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Table 95. -  Enrollment of the 130 largest public school districts: Fall 1996
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  Name of school district  |State|  Rank  |Enrollment,|     Name of school district      |State |  Rank  |Enrollment,
                           |     |order\1\| fall 1996 |                                  |      |order\1\| fall 1996
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             1             |  2  |   3    |     4     |                1                 |  2   |   3    |     4
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New York City..............|NY   |      1 | 1,063,561 |Jefferson Parish..................|LA    |     66 |    55,876
Los Angeles Unified........|CA   |      2 |   667,305 |Oakland Unified...................|CA    |     67 |    53,462
City of Chicago............|IL   |      3 |   469,098 |Arlington ISD.....................|TX    |     68 |    53,343
Dade County................|FL   |      4 |   341,117 |Cypress-Fairbanks ISD.............|TX    |     69 |    52,930
Broward County.............|FL   |      5 |   218,608 |Lee County........................|FL    |     70 |    52,317
                           |     |        |           |                                  |      |        |
Philadelphia...............|PA   |      6 |   212,150 |Santa Ana Unified.................|CA    |     71 |    52,107
Houston ISD................|TX   |      7 |   209,375 |Sacramento City Unified...........|CA    |     72 |    51,240
Hawaii Public Schools......|HI   |      8 |   187,653 |Knox County.......................|TN    |     73 |    51,224
Detroit Public Schools.....|MI   |      9 |   182,316 |Cumberland County.................|NC    |     74 |    51,035
Clark County...............|NV   |     10 |   179,106 |Cincinnati City...................|OH    |     75 |    50,396
                           |     |        |           |                                  |      |        |
Dallas ISD.................|TX   |     11 |   154,847 |Chesterfield County...............|VA    |     76 |    49,781
Hillsborough County........|FL   |     12 |   147,826 |Washoe County.....................|NV    |     77 |    49,671
Fairfax County.............|VA   |     13 |   143,266 |Caddo Parish......................|LA    |     78 |    49,577
Palm Beach County..........|FL   |     14 |   137,585 |Prince William County.............|VA    |     79 |    48,333
San Diego City Unified.....|CA   |     15 |   133,687 |Anchorage.........................|AK    |     80 |    48,109
                           |     |        |           |                                  |      |        |
Orange County School Board.|FL   |     16 |   129,143 |Minneapolis Special...............|MN    |     81 |    47,978
Duval County...............|FL   |     17 |   126,118 |Buffalo City......................|NY    |     82 |    47,845
Prince George's County.....|MD   |     18 |   125,198 |San Juan Unified..................|CA    |     83 |    47,819
Montgomery County..........|MD   |     19 |   122,505 |Seattle...........................|WA    |     84 |    47,629
Memphis City...............|TN   |     20 |   111,156 |Ysleta ISD........................|TX    |     85 |    47,366
                           |     |        |           |                                  |      |        |
Baltimore City.............|MD   |     21 |   108,759 |Aldine ISD........................|TX    |     86 |    47,242
Pinellas County............|FL   |     22 |   107,060 |Fort Bend ISD.....................|TX    |     87 |    46,881
Baltimore County...........|MD   |     23 |   104,073 |Shelby County.....................|TN    |     88 |    46,454
Milwaukee City.............|WI   |     24 |   101,007 |Wichita Unified...................|KS    |     89 |    46,391
Charlotte-Mecklenburg......|NC   |     25 |    93,533 |San Bernardino City Unified.......|CA    |     90 |    46,309
                           |     |        |           |                                  |      |        |
Jefferson County...........|KY   |     26 |    91,878 |Newark............................|NJ    |     91 |    45,805
DeKalb County..............|GA   |     27 |    90,311 |Escambia County...................|FL    |     92 |    45,744
Albuquerque................|NM   |     28 |    89,092 |North East ISD....................|TX    |     93 |    45,184
Gwinnett County............|GA   |     29 |    88,855 |Garland ISD.......................|TX    |     94 |    44,869
Jefferson County...........|CO   |     30 |    86,670 |Omaha City........................|NE    |     95 |    44,761
                           |     |        |           |                                  |      |        |
Cobb County................|GA   |     31 |    85,765 |Garden Grove Unified..............|CA    |     96 |    44,661
Wake County................|NC   |     32 |    85,735 |St. Louis City Board of Education.|MO    |     97 |    44,620
Orleans Parish.............|LA   |     33 |    85,064 |Indianapolis Public Schools.......|IN    |     98 |    44,434
Long Beach Unified.........|CA   |     34 |    83,038 |St. Paul Independent..............|MN    |     99 |    43,766
D.C. Public Schools........|DC   |     35 |    78,648 |Alpine............................|UT    |    100 |    43,719
                           |     |        |           |                                  |      |        |
Fresno Unified.............|CA   |     36 |    78,470 |Pasco County School Board.........|FL    |    101 |    43,461
Virginia Beach City........|VA   |     37 |    76,677 |Charleston County.................|SC    |    102 |    43,457
Granite....................|UT   |     38 |    76,456 |Forsyth County-Winston-Salem......|NC    |    103 |    41,851
Austin ISD.................|TX   |     39 |    76,054 |Jefferson County..................|AL    |    104 |    41,663
Fort Worth ISD.............|TX   |     40 |    75,813 |Clayton County....................|GA    |    105 |    41,658
                           |     |        |           |                                  |      |        |
Polk County................|FL   |     41 |    74,808 |Tulsa.............................|OK    |    106 |    41,644
Cleveland City.............|OH   |     42 |    74,026 |Corpus Christi....................|TX    |    107 |    41,606
Jordan.....................|UT   |     43 |    72,748 |Birmingham City...................|AL    |    108 |    41,133
Anne Arundel County........|MD   |     44 |    72,322 |Plano ISD.........................|TX    |    109 |    40,864
Mesa Unified...............|AZ   |     45 |    70,181 |Pasadena ISD......................|TX    |    110 |    40,512
                           |     |        |           |                                  |      |        |
Nashville-Davidson County..|TN   |     46 |    69,888 |Brownsville ISD...................|TX    |    111 |    40,494
Brevard County.............|FL   |     47 |    66,663 |Pittsburgh City...................|PA    |    112 |    39,955
Denver.....................|CO   |     48 |    66,331 |Anoka-Hennepin ...................|MN    |    113 |    39,874
Mobile County..............|AL   |     49 |    64,833 |Oklahoma City.....................|OK    |    114 |    39,827
El Paso ISD................|TX   |     50 |    64,444 |Toledo City.......................|OH    |    115 |    39,712
                           |     |        |           |                                  |      |        |
Columbus City..............|OH   |     51 |    63,894 |Howard County.....................|MD    |    116 |    38,857
Boston City................|MA   |     52 |    63,239 |Kansas City.......................|MO    |    117 |    38,521
Tucson Unified.............|AZ   |     53 |    62,867 |Alief ISD.........................|TX    |    118 |    38,383
East Baton Rouge Parish....|LA   |     54 |    61,499 |Henrico County....................|VA    |    119 |    38,102
San Antonio ISD............|TX   |     55 |    61,361 |Rochester City....................|NY    |    120 |    37,912
                           |     |        |           |                                  |      |        |
San Francisco Unified......|CA   |     56 |    61,174 |Elk Grove Unified.................|CA    |    121 |    37,787
Atlanta Public Schools.....|GA   |     57 |    60,064 |Harford County....................|MD    |    122 |    37,709
Fulton County..............|GA   |     58 |    59,953 |Norfolk City Schools..............|VA    |    123 |    37,672
Northside ISD..............|TX   |     59 |    59,284 |Capistrano Unified ...............|CA    |    124 |    37,539
Davis County...............|UT   |     60 |    59,220 |Cherry Creek......................|CO    |    125 |    37,128
                           |     |        |           |                                  |      |        |
Guilford County............|NC   |     61 |    58,736 |Richmond County...................|GA    |    126 |    36,826
Volusia County.............|FL   |     62 |    58,004 |Chatham County....................|GA    |    127 |    36,382
Portland...................|OR   |     63 |    56,856 |Marion County.....................|FL    |    128 |    36,242
Seminole County............|FL   |     64 |    55,972 |Mt. Diablo Unified................|CA    |    129 |    35,834
Greenville County..........|SC   |     65 |    55,893 |Calcasieu Parish School Board ....|LA    |    130 |    35,782
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\1\Public school districts ranked by size of enrollment in fall 1996. ISD=Independent School District.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data survey. (This table was prepared December 1998.)


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