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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 14.-Number and percentage of public elementary and secondary schools and students in magnet and charter schools in the 100 largest districts in the United States and jurisdictions: School year 2000-01 - Part 1  ||  Part 2
Name of
reporting
district
State Number
of
magnet
schools
Per-
centage
of
magnet
schools
Per-
centage
of
students
in magnet
schools
Per-
centage
of schools
reporting
magnet
data
Number
of
charter
schools
Per-
centage
of
charter
schools
Per-
centage
of
students
in charter
schools
Per-
centage
of schools
reporting
charter
data
New York City Public Schools NY (*) 0.4 0 0.0 0.0 100.0
Los Angeles Unified CA 124 18.8 32.8 100.0 36 5.5 3.7 100.0
Puerto Rico Department of Education PR 151 9.8 10.9 100.0 36 2.3 2.9 100.0
City of Chicago School District IL 280 46.5 50.4 100.0 14 2.3 1.5 100.0
Dade County School District FL 14 3.9 1.0 100.0
 
Broward County School District FL 12 4.9 2.3 100.0
Clark County School District NV 7 2.7 100.0 3 1.2 0.2 100.0
Houston Independent School District TX 0 0.0 0.0 100.0
Philadelphia City School District PA
Hawaii Department of Education HI 100.0 6 2.3 0.7 100.0
 
Hillsborough County School District FL 14 6.7 0.9 100.0
Detroit City School District MI 100.0
Dallas Independent School District TX
Fairfax County Public Schools VA 0 0.0 0.0 99.0 0 0.0 0.0 100.0
Palm Beach County School District FL 10 5.6 0.6 100.0
 
Orange County School District FL 6 3.4 0.5 100.0
San Diego City Unified CA 44 24.4 31.5 100.0 15 8.3 5.2 100.0
Montgomery County Public Schools MD 100.0 100.0
Prince Georges County Public Schools MD 100.0 100.0
Duval County School District FL 8 4.5 1.4 100.0
 
Memphis City School District TN 1 0.6 0.5 100.0 100.0
Pinellas County School District FL 3 1.8 0.1 100.0
Gwinnett County School District GA 0 0.0 0.0 100.0 0 0.0 0.0 100.0
Baltimore County Public Schools MD 100.0 100.0
Charlotte-
Mecklenburg Schools
NC 41 30.4 28.1 100.0 0 0.0 0.0 100.0
 
Baltimore City Public School System MD 100.0 100.0
Wake County Schools NC 40 33.3 35.7 100.0 0 0.0 0.0 100.0
Milwaukee School District WI 100.0 7 3.4 3.0 100.0
Jefferson (KY) County KY 100.0
De Kalb County School District GA 14 11.4 12.7 100.0 4 3.3 2.5 100.0
 
Cobb County School District GA 4 4.3 6.9 100.0 7 7.4 7.6 100.0
Long Beach Unified CA 38 42.7 45.4 100.0 4 4.5 0.7 100.0
Jefferson (CO) County CO 0 0.0 0.0 97.5 10 6.2 2.9 100.0
Albuquerque Public Schools NM 1 0.8 0.2 100.0 4 3.1 0.4 100.0
Fort Worth Independent School District TX 0 0.0 0.0 100.0
 
Polk County School District FL 7 5.1 1.8 100.0
Fresno Unified CA 14 14.1 24.3 100.0 8 8.1 1.2 100.0
Austin Independent School District TX 0 0.0 0.0 100.0
Orleans Parish School Board LA 10 7.8 9.8 100.0 2 1.6 0.7 100.0
Virginia Beach City Public Schools VA 2 2.4 1.4 100.0 0 0.0 0.0 100.0
 
Cleveland City School District OH 100.0 0 0.0 0.0 100.0
Anne Arundel County Public Schools MD 100.0 100.0
Mesa Unified District AZ 0 0.0 0.0 100.0
Jordan School District UT 100.0 1 1.2 # 100.0
Granite School District UT 100.0 1 1.0 0.1 100.0
 
Denver County CO 0 0.0 0.0 98.4 7 5.4 2.4 100.0
Brevard County School District FL 8 7.4 1.5 100.0
District of Columbia Public Schools DC 3 1.8 1.8 100.0 33 16.7 100.0
Fulton County School District GA 1 1.4 2.0 100.0 1 1.4 0.7 100.0
Nashville-
Davidson County School District
TN 6 4.8 5.2 100.0 100.0
 
Mobile County School District AL 9 9.0 100.0 100.0
Columbus City School District OH 100.0 0 0.0 0.0 100.0
Northside Independent School District TX 0 0.0 0.0 100.0
Cypress-
Fairbanks Independent School District
TX 0 0.0 0.0 100.0
Guilford County Schools NC 16 16.3 100.0 0 0.0 0.0 100.0
 
Boston School District MA 0 0.0 0.0 100.0 0 0.0 0.0 100.0
El Paso Independent School District TX 0 0.0 0.0 100.0
Tucson Unified District AZ 0 0.0 0.0 100.0
Volusia County School District FL 2 2.2 0.5 100.0
Seminole County School District FL 3 4.4 0.7 100.0
 
—Not available.
† Not applicable.
# Less than 0.05.
*Data were missing for more than 20 percent of schools.
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.

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