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Table 92.Enrollment of the 130 largest public school districts: Fall 1993

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       Name of school district       |State |  Rank  |Enrollment,
                                     |      |order\1\| fall 1993
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                  1                  |  2   |   3    |     4
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New York City  ......................|N.Y.  |      1 | 1,005,521
Los Angeles Unified  ................|Calif.|      2 |   639,129
City of Chicago  ....................|Ill.  |      3 |   409,499
Dade County  ........................|Fla.  |      4 |   308,465
Philadelphia  .......................|Penn. |      5 |   207,667
                                     |      |        |
Houston ISD   .......................|Texas |      6 |   200,445
Broward County  .....................|Fla.  |      7 |   189,862
Hawaii Public Schools ...............|Hawaii|      8 |   180,529
Detroit Public Schools  .............|Mich. |      9 |   173,295
Clark County  .......................|Nev.  |     10 |   145,327
                                     |      |        |
Dallas ISD  .........................|Texas |     11 |   142,652
Fairfax County  .....................|Va.   |     12 |   135,413
Hillsborough County  ................|Fla.  |     13 |   135,104
San Diego City Unified  .............|Calif.|     14 |   127,258
Palm Beach County  ..................|Fla.  |     15 |   122,145
                                     |      |        |
Duval County  .......................|Fla.  |     16 |   119,785
Prince George's County  .............|Md.   |     17 |   115,918
Orange County  ......................|Fla.  |     18 |   113,638
Montgomery County  ..................|Md.   |     19 |   113,429
Baltimore City  .....................|Md.   |     20 |   113,354
                                     |      |        |
Memphis City  .......................|Tenn. |     21 |   105,978
Pinellas County  ....................|Fla.  |     22 |   100,135
Baltimore County  ...................|Md.   |     23 |    96,402
Milwaukee City  .....................|Wis.  |     24 |    95,259
Jefferson County  ...................|Ky.   |     25 |    93,529
                                     |      |        |
Albuquerque  ........................|N.M.  |     26 |    92,697
Orleans Parish  .....................|La.   |     27 |    85,983
Charlotte-Mecklenburg  ..............|N.C.  |     28 |    82,842
Jefferson County  ...................|Colo. |     29 |    82,760
DeKalb County  ......................|Ga.   |     30 |    81,468
                                     |      |        |
D.C. Public Schools  ................|D.C.  |     31 |    80,678
Granite  ............................|Utah  |     32 |    79,746
Cobb County  ........................|Ga.   |     33 |    77,563
Long Beach Unified  .................|Calif.|     34 |    76,783
Gwinnett County  ....................|Ga.   |     35 |    76,482
                                     |      |        |
Fresno Unified ......................|Calif.|     36 |    76,349
Virginia Beach City  ................|Va.   |     37 |    74,880
Cleveland City  .....................|Ohio  |     38 |    73,633
Wake County  ........................|N.C.  |     39 |    73,263
Nashville-Davidson County  ..........|Tenn. |     40 |    72,483
                                     |      |        |
Fort Worth ISD   ....................|Texas |     41 |    72,114
Austin ISD  .........................|Texas |     42 |    71,664
Jordan  .............................|Utah  |     43 |    70,256
Polk County  ........................|Fla.  |     44 |    69,718
Anne Arundel County  ................|Md.   |     45 |    69,020
                                     |      |        |
Mesa Unified ........................|Ariz. |     46 |    67,639
Mobile County .......................|Ala.  |     47 |    66,580
El Paso ISD  ........................|Texas |     48 |    64,141
Columbus City  ......................|Ohio  |     49 |    63,877
Boston City  ........................|Mass. |     50 |    63,738
                                     |      |        |
East Baton Rouge Parish  ............|La.   |     51 |    63,179
Denver ..............................|Colo. |     52 |    62,673
Brevard County  .....................|Fla.  |     53 |    62,556
San Francisco Unified  ..............|Calif.|     54 |    61,631
Tucson Unified  .....................|Ariz. |     55 |    60,529
                                     |      |        |
San Antonio ISD   ...................|Texas |     56 |    59,544
Atlanta  ............................|Ga.   |     57 |    59,244
Davis County  .......................|Utah  |     58 |    57,933
Jefferson Parish  ...................|La.   |     59 |    57,270
Northside ISD   .....................|Texas |     60 |    54,992
                                     |      |        |
Guilford County  ....................|N.C.  |     61 |    54,451
Portland  ...........................|Oreg. |     62 |    54,073
Volusia County  .....................|Fla.  |     63 |    53,972
Greenville County  ..................|S.C.  |     64 |    53,280
Seminole County  ....................|Fla.  |     65 |    52,688
                                     |      |        |
Cincinnati City  ....................|Ohio  |     66 |    52,381
Oakland Unified  ....................|Calif.|     67 |    51,748
Knox County  ........................|Tenn. |     68 |    51,742
Caddo Parish  .......................|La.   |     69 |    51,255
Fulton County  ......................|Ga.   |     70 |    50,190
                                     |      |        |
Sacramento City Unified  ............|Calif.|     71 |    49,997
Ysleta ISD  .........................|Texas |     72 |    49,388
Cumberland County  ..................|N.C.  |     73 |    49,247
Arlington ISD  ......................|Texas |     74 |    48,667
Santa Ana Unified  ..................|Calif.|     75 |    48,407
                                     |      |        |
Cypress-Fairbanks ISD  ..............|Texas |     76 |    48,252
Buffalo City  .......................|N.Y.  |     77 |    48,128
Chesterfield County  ................|Va.   |     78 |    47,919
San Juan Unified  ...................|Calif.|     79 |    47,650
Lee County  .........................|Fla.  |     80 |    47,390
                                     |      |        |
Anchorage ...........................|Alaska|     81 |    47,340
Wichita Unified  ....................|Kans. |     82 |    47,132
Newark  .............................|N.J.  |     83 |    46,835
Indianapolis Public Schools  ........|Ind.  |     84 |    46,656
Seattle  ............................|Wash. |     85 |    45,159
                                     |      |        |
Charleston County  ..................|S.C.  |     86 |    44,883
Prince William County  ..............|Va.   |     87 |    44,881
Escambia County  ....................|Fla.  |     88 |    44,641
Minneapolis Special  ................|Minn. |     89 |    44,533
San Bernardino City Unified .........|Calif.|     90 |    43,933
                                     |      |        |
Washoe County  ......................|Nev.  |     91 |    43,715
Omaha City  .........................|Neb.  |     92 |    43,609
Aldine ISD   ........................|Texas |     93 |    43,539
North East ISD   ....................|Texas |     94 |    43,122
Birmingham City .....................|Ala.  |     95 |    42,847
                                     |      |        |
Corpus Christi  .....................|Texas |     96 |    42,374
Shelby County  ......................|Tenn. |     97 |    41,994
Fort Bend ISD   .....................|Texas |     98 |    41,981
Garden Grove Unified ................|Calif.|     99 |    41,664
Alpine  .............................|Utah  |    100 |    41,601
                                     |      |        |
Tulsa  ..............................|Okla. |    101 |    41,341
Saint Louis City  ...................|Mo.   |    102 |    41,213
Garland ISD   .......................|Texas |    103 |    41,134
Jefferson County ....................|Ala.  |    104 |    40,733
Pittsburgh City  ....................|Penn. |    105 |    40,107
                                     |      |        |
Brownsville ISD  ....................|Texas |    106 |    39,402
Pasadena ISD   ......................|Texas |    107 |    39,265
Saint Paul Independent  .............|Minn. |    108 |    39,239
Toledo City  ........................|Ohio  |    109 |    39,238
Forsyth County-Winston Salem ........|N.C.  |    110 |    38,609
                                     |      |        |
Pasco County  .......................|Fla.  |    111 |    38,265
Oklahoma City  ......................|Okla. |    112 |    38,052
Clayton County  .....................|Ga.   |    113 |    37,961
Anoka Junction  .....................|Minn. |    114 |    37,777
Kansas City  ........................|Mo.   |    115 |    36,599
                                     |      |        |
Norfolk City  .......................|Va.   |    116 |    36,450
Rochester City  .....................|N.Y.  |    117 |    35,568
Richmond County  ....................|Ga.   |    118 |    35,422
Chatham County  .....................|Ga.   |    119 |    35,358
Montgomery County ...................|Ala.  |    120 |    35,244
                                     |      |        |
Plano ISD   .........................|Texas |    121 |    34,956
Henrico County  .....................|Va.   |    122 |    34,952
Harford County  .....................|Md.   |    123 |    34,775
Howard County  ......................|Md.   |    124 |    34,416
Calcasieu Parish  ...................|La.   |    125 |    34,373
                                     |      |        |
Stockton City Unified ...............|Calif.|    126 |    34,337
Mt. Diablo Unified  .................|Calif.|    127 |    34,110
Riverside Unified  ..................|Calif.|    128 |    33,655
Kanawha County  .....................|W.Va. |    129 |    33,644
Akron City ..........................|Ohio  |    130 |    33,495
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\1\Public school districts ranked by size of enrollment in fall 1993. ISD=Independent School District.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data survey. (This table was prepared August 1995.)


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