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Name of school district |State| Rank |Enrollment,| Name of school district |State | Rank |Enrollment,
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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