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Table 104. Enrollment, poverty, and federal funds for the 100 largest school districts, by enrollment size in 2010: Fall 2010, 2009-10, and federal fiscal year 2012
Name of district State Rank order Enroll- ment, fall 2010 5- to 17-year-old popu- lation, 2011 5- to
17-year-olds in poverty, 20111
Poverty rate of
5- to
17-year-olds, 20111
Revenues by source of funds, 2009-10 Revenue for selected federal programs (in thousands), 2009-10 Title I allocations (in thousands), fiscal year 20122  
Total (in thousands) Federal (in thousands) Federal as a percent of total Federal revenue per stu- dent3 Title I basic and concen- tration grants School lunch Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) Eisen- hower math and science Voca- tional educa- tion Drug-free schools Total Basic grants Concen- tration 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 22  
New York City NY 1 995,336 1,252,107 362,692 29.0 $21,023,695 $2,047,926 9.7 $2,020 $777,993 $321,606 $257,678 $15,750 $10,177 $771,379 $291,055 $72,483 $223,677 $184,164  
Los Angeles Unified CA 2 667,273 773,749 211,407 27.3 8,436,592 1,354,563 16.1 2,019 519,940 252,561 225,979 $58,822 9,840 5,049 331,884 112,834 28,153 90,705 100,192  
City of Chicago (SD 299) IL 3 405,644 435,424 133,555 30.7 5,103,557 1,220,298 23.9 2,997 393,558 180,343 135,379 31,382 7,334 9,000 286,652 98,310 24,453 76,402 87,485  
Dade FL 4 347,366 396,251 95,369 24.1 3,442,717 625,948 18.2 1,810 164,709 104,510 107,884 19,923 6,252 1,901 120,950 45,206 10,926 34,028 30,790  
Clark County NV 5 314,059 349,488 69,072 19.8 3,037,823 245,314 8.1 799 86,928 60,567 65,899 10,758 3,784 993 84,781 33,138 7,653 24,152 19,837  
                                             
Broward FL 6 256,472 288,282 53,145 18.4 2,547,733 414,654 16.3 1,619 80,555 62,810 97,300 11,292 3,924 808 65,258 25,418 5,870 17,833 16,137  
Houston ISD TX 7 204,245 218,506 73,528 33.7 2,165,693 428,684 19.8 2,114 150,556 83,255 64,197 14,466 3,948 912 109,175 39,457 9,623 29,186 30,909  
Hillsborough FL 8 194,525 214,233 43,209 20.2 1,885,758 375,324 19.9 1,942 67,886 59,218 54,675 9,864 3,276 815 54,412 21,731 5,300 14,759 12,622  
Hawaii Department of Education HI 9 179,601 216,292 27,307 12.6 2,564,856 382,400 14.9 2,122 79,000 35,374 41,249 1,100 3,500 45,748 18,967 3,871 11,393 11,517  
Orange FL 10 176,008 196,287 41,346 21.1 1,806,377 266,478 14.8 1,538 49,409 46,556 57,250 7,749 2,498 626 49,021 19,598 4,526 13,070 11,827  
                                             
Palm Beach FL 11 174,663 198,054 40,815 20.6 1,924,004 253,911 13.2 1,469 52,495 40,276 61,041 1,738 48,734 19,495 4,502 12,986 11,750  
Fairfax County VA 12 174,479 190,161 12,697 6.7 2,350,812 144,249 6.1 839 24,901 21,100 53,436 3,860 1,971 390 18,623 7,587 1,752 4,303 4,980  
Philadelphia City PA 13 166,233 242,338 86,491 35.7 2,831,427 556,585 19.7 3,359 250,807 68,829 23,480 6,435 1,999 187,355 62,463 15,532 48,479 60,882  
Gwinnett County GA 14 160,744 170,665 29,971 17.6 1,623,148 200,541 12.4 1,259 32,205 48,461 37,249 15,217 3,514 9,635 8,884  
Dallas ISD TX 15 157,162 184,186 69,180 37.6 1,768,234 336,955 19.1 2,145 78,476 68,475 27,004 9,376 2,776 890 93,524 34,149 8,035 24,862 26,477  
                                             
Wake County NC 16 144,173 169,961 23,245 13.7 2,061,643 122,009 5.9 868 5,971 21,244 9,779 3,254 27,838 11,030 2,547 6,830 7,431  
Montgomery County MD 17 144,023 170,236 15,298 9.0 2,690,058 139,787 5.2 986 25,911 21,512 44,240 4,118 1,170 417 26,575 10,987 2,537 6,455 6,595  
Charlotte-Mecklenburg NC 18 135,954 165,212 31,871 19.3 2,297,008 169,887 7.4 1,240 10,262 37,860 12,422 4,487 38,737 15,135 3,495 9,630 10,477  
San Diego Unified CA 19 131,785 140,828 31,456 22.3 1,405,078 199,441 14.2 1,518 59,347 43,846 45,118 8,799 1,056 485 40,935 16,181 4,051 10,488 10,214  
Prince George's County MD 20 126,671 147,125 16,836 11.4 1,912,947 184,171 9.6 1,450 33,388 34,580 36,973 5,737 1,387 545 29,539 12,123 2,800 7,229 7,387  
                                             
Duval FL 21 123,997 143,925 31,946 22.2 1,179,374 191,695 16.3 1,564 50,406 30,601 34,785 6,080 1,757 543 37,238 15,203 3,603 9,676 8,756  
Memphis TN 22 111,834 118,311 41,221 34.8 1,093,003 183,453 16.8 1,678 70,652 43,576 37,954 5,036 509 57,690 21,201 5,171 14,245 17,074  
Cobb County GA 23 107,315 119,664 20,133 16.8 1,102,180 131,148 11.9 1,223 21,104 22,966 24,425 10,294 2,377 6,278 5,475  
Cypress-Fairbanks ISD TX 24 106,097 108,989 16,725 15.3 944,071 128,544 13.6 1,233 16,475 23,354 17,830 1,375 693 147 19,765 8,278 1,912 4,926 4,650  
Baltimore County MD 25 104,160 128,241 12,394 9.7 1,547,117 112,954 7.3 1,093 33,584 19,142 37,359 4,665 1,287 495 22,086 9,267 2,140 5,282 5,397  
                                             
Pinellas FL 26 104,001 120,176 21,278 17.7 1,039,383 156,035 15.0 1,483 31,822 23,043 35,941 5,026 2,575 442 24,511 10,170 2,449 6,243 5,649  
DeKalb County GA 27 98,115 108,442 25,469 23.5 1,159,197 164,684 14.2 1,657 53,393 35,605 38,296 14,711 3,735 9,568 10,283  
Jefferson County KY 28 97,331 122,354 26,385 21.6 1,124,410 155,681 13.8 1,576 50,259 31,153 36,416 14,263 3,294 8,955 9,904  
Northside ISD TX 29 95,581 100,891 16,085 15.9 884,318 112,713 12.7 1,221 19,922 24,176 15,410 2,373 830 190 19,187 8,056 1,861 4,774 4,496  
Albuquerque NM 30 95,415 114,501 25,015 21.8 1,021,779 170,302 16.7 1,763 41,483 315 28,080 1,646 310 32,606 12,817 2,960 8,007 8,822  
                                             
Polk FL 31 95,178 102,713 25,733 25.1 914,627 159,860 17.5 1,691 32,784 30,732 36,703 5,189 1,347 468 29,828 12,311 2,843 7,704 6,971  
Fulton County GA 32 91,864 106,094 16,826 15.9 1,100,931 108,858 9.9 1,204 29,028 20,134 20,725 8,596 2,033 5,119 4,976  
Jefferson County, No. R1 CO 33 85,979 88,970 9,121 10.3 878,698 54,309 6.2 629 16,013 10,872 19,948 2,591 444 178 10,711 4,600 1,062 2,416 2,633  
Austin ISD TX 34 85,697 91,551 25,970 28.4 1,057,469 150,853 14.3 1,782 35,283 27,112 17,805 4,130 1,319 342 31,798 12,874 3,025 8,061 7,838  
Long Beach Unified CA 35 84,812 90,907 22,953 25.2 857,736 159,039 18.5 1,843 51,843 27,783 26,482 5,891 1,058 808 33,519 13,270 3,370 8,588 8,291  
                                             
Baltimore City MD 36 83,800 92,039 27,751 30.2 1,347,621 213,503 15.8 2,576 95,979 29,586 32,092 8,414 2,326 397 53,777 20,987 5,170 13,644 13,976  
Lee FL 37 81,967 88,029 22,265 25.3 821,989 116,122 14.1 1,443 21,095 23,304 21,148 1,201 280 25,358 10,544 2,435 6,499 5,880  
Fort Worth ISD TX 38 81,651 87,834 26,983 30.7 836,980 186,710 22.3 2,328 54,339 27,642 16,073 6,410 1,379 431 39,674 15,880 3,873 10,122 9,798  
Milwaukee WI 39 80,934 112,548 46,310 41.1 1,268,905 259,642 20.5 3,163 114,636 34,574 38,294 2,321 83,624 29,579 7,315 20,244 26,486  
Prince William County VA 40 79,358 82,843 6,509 7.9 915,139 82,062 9.0 1,068 8,396 10,432 14,869 1,716 878 144 8,595 3,874 895 1,876 1,950  
                                             
Davidson County TN 41 78,782 91,659 26,030 28.4 764,185 108,342 14.2 1,443 41,272 24,846 24,106 1,709 416 32,176 12,365 2,922 7,740 9,149  
Denver CO 42 78,339 85,901 22,978 26.7 957,203 129,150 13.5 1,671 49,300 22,112 20,714 6,638 1,398 432 33,481 12,803 3,253 8,253 9,172  
Detroit City MI 43 77,757 139,331 65,815 47.2 1,182,258 287,377 24.3 3,175 79,973 34,128 7,643 3,352 2,363 162,895 53,518 13,641 42,423 53,313  
Anne Arundel County MD 44 75,481 90,539 6,647 7.3 1,063,940 65,752 6.2 879 14,051 8,288 26,043 2,315 745 253 10,553 4,753 1,130 2,310 2,360  
Fresno Unified CA 45 74,833 79,717 35,097 44.0 742,921 140,326 18.9 1,859 56,128 31,241 25,881 8,825 1,467 614 45,709 17,932 4,544 11,769 11,465  
                                             
Guilford County NC 46 73,205 83,675 19,856 23.7 1,009,769 97,842 9.7 1,345 7,480 20,676 6,401 2,524 23,518 9,403 2,172 5,720 6,224  
Greenville, 01 SC 47 71,930 81,113 15,343 18.9 673,631 88,847 13.2 1,252 23,933 17,279 24,316 2,374 1,104 221 20,384 7,917 1,931 4,653 5,883  
Brevard FL 48 71,866 80,573 13,876 17.2 666,690 95,693 14.4 1,322 19,512 14,357 21,894 740 250 15,411 6,612 1,527 3,817 3,454  
Virginia Beach City VA 49 71,185 76,008 7,658 10.1 792,169 85,383 10.8 1,200 14,535 10,961 15,445 2,613 933 221 10,304 4,598 1,062 2,271 2,373  
Granite UT 50 70,083 78,044 15,169 19.4 495,657 77,873 15.7 1,132 14,863 16,669 19,763 2,771 1,432 102 18,667 7,263 1,677 4,261 5,466  
                                             
Fort Bend ISD TX 51 68,948 77,110 9,052 11.7 624,727 71,085 11.4 1,025 9,643 9,833 8,038 1,277 569 132 10,191 4,605 1,063 2,421 2,102  
Davis UT 52 67,452 74,240 7,028 9.5 474,874 57,424 12.1 844 3,829 10,505 16,005 1,101 591 78 7,716 3,392 783 1,661 1,880  
Alpine UT 53 67,076 75,353 8,915 11.8 446,011 53,525 12.0 827 5,432 9,597 10,888 1,533 625 242 10,130 4,282 989 2,228 2,632  
Pasco FL 54 66,994 72,885 13,508 18.5 651,244 99,204 15.2 1,477 20,899 17,960 21,035 744 2,165 15,023 6,446 1,522 3,704 3,351  
North East ISD TX 55 66,604 74,106 11,750 15.9 683,474 75,607 11.1 1,154 14,193 13,598 12,329 1,867 641 166 13,521 5,882 1,358 3,292 2,988  
                                             
Mesa Unified AZ 56 65,123 79,892 18,713 23.4 591,990 94,625 16.0 1,402 27,720 20,196 11,784 3,551 1,207 350 26,014 10,229 2,495 6,305 6,985  
Arlington ISD TX 57 64,484 65,851 14,220 21.6 562,510 103,956 18.5 1,637 17,151 18,853 11,383 1,596 809 205 17,317 7,303 1,781 4,284 3,950  
Washoe County NV 58 64,380 71,440 12,149 17.0 627,168 63,239 10.1 975 13,875 13,502 17,760 3,282 641 217 13,302 5,889 1,360 3,324 2,730  
El Paso ISD TX 59 64,330 65,628 22,054 33.6 646,198 137,988 21.4 2,177 48,335 21,552 11,607 5,423 1,342 341 31,032 12,216 3,114 8,124 7,578  
Seminole FL 60 64,229 73,796 9,357 12.7 567,234 74,212 13.1 1,151 11,596 12,459 17,732 1,905 551 203 10,081 4,479 1,093 2,384 2,125  
                                             
Aldine ISD TX 61 63,154 60,890 21,607 35.5 619,523 126,579 20.4 2,016 26,885 29,841 9,755 2,832 723 275 26,064 10,694 2,470 6,574 6,326  
Loudoun County VA 62 63,142 68,455 2,567 3.7 888,639 35,587 4.0 593 1,233 4,530 10,853 624 307 100 1,534 1,534 0 0 0  
Elk Grove Unified CA 63 62,455 69,205 12,174 17.6 542,045 60,553 11.2 969 10,012 15,055 17,808 2,380 401 150 14,763 6,374 1,472 3,609 3,309  
Mobile County AL 64 62,016 72,855 19,120 26.2 592,058 117,344 19.8 1,870 47,961 22,625 22,692 4,710 1,735 512 23,723 9,241 2,346 5,811 6,325  
Volusia FL 65 61,559 68,663 16,009 23.3 618,315 97,893 15.8 1,571 26,334 15,691 22,910 2,939 906 240 18,144 7,693 1,777 4,554 4,121  
                                             
Douglas County, No. RE1 CO 66 61,465 65,857 2,236 3.4 592,289 15,508 2.6 259 894 2,142 9,854 546 131 78 1,121 1,121 0 0 0  
Katy ISD TX 67 60,803 60,828 6,248 10.3 578,558 54,058 9.3 915 5,295 8,895 8,461 644 315 126 5,829 3,103 0 1,496 1,230  
Chesterfield County VA 68 59,243 62,566 4,728 7.6 600,235 66,045 11.0 1,110 6,518 5,959 15,589 2,084 653 159 5,461 2,814 0 1,297 1,349  
Knox County TN 69 57,977 68,331 10,099 14.8 492,878 57,781 11.7 1,018 20,087 12,417 18,288 1,366 646 12,636 5,303 1,293 2,930 3,109  
Garland ISD TX 70 57,833 59,252 13,244 22.4 523,656 76,285 14.6 1,318 12,802 15,494 9,730 2,079 692 125 15,209 6,530 1,508 3,734 3,437  
                                             
Santa Ana Unified CA 71 57,319 55,485 14,650 26.4 549,756 95,127 17.3 1,671 23,902 25,912 21,508 3,118 460 323 17,562 7,447 1,720 4,341 4,054  
Boston MA 72 56,037 71,258 20,625 28.9 1,219,110 124,894 10.2 2,256 43,602 13,411 27,103 1,740 41,370 14,805 3,768 9,796 13,001  
San Francisco Unified CA 73 55,571 72,342 10,434 14.4 691,374 81,347 11.8 1,475 22,471 13,183 4,799 396 218 12,492 5,464 1,344 3,038 2,646  
Plano ISD TX 74 55,568 61,095 5,332 8.7 606,356 47,204 7.8 859 5,667 6,552 8,725 923 501 116 5,314 2,835 0 1,368 1,111  
San Antonio ISD TX 75 55,116 57,144 21,569 37.7 579,836 156,988 27.1 2,837 43,661 31,000 10,692 5,569 1,021 216 32,305 13,041 3,248 8,175 7,842  
                                             
San Bernardino City Unified CA 76 54,518 57,811 19,504 33.7 649,434 100,616 15.5 1,869 45,971 22,884 14,856 4,945 548 367 28,225 11,592 2,835 7,154 6,645  
Forsyth County NC 77 53,367 61,443 13,727 22.3 597,156 71,570 12.0 1,356 7,248 13,750 4,886 2,206 15,799 6,495 1,500 3,737 4,066  
Osceola FL 78 53,357 52,820 11,163 21.1 490,192 78,792 16.1 1,511 14,914 16,532 14,461 751 230 12,423 5,428 1,324 2,994 2,677  
Cumberland County NC 79 53,307 55,394 13,245 23.9 531,596 85,256 16.0 1,608 8,094 15,827 3,303 2,451 15,445 6,362 1,469 3,646 3,967  
Tucson Unified AZ 80 53,275 74,255 17,993 24.2 520,089 93,748 18.0 1,693 30,638 16,547 14,201 2,539 1,589 959 25,026 9,867 2,407 6,057 6,695  
                                             
Capistrano Unified CA 81 53,192 64,458 5,161 8.0 392,522 29,937 7.6 561 5,076 4,267 12,278 1,042 206 197 4,858 2,623 0 1,230 1,005  
Corona-Norco Unified CA 82 53,149 56,338 8,356 14.8 427,585 40,837 9.6 785 6,728 10,992 13,233 1,221 222 87 9,355 4,300 993 2,195 1,867  
Cherry Creek, No. 5 CO 83 52,232 54,582 4,695 8.6 537,904 26,082 4.8 504 5,987 6,700 9,894 1,044 234 99 4,517 2,338 0 1,079 1,100  
Pasadena ISD TX 84 52,218 53,498 14,546 27.2 527,129 102,729 19.5 1,964 21,233 21,486 7,569 2,844 695 224 16,954 7,199 1,663 4,190 3,902  
Lewisville ISD TX 85 51,484 56,447 4,399 7.8 526,111 44,973 8.5 885 1,468 7,238 8,982 991 377 102 3,980 2,182 0 994 804  
                                             
Conroe ISD TX 86 51,170 53,099 6,374 12.0 459,969 49,436 10.7 996 8,766 7,801 8,098 1,299 422 119 6,724 3,182 736 1,540 1,267  
Columbus City OH 87 51,134 68,956 25,631 37.2 946,466 145,476 15.4 2,755 72,965 21,498 13,840 2,434 471 52,167 19,174 4,676 12,169 16,147  
Howard County MD 88 50,994 57,456 3,028 5.3 853,945 30,817 3.6 609 1,953 3,549 14,574 999 315 96 3,976 2,163 0 896 916  
Clayton County GA 89 50,366 52,939 16,238 30.7 517,483 80,237 15.5 1,598 19,745 22,350 19,295 8,264 1,909 4,893 4,229  
Jordan UT 90 50,048 57,228 5,424 9.5 359,584 36,521 10.2 754 3,548 6,602 9,286 1,024 435 67 5,287 2,637 0 1,249 1,401  
                                             
Brownsville ISD TX 91 49,879 48,112 22,328 46.4 483,862 109,945 22.7 2,238 29,789 26,314 6,519 3,620 1,012 239 28,103 11,026 2,802 7,416 6,859  
Atlanta GA 92 49,796 54,799 18,363 33.5 828,061 102,638 12.4 2,099 44,053 19,373 36,742 14,251 3,476 8,929 10,086  
Omaha NE 93 49,405 61,189 14,621 23.9 580,169 108,763 18.7 2,234 22,061 17,115 11,894 3,060 1,127 245 25,363 9,577 2,212 5,643 7,931  
Henrico County VA 94 49,405 53,811 6,063 11.3 498,438 39,696 8.0 803 6,515 8,267 10,703 1,418 637 130 7,158 3,620 0 1,737 1,802  
Wichita KS 95 49,329 57,162 13,124 23.0 581,647 98,393 16.9 2,036 29,730 15,828 397 21,466 7,935 1,935 4,533 7,064  
                                             
Anchorage School AK 96 49,206 54,031 4,944 9.2 686,143 89,922 13.1 1,813 14,638 12,074 16,093 4,188 1,145 474 12,176 5,138 0 3,478 3,560  
Garden Grove Unified CA 97 48,659 51,473 11,204 21.8 421,942 63,185 15.0 1,318 17,879 16,239 16,436 2,984 365 237 13,311 5,695 1,634 3,146 2,837  
Sacramento City Unified CA 98 47,897 52,423 16,047 30.6 481,658 87,731 18.2 1,832 23,545 14,740 16,505 5,207 732 388 21,926 9,337 2,277 5,609 4,702  
Seattle WA 99 47,735 61,809 8,758 14.2 657,283 70,060 10.7 1,506 19,550 8,579 11,723 429 509 11,197 4,743 1,095 2,459 2,900  
Shelby County TN 100 47,706 59,287 6,176 10.4 389,616 31,716 8.1 658 7,253 7,419 9,387 0 476 71 7,105 3,222 744 1,568 1,571  
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1 Poverty is defined based on the number of persons and related children in the family and their income. For information on poverty thresholds, see http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/poverty/data/threshld/.
2 Fiscal year 2012 Department of Education funds available for spending by school districts in the 2012-13 school year.  
3 Federal revenue per student is based on fall enrollment collected through the "Local Education Agency (School District) Finance Survey (F33)."  
NOTE: Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. ISD = independent school district.  
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "Local Education Agency Universe Survey," 2010-11; "Local Education Agency (School District) Finance Survey (F33)," 2009-10; and unpublished Department of Education budget data. (This table was prepared January 2013.)  

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