Characteristics of the 100 Largest Public Elementary and secondary School Districts in the United States: 2000-2001
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Appendix C.-Number of the 100 largest school districts in the United States and jurisdictions, by state: School year 2000-01
State
Number of districts in the 100
largest school districts
Percentage of the 100 Largest
School District Students
Total
100 100.0
 
Alabama
1 0.4
Alaska
1 0.6
Arizona
2 1.2
California
12 13.2
Colorado
2 1.4
District of Columbia
1 0.6
Florida
13 15.5
Georgia
6 4.3
Hawaii
1 1.7
Illinois
1 3.9
Kansas
1 0.4
Kentucky
1 0.9
Louisiana
4 2.1
Maryland
5 0.6
Massachusetts
1 5.0
Michigan
1 1.5
Minnesota
1 0.4
Nebraska
1 2.9
Nevada
2 0.4
New Mexico
1 0.8
New York
2 2.6
North Carolina
4 10.1
Ohio
3 1.7
Oregon
1 0.5
Pennsylvania
1 1.8
Puerto Rico
1 5.5
South Carolina
1 0.5
Tennessee
4 2.5
Texas
15 10.3
Utah
4 2.3
Virginia
4 3.1
Washington
1 0.4
Wisconsin
1 0.9
 
NOTE: The universe for this table includes outlying areas, Bureau of Indian Affairs, and Department of Defense schools. Only those states that have at least one district in the 100 largest districts are included in this table.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data, "Public Elementary/Secondary Local Education Agency Universe Survey," 2000-01.

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