Characteristics of the 100 Largest Public Elementary and Secondary School Districts in the United States: 2003–04
NCES 2006-329
September 2006

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Table 3.  Number and percentage of districts and students by district membership size for regular public elementary and secondary school districts in the United States and jurisdictions: School year 2003–04
 
  Districts Students Cumulative totals
District size (number of students)   Number Percentage Cumulative percentage   Number Percentage Cumulative percentage   Districts Students
Total 14,472 100.0 † 48,347,323 100.0 † † †
 
100,000 or more  27 0.2 0 6,623,862 13.7 13.7 27 6,623,862
25,000 to 99,999  231 1.6 2 9,932,402 20.5 34.2 258 16,556,264
10,000 to 24,999  597 4.1 6 9,084,550 18.8 53.0 855 25,640,814
7,500 to 9,999  344 2.4 8 2,972,465 6.1 59.2 1,199 28,613,279
5,000 to 7,499  714 4.9 13 4,370,280 9.0 68.2 1,913 32,983,559
 
2,500 to 4,999  2,031 14.0 27 7,160,367 14.8 83.0 3,944 40,143,926
2,000 to 2,499  810 5.6 33 1,813,269 3.8 86.8 4,754 41,957,195
1,500 to 1,999  1,046 7.2 40 1,816,381 3.8 90.5 5,800 43,773,576
1,000 to 1,499  1,565 10.8 51 1,928,475 4.0 94.5 7,365 45,702,051
800 to 999  745 5.2 56 670,820 1.4 95.9 8,110 46,372,871
 
600 to 799  983 6.8 63 684,743 1.4 97.3 9,093 47,057,614
450 to 599  882 6.1 69 461,249 1.0 98.3 9,975 47,518,863
300 to 449  1,099 7.6 77 406,350 0.8 99.1 11,074 47,925,213
150 to 299  1,407 9.7 86 310,892 0.6 99.8 12,481 48,236,105
1 to 149  1,587 11.0 97 111,218 0.2 100.0 14,068 48,347,323
 
Zero1  51 0.4 98 0 0.0 100.0 14,119 48,347,323
Not Applicable  353 2.4 100 † † 100.0 14,472 48,347,323
† Not applicable.
1 Membership may be zero in two situations: (1) if the school district does not operate schools, but pays tuition for its students to attend a neighboring district; and (2) if the district provides services for students who are accounted for in some other district(s).
NOTE: The universe for this table includes all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, four outlying areas (American Samoa, Guam, Northern Marianas, and the U.S. Virgin Islands), the Bureau of Indian Affairs, and the Department of Defense schools. Not included in this table are local supervisory unions, regional education service agencies, and state and federally operated agencies. The number of regular districts presented in this table differs from that presented in table 1, which represents all districts. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.
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," 2003–04, Version 1b.

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