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Characteristics of the 100 Largest Public Elementary and Secondary School Districts in the United States: 2002-03
NCES 2005-312
August 2005

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Table A.  Selected statistics for the United States and jurisdictions and the 100 largest and 500 largest school districts: School year 2002–03
 
    100 largest districts   500 largest districts
Data item National total Total Percent of national total   Total Percent of national total
Districts1  17,402 100 0.6 500 2.9
Schools 97,695 16,266 16.6 31,262 32.0
Students 48,995,357 11,296,359 23.1 21,181,251 43.2
Teachers (full-time equivalent) 3,086,640 667,791 21.6 1,259,339 40.8
High school completers (2001–02)2  2,718,496 531,930 19.6 1,058,293 38.9
 
Median pupil/teacher ratio3  16 17 † 17 †
Average school size  502 695 † 678 †
† Not applicable.
1 Total number of districts excludes closed, inactive, and future districts; total may differ from other published estimates.
2 Includes high school diploma recipients as well as other high school completers (e.g., certificates of attendance). Total may differ from other published estimates due to inclusion of outlying areas.
3 Includes only schools where student membership was greater than zero. The median is given because it is relatively unaffected by very high or very low values.
NOTE: The universe for this table includes outlying areas, Bureau of Indian Affairs, and Department of Defense schools. The 500 largest school districts include 19 school districts that are some other configuration besides prekindergarten (PK) or K–12, although all of the 100 largest school districts are PK or K–12.
SOURCE: Data reported by states to U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "Local Education Agency Universe Survey," 2002–03, Version 1a, and "State Nonfiscal Survey of Public Elementary/Secondary Education," 2002–03, Version 1a.

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