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Table 93.Enrollment of the 130 largest public school districts: Fall 1995

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  Name of school district  |State|  Rank  |Enrollment,||      Name of school district      | State  |  Rank   |Enrollment,
                           |     |order\1\| fall 1995 ||                                   |        |order\1\ | fall 1995
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             1             |  2  |   3    |     4     ||                 1                 |   2    |    3    |     4
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New York City..............|NY   |      1 | 1,049,039 ||Seminole County....................|FL      |      66 |    54,603
Los Angeles Unified........|CA   |      2 |   647,612 ||Knox County........................|TN      |      67 |    52,627
City of Chicago............|IL   |      3 |   412,921 ||Oakland Unified....................|CA      |      68 |    52,452
Dade County................|FL   |      4 |   333,817 ||Cincinnati City....................|OH      |      69 |    52,172
Philadelphia...............|PA   |      5 |   210,503 ||Arlington ISD......................|TX      |      70 |    51,960
                           |     |        |           ||                                   |        |         |
Broward County.............|FL   |      6 |   208,359 ||Cumberland County..................|NC      |      71 |    51,148
Houston ISD................|TX   |      7 |   206,704 ||Lee County.........................|FL      |      72 |    50,945
Hawaii Public Schools......|HI   |      8 |   187,104 ||Cypress-Fairbanks ISD..............|TX      |      73 |    50,817
Detroit Public Schools.....|MI   |      9 |   173,750 ||Santa Ana Unified..................|CA      |      74 |    50,268
Clark County...............|NV   |     10 |   166,788 ||Sacramento City Unified............|CA      |      75 |    50,104
                           |     |        |           ||                                   |        |         |
Dallas ISD.................|TX   |     11 |   148,839 ||Caddo Parish.......................|LA      |      76 |    49,578
Hillsborough County........|FL   |     12 |   143,192 ||Chesterfield County................|VA      |      77 |    49,057
Fairfax County.............|VA   |     13 |   140,820 ||Buffalo City.......................|NY      |      78 |    48,540
Palm Beach County..........|FL   |     14 |   132,215 ||San Juan Unified...................|CA      |      79 |    47,581
San Diego City Unified.....|CA   |     15 |   130,360 ||Washoe County......................|NV      |      80 |    47,572
                           |     |        |           ||                                   |        |         |
Duval County...............|FL   |     16 |   123,910 ||Anchorage..........................|AK      |      81 |    47,318
Orange County School Board.|FL   |     17 |   123,165 ||Ysleta ISD.........................|TX      |      82 |    47,144
Prince George's County.....|MD   |     18 |   122,415 ||Prince William County..............|VA      |      83 |    47,072
Montgomery County..........|MD   |     19 |   120,291 ||Seattle............................|WA      |      84 |    46,757
Baltimore City.............|MD   |     20 |   109,980 ||Minneapolis Special................|MN      |      85 |    46,612
                           |     |        |           ||                                   |        |         |
Memphis City...............|TN   |     21 |   109,286 ||Newark.............................|NJ      |      86 |    45,805
Pinellas County............|FL   |     22 |   104,335 ||Shelby County......................|TN      |      87 |    45,686
Baltimore County...........|MD   |     23 |   101,564 ||Wichita Unified....................|KS      |      88 |    45,626
Milwaukee City.............|WI   |     24 |    98,378 ||Escambia County....................|FL      |      89 |    45,215
Jefferson County...........|KY   |     25 |    93,070 ||Aldine ISD.........................|TX      |      90 |    45,139
                           |     |        |           ||                                   |        |         |
Charlotte-Mecklenburg......|NC   |     26 |    89,544 ||San Bernardino City Unified........|CA      |      91 |    45,091
Albuquerque................|NM   |     27 |    89,019 ||Indianapolis Public Schools........|IN      |      92 |    44,896
DeKalb County..............|GA   |     28 |    87,291 ||North East ISD.....................|TX      |      93 |    44,447
Orleans Parish.............|LA   |     29 |    85,596 ||Omaha City.........................|NE      |      94 |    44,247
Jefferson County...........|CO   |     30 |    85,495 ||Garland ISD........................|TX      |      95 |    43,553
                           |     |        |           ||                                   |        |         |
Gwinnett County............|GA   |     31 |    84,555 ||Charleston County..................|SC      |      96 |    43,480
Cobb County................|GA   |     32 |    82,870 ||Garden Grove Unified...............|CA      |      97 |    43,413
Wake County................|NC   |     33 |    81,438 ||Alpine.............................|UT      |      98 |    42,763
Long Beach Unified.........|CA   |     34 |    80,520 ||St. Paul Independent...............|MN      |      99 |    42,520
D.C. Public Schools........|DC   |     35 |    79,802 ||Birmingham City....................|AL      |     100 |    41,824
                           |     |        |           ||                                   |        |         |
Fresno Unified.............|CA   |     36 |    77,880 ||Pasco County School Board..........|FL      |     101 |    41,791
Granite....................|UT   |     37 |    77,106 ||St. Louis City Board of Education..|MO      |     102 |    41,720
Virginia Beach City........|VA   |     38 |    76,508 ||Corpus Christi.....................|TX      |     103 |    41,624
Austin ISD.................|TX   |     39 |    74,772 ||Tulsa..............................|OK      |     104 |    41,125
Cleveland City.............|OH   |     40 |    74,380 ||Jefferson County...................|AL      |     105 |    41,054
                           |     |        |           ||                                   |        |         |
Fort Worth ISD.............|TX   |     41 |    74,021 ||Forsyth County-Winston-Salem.......|NC      |     106 |    40,895
Polk County................|FL   |     42 |    72,807 ||Clayton County.....................|GA      |     107 |    40,562
Jordan.....................|UT   |     43 |    71,702 ||Brownsville ISD....................|TX      |     108 |    40,270
Anne Arundel County........|MD   |     44 |    71,383 ||Fort Bend ISD......................|TX      |     109 |    40,223
Nashville-Davidson County..|TN   |     45 |    70,913 ||Pasadena ISD.......................|TX      |     110 |    40,053
                           |     |        |           ||                                   |        |         |
Mesa Unified...............|AZ   |     46 |    70,035 ||Oklahoma City......................|OK      |     111 |    39,829
Brevard County.............|FL   |     47 |    65,621 ||Pittsburgh City....................|PA      |     112 |    39,761
Mobile County..............|AL   |     48 |    65,602 ||Toledo City........................|OH      |     113 |    39,193
Denver.....................|CO   |     49 |    64,322 ||Anoka Junction.....................|MN      |     114 |    39,152
El Paso ISD................|TX   |     50 |    64,260 ||Plano ISD..........................|TX      |     115 |    38,429
                           |     |        |           ||                                   |        |         |
Boston City................|MA   |     51 |    63,293 ||Howard County......................|MD      |     116 |    37,547
Columbus City..............|OH   |     52 |    63,082 ||Henrico County.....................|VA      |     117 |    37,112
Tucson Unified.............|AZ   |     53 |    62,317 ||Rochester City.....................|NY      |     118 |    36,962
San Francisco Unified......|CA   |     54 |    61,889 ||Harford County.....................|MD      |     119 |    36,820
San Antonio ISD............|TX   |     55 |    60,794 ||Norfolk City Schools...............|VA      |     120 |    36,771
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East Baton Rouge Parish....|LA   |     56 |    60,761 ||Alief ISD..........................|TX      |     121 |    36,587
Atlanta Public Schools.....|GA   |     57 |    60,209 ||Kansas City........................|MO      |     122 |    36,515
Davis County...............|UT   |     58 |    58,782 ||Richmond County....................|GA      |     123 |    36,359
Northside ISD..............|TX   |     59 |    57,409 ||Elk Grove Unified..................|CA      |     124 |    35,936
Guilford County............|NC   |     60 |    57,211 ||Chatham County.....................|GA      |     125 |    35,860
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Volusia County.............|FL   |     61 |    56,788 ||Cherry Creek.......................|CO      |     126 |    35,761
Fulton County..............|GA   |     62 |    56,338 ||Marion County......................|FL      |     127 |    35,526
Jefferson Parish...........|LA   |     63 |    56,021 ||Mt. Diablo Unified.................|CA      |     128 |    35,258
Portland...................|OR   |     64 |    55,130 ||Montgomery County..................|AL      |     129 |    35,065
Greenville County..........|SC   |     65 |    54,619 ||Riverside Unified..................|CA      |     130 |    35,055
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\1\Public school districts ranked by size of enrollment in fall 1995.

ISD=Independent School District.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data survey. (This table was prepared September 1997.)



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