Largest Districts Reports

This publication has been discontinued, however the information provided in these publications was derived from the CCD data files. These publications provide basic descriptive information about the largest school districts (ranked by student membership) in the United States. The data for these reports can be found in either the data files (http://nces.ed.gov/ccd/ccddata.asp) or via the data tool (http://nces.ed.gov/ccd/elsi/).

These publications are available online for the following years:

School Year	NCES Number	Title	Formats Available
2008–2009	NCES 2011-301	Characteristics of the 100 Largest Public Elementary and Secondary School Districts in the United States: 2008–09	HTML and PDF
2007–2008	NCES 2010-349	Characteristics of the 100 Largest Public Elementary and Secondary School Districts in the United States: 2007–08	HTML and PDF
2006–2007	NCES 2009-342	Characteristics of the 100 Largest Public Elementary and Secondary School Districts in the United States: 2006–07	HTML and PDF
2005–2006	NCES 2008-339	Characteristics of the 100 Largest Public Elementary and Secondary School Districts in the United States: 2005–06	HTML and PDF
2004–2005	NCES 2008-335	Characteristics of the 100 Largest Public Elementary and Secondary School Districts in the United States: 2004–05	HTML and PDF
2003–2004	NCES 2006-329	Characteristics of the 100 Largest Public Elementary and Secondary School Districts in the United States: 2003–04	HTML and PDF
2002–2003	NCES 2005-312	Characteristics of the 100 Largest Public Elementary and Secondary School Districts in the United States: 2002–03	HTML and PDF
2001–2002	NCES 2003-353	Characteristics of the 100 Largest Public Elementary and Secondary School Districts in the United States: 2001–02	HTML and PDF
2000–2001	NCES 2002-351	Characteristics of the 100 Largest Public Elementary and Secondary School Districts in the United States: 2000–01	HTML and PDF
1999–2000	NCES 2001-346	Characteristics of the 100 Largest Public Elementary and Secondary School Districts in the United States: 1999–2000	HTML and PDF
1998–1999	NCES 2000-345	Characteristics of the 100 Largest Public Elementary and Secondary School Districts in the United States: 1998–99	HTML and PDF
1997–1998 (includes 1996–1997 data)	NCES 1999-318	Characteristics of the 100 Largest Public Elementary and Secondary School Districts in the United States: 1997–98	HTML and PDF
1995–1996 (includes 1994–1995 data)	NCES 98-214	Characteristics of the 100 Largest Public Elementary and Secondary School Districts in the United States: 1995–96	PDF
1993–1994	NCES 96-212	Characteristics of the 100 Largest Public Elementary and Secondary School Districts in the United States: 1993–94	PDF
1992–1993	NCES 95-800	Characteristics of the 100 Largest Public Elementary and Secondary School Districts in the United States: 1992–93	PDF
1991–1992	NCES 94-405	Characteristics of the 100 Largest Public Elementary and Secondary School Districts in the United States: 1991–92	PDF
1990–1991	NCES 93-131	Characteristics of the 100 Largest Public Elementary and Secondary School Districts in the United States: 1990–91	PDF
1988–1989	NCES 91-062	Characteristics of the 100 Largest Public Elementary and Secondary School Districts in the United States: 1988–89	PDF
1987–1988	NCES 89-062	Characteristics of the 55 Largest Public Elementary and Secondary School Districts in the United States: 1987–88	PDF
1986–1987	NCES 88-041	Characteristics of the 25 Most Populous Cities' School Systems and the 25 Largest Public Elementary and Secondary School Districts in the United States: Fall 1986	PDF

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