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Characteristics of the 100 Largest School Districts in the United States: 1999-2000
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Table 6.-Number of public elementary and secondary schools in the 100 largest school districts in the United States*, by specified instructional level: School year 1999-2000
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Name of reporting district State Schools having membership Instructional level
Primary Middle High Other
Total   15,349 9,758 2,362 2,170 1,059
   
New York City Public Schools NY 1,196 688 212 176 120
Los Angeles Unified CA 655 449 75 106 25
Puerto Rico Dept of Education PR 1,523 887 226 183 227
City of Chicago School District IL 595 470 21 72 32
Dade County School District FL 343 214 53 50 26
   
Broward County School District FL 232 140 36 24 32
Clark County School District NV 245 153 37 42 13
Houston Independent School District TX 293 196 46 34 17
Philadelphia City School District PA 259 174 42 34 9
Hawaii Department of Education HI 255 175 33 36 11
   
Detroit City School District MI 257 177 38 39 3
Dallas Independent School District TX 218 144 35 32 7
Hillsborough County School District FL 200 117 38 21 24
Fairfax County Public Schools VA 195 133 22 32 8
Palm Beach County School District FL 169 91 26 22 30
   
Orange County School District FL 170 104 26 18 22
San Diego City Unified CA 177 122 26 21 8
Prince Georges County Public Schools MD 187 133 26 26 2
Montgomery County Public Schools MD 191 126 35 24 6
Duval County School District FL 176 106 28 20 22
   
Memphis City School District TN 155 101 21 29 4
Pinellas County School District FL 157 83 23 19 32
Baltimore County Public Schools MD 160 106 27 25 2
Gwinnett County School District GA 84 53 16 13 2
Baltimore City Public School System MD 184 124 29 22 9
   
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools NC 135 86 29 15 5
Milwaukee School District WI 202 126 28 37 11
Jefferson (KY) County KY 159 89 25 40 5
De Kalb County School District GA 120 83 14 21 2
Wake County Schools NC 113 74 23 15 1
   
Cobb County School District GA 93 61 18 13 1
Long Beach Unified CA 86 59 15 8 4
Jefferson (CO) County CO 155 104 22 24 5
Albuquerque Public Schools NM 126 80 24 17 5
Orleans Parish School Board LA 121 80 17 22 2
   
Fresno Unified CA 94 60 15 17 2
Polk County School District FL 131 65 19 18 29
Fort Worth Independent School District TX 135 75 25 22 13
Austin Independent School District TX 105 72 17 12 4
Virginia Beach City Public Schools VA 82 55 15 12 0
   
Cleveland City School District OH 123 82 23 15 3
Anne Arundel County Public Schools MD 115 78 19 15 3
Jordan School District UT 81 54 15 9 3
Granite School District UT 96 62 15 17 2
Mesa Unified School District AZ 85 55 14 13 3
   
District of Columbia Pub Schools DC 162 107 22 20 13
Nashville-Davidson County School District TN 125 69 34 17 5
Denver County CO 124 86 19 15 4
Brevard County School District FL 102 57 16 12 17
Fulton County School District GA 66 41 13 11 1
   
Columbus City School District OH 146 94 27 21 4
Mobile County School District AL 98 57 19 17 5
Boston School District MA 130 85 21 20 4
Tucson Unified District AZ 119 77 21 16 5
Northside Independent School District TX 84 45 14 14 11
   
Guilford County Schools NC 94 62 16 14 2
El Paso Independent School District TX 85 54 14 12 5
San Francisco Unified CA 116 78 17 21 0
Volusia County School District FL 90 47 11 10 22
Cypress-Fairbanks ISD TX 50 30 10 8 2
*Includes outlying areas, Bureau of Indian Affairs, and Department of Defense schools.

NOTE: Primary = low grade, PK to 3; high grade, up to 8. Middle = low grade, 4 to 7; high grade, 4 to 9. High = low grade, 7 to 12; high grade 12. Other = any other combination, including PK, K, or 1 to 12.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data, "Public Elementary/Secondary School Universe Survey," 1999-2000, and "Local Education Agency Universe Survey," 1999-2000.

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