Table A-1. Selected statistics for the 100 largest school districts in the United States and jurisdictions, by school district: School year 2003

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 A-1. Selected statistics for the 100 largest school districts in the United States and jurisdictions, by school district: School year 2003–04

Name of reporting district	City	State	County	Number of students¹		Number of full-time-equivalent (FTE) teachers	Number of 2002–03 completers²	Number of schools
Total	†	†	†	11,280,667		672,175	551,581	16,178

New York City Public Schools	Brooklyn	NY	Kings	1,023,674	³	70,171	38,802	1,225
Los Angeles Unified	Los Angeles	CA	Los Angeles	747,009		35,493	27,655	693
Puerto Rico Department of Education	San Juan	PR	San Juan	584,916		42,444	35,013	1,523
City of Chicago School District	Chicago	IL	Cook	434,419		22,951	16,186	633
Dade County School District	Miami	FL	Dade	371,785		18,887	18,236	375

Broward County School District	Fort Lauderdale	FL	Broward	272,835		14,264	12,866	264
Clark County School District	Las Vegas	NV	Clark	270,529		13,483	10,395	298
Houston Independent School District	Houston	TX	Harris	211,499		12,277	8,350	308
Philadelphia City School District	Philadelphia	PA	Philadelphia	189,779		10,194	9,507	263
Hawaii Department of Education	Honolulu	HI	Honolulu	183,609		11,129	10,190	284

Hillsborough County School District	Tampa	FL	Hillsborough	181,900		11,020	8,832	237
Palm Beach County School District	West Palm Beach	FL	Palm Beach	170,260		9,359	9,219	213
Orange County School District	Orlando	FL	Orange	165,992		9,495	8,162	190
Fairfax County Public Schools	Fairfax	VA	Fairfax	164,235		12,293	11,364	204
Dallas Independent School District	Dallas	TX	Dallas	160,584		10,323	6,696	227

Detroit City School District	Detroit	MI	Wayne	153,034		6,719	5,975	261
Montgomery County Public Schools	Rockville	MD	Montgomery	139,201		9,007	8,923	194
San Diego City Unified	San Diego	CA	San Diego	137,960		7,421	6,622	185
Prince Georges County Public Schools	Upper Marlboro	MD	Prince George's	137,285		8,119	7,762	203
Duval County School District	Jacksonville	FL	Duval	129,557		6,976	6,105	179

Gwinnett County School District	Lawrenceville	GA	Gwinnett	129,014		8,221	6,571	98
Memphis City School District	Memphis	TN	Shelby	116,224		7,275	4,788	185
Pinellas County School District	Largo	FL	Pinellas	114,510		6,632	6,013	169
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	Charlotte	NC	Mecklenburg	114,071		7,350	5,368	137
Wake County Schools	Raleigh	NC	Wake	109,424		7,302	6,185	126

Baltimore County Public Schools	Towson	MD	Baltimore	108,523		7,292	7,123	167
Cobb County School District	Marietta	GA	Cobb	102,034		6,867	6,015	106
De Kalb County School District	Decatur	GA	De Kalb	99,550		6,409	4,933	141
Long Beach Unified	Long Beach	CA	Los Angeles	97,560		4,439	4,565	91
Milwaukee School District	Milwaukee	WI	Milwaukee	97,359		5,930	3,536	233

Jefferson (KY) County	Louisville	KY	Jefferson	95,582		5,656	4,886	173
Baltimore City Public School System	Baltimore	MD	Baltimore City	94,049		6,268	3,878	189
Albuquerque Public Schools	Albuquerque	NM	Bernalillo	90,537		6,191	4,158	148
Jefferson (CO) County	Golden	CO	Jefferson	87,172		4,765	5,840	167
Polk County School District	Bartow	FL	Polk	84,135		5,284	4,262	147

Fresno Unified	Fresno	CA	Fresno	81,408		3,927	3,950	103
Fort Worth Independent School District	Fort Worth	TX	Tarrant	80,335		4,793	3,495	145
Austin Independent School District	Austin	TX	Travis	79,007		5,354	3,861	111
Virginia Beach City Public Schools	Virginia Beach	VA	Virginia Beach City	76,304		5,555	4,695	86
Mesa Unified District	Mesa	AZ	Maricopa	75,401		3,704	4,090	91

Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District	Houston	TX	Harris	74,877		4,884	4,238	60
Jordan School District	Sandy	UT	Salt Lake	74,761		3,054	4,485	85
Anne Arundel County Public Schools	Annapolis	MD	Anne Arundel	74,508		4,501	4,760	119
Brevard County School District	Viera	FL	Brevard	73,901		4,303	4,225	108
Fulton County School District	Atlanta	GA	Fulton	73,319		4,891	3,865	87

Denver County	Denver	CO	Denver	72,100		4,218	2,724	145
Northside Independent School District	San Antonio	TX	Bexar	71,798		4,594	4,293	93
Granite School District	Salt Lake City	UT	Salt Lake	70,771		3,206	4,161	109
Cleveland City School District	Cleveland	OH	Cuyahoga	69,655		5,109	2,542	122
Nashville-Davidson County School District	Nashville	TN	Davidson	68,651		4,858	3,179	126

Orleans Parish School Board	New Orleans	LA	Orleans	67,922		4,657	3,422	129
Guilford County Schools	Greensboro	NC	Guilford	66,971		4,390	3,685	105
Lee County School District	Fort Myers	FL	Lee	66,466		3,624	3,378	83
District of Columbia Public Schools	Washington	DC	District of Columbia	65,099		4,898	2,946	170
Seminole County School District	Sanford	FL	Seminole	64,904		3,788	3,732	72

Mobile County School District	Mobile	AL	Mobile	64,774		4,237	3,174	104
Greenville County School District	Greenville	SC	Greenville	64,245		3,835	3,444	93
Volusia County School District	Deland	FL	Volusia	64,089		3,807	3,532	87
Prince William County Public Schools	Manassas	VA	Prince William	63,404		4,125	3,360	76
El Paso Independent School District	El Paso	TX	El Paso	63,200		4,505	3,386	93

Columbus City School District	Columbus	OH	Franklin	63,098		3,838	2,804	153
Santa Ana Unified	Santa Ana	CA	Orange	62,874		2,833	2,670	56
Arlington Independent School District	Arlington	TX	Tarrant	62,454		3,991	3,154	77
Washoe County School District	Reno	NV	Washoe	62,103		3,614	2,973	102
Tucson Unified District	Tucson	AZ	Pima	61,448		3,356	3,351	126

Fort Bend Independent School District	Sugar Land	TX	Fort Bend	61,248		3,720	3,974	59
Davis School District	Farmington	UT	Davis	60,749		2,627	3,884	96
Boston School District	Boston	MA	Suffolk	60,150		3,926	2,904	136
San Bernardino City Unified	San Bernardino	CA	San Bernardino	57,818		2,691	1,961	65
San Francisco Unified	San Francisco	CA	San Francisco	57,805		3,139	3,733	118

Pasco County School District	Land O' Lakes	FL	Pasco	57,510		3,196	3,015	73
San Antonio Independent School District	San Antonio	TX	Bexar	56,914		3,527	2,606	107
North East Independent School District	San Antonio	TX	Bexar	56,298		3,671	3,420	65
Aldine Independent School District	Houston	TX	Harris	56,292		3,616	2,268	66
Elk Grove Unified	Elk Grove	CA	Sacramento	55,613		2,660	3,014	55

Chesterfield County Public Schools	Chesterfield	VA	Chesterfield	55,393		3,846	3,491	60
Garland Independent School District	Garland	TX	Dallas	55,114		3,509	2,999	70
Cumberland County Schools	Fayetteville	NC	Cumberland	53,159		3,255	2,913	85
Knox County School District	Knoxville	TN	Knox	52,659		3,609	3,096	88
Sacramento City Unified	Sacramento	CA	Sacramento	52,103		2,659	2,442	88

Atlanta City School District	Atlanta	GA	Fulton	52,103		3,692	2,144	105
Plano Independent School District	Plano	TX	Collin	51,869		3,826	3,096	72
Jefferson Parish School Board	Harvey	LA	Jefferson	51,453		3,372	2,202	84
Alpine School District	American Fork	UT	Utah	51,240		2,117	2,602	63
San Juan Unified	Carmichael	CA	Sacramento	50,906		2,418	3,856	84

Clayton County	Jonesboro	GA	Clayton	50,555		2,954	2,169	57
Oakland Unified	Oakland	CA	Alameda	50,437		2,544	1,820	118
Garden Grove Unified	Garden Grove	CA	Orange	50,172		2,138	2,747	67
Capistrano Unified	San Juan Capistrano	CA	Orange	49,746		2,159	2,671	56
Anchorage School District	Anchorage	AK	Anchorage	49,722		2,832	2,680	95

Wichita	Wichita	KS	Sedgwick	48,894		3,069	2,322	90
Portland School District	Portland	OR	Multnomah	48,344		2,685	3,172	97
Howard County Pub Schools System	Ellicott City	MD	Howard	47,833		3,324	2,999	71
Forsyth County Schools	Winston Salem	NC	Forsyth	47,788		3,251	2,469	69
Seattle	Seattle	WA	King	47,588		2,577	2,756	129

Newark City	Newark	NJ	Essex	46,825		3,687	1,735	77
Shelby County School District	Memphis	TN	Shelby	46,808		2,649	2,738	49
Ysleta Independent School District	El Paso	TX	El Paso	46,668		3,000	2,983	64
East Baton Rouge Parish School	Baton Rouge	LA	East Baton Rouge	46,644		3,137	3,107	98
Cherry Creek 5	Greenwood	CO	Arapahoe	46,594		2,738	3,038	50

† Not applicable.
¹ Count of students receiving educational services from school district may differ somewhat from the counts in tables A-12 and A-16, which reflect the count of students from the schools aggregated up to the school district.
² Includes high school diploma recipients as well as other high school completers (e.g., certificates of attendance), but not high school equivalencies (e.g., GEDs).
³ The count of students is aggregated from the CCD public school universe file (New York City Public Schools did not report student counts at the district level).
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.
SOURCE: Data reported by states to U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "Public Elementary/Secondary School Universe Survey," 2003–04, Version 1a, "Local Education Agency Universe Survey," 2003–04, Version 1b, and "State Nonfiscal Survey of Public Elementary/Secondary Education," 2003–04, Version 1a.

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