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Characteristics of the 100 Largest School Districts in the United States: 1999-2000
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Table 8.-Number of public elementary and secondary schools in the 100 largest school districts in the UnitedStates1, by specified minority membership categories, and minority students as a percentage ofschool district membership: School year 1999-2000
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Name of reporting district State Schools having membership Minority membership percentage Total percentage of minority students
0 to 20 percent 21 to 40 percent 41 to 60 percent 61 to 80 percent 81 to 100 percent
Total2   15,349 1,794 1,932 2,051 1,993 7,579 68.0
   
New York City Public Schools NY 1,196 21 48 114 135 878 84.6
Los Angeles Unified CA 655 4 18 43 97 493 89.8
Puerto Rico Dept of Education PR 1,523 0 0 0 0 1,523 100.0
City of Chicago School District IL 595 1 21 27 53 493 90.0
Dade County School District FL 343 0 0 21 55 267 88.1
   
Broward County School District FL 232 10 44 68 48 62 57.0
Clark County School District NV 245 33 83 60 40 29 47.7
Houston Independent School District TX 293 1 4 18 19 251 90.0
Philadelphia City School District PA 259 7 13 34 34 171 82.4
Hawaii Department of Education HI 255 0 5 24 78 148 79.5
   
Detroit City School District MI 257 0 1 6 12 238 96.1
Dallas Independent School District TX 218 0 3 9 28 178 91.5
Hillsborough County School District FL 200 9 66 54 44 27 46.9
Fairfax County Public Schools VA 195 32 75 53 27 8 37.8
Palm Beach County School District FL 169 21 35 45 29 39 49.0
   
Orange County School District FL 170 9 38 52 40 31 53.9
San Diego City Unified CA 177 0 17 43 45 72 72.5
Prince Georges County Public Schools MD 187 0 4 10 24 149 87.3
Montgomery County Public Schools MD 191 22 47 63 47 12 49.3
Duval County School District FL 176 11 49 52 28 36 49.1
   
Memphis City School District TN 155
Pinellas County School District FL 157 49 75 29 2 2 26.6
Baltimore County Public Schools MD 160 70 37 20 10 23 36.5
Gwinnett County School District GA 84 36 25 9 12 2 31.8
Baltimore City Public School System MD 184 8 4 8 22 142 88.7
   
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools NC 135 10 14 53 37 21 51.7
Milwaukee School District WI 202 0 6 25 42 129 80.5
Jefferson (KY) County KY 159 6 93 53 7 0 36.2
De Kalb County School District GA 120 2 4 12 19 83 86.9
Wake County Schools NC 113 13 47 48 5 0 35.4
   
Cobb County School District GA 93 41 17 17 12 6 31.3
Long Beach Unified CA 86 1 4 11 24 46 81.7
Jefferson (CO) County CO 155 115 32 6 2 0 16.3
Albuquerque Public Schools NM 126 7 24 31 25 39 58.9
Orleans Parish School Board LA 121 1 0 5 1 114 95.7
   
Fresno Unified CA 94 0 7 12 21 54 79.0
Polk County School District FL 131 8 73 39 11 0 35.5
Fort Worth Independent School District TX 135 3 8 20 25 79 77.2
Austin Independent School District TX 105 5 16 20 16 48 65.2
Virginia Beach City Public Schools VA 82 12 38 26 4 2 35.8
   
Cleveland City School District OH 123 1 12 13 23 74 80.5
Anne Arundel County Public Schools MD 115 58 28 18 8 3 24.3
Jordan School District UT 81 76 4 0 1 0 6.9
Granite School District UT 96 49 40 7 0 0 21.1
Mesa Unified School District AZ 85 34 28 12 9 2 30.1
   
District of Columbia Pub Schools DC 162 0 5 3 5 149 95.6
Nashville-Davidson County School District TN 125
Denver County CO 124 4 8 20 19 73 76.6
Brevard County School District FL 102 55 32 11 2 2 20.5
Fulton County School District GA 66 14 14 10 6 22 50.7
   
Columbus City School District OH 146 16 27 20 40 43 61.5
Mobile County School District AL 98 24 12 14 14 34 52.4
Boston School District MA 130 0 0 4 32 94 85.1
Tucson Unified District AZ 119 4 23 35 25 32 57.0
Northside Independent School District TX 84 0 8 31 21 24 62.2
   
Guilford County Schools NC 94 15 23 16 22 18 48.5
El Paso Independent School District TX 85 0 0 4 18 63 83.5
San Francisco Unified CA 116 0 0 2 22 92 88.1
Volusia County School District FL 90 35 31 17 5 2 25.5
Cypress-Fairbanks ISD TX 50 8 18 16 6 2 39.3
- Tennessee did not report student racial/ethnic data.

1 Includes outlying areas, Bureau of Indian Affairs, and Department of Defense schools.
2Totals do not include Tennessee districts.

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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