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Characteristics of the 100 Largest School Districts in the United States: 1999-2000
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Table 11.-Percentage of revenues by source and total current expenditures for instructionfor the 100 largest districts in the United States1 : Fiscal year 1998 - Part 1  ||  Part 2
Name of reporting district State Revenues by source Total current expenditures for instruction2
Total Federal State Local
Total   100.0 8.8 48.2 43.1 62.6
   
New York City Public Schools NY 100.0 9.5 42.7 47.8 72.2
Los Angeles Unified CA 100.0 9.2 66.3 24.5 62.9
Puerto Rico Dept of Education PR 100.0 27.3 72.6 0.1 69.9
City of Chicago School District IL 100.0 13.4 35.9 50.7 61.7
Dade County School District FL 100.0 7.9 52.9 39.2 59.2
   
Broward County School District FL 100.0 6.4 51.3 42.3 55.3
Philadelphia City School District PA 100.0 11.7 49.6 38.7 60.5
Houston Independent School District TX 100.0 10.3 33.2 56.5 58.5
Clark County School District NV 100.0 4.4 27.5 68.1 59.6
Hawaii Department of Education HI 100.0 8.4 89.2 2.4 64.0
   
Detroit City School District MI 100.0 10.4 77.1 12.6 61.3
Dallas Independent School District TX 100.0 10.2 22.5 67.3 60.1
Hillsborough County School District FL 100.0 9.1 57.3 33.6 57.1
Fairfax County Public Schools VA 100.0 2.9 12.0 85.1 60.4
Palm Beach County School District FL 100.0 7.2 31.3 61.6 62.3
   
San Diego City Unified CA 100.0 7.9 48.1 44.0 59.7
Orange County School District FL 100.0 5.5 44.2 50.3 55.4
Prince Georges County Public Schools MD 100.0 4.8 43.0 52.2 57.7
Duval County School District FL 100.0 7.5 54.9 37.6 59.3
Montgomery County Public Schools MD 100.0 2.9 21.3 75.9 63.4
   
Memphis City School District TN 100.0 10.6 39.5 49.9 63.0
Pinellas County School District FL 100.0 6.0 47.1 46.9 59.3
Baltimore City Public School System MD 100.0 12.0 60.7 27.3 67.5
Baltimore County Public Schools MD 100.0 4.6 33.5 62.0 62.7
Milwaukee School District WI 100.0 11.3 65.1 23.6 62.3
   
Jefferson (KY) County KY 100.0 9.5 45.8 44.7 56.1
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools NC 100.0 5.5 55.8 38.8 61.7
Gwinnett County School District GA 100.0 2.3 45.3 52.4 66.8
De Kalb County School District GA 100.0 4.8 43.0 52.2 61.2
Wake County Schools NC 100.0 4.2 58.6 37.2 64.0
   
Cobb County School District GA 100.0 2.8 48.9 48.4 66.9
Jefferson (CO) County CO 100.0 2.8 43.4 53.8 49.9
Albuquerque Public Schools NM 100.0 7.4 75.2 17.4 60.7
Long Beach Unified CA 100.0 11.8 66.7 21.6 61.6
Orleans Parish School Board LA 100.0 14.5 48.4 37.0 62.3
   
Fresno Unified CA 100.0 12.2 68.8 18.9 61.2
Virginia Beach City Public Schools VA 100.0 6.0 38.0 56.1 65.3
District of Columbia Public Schools DC 100.0 16.5 0.0 83.5 43.4
Fort Worth Independent School District TX 100.0 10.0 48.4 41.7 58.1
Austin Independent School District TX 100.0 6.9 11.3 81.7 59.9
   
Cleveland City School District OH 100.0 9.8 52.4 37.8 58.1
Polk County School District FL 100.0 8.2 60.1 31.7 56.8
Granite School District UT 100.0 8.0 61.5 30.5 66.1
Anne Arundel County Public Schools MD 100.0 3.6 35.1 61.3 60.8
Jordan School District UT 100.0 5.2 61.5 33.4 66.9
   
Mesa Unified School District AZ 100.0 6.0 49.0 45.0 63.1
Brevard County School District FL 100.0 5.7 54.2 40.1 61.0
Denver County CO 100.0 8.7 31.9 59.4 58.3
Nashville-Davidson County SD TN 100.0 8.6 31.0 60.4 63.9
Mobile County School District AL 100.0 11.7 66.8 21.5 61.7
   
Columbus City School District OH 100.0 9.2 35.3 55.4 55.9
El Paso Independent School District TX 100.0 10.3 53.0 36.7 62.3
Boston School District MA 100.0 6.2 32.0 61.8 63.7
Fulton County School District GA 100.0 2.8 33.3 63.8 59.7
Tucson Unified District AZ 100.0 10.4 44.9 44.7 57.1
   
San Antonio Independent School District TX 100.0 12.9 57.7 29.4 60.8
San Francisco Unified CA 100.0 6.6 40.5 52.9 66.8
Northside Independent School District TX 100.0 5.9 43.1 51.0 62.9
Atlanta City School District GA 100.0 7.7 30.7 61.6 58.9
Guilford County Schools NC 100.0 5.8 60.2 34.0 62.1
1Includes outlying areas, Bureau of Indian Affairs, and Department of Defense schools.
2 Instructional expenditures are current expenditures for activities directly associated with the interaction between teachers and students. These include teacher salaries and benefits, supplies (such as textbooks), and purchased instructional services.

NOTE: Details may not add to totals due to rounding.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, 1998 Annual Survey of Local Government Finances: School Systems. Data for Puerto Rico were obtained from the U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data, National Public Education Financial Survey, 1997-98.

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