Table A12. Number of public high school completers, the grades 9–12 dropout rate, and the public school averaged freshman graduation rate 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: 2008–09

NCES 2011-301
November 2010

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Table A12. Number of public high school completers, the grades 9–12 dropout rate, and the public school averaged freshman graduation rate in the 100 largest school districts in the United States and jurisdictions, by school district: School year 2007–08
Name of reporting district	State	Completers¹			Grades 9–12 dropout rate³	Averaged freshman graduation rate⁴
		Completers¹
		Total²	Diploma	Other completers
		Total²	Diploma	Other completers
Reporting districts⁵	†	617,538	597,783	19,755	5.1	65.0

New York City Public Schools	NY	55,290	52,662	2,628	5.3	56.9
Los Angeles Unified	CA	30,580	30,580	†	6.8	48.8
Puerto Rico Department of Education	PR	30,016	30,016	†	—	64.5
City of Chicago School District 299	IL	20,285	20,285	†	16.3	63.8
Dade	FL	20,791	18,784	2,007	6.0	58.5

Clark County School District	NV	13,031	11,325	1,706	6.2	49.1
Broward	FL	15,742	14,898	844	2.8	67.2
Houston Independent School District	TX	7,976	7,976	†	6.8	56.6
Hillsborough	FL	10,503	10,091	412	2.5	69.3
Hawaii Department of Education	HI	11,833	11,613	220	5.4	76.0

Orange	FL	10,672	9,863	809	1.9	69.1
Palm Beach	FL	10,879	10,092	787	5.0	64.8
Fairfax County Public Schools	VA	12,150	11,536	614	2.2	86.0
Philadelphia City School District	PA	8,732	8,732	†	8.5	55.5
Dallas Independent School District	TX	6,371	6,371	†	8.9	53.3

Gwinnett County	GA	8,472	7,939	533	3.3	72.3
Montgomery County Public Schools	MD	10,316	10,175	141	3.1	86.6
Wake County Schools	NC	7,717	7,657	60	4.4	82.7
Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools	NC	6,611	6,464	147	5.4	66.2
San Diego Unified	CA	6,778	6,778	†	2.4	63.0

Prince George's County Public Schools	MD	8,644	8,617	27	2.7	71.7
Duval	FL	6,502	5,999	503	4.7	59.2
Memphis City School District	TN	6,547	6,038	509	11.5	61.5
Cobb County	GA	7,090	6,730	360	2.0	76.9
Pinellas	FL	6,790	6,458	332	2.6	62.4

Baltimore County Public Schools	MD	7,571	7,526	45	4.9	82.6
Cypress Fairbanks Independent School District	TX	5,294	5,294	†	1.1	86.5
Dekalb County	GA	5,424	4,761	663	3.9	57.4
Jefferson County	KY	5,396	5,325	71	6.2	69.2
Detroit City School District	MI	—	6,014	—	11.7	45.2

Albuquerque Public Schools	NM	5,239	5,076	163	7.0	65.7
Polk	FL	5,068	4,727	341	4.9	68.5
Northside Independent School District	TX	4,704	4,704	†	2.6	79.7
Fulton County	GA	5,087	4,864	223	2.8	79.3
Long Beach Unified	CA	5,054	5,054	†	4.1	65.5

Jefferson County School District No R 1	CO	5,968	5,714	254	5.1	79.9
Milwaukee School District	WI	—	4,810	—	8.3	62.1
Austin Independent School District	TX	3,903	3,903	†	5.5	67.4
Baltimore City Public Schools	MD	4,116	4,019	97	9.2	56.8
Jordan District	UT	—	4,626	—	3.0	78.4

Lee	FL	4,491	4,174	317	2.3	71.0
Fort Worth Independent School District	TX	3,529	3,529	†	7.3	61.0
Fresno Unified	CA	3,870	3,870	†	6.4	58.1
Davidson County School District	TN	4,018	3,846	172	7.5	66.7
Denver County 1	CO	3,190	2,878	312	13.8	50.4

Prince Wm County Public Schools	VA	4,560	4,275	285	2.1	78.8
Anne Arundel County Public Schools	MD	5,297	5,244	53	3.5	81.3
Brevard	FL	5,018	4,923	95	0.8	75.8
Guilford County Schools	NC	4,776	4,623	153	3.0	79.0
Va Beach City Public Schools	VA	5,341	4,787	554	1.7	72.7

Greenville 01	SC	—	—	—	4.2	—
Mesa Unified District	AZ	4,284	4,284	†	5.4	73.4
Granite District	UT	—	3,244	—	5.8	61.6
Fort Bend Independent School District	TX	4,439	4,439	†	2.4	82.2
Pasco	FL	3,506	3,421	85	2.5	65.9

Davis District	UT	—	3,695	—	2.8	83.1
Washoe County School District	NV	3,191	2,804	387	2.8	50.4
Seminole	FL	4,266	4,130	136	0.6	72.9
North East Independent School District	TX	3,927	3,927	†	1.6	82.2
Arlington Independent School District	TX	3,214	3,214	†	4.0	65.9

Volusia	FL	3,856	3,640	216	1.2	65.2
Mobile County	AL	3,360	3,202	158	2.8	63.1
El Paso Independent School District	TX	3,481	3,481	†	4.8	66.5
Alpine District	UT	—	2,936	—	3.2	74.6
Elk Grove Unified	CA	3,745	3,745	†	2.7	81.8

Aldine Independent School District	TX	2,483	2,483	†	6.8	56.9
Chesterfield County Public Schools	VA	4,294	4,092	202	3.4	86.8
Douglas County School District No Re 1	CO	2,903	2,865	38	1.0	89.5
Garland Independent School District	TX	3,344	3,344	†	3.5	76.1
Santa Ana Unified	CA	2,404	2,404	†	1.8	52.4

Tucson Unified District	AZ	3,230	3,230	†	2.5	68.8
Loudoun County Public Schools	VA	3,341	3,193	148	1.1	95.9
Katy Independent School District	TX	3,555	3,555	†	1.0	93.8
Boston	MA	3,506	3,506	0	7.6	69.1
Knox County School District	TN	3,464	3,275	189	4.5	77.3

San Francisco Unified	CA	3,905	3,905	†	4.6	77.7
San Bernardino City Unified	CA	2,421	2,421	†	6.1	49.0
San Antonio Independent School District	TX	2,153	2,153	†	10.9	51.5
Cumberland County Schools	NC	3,363	3,281	82	3.8	74.0
Plano Independent School District	TX	3,315	3,315	†	0.6	83.9

Columbus City	OH	2,569	2,569	†	5.8	50.5
Forsyth County Schools	NC	2,998	2,945	53	5.9	75.0
Capistrano Unified	CA	3,548	3,548	†	0.9	86.2
Corona Norco Unified	CA	3,250	3,250	†	1.5	85.9
Osceola	FL	3,309	2,912	397	3.5	70.5

Pasadena Independent School District	TX	2,216	2,216	†	6.9	60.1
Cherry Creek 5	CO	3,426	3,385	41	6.2	87.1
Lewisville Independent School District	TX	3,004	3,004	†	1.4	80.6
Cleveland Municipal	OH	2,082	2,082	†	13.4	38.6
Howard County Public Schools	MD	3,767	3,734	33	1.4	91.7

Clayton County	GA	2,528	2,161	367	2.0	49.0
Atlanta Public Schools	GA	2,114	1,909	205	7.8	50.5
Henrico County Public Schools	VA	3,514	3,061	453	3.5	78.4
Anchorage School District	AK	3,040	2,963	77	5.5	72.5
Brownsville Independent School District	TX	2,216	2,216	†	4.6	62.2

Garden Grove Unified	CA	2,010	2,010	†	1.6	51.1
Sacramento City Unified	CA	2,348	2,348	†	3.7	57.9
Omaha Public Schools	NE	2,336	2,336	0	6.4	59.6
Conroe Independent School District	TX	2,835	2,835	†	0.7	84.1
Shelby County School District	TN	2,921	2,870	51	0.2	75.7
— Not available.
† Not applicable.
¹ Includes high school diploma recipients as well as other high school completers (e.g., certificates of attendance), but not high school equivalencies (e.g., GEDs). Total completers may be different than reported in the CCD state-level file.
² The grand total number of completers for the entire set of 100 largest school districts includes districts that reported diploma data but did not report other completer data. Individual districts, on the other hand, reporting diploma but not other completer data were marked as 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.
³ The grades 9–12 dropout rate estimates the percentage of public high school students who left high school between the beginning of one school year and the beginning of the next without earning a high school diploma or its equivalent (e.g., a General Education Development (GED)) and do not meet any of the following exclusionary conditions: transfer to another public school district, private school, or state- or district-approved education program; temporary absence due to suspension or school-approved illness; or death. The grades 9–12 dropout rate is calculated by dividing the number of grades 9–12 dropouts by the grades 9–12 enrollment. Ungraded enrollment within each agency is redistributed across other grades in proportion to the graded enrollment. See appendix B for more information.
⁴ Averaged freshman graduation rate (AFGR) is an estimate of the percentage of an entering freshman class graduating in four years. For 2007–08, it equals the total number of high school diploma recipients in 2007–08 divided by the average membership of the 8th-grade class in 2003–04, the 9th-grade class in 2004–05, and the 10th-grade class in 2005–06. Ungraded students were allocated to individual grades proportional to each state's enrollment in those grades. See appendix B for more information.
⁵ 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).
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "Local Education Agency Universe Survey," 2008–09, Version 1a, and "Local Education Universe Survey Dropout and Completion Public-Use Data File," 2007–08, Version 1a.

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