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-10.  Number of students in public elementary and secondary schools in the 100 largest school districts in the United States and jurisdictions by type of school and number and percentage of students with Individualized Education Programs (IEPs): School year 2003–04
 
Name of reporting district State Total number of students2   Number of students, by type of school1 Students with IEPs Percentage of students with IEPs
Regular Special education Vocational education Other and alternative
Total † 11,257,406 10,990,875 70,345 53,784 142,402 1,310,119 11.6
 
New York City Public Schools  NY 1,023,674 956,141 19,064 26,356 22,113 — —
Los Angeles Unified  CA 747,009 728,369 4,539 0 14,101 85,441 11.4
Puerto Rico Department of Education  PR 584,916 562,171 9,940 6,126 6,679 77,932 13.3
City of Chicago School District  IL 434,419 430,849 3,570 0 0 55,033 12.7
Dade County School District  FL 369,223 363,785 1,793 14 3,631 44,355 12.0
 
Broward County School District  FL 271,900 266,832 1,692 359 3,017 31,128 11.4
Clark County School District  NV 270,607 265,484 853 1,807 2,463 29,617 10.9
Houston Independent School District  TX 211,444 206,778 112 945 3,609 21,339 10.1
Philadelphia City School District  PA 189,779 183,042 1,075 5,662 0 23,604 12.4
Hawaii Department of Education  HI 183,609 183,342 106 0 161 22,533 12.3
 
Hillsborough County School District  FL 181,298 178,442 1,158 0 1,698 28,458 15.7
Palm Beach County School District  FL 169,381 167,538 839 0 1,004 25,250 14.9
Orange County School District  FL 165,403 163,382 719 172 1,130 26,581 16.1
Fairfax County Public Schools  VA 164,235 162,337 164 0 1,734 23,233 14.1
Dallas Independent School District  TX 160,400 158,390 81 884 1,045 12,722 7.9
 
Detroit City School District  MI 152,396 148,594 1,740 646 1,416 20,645 13.5
Montgomery County Public Schools  MD 139,201 138,162 692 0 347 16,699 12.0
San Diego City Unified  CA 137,960 134,444 349 0 3,167 17,313 12.5
Prince Georges County Public Schools  MD 137,285 132,979 1,929 228 2,149 14,048 10.2
Duval County School District  FL 128,032 127,119 460 0 453 20,355 15.9
 
Gwinnett County School District  GA 129,014 127,630 355 0 1,029 14,826 11.5
Memphis City School District  TN 116,224 116,105 89 0 30 16,545 14.2
Pinellas County School District  FL 113,859 111,116 1,306 83 1,354 20,092 17.6
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools  NC 114,071 113,305 241 0 525 13,697 12.0
Wake County Schools  NC 109,424 109,055 0 0 369 16,421 15.0
 
Baltimore County Public Schools  MD 108,523 103,414 1,442 3,069 598 13,482 12.4
Cobb County School District  GA 102,034 102,034 0 0 0 13,022 12.8
De Kalb County School District  GA 99,550 98,607 508 0 435 9,366 9.4
Long Beach Unified  CA 97,560 95,517 0 0 2,043 7,808 8.0
Milwaukee School District  WI 97,359 87,259 25 0 10,075 16,017 16.5
 
Jefferson (KY) County  KY 91,569 88,928 299 35 2,307 13,598 14.9
Baltimore City Public School System  MD 94,049 83,084 1,327 3,861 5,777 14,472 15.4
Albuquerque Public Schools  NM 90,537 88,173 207 429 1,728 18,061 19.9
Jefferson (CO) County  CO 87,172 85,746 449 92 885 7,911 9.1
Polk County School District  FL 83,859 81,247 255 261 2,096 12,752 15.2
 
Fresno Unified  CA 81,408 78,852 139 0 2,417 8,139 10.0
Fort Worth Independent School District  TX 80,335 77,723 107 4 2,501 7,669 9.5
Austin Independent School District  TX 78,807 78,108 0 0 699 9,739 12.4
Virginia Beach City Public Schools  VA 76,304 76,304 0 0 0 10,685 14.0
Mesa Unified District  AZ 75,401 74,881 56 0 464 7,237 9.6
 
Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District  TX 74,877 74,636 0 0 241 6,985 9.3
Jordan School District  UT 74,761 73,733 417 0 611 8,026 10.7
Anne Arundel County Public Schools  MD 74,508 73,629 557 0 322 9,930 13.3
Brevard County School District  FL 73,541 73,025 200 0 316 12,911 17.6
Fulton County School District  GA 73,319 72,415 0 0 904 7,800 10.6
 
Denver County  CO 72,100 70,771 0 271 1,058 8,287 11.5
Northside Independent School District  TX 71,798 70,607 360 0 831 10,669 14.9
Granite School District  UT 70,771 69,496 282 0 993 8,206 11.6
Cleveland City School District  OH 68,984 68,984 0 0 0 12,711 18.4
Nashville-Davidson County School District  TN 68,651 68,247 296 0 108 13,514 19.7
 
Orleans Parish School Board  LA 67,922 66,674 0 0 1,248 7,174 10.6
Guilford County Schools  NC 66,971 66,679 292 0 0 10,714 16.0
Lee County School District  FL 66,203 64,905 503 201 594 10,066 15.2
District of Columbia Public Schools  DC 65,099 59,446 3,323 1,010 1,320 11,977 18.4
Seminole County School District  FL 64,630 64,056 210 0 364 8,753 13.5
 
Mobile County School District  AL 64,774 64,306 280 0 188 11,843 18.3
Greenville County School District  SC 64,245 64,127 118 0 0 10,499 16.3
Volusia County School District  FL 63,894 63,508 63 0 323 11,569 18.1
Prince William County Public Schools  VA 63,404 63,302 102 0 0 7,463 11.8
El Paso Independent School District  TX 63,200 62,139 10 650 401 5,690 9.0
 
Columbus City School District  OH 63,100 61,526 1,315 259 0 9,218 14.6
Santa Ana Unified  CA 62,874 62,018 0 0 856 5,819 9.3
Arlington Independent School District  TX 62,454 61,529 0 0 925 6,091 9.8
Washoe County School District  NV 62,103 61,656 144 0 303 7,806 12.6
Tucson Unified District  AZ 61,448 60,577 19 0 852 7,935 12.9
 
Fort Bend Independent School District  TX 61,248 61,224 0 0 24 6,110 10.0
Davis School District  UT 60,749 59,022 152 181 1,394 5,903 9.7
Boston School District  MA 60,150 58,622 140 0 1,388 11,827 19.7
San Bernardino City Unified  CA 57,818 56,348 248 0 1,222 6,454 11.2
San Francisco Unified  CA 57,805 56,888 0 0 917 7,108 12.3
 
Pasco County School District  FL 57,341 57,059 0 179 103 11,082 19.3
San Antonio Independent School District  TX 56,914 55,848 70 0 996 7,350 12.9
North East Independent School District  TX 56,298 55,796 132 0 370 8,732 15.5
Aldine Independent School District  TX 56,292 55,821 121 0 350 5,524 9.8
Elk Grove Unified  CA 55,613 53,988 161 0 1,464 4,970 8.9
 
Chesterfield County Public Schools  VA 55,393 54,958 0 0 435 8,308 15.0
Garland Independent School District  TX 55,114 54,555 37 0 522 6,270 11.4
Cumberland County Schools  NC 53,159 52,878 178 0 103 7,268 13.7
Knox County School District  TN 52,659 52,405 118 0 136 8,547 16.2
Sacramento City Unified  CA 52,103 51,288 0 0 815 6,387 12.3
 
Atlanta City School District  GA 52,103 50,335 0 0 1,768 4,481 8.6
Plano Independent School District  TX 51,869 51,841 0 0 28 6,158 11.9
Jefferson Parish School Board  LA 51,453 51,212 146 0 95 7,891 15.3
Alpine School District  UT 51,240 50,452 198 0 590 5,216 10.2
San Juan Unified  CA 50,906 50,094 245 0 567 4,924 9.7
 
Clayton County  GA 50,555 50,555 0 0 0 4,863 9.6
Oakland Unified  CA 50,437 48,743 94 0 1,600 5,511 10.9
Garden Grove Unified  CA 50,172 49,643 150 0 379 5,014 10.0
Capistrano Unified  CA 49,746 49,534 62 0 150 4,703 9.5
Anchorage School District  AK 49,722 48,488 524 0 710 6,979 14.0
 
Wichita  KS 48,792 48,792 0 0 0 7,087 14.5
Portland School District  OR 44,169 43,257 0 0 912 6,155 13.9
Howard County Pub Schools System  MD 47,833 47,730 103 0 0 4,939 10.3
Forsyth County Schools  NC 47,788 47,157 318 0 313 6,936 14.5
Seattle  WA 47,588 42,867 229 0 4,492 5,362 11.3
 
Newark City  NJ 42,802 42,112 585 0 105 6,928 16.2
Shelby County School District  TN 46,808 46,808 0 0 0 10,507 22.4
Ysleta Independent School District  TX 46,668 45,241 0 0 1,427 5,298 11.4
East Baton Rouge Parish School  LA 46,644 45,461 163 0 1,020 4,737 10.2
Cherry Creek 5  CO 46,594   46,594 0 0 0 5,109 11.0
— Not available.
1 Type of school is a mutually exclusive category in the CCD. However, there may be cases in which special education, vocational education, and alternative programs reside in other types of schools.
2 Student distribution by type of school is based on membership in the schools of the school district. This count may differ somewhat from the count of students receiving educational services from the school district reported in table A-1.
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. Types of schools are defined in the following way on the CCD: regular school—a public elementary/secondary school that does not focus primarily on vocational, special, or alternative education; special education school—a public elementary/secondary school that (1) focuses primarily on special education, including instruction for any of the following: hard of hearing, deaf, speech impaired, health impaired, orthopedically impaired, mentally retarded, seriously emotionally disturbed, multihandicapped, visually handicapped, deaf and blind; and (2) adapts curriculum, materials, or instruction for students served; vocational education school—a public elementary/secondary school that focuses primarily on vocational education and provides education and training in one or more semiskilled or technical operations; and alternative education school—a public elementary/secondary school that (1) addresses the needs of students that typically cannot be met in a regular school; (2) provides nontraditional education; (3) serves as an adjunct to a regular school; and (4) falls outside of the categories of regular, special education, or vocational education.
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, and "Local Education Agency Universe Survey," 2003–04, Version 1b.

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