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Characteristics of the 100 Largest Public Elementary and secondary School Districts in the United States: 2000-2001
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Table 2.-Number of public elementary and secondary schools in the 100 largest school districts in the United States and jurisdictions, by type of school: School year 2000-01 - Part 1  ||  Part 2
Name of reporting district
State
Total
number
of schools
Type of school*
Regular
Special
education
Vocational
education
Alternate
Total
  15,615 14,392 349 117 757
 
New York City Public Schools
NY
1,213 1,106 8 18 81
Los Angeles Unified
CA
659 582 18 0 59
Puerto Rico Department of Education
PR
1,543 1,475 29 14 25
City of Chicago School District
IL
602 578 24 0 0
Dade County School District
FL
356 343 5 4 4
 
Broward County School District
FL
243 226 8 2 7
Clark County School District
NV
259 230 8 2 19
Houston Independent School District
TX
289 264 1 3 21
Philadelphia City School District
PA
261 252 5 4 0
Hawaii Department of Education
HI
261 257 3 0 1
 
Hillsborough County School District
FL
210 195 9 0 6
Detroit City School District
MI
263 257 6 0 0
Dallas Independent School District
TX
221 213 1 0 7
Fairfax County Public Schools
VA
195 176 8 0 11
Palm Beach County School District
FL
177 164 3 2 8
 
Orange County School District
FL
174 160 5 4 5
San Diego City Unified
CA
180 171 2 0 7
Montgomery County Public Schools
MD
192 182 7 1 2
Prince Georges County Public Schools
MD
194 176 9 2 7
Duval County School District
FL
179 171 4 0 4
 
Memphis City School District
TN
164 158 1 5 0
Pinellas County School District
FL
164 149 7 2 6
Gwinnett County School District
GA
85 83 0 0 2
Baltimore County Public Schools
MD
169 145 9 5 10
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools
NC
135 128 2 0 5
 
Baltimore City Public School System
MD
183 161 10 3 9
Wake County Schools
NC
120 117 0 0 3
Milwaukee School District
WI
206 192 1 0 13
Jefferson (KY) County
KY
174 149 7 2 16
De Kalb County School District
GA
123 119 1 0 3
 
Cobb County School District
GA
94 94 0 0 0
Long Beach Unified
CA
89 86 0 0 3
Jefferson (CO) County
CO
161 149 5 1 6
Albuquerque Public Schools
NM
131 120 1 0 10
Fort Worth Independent School District
TX
141 112 1 2 26
 
Polk County School District
FL
137 113 3 2 19
Fresno Unified
CA
99 90 3 0 6
Austin Independent School District
TX
109 101 1 0 7
Orleans Parish School Board
LA
128 116 1 4 7
Virginia Beach City Public Schools
VA
84 80 0 0 4
 
Cleveland City School District
OH
125 119 1 3 2
Anne Arundel County Public Schools
MD
119 108 4 2 5
Mesa Unified District
AZ
86 80 1 0 5
Jordan School District
UT
81 77 3 0 1
Granite School District
UT
98 88 2 0 8
 
Denver County
CO
129 121 0 1 7
Brevard County School District
FL
108 97 7 0 4
District of Columbia Public Schools
DC
165 150 10 0 5
Fulton County School District
GA
71 69 0 0 2
Nashville-Davidson County School District
TN
125 119 4 0 2
 
Mobile County School District
AL
100 94 1 2 3
Columbus City School District
OH
146 134 7 4 1
Northside Independent School District
TX
84 63 9 0 12
Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District
TX
54 50 2 0 2
Guilford County Schools
NC
98 93 2 1 2
 
Boston School District
MA
131 123 1 0 7
El Paso Independent School District
TX
86 80 1 1 4
Tucson Unified District
AZ
123 115 1 0 7
Volusia County School District
FL
92 85 2 0 5
Seminole County School District
FL
68 60 3 0 5
 
*Type of school is a mutually exclusive category on the CCD. There are cases in which special education, vocational education, and alternative programs reside in other types of schools.
NOTE: The universe for this table includes outlying areas, Bureau of Indian Affairs, and Department of Defense schools. Types of schools are defined in the following way on the CCD:
Regular school-A public elementary/secondary school that does not focus primarily on vocational, special, or alternative education;
Special education school-A public elementary/secondary school that: 1) focuses primarily on special education, including instruction for any of the following: hard of hearing, deaf, speech-impaired, health-impaired, orthopedically impaired, mentally retarded, seriously emotionally disturbed, multi-handicapped, visually handicapped, deaf and blind; and 2) adapts curriculum, materials or instruction for students served;
Vocational education school-A public elementary/secondary school that focuses primarily on vocational education, and provides education and training in one or more semi-skilled or technical operations;
Alternative education school-A public elementary/secondary school that: 1) addresses the needs of students that typically cannot be met in a regular school; 2) provides nontraditional education; 3) serves as an adjunct to a regular school; and 4) falls outside of the categories of regular, special education, or vocational education.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data, "Public Elementary/Secondary School Universe Survey," 2000-01, and "Local Education Agency Universe Survey," 2000-01.

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