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Characteristics of the 100 Largest School Districts in the United States: 1999-2000
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Table 14.-Number and percentage of public elementary and secondary schools and students in magnet andcharter schools in the 100 largest districts in the United States1 : School year 1999-2000 - Part 1  ||  Part 2
Name of reporting district State Number of magnet schools Percentage of magnet schools Percentage of students in magnet schools Number of charter schools Percentage of charter schools Percentage of students in charter schools
New York City Public Schools NY 4 0.3 2 0.0
Los Angeles Unified CA 124 18.9 32.6 33 5.0 3.6
Puerto Rico Dept of Education PR 214 14.0 15.8 119 7.8 8.7
City of Chicago School District IL 269 45.1 47.9 12 2.0 1.3
Dade County School District FL 12 3.4 0.5
   
Broward County School District FL 9 3.8 1.6
Clark County School District NV 7 2.8 1.9 2 0.8 0.2
Houston Independent School District TX
Philadelphia City School District PA
Hawaii Department of Education HI 0 0.0 0.0 2 0.8 0.4
   
Detroit City School District MI
Dallas Independent School District TX
Hillsborough County School District FL 10 4.9 0.7
Fairfax County Public Schools VA
Palm Beach County School District FL 7 4.0 0.2
   
Orange County School District FL 5 2.9 0.5
San Diego City Unified CA 45 25.4 31.2 11 6.2 4.3
Prince Georges County Public Schools MD 0 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0
Montgomery County Public Schools MD 0 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0
Duval County School District FL 7 4.0 1.4
   
Memphis City School District TN 0 0.0 0.0
Pinellas County School District FL 2 1.2 0.1
Baltimore County Public Schools MD 0 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0
Gwinnett County School District GA
Baltimore City Public School System MD 0 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0
   
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools NC 41 30.4 29.0
Milwaukee School District WI 2 1.0 0.8
Jefferson (KY) County KY 0 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0
De Kalb County School District GA 14 11.7 13.0 4 3.3 2.6
Wake County Schools NC 25 22.1 20.5
   
Cobb County School District GA 2 2.2 3.8
Long Beach Unified CA 40 46.5 47.9 1 1.2 0.2
Jefferson (CO) County CO 9 5.7 2.4
Albuquerque Public Schools NM 1 0.8 (3)
Orleans Parish School Board LA 7 5.6 6.3 2 1.6 0.5
   
Fresno Unified CA 11 11.6 16.8 4 4.2 0.7
Polk County School District FL 6 4.6 1.7
Fort Worth Independent School District TX
Austin Independent School District TX
Virginia Beach City Public Schools VA 2 2.4 1.7
   
Cleveland City School District OH 0 0.0 0.0
Anne Arundel County Public Schools MD 0 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0
Jordan School District UT 1 1.2 (3)
Granite School District UT
Mesa Unified School District AZ 0 0.0 0.0
   
District of Columbia Pub Schools DC 0 0.0 0.0 27 14.3 8.3
Nashville-Davidson County School District TN 7 5.5 7.0 0 0.0 0.0
Denver County CO 4 3.2 2.0
Brevard County School District FL 6 5.8 1.1
Fulton County School District GA
   
Columbus City School District OH 0 0.0 0.0
Mobile County School District AL 8 7.6 7.7 0 0.0 0.0
Boston School District MA
Tucson Unified District AZ 0 0.0 0.0
Northside Independent School District TX
   
Guilford County Schools NC 16 16.7 13.9
El Paso Independent School District TX
San Francisco Unified CA 21 18.1 21.5 5 4.3 1.8
Volusia County School District FL 2 2.2 0.5
Cypress-Fairbanks ISD TX
— Data are missing. If a state does not have some type of school, this is reported as "0."

1 Includes outlying areas, Bureau of Indian Affairs, and Department of Defense schools.
2 No students were reported for New York City Public School's 4 charter schools.
3 Less than 0.05.

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

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