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Digest of Education Statistics: 2006
Digest of Education Statistics: 2006

NCES 2007-017
July 2007


Table 89. Enrollment, poverty, and federal funds for the 100 largest school districts, by enrollment size: 2003–04 and fiscal year 2006 
Name of district State Rank order Enrollment, fall 2004 5- to 17-year-old population, 2004 5- to 17- year-olds in poverty, 2004 Poverty rate of
5- to 17-year-olds, 20041 
Revenues by source of funds
(in thousands), 2003–04
Revenue for selected federal programs
(in thousands), 2003–04
Title I allocations
(in thousands), fiscal year 20062 
Total Federal Federal as a percent of total Federal revenue per student3  Title I
basic and concentra-tion grants
School lunch Vocational education Drug-free schools Eisenhower
math and science
Special education Basic grants Concentra-tion grants Targeted grants Education finance incentive grants
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21
New York City NY 1 1,023,674 1,349,933 397,230 29.4 $14,723,474 $1,711,502 11.6 $1,643 $740,607 $284,992 $8,991 $12,155 $266,163 $375,513 $91,656 $196,582 $160,591
Los Angeles Unified CA 2 741,367 886,436 270,712 30.5 7,531,675 995,098 13.2 1,332 403,719 118,169 $53,708 8,631 11,518 213,233 184,399 45,251 103,094 106,513
City of Chicago IL 3 426,812 524,587 149,574 28.5 4,107,617 702,583 17.1 1,617 245,901 86,089 4,870 8,722 151,207 127,954 31,400 69,879 68,422
Dade County FL 4 368,933 421,467 103,487 24.6 3,244,666 375,101 11.6 1,009 109,312 69,908 27,529 3,826 7,073 86,287 63,701 15,632 33,923 28,785
Clark County NV 5 283,221 308,200 44,088 14.3 2,132,656 145,376 6.8 537 34,627 29,782 7,228 1,115 3,007 31,991 28,228 6,927 13,525 11,210
Broward County FL 6 274,591 312,120 50,166 16.1 2,231,773 201,622 9.0 739 41,218 47,481 12,382 1,728 3,271 44,071 30,932 7,591 15,079 12,795
Houston ISD TX 7 208,945 241,464 69,489 28.8 1,680,877 237,252 14.1 1,122 78,297 20,215 12,470 1,887 2,919 73,937 46,763 11,476 23,965 21,726
Hillsborough County FL 8 189,469 203,451 36,548 18.0 1,579,958 207,334 13.1 1,140 32,841 34,424 2,048 1,173 3,014 38,008 22,986 5,641 10,509 8,917
Philadelphia City PA 9 187,547 267,652 70,931 26.5 2,111,973 333,586 15.8 1,758 137,553 3,405 5,964 63,557 67,866 16,654 35,035 45,128
Hawaii Depart. of Ed. HI 10 183,185 209,934 26,720 12.7 2,138,137 236,470 11.1 1,288 35,049 34,359 1,402 861 3,089 43,631 23,123 4,929 8,871 9,049
                                         
Palm Beach County FL 11 175,076 197,615 28,380 14.4 1,573,522 120,126 7.6 706 29,774 29,747 39 1,580 28,091 17,562 4,310 7,784 6,605
Orange County FL 12 173,331 182,369 30,768 16.9 1,380,847 120,688 8.7 727 28,523 31,188 7,430 1,069 2,056 28,014 19,137 4,696 8,539 7,246
Fairfax County VA 13 164,765 182,279 10,744 5.9 1,893,101 72,613 3.8 442 11,842 25,997 4,230 656 1,671 13,802 8,373 2,055 3,225 3,826
Dallas ISD TX 14 158,027 187,119 60,014 32.1 1,344,357 185,142 13.8 1,153 60,464 22,521 10,312 1,493 2,285 47,438 40,077 9,835 20,120 18,240
Detroit City MI 15 141,461 213,379 66,424 31.1 1,642,402 252,704 15.4 1,651 136,401 20,655 3,991 2,630 4,381 36,870 60,845 14,659 30,491 40,353
Montgomery County MD 16 139,393 166,625 12,345 7.4 1,812,254 74,629 4.1 536 14,179 20,721 4,293 633 1,339 12,834 10,940 2,685 4,338 3,966
Prince George's County MD 17 136,095 161,755 15,813 9.8 1,397,924 94,939 6.8 692 19,511 20,445 3,723 963 1,499 26,836 13,940 3,421 5,776 5,430
Gwinnett County GA 18 135,392 134,788 14,273 10.6 1,503,965 54,277 3.6 421 18,466 10,440 2,562 4,263 5,126
San Diego Unified CA 19 134,709 163,325 32,584 20.0 1,406,014 158,168 11.2 1,146 48,758 21,019 9,189 1,307 1,537 28,049 22,462 5,512 10,077 9,178
Duval County FL 20 129,486 156,653 25,783 16.5 946,951 100,492 10.6 776 25,475 27,871 6,255 887 1,382 22,770 16,120 3,956 7,093 6,019
                                         
Memphis City TN 21 121,028 131,424 32,825 25.0 915,781 137,524 15.0 1,183 40,316 29,784 3,439 34,197 20,505 5,032 9,195 11,511
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools NC 22 118,765 140,431 19,995 14.2 1,067,782 76,490 7.2 672 23,460 12,557 3,082 5,386 6,039
Wake County Schools NC 23 114,568 130,907 12,401 9.5 970,869 53,908 5.6 495 12,630 7,746 1,901 3,080 3,453
Pinellas County FL 24 113,651 136,443 22,224 16.3 920,279 93,248 10.1 814 21,026 29,516 4,958 729 1,719 16,457 13,905 3,412 6,031 5,118
Baltimore County MD 25 107,701 134,134 10,913 8.1 1,074,341 67,841 6.3 625 16,633 16,939 3,676 602 1,112 12,382 10,007 2,456 3,891 3,511
Cobb County GA 26 103,935 111,049 10,146 9.1 945,482 46,631 4.9 457 10,102 7,531 1,848 2,869 3,294
DeKalb County GA 27 99,986 108,432 18,239 16.8 943,522 69,571 7.4 699 25,174 13,611 3,340 5,782 7,123
Jefferson County KY 28 97,976 119,227 19,989 16.8 842,393 101,812 12.1 1,065 20,690 14,054 3,449 6,034 8,201
Long Beach Unified CA 29 96,319 107,134 33,861 31.6 819,059 123,816 15.1 1,269 39,123 12,200 4,801 924 1,290 24,092 22,922 5,625 10,298 9,385
Milwaukee WI 30 93,654 117,181 32,924 28.1 1,093,133 167,029 15.3 1,716 57,633 27,294 2,081 22,178 29,400 7,215 13,210 17,007
                                         
Albuquerque NM 31 93,341 103,461 19,028 18.4 720,897 92,867 12.9 1,026 18,798 33,104 4,733 754 1,466 15,356 12,830 3,149 5,475 6,362
Baltimore City MD 32 88,401 114,120 27,430 24.0 965,291 115,355 12.0 1,227 39,360 16,599 8,091 1,131 1,595 23,586 25,595 6,281 11,361 11,119
Jefferson County CO 33 86,868 97,193 6,093 6.3 728,636 32,986 4.5 378 9,753 10,043 2,549 328 676 5,473 4,599 505 1,562 1,710
Polk County FL 34 86,292 93,489 18,205 19.5 644,591 73,278 11.4 871 17,265 15,434 4,275 695 1,502 20,183 11,230 2,756 4,750 4,030
Fresno Unified CA 35 80,760 87,726 32,182 36.7 716,277 113,923 15.9 1,399 48,291 11,986 7,275 1,136 1,686 24,079 22,683 5,425 9,903 8,856
Austin ISD TX 36 79,950 91,949 19,031 20.7 789,887 70,621 8.9 894 19,424 12,947 4,356 474 874 17,137 12,861 3,156 5,481 4,968
Fort Worth ISD TX 37 79,769 94,410 25,538 27.1 648,397 78,909 12.2 982 23,373 10,603 661 1,140 19,903 17,171 4,214 7,546 6,841
Cypress-Fairbanks ISD TX 38 79,314 68,706 4,660 6.8 581,678 23,316 4.0 311 2,376 9,538 1,318 220 285 7,272 3,133 0 1,015 920
Fulton County GA 39 75,891 80,823 7,217 8.9 803,163 37,617 4.7 513 10,504 5,374 1,319 1,858 1,984
Jordan District UT 40 75,548 80,668 4,207 5.2 439,856 30,604 7.0 409 2,699 11,554 1,344 341 793 7,299 2,709 0 866 1,031
                                         
Virginia Beach City VA 41 75,515 86,341 7,418 8.6 630,291 56,162 8.9 736 10,201 13,700 2,489 427 1,116 7,644 5,791 1,421 2,005 2,197
Mesa Unified District AZ 42 75,471 95,390 12,547 13.2 538,261 42,638 7.9 565 10,566 8,503 3,214 339 990 11,457 7,920 1,944 3,164 3,174
Brevard County FL 43 74,824 83,676 10,579 12.6 549,521 49,264 9.0 667 11,202 17,651 558 642 8,785 6,588 1,617 2,525 2,143
Northside ISD TX 44 74,649 73,903 9,948 13.5 581,114 44,413 7.6 619 9,811 10,865 2,065 312 633 11,921 6,774 1,662 2,564 2,324
Anne Arundel County MD 45 73,991 92,119 5,808 6.3 721,559 39,647 5.5 532 9,193 11,539 2,071 360 665 4,918 5,112 717 1,713 1,406
Nashville-Davidson County TN 46 72,807 87,635 15,511 17.7 593,685 55,910 9.4 814 13,832 15,128 2,025 14,911 9,886 2,426 4,106 4,917
Denver County CO 47 72,410 84,936 18,811 22.1 683,682 69,052 10.1 958 24,024 11,688 3,929 1,791 1,386 14,237 13,748 3,374 5,853 6,455
Lee County FL 48 71,210 76,279 11,034 14.5 640,307 53,026 8.3 798 11,297 13,519 405 947 12,061 6,818 1,673 2,635 2,236
Granite District UT 49 68,783 73,242 7,578 10.3 393,914 43,542 11.1 615 8,397 10,623 2,610 596 569 10,271 4,728 1,160 1,640 1,996
Guilford County Schools NC 50 68,220 76,303 12,961 17.0 515,548 47,482 9.2 721 14,692 8,055 1,977 3,228 3,620
                                         
Seminole County FL 51 66,692 72,213 8,170 11.3 502,201 34,427 6.9 530 7,251 11,940 2,162 366 670 7,222 5,014 1,230 1,771 1,503
Prince William County VA 52 66,298 69,068 4,680 6.8 612,178 26,399 4.3 416 5,025 7,416 1,892 232 660 6,082 3,613 0 1,170 1,259
Volusia County FL 53 65,281 72,709 12,287 16.9 537,578 48,138 9.0 751 13,039 12,472 2,408 547 1,231 10,190 7,719 1,894 3,067 2,603
Greenville County SC 54 65,265 72,872 11,331 15.5 557,680 41,731 7.5 650 9,787 12,705 2,365 371 1,309 9,976 7,784 1,910 3,044 4,108
Orleans Parish SB LA 55 64,920 83,808 29,565 35.3 538,644 84,326 15.7 1,242 36,170 6,215 6,626 645 1,277 20,916 21,702 5,191 9,428 9,514
Cleveland Municipal OH 56 64,670 92,582 30,413 32.8 820,215 128,163 15.6 1,840 13,973 980 2,862 23,871 25,830 6,339 11,519 16,320
Mobile County AL 57 63,987 76,758 19,550 25.5 459,717 68,643 14.9 1,060 25,340 14,465 5,122 583 2,458 17,099 12,241 2,982 5,191 5,876
Washoe County NV 58 63,322 68,715 7,899 11.5 463,123 35,805 7.7 577 7,610 8,004 1,245 311 699 7,502 5,165 1,267 1,844 1,261
El Paso ISD TX 59 63,216 64,396 22,296 34.6 492,139 79,681 16.2 1,261 26,164 9,696 7,745 646 1,086 16,629 15,902 3,803 6,737 6,222
Fort Bend ISD TX 60 62,853 64,815 4,888 7.5 459,369 22,699 4.9 371 3,409 8,495 1,504 225 449 5,296 3,398 0 1,116 1,012
                                         
District of Columbia DC 61 62,306 74,518 21,695 29.1 1,081,501 167,020 15.4 2,566 43,773 12,445 2,885 3,829 15,903 23,646 5,803 10,384 8,869
Arlington ISD TX 62 62,267 69,132 10,214 14.8 475,658 37,135 7.8 595 10,480 7,646 2,072 330 653 11,563 6,853 1,682 2,602 2,358
Santa Ana Unified CA 63 61,693 66,186 16,169 24.4 592,412 77,326 13.1 1,230 23,027 11,440 5,204 331 726 16,503 10,858 2,664 4,516 3,937
Tucson Unified District AZ 64 61,204 81,180 17,624 21.7 476,206 57,276 12.0 932 16,862 10,771 4,145 632 1,502 12,645 11,512 2,825 4,885 5,089
Pasco County FL 65 60,846 63,384 10,621 16.8 448,929 39,422 8.8 685 8,414 9,152 2,538 354 469 10,695 6,595 1,618 2,529 2,146
Columbus Public Schools OH 66 60,668 75,979 20,722 27.3 694,022 82,466 11.9 1,307 9,471 499 2,836 16,436 18,099 4,441 7,813 10,871
San Bernardino City Unified CA 67 59,105 61,169 22,306 36.5 493,002 68,822 14.0 1,190 28,653 8,572 2,693 600 824 17,360 15,227 3,737 6,610 5,911
Davis District UT 68 58,953 60,441 4,002 6.6 344,281 32,004 9.3 527 3,440 7,873 1,386 183 833 7,182 2,501 0 786 931
Elk Grove Unified CA 69 58,670 54,577 7,425 13.6 552,457 36,821 6.7 662 10,360 6,714 1,419 243 343 8,323 5,277 1,295 1,842 1,417
Boston MA 70 57,742 75,711 17,043 22.5 1,077,906 108,651 10.1 1,806 44,815 17,453 1,439 10,269 19,023 4,550 8,007 10,420
                                         
North East ISD TX 71 57,599 60,871 6,709 11.0 451,017 28,674 6.4 509 5,761 8,930 1,776 223 560 7,776 4,549 1,116 1,557 1,412
San Francisco County Unified CA 72 57,144 71,073 13,285 18.7 556,589 71,288 12.8 1,233 19,505 2,236 260 529 11,486 9,202 2,258 3,723 3,190
San Antonio ISD TX 73 56,639 66,273 24,475 36.9 518,758 86,237 16.6 1,515 28,370 9,353 5,268 684 1,087 24,403 16,649 4,086 7,296 6,614
Aldine ISD TX 74 56,375 53,839 13,392 24.9 455,847 57,620 12.6 1,024 12,893 9,067 2,708 325 674 19,155 9,035 2,217 3,647 3,306
Chesterfield County VA 75 56,242 56,760 3,850 6.8 481,820 22,019 4.6 398 4,116 8,725 1,421 206 602 3,134 2,962 0 920 978
Garland ISD TX 76 56,236 55,965 6,414 11.5 378,731 23,827 6.3 432 3,237 6,629 1,517 203 403 8,607 4,280 0 1,454 1,318
Knox County TN 77 54,247 62,758 9,486 15.1 363,394 23,229 6.4 441 5,728 4,915 7,572 6,063 1,488 2,274 2,544
Cumberland County Schools NC 78 53,346 58,062 11,662 20.1 368,430 50,843 13.8 963 12,868 7,286 1,788 2,860 3,207
Alpine District UT 79 52,920 50,876 4,328 8.5 278,551 19,131 6.9 373 2,786 6,380 1,439 210 568 5,968 2,707 0 865 1,030
Plano ISD TX 80 52,406 68,902 3,494 5.1 571,609 17,346 3.0 334 2,645 6,624 1,054 162 488 3,445 2,362 0 719 652
                                         
Sacramento City Unified CA 81 51,420 67,396 17,236 25.6 464,816 78,317 16.8 1,503 25,811 8,480 4,890 612 845 13,908 12,030 2,952 5,078 4,467
Clayton County GA 82 51,405 56,259 10,334 18.4 426,744 37,874 8.9 749 13,742 7,534 1,849 2,870 3,295
Jefferson Parish SB LA 83 51,403 79,341 17,545 22.1 423,917 56,892 13.4 1,106 15,082 9,389 4,155 670 914 14,310 12,149 2,922 5,009 5,122
Atlanta City GA 84 51,377 66,109 24,482 37.0 722,138 79,347 11.0 1,523 16,914 18,093 4,440 7,931 9,947
Capistrano Unified CA 85 50,615 58,724 3,590 6.1 346,292 19,426 5.6 391 3,646 6,419 1,062 172 205 2,649 2,411 0 737 545
San Juan Unified CA 86 50,089 61,852 7,062 11.4 433,264 38,876 9.0 764 10,242 7,265 2,129 338 337 6,173 5,043 1,237 1,745 1,337
Garden Grove Unified CA 87 50,030 56,688 10,686 18.9 365,604 42,243 11.6 842 14,478 6,681 3,246 516 425 12,023 7,698 3,075 3,002 2,511
Anchorage AK 88 49,545 56,132 4,837 8.6 430,337 58,649 13.6 1,180 11,121 10,296 4,497 576 1,019 7,228 5,792 678 2,758 2,820
Oakland Unified CA 89 49,214 71,399 19,922 27.9 496,023 76,751 15.5 1,522 29,039 8,524 4,705 593 752 0 13,673 3,355 5,865 5,209
Forsyth County Schools NC 90 48,785 56,386 8,826 15.7 413,020 32,133 7.8 679 9,246 5,492 1,348 2,000 2,243
                                         
Wichita KS 91 48,737 57,095 10,072 17.6 452,437 57,466 12.7 1,175 17,603 1,055 10,935 8,216 2,016 3,156 5,206
Howard County MD 92 48,219 53,895 2,376 4.4 537,507 17,975 3.3 376 2,828 6,010 1,011 171 364 2,030 2,100 0 0 0
Cherry Creek CO 93 47,818 46,590 2,779 6.0 407,479 13,008 3.2 279 1,551 6,114 932 128 152 2,778 2,062 0 590 645
Portland OR 94 47,649 61,819 9,900 16.0 505,585 50,455 10.0 1,044 17,241 7,655 2,061 1,195 812 9,512 7,664 1,881 2,913 4,538
Osceola County FL 95 47,446 42,187 8,115 19.2 345,418 29,275 8.5 667 5,532 6,325 212 459 8,586 4,988 1,224 1,759 1,492
Pasadena ISD TX 96 47,440 47,044 8,777 18.7 352,354 28,542 8.1 619 6,803 4,312 1,798 222 657 11,640 5,901 1,448 2,145 1,945
Brownsville ISD TX 97 46,846 41,415 17,168 41.5 395,095 66,909 16.9 1,457 23,507 6,690 4,340 471 589 22,367 12,060 2,885 4,943 4,565
Seattle WA 98 46,746 59,915 9,106 15.2 526,366 50,583 9.6 1,063 14,442 8,861 593 6,862 6,609 1,710 2,456 3,061
Henrico County VA 99 46,711 49,545 4,124 8.3 359,717 16,769 4.7 370 4,042 5,126 1,431 210 572 3,195 3,215 0 1,017 1,087
Omaha NE 100 46,549 58,126 9,005 15.5 423,926 51,152 12.1 1,111 14,400 10,568 2,102 348 980 10,661 8,056 1,977 3,184 4,416
—Not available
1 Poverty is defined based on the number of persons and related children in the family and their income. See http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/poverty/threshld/thresh04.html for information on poverty thresholds for 2004.
2 Fiscal year 2006 Department of Education funds available for spending by school districts in the 2006–07 school year.
3 Federal revenue per student is based on fall enrollment collected through the "National Public Education Financial Survey."
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "National Public Education Financial Survey," 2003–04; "Local Education Agency Universe Survey," 2004–05; and unpublished Depart­ment of Education budget data. (This table was prepared October 2006.)