Table A1. Selected statistics for the 100 largest public elementary and secondary school districts in the United States and jurisdictions, by school district: School years 2008–09 and 2007

Characteristics of the 100 Largest Public Elementary and Secondary School Districts in the United States: 2008–09

NCES 2011-301
November 2010

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Table A1. Selected statistics for the 100 largest public elementary and secondary school districts in the United States and jurisdictions, by school district: School years 2008–09 and 2007–08
					Number of full- time-equivalent (FTE) teaching positions²	Number of 2007–08 completers³	Number of schools⁴
				Number of students¹

Name of reporting district	City	State	County
Total	†	†	†	11,143,875	710,155	617,538	16,905

New York City Public Schools	New York	NY	New York County	981,690	71,824	55,290	1,496
Los Angeles Unified	Los Angeles	CA	Los Angeles County	687,534	35,084	30,580	860
Puerto Rico Department of Education	Hato Rey	PR	San Juan Municipio	503,635	39,356	30,016	1,511
City of Chicago School District 299	Chicago	IL	Cook County	421,430	21,512	20,285	630
Dade	Miami	FL	Miami-Dade County	345,525	22,384	20,791	496

Clark County School District	Las Vegas	NV	Clark County	312,761	15,348	13,031	350
Broward	Fort Lauderdale	FL	Broward County	256,351	18,729	15,742	303
Houston Independent School District	Houston	TX	Harris County	200,225	11,994	7,976	296
Hillsborough	Tampa	FL	Hillsborough County	192,007	13,986	10,503	285
Hawaii Department of Education	Honolulu	HI	Honolulu County	179,478	11,294	11,833	290

Orange	Orlando	FL	Orange County	172,257	10,975	10,672	236
Palm Beach	West Palm Beach	FL	Palm Beach County	170,757	13,213	10,879	247
Fairfax County Public Schools	Falls Church	VA	Fairfax County	169,030	9,274	12,150	193
Philadelphia City School District	Philadelphia	PA	Philadelphia County	159,867	10,258	8,732	274
Dallas Independent School District	Dallas	TX	Dallas County	157,352	10,937	6,371	232

Gwinnett County	Suwanee	GA	Gwinnett County	157,219	10,978	8,472	115
Montgomery County Public Schools	Rockville	MD	Montgomery County	139,282	9,401	10,316	204
Wake County Schools	Raleigh	NC	Wake County	138,443	9,317	7,717	156
Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools	Charlotte	NC	Mecklenburg County	135,064	9,312	6,611	166
San Diego Unified	San Diego	CA	San Diego County	132,256	6,855	6,778	218

Prince George's County Public Schools	Upper Marlboro	MD	Prince George's County	127,977	8,870	8,644	215
Duval	Jacksonville	FL	Duval County	122,606	7,973	6,502	175
Memphis City School District	Memphis	TN	Shelby County	111,954	7,201	6,547	200
Cobb County	Marietta	GA	Cobb County	106,747	8,215	7,090	118
Pinellas	Largo	FL	Pinellas County	106,061	7,878	6,790	173

Baltimore County Public Schools	Baltimore	MD	Baltimore County	103,180	7,339	7,571	172
Cypress Fairbanks Independent School District	Houston	TX	Harris County	100,685	6,411	5,294	78
Dekalb County	Decatur	GA	Dekalb County	99,775	6,902	5,424	146
Jefferson County	Louisville	KY	Jefferson County	98,774	6,144	5,396	174
Detroit City School District	Detroit	MI	Wayne County	97,577	5,953	—	197

Albuquerque Public Schools	Albuquerque	NM	Bernalillo County	95,934	6,542	5,239	174
Polk	Bartow	FL	Polk County	94,657	7,548	5,068	156
Northside Independent School District	San Antonio	TX	Bexar County	89,000	5,782	4,704	101
Fulton County	Atlanta	GA	Fulton County	88,299	6,530	5,087	98
Long Beach Unified	Long Beach	CA	Los Angeles County	87,509	4,017	5,054	92

Jefferson County School District No R 1	Golden	CO	Jefferson County	85,946	4,959	5,968	162
Milwaukee School District	Milwaukee	WI	Milwaukee County	85,381	5,158	—	215
Austin Independent School District	Austin	TX	Travis County	83,483	5,890	3,903	120
Baltimore City Public Schools	Baltimore	MD	Baltimore City	82,266	5,839	4,116	194
Jordan District	Sandy	UT	Salt Lake County	81,485	3,221	—	99

Lee	Fort Myers	FL	Lee County	79,434	5,034	4,491	117
Fort Worth Independent School District	Fort Worth	TX	Tarrant County	79,285	5,167	3,529	147
Fresno Unified	Fresno	CA	Fresno County	76,621	3,922	3,870	106
Davidson County School District	Nashville	TN	Davidson County	74,312	5,307	4,018	139
Denver County 1	Denver	CO	Denver County	74,189	4,356	3,190	143

Prince Wm County Public Schools	Manassas	VA	Prince William County	73,917	3,845	4,560	83
Anne Arundel County Public Schools	Annapolis	MD	Anne Arundel County	73,653	4,939	5,297	124
Brevard	Viera	FL	Brevard County	73,098	5,290	5,018	121
Guilford County Schools	Greensboro	NC	Guilford County	72,951	5,091	4,776	119
Va Beach City Public Schools	Virginia Beach	VA	Virginia Beach City	71,554	3,984	5,341	84

Greenville 01	Greenville	SC	Greenville County	70,441	4,542	—	94
Mesa Unified District	Mesa	AZ	Maricopa County	70,346	3,755	4,284	90
Granite District	Salt Lake City	UT	Salt Lake County	70,166	2,854	—	115
Fort Bend Independent School District	Sugar Land	TX	Fort Bend County	68,708	4,354	4,439	68
Pasco	Land O Lakes	FL	Pasco County	66,784	5,082	3,506	102

Davis District	Farmington	UT	Davis County	66,614	2,781	—	100
Washoe County School District	Reno	NV	Washoe County	65,421	3,461	3,191	104
Seminole	Sanford	FL	Seminole County	64,927	4,519	4,266	73
North East Independent School District	San Antonio	TX	Bexar County	63,452	4,311	3,927	73
Arlington Independent School District	Arlington	TX	Tarrant County	63,045	4,076	3,214	76

Volusia	Deland	FL	Volusia County	63,018	4,445	3,856	96
Mobile County	Mobile	AL	Mobile County	62,531	3,772	3,360	113
El Paso Independent School District	El Paso	TX	El Paso County	62,322	4,402	3,481	93
Alpine District	American Fork	UT	Utah County	62,281	2,523	—	71
Elk Grove Unified	Elk Grove	CA	Sacramento County	62,172	2,941	3,745	66

Aldine Independent School District	Houston	TX	Harris County	61,526	4,144	2,483	72
Chesterfield County Public Schools	Chesterfield	VA	Chesterfield County	59,080	3,195	4,294	64
Douglas County School District No Re 1	Castle Rock	CO	Douglas County	58,723	3,133	2,903	79
Garland Independent School District	Garland	TX	Dallas County	57,510	3,785	3,344	74
Santa Ana Unified	Santa Ana	CA	Orange County	57,439	2,579	2,404	60

Tucson Unified District	Tucson	AZ	Pima County	57,391	3,352	3,230	125
Loudoun County Public Schools	Ashburn	VA	Loudoun County	56,894	3,222	3,341	73
Katy Independent School District	Katy	TX	Fort Bend County	56,862	3,916	3,555	55
Boston	Boston	MA	Suffolk County	55,923	4,374	3,506	137
Knox County School District	Knoxville	TN	Knox County	55,535	3,831	3,464	87

San Francisco Unified	San Francisco	CA	San Francisco County	55,183	3,168	3,905	113
San Bernardino City Unified	San Bernardino	CA	San Bernardino County	54,727	2,639	2,421	73
San Antonio Independent School District	San Antonio	TX	Bexar County	54,696	3,321	2,153	100
Cumberland County Schools	Fayetteville	NC	Cumberland County	54,288	3,736	3,363	87
Plano Independent School District	Plano	TX	Collin County	54,203	4,067	3,315	75

Columbus City	Columbus	OH	Franklin County	53,536	3,186	2,569	132
Forsyth County Schools	Winston Salem	NC	Forsyth County	52,906	3,895	2,998	78
Capistrano Unified	San Juan Capistrano	CA	Orange County	52,681	2,262	3,548	61
Corona Norco Unified	Norco	CA	Riverside County	52,138	2,371	3,250	50
Osceola	Kissimmee	FL	Osceola County	51,941	3,117	3,309	60

Pasadena Independent School District	Pasadena	TX	Harris County	51,578	3,457	2,216	64
Cherry Creek 5	Greenwood Village	CO	Arapahoe County	51,199	2,950	3,426	57
Lewisville Independent School District	Flower Mound	TX	Denton County	50,216	3,666	3,004	64
Cleveland Municipal	Cleveland	OH	Cuyahoga County	49,952	3,585	2,082	108
Howard County Public Schools	Ellicott City	MD	Howard County	49,905	3,887	3,767	73

Clayton County	Jonesboro	GA	Clayton County	49,508	3,723	2,528	65
Atlanta Public Schools	Atlanta	GA	Fulton County	49,032	3,764	2,114	107
Henrico County Public Schools	Richmond	VA	Henrico County	48,991	2,654	3,514	69
Anchorage School District	Anchorage	AK	Anchorage Municipality	48,837	2,839	3,040	97
Brownsville Independent School District	Brownsville	TX	Cameron County	48,587	3,322	2,216	55

Garden Grove Unified	Garden Grove	CA	Orange County	48,574	2,098	2,010	67
Sacramento City Unified	Sacramento	CA	Sacramento County	48,155	2,316	2,348	90
Omaha Public Schools	Omaha	NE	Douglas County	48,014	3,386	2,336	98
Conroe Independent School District	Conroe	TX	Montgomery County	47,996	3,082	2,835	51
Shelby County School District	Memphis	TN	Shelby County	47,448	2,982	2,921	51
— Not available.
† Not applicable.
¹ Count of students receiving educational services from the school district may differ somewhat from the counts in table A-10, which reflects the count of students from the schools aggregated up to the school district.
² Full-time equivalent (FTE) is the amount of time required to perform an assignment stated as a proportion of a full-time position. It is computed by dividing the amount of time employed by the amount of time normally required for a full-time position. FTE is not a head count; for example, 2 half-time employees represent 1 FTE.
³ The number of total completers for the entire 100 largest school districts includes districts that reported diploma data but did not report other completer data. The number of total completers for individual districts that reported diploma data but did not report other completer data were set to missing. Therefore, the number of total completers for the entire 100 largest school districts is greater than the sum of the district-level total completer counts.
⁴Totals for number of schools may differ from published estimates since they exclude closed, inactive, and future schools.
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).
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "Public Elementary/Secondary School Universe Survey," 2008–09, Version 1a, "Local Education Agency Universe Survey," 2008–09, Version 1a, and "Local Education Universe Survey Dropout and Completion Restricted-Use Data File," 2007–08, Version 1a.

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