Public Schools	VA	66	0.4	6.0	4.5	38.4	50.8	25.4	100.0
Sacramento City Unified	CA	89	1.2	23.9	32.7	21.1	21.2	65.0	98.9
Omaha Public Schools	NE	92	1.6	1.8	23.9	31.8	41.0	61.9	100.0
San Juan Unified	CA	77	2.0	6.8	16.5	7.4	67.3	34.2	96.1
— Not available.
† Not applicable.
# Rounds to zero.
¹ 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 data.
² Totals do not include districts where data were not available.
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). Black includes African American and Hispanic includes Latino. Detail may not sum to total 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," 2007–08, Version 1a, and "Local Education Agency Universe Survey," 2007–08, Version 1a.

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