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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 8.-Number of public elementary and secondary schools in the 100 largest school districts in the United States and jurisdictions, by specified minority membership categories, and minority students as a percentage of school district membership: School year 2000-01 - Part 1  ||  Part 2
Name of reporting
district
State
Schools having
membership
Minority membership percentage
Total percentage
of minority
students
0-20
percent
21-40
percent
41-60
percent
61-80
percent
81-100
percent
Total*
  15,465 1,714 2,004 2,032 1,978 7,737 68.5
 
New York City Public Schools
NY
1,207 29 39 114 139 886 84.7
Los Angeles Unified
CA
659 4 16 50 88 501 90.1
Puerto Rico Department of Education
PR
1,535 0 0 0 0 1,535 100.0
City of Chicago School District
IL
596 1 20 26 51 498 90.4
Dade County School District
FL
348 0 0 16 50 282 88.7
 
Broward County School District
FL
241 10 44 62 59 66 58.8
Clark County School District
NV
258 24 84 65 50 35 50.1
Houston Independent School District
TX
289 1 4 17 20 247 90.0
Philadelphia City School District
PA
261 6 13 30 33 179 83.3
Hawaii Department of Education
HI
261 0 8 23 84 146 79.6
 
Hillsborough County School District
FL
206 9 64 53 48 32 48.2
Detroit City School District
MI
254 0 2 4 11 237 96.3
Dallas Independent School District
TX
221 0 2 9 25 185 92.2
Fairfax County Public Schools
VA
194 30 70 55 31 8 39.2
Palm Beach County School District
FL
176 23 38 43 29 43 50.4
 
Orange County School District
FL
171 10 33 52 38 38 55.9
San Diego City Unified
CA
180 1 18 44 45 72 73.0
Montgomery County Public Schools
MD
191 23 41 60 47 20 51.0
Prince Georges County Public Schools
MD
190 0 4 4 26 156 88.6
Duval County School District
FL
178 12 41 59 26 40 49.8
 
Memphis City School District
TN
158
Pinellas County School District
FL
159 47 70 35 6 1 27.3
Gwinnett County School District
GA
85 26 31 13 10 5 35.8
Baltimore County Public Schools
MD
161 62 44 18 10 27 38.3
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools
NC
135 9 14 46 39 27 53.4
 
Baltimore City Public School System
MD
182 4 8 7 19 144 89.2
Wake County Schools
NC
120 11 51 50 7 1 37.1
Milwaukee School District
WI
206 1 5 21 42 137 81.3
Jefferson (KY) County
KY
161 5 90 55 11 0 37.0
De Kalb County School District
GA
123 1 6 14 16 86 87.3
 
Cobb County School District
GA
94 37 18 15 18 6 34.2
Long Beach Unified
CA
89 1 4 9 23 52 82.2
Jefferson (CO) County
CO
157 116 31 7 3 0 17.5
Albuquerque Public Schools
NM
131 7 22 35 25 42 60.0
Fort Worth Independent School District
TX
141 4 7 20 29 81 78.6
 
Polk County School District
FL
137 9 73 45 10 0 36.5
Fresno Unified
CA
98 0 7 13 21 57 79.8
Austin Independent School District
TX
109 5 18 15 21 50 66.3
Orleans Parish School Board
LA
125 0 1 3 1 120 96.1
Virginia Beach City Public Schools
VA
82 13 36 25 6 2 36.7
 
Cleveland City School District
OH
124 1 13 12 20 78 80.7
Anne Arundel County Public Schools
MD
117 59 29 16 10 3 24.9
Mesa Unified District
AZ
86 27 30 14 12 3 32.2
Jordan School District
UT
81 75 5 0 1 0 7.6
Granite School District
UT
98 38 48 12 0 0 23.0
 
Denver County
CO
127 4 6 20 20 77 78.0
Brevard County School District
FL
106 51 37 13 5 0 20.8
District of Columbia Public Schools
DC
165 0 5 3 5 152 95.5
Fulton County School District
GA
71 11 18 9 7 26 51.5
Nashville-Davidson County School District
TN
125
 
Mobile County School District
AL
95 24 11 13 12 35 52.8
Columbus City School District
OH
145 11 28 21 41 44 62.9
Northside Independent School District
TX
84 0 7 29 25 23 63.3
Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District
TX
54 9 15 20 8 2 41.5
Guilford County Schools
NC
95 14 20 17 21 23 50.4
 
Boston School District
MA
131 0 0 8 34 89 85.3
El Paso Independent School District
TX
86 0 0 2 20 64 84.8
Tucson Unified District
AZ
123 4 23 41 19 36 58.5
Volusia County School District
FL
91 33 37 11 7 3 26.1
Seminole County School District
FL
68 11 33 18 3 3 29.9
 
—Not available. Tennessee did not report student racial/ethnic data.
*Totals do not include Tennessee districts.
NOTE: The universe for this table includes outlying areas, Bureau of Indian Affairs, and Department of Defense schools.
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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