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


Table A-14.  Revenues by source, current expenditures, and current expenditures per pupil for the 100 largest school districts in the United States and jurisdictions, by school district: Fiscal year 2003
 
Name of reporting district State Total students
(fall member-
ship)1
  Revenues by source (in thousands of dollars) Current expenditures
(in thousands of dollars)
Current expen-
ditures per pupil
Total Federal State Local   Total2 Instructional3
Total 11,231,671 $99,032,002 $10,316,329 $46,271,545 $42,444,127 $88,202,948 $55,256,182 $7,853
 
New York City Public Schools  NY 1,077,381 13,140,359 1,437,401 6,111,619 5,591,339 12,842,512 10,072,803 11,920
Los Angeles Unified  CA 746,852 6,978,828 824,683 4,608,751 1,545,394 6,308,486 3,699,595 8,447
Puerto Rico Department of Education  PR 584,916 2,619,532 802,703 1,816,733 95 2,608,275 1,876,195 4,459
City of Chicago School District  IL 436,048 3,837,867 602,702 1,478,169 1,756,996 3,474,207 2,152,692 7,967
Dade County School District  FL 373,395 2,976,518 335,837 1,398,809 1,241,872 2,597,345 1,585,259 6,956
 
Broward County School District  FL 267,925 2,013,451 174,974 934,043 904,434 1,671,559 953,562 6,239
Clark County School District  NV 256,574 1,893,171 122,989 497,223 1,272,959 1,481,522 919,269 5,774
Houston Independent School District  TX 212,099 1,709,699 205,044 367,529 1,137,126 1,534,657 907,062 7,236
Philadelphia City School District  PA 192,683 2,005,429 283,834 1,020,091 701,504 1,455,601 834,962 7,554
Hawaii Department of Education  HI 183,829 2,078,877 170,377 1,873,318 35,182 1,473,566 888,473 8,016
 
Hillsborough County School District  FL 175,454 1,398,341 192,811 702,746 502,784 1,124,762 666,667 6,411
Palm Beach County School District  FL 164,896 1,392,058 104,384 411,717 875,957 1,151,477 706,387 6,983
Orange County School District  FL 158,718 1,204,883 104,053 527,211 573,619 1,009,116 571,577 6,358
Fairfax County Public Schools  VA 162,585 1,666,632 66,801 306,914 1,292,917 1,542,591 936,061 9,488
Dallas Independent School District  TX 163,347 1,359,491 165,779 266,060 927,652 1,214,487 760,360 7,435
 
Detroit City School District  MI 173,742 1,659,070 236,429 1,176,357 246,284 1,574,566 884,202 9,063
Montgomery County Public Schools  MD 138,983 1,717,136 68,686 340,416 1,308,034 1,470,387 942,679 10,580
San Diego City Unified  CA 140,753 1,516,967 162,374 683,055 671,538 1,193,821 726,516 8,482
Prince Georges County Public Schools  MD 135,439 1,267,462 87,537 594,300 585,625 1,167,579 674,892 8,621
Duval County School District  FL 128,126 909,284 91,828 452,383 365,073 813,643 474,876 6,350
 
Gwinnett County School District  GA 122,570 1,139,910 42,487 525,230 572,193 924,738 601,668 7,545
Memphis City School District  TN 118,039 865,001 109,676 314,156 441,169 826,842 503,041 7,005
Pinellas County School District  FL 114,772 854,304 79,604 371,241 403,459 735,384 428,652 6,407
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools  NC 109,767 1,038,967 66,067 578,628 394,272 788,982 487,449 7,188
Wake County Schools  NC 104,836 851,758 44,803 443,589 363,366 701,828 434,889 6,695
 
Baltimore County Public Schools  MD 108,297 1,052,878 61,499 367,330 624,049 946,940 566,576 8,744
Cobb County School District  GA 100,389 937,155 41,996 386,171 508,988 755,814 519,300 7,529
De Kalb County School District  GA 97,967 900,104 54,728 374,012 471,364 830,326 524,012 8,476
Long Beach Unified  CA 97,212 757,771 104,562 489,856 163,353 715,208 429,043 7,357
Milwaukee School District  WI 97,293 1,099,821 164,362 683,126 252,333 1,007,216 598,937 10,352
 
Jefferson (KY) County  KY 95,651 773,945 45,700 349,114 379,131 732,984 403,467 7,663
Baltimore City Public School System  MD 96,230 1,004,690 143,103 611,834 249,753 927,513 580,863 9,639
Albuquerque Public Schools  NM 88,120 638,542 58,432 484,466 95,644 565,240 333,055 6,414
Jefferson (CO) County  CO 87,925 715,561 30,195 305,314 380,052 723,655 375,997 8,230
Polk County School District  FL 82,179 598,573 69,077 320,691 208,805 546,808 336,996 6,654
 
Fresno Unified  CA 81,222 753,759 98,909 488,178 166,672 631,037 380,215 7,769
Fort Worth Independent School District  TX 81,081 653,873 72,571 288,011 293,291 570,301 333,386 7,034
Austin Independent School District  TX 78,608 824,586 61,882 94,879 667,825 595,865 347,469 7,580
Virginia Beach City Public Schools  VA 75,902 605,100 55,192 280,260 269,648 551,680 329,107 7,268
Mesa Unified District  AZ 75,269 538,798 42,099 264,853 231,846 398,106 242,174 5,289
 
Cypress-Fairbanks Independent
School District 
TX 71,165 548,169 18,017 194,690 335,462 483,882 319,149 6,799
Jordan School District  UT 73,808 425,717 26,698 228,702 170,317 333,577 212,595 4,520
Anne Arundel County Public Schools  MD 74,787 687,725 36,209 224,941 426,575 625,259 384,820 8,361
Brevard County School District  FL 72,601 501,962 43,045 256,491 202,426 437,288 269,909 6,023
Fulton County School District  GA 71,372 773,098 30,813 220,270 522,015 613,723 399,423 8,599
 
Denver County  CO 71,972 649,333 68,940 222,534 357,859 $567,735 308,771 $7,888
Northside Independent School District  TX 69,409 549,010 40,883 217,131 290,996 472,541 283,474 6,808
Granite School District  UT 71,181 385,148 41,947 220,130 123,071 327,079 210,766 4,595
Cleveland City School District  OH 71,616 784,024 139,462 380,834 263,728 730,424 414,074 10,199
Nashville-Davidson County School District  TN 67,954 524,769 43,910 159,159 321,700 517,400 324,965 7,614
 
Orleans Parish School Board  LA 70,246 529,221 94,142 239,011 196,068 460,824 285,095 6,560
Guilford County Schools  NC 65,677 482,067 41,289 279,031 161,747 456,003 283,281 6,943
Lee County School District  FL 63,172 502,261 46,188 127,848 328,225 392,074 215,676 6,206
District of Columbia Public Schools  DC 67,522 1,114,061 152,599 0 961,462 899,947 473,414 13,328
Seminole County School District  FL 63,446 454,552 32,739 211,106 210,707 371,076 232,636 5,849
 
Mobile County School District  AL 64,058 449,312 65,632 253,660 130,020 403,276 240,639 6,295
Greenville County School District  SC 63,270 485,956 34,973 225,076 225,907 401,741 239,500 6,350
Volusia County School District  FL 63,000 491,233 40,371 214,987 235,875 400,657 239,744 6,360
Prince William County Public Schools  VA 60,541 565,455 20,616 222,154 322,685 464,095 270,491 7,666
El Paso Independent School District  TX 63,185 479,632 67,200 260,900 151,532 454,818 279,126 7,198
 
Columbus City School District  OH 64,175 674,296 60,154 266,032 348,110 638,282 351,170 9,946
Santa Ana Unified  CA 63,610 573,085 53,938 319,247 199,900 468,865 280,164 7,371
Arlington Independent School District  TX 61,928 458,183 28,849 119,379 309,955 378,713 244,091 6,115
Washoe County School District  NV 60,384 429,620 31,454 125,310 272,856 369,524 239,933 6,120
Tucson Unified District  AZ 61,958 449,579 56,080 206,013 187,486 370,725 193,251 5,983
 
Fort Bend Independent School District  TX 59,489 435,536 18,914 182,506 234,116 386,657 244,719 6,500
Davis School District  UT 60,367 331,830 25,868 200,147 105,815 283,246 180,916 4,692
Boston School District  MA 61,552 1,016,975 97,365 328,667 590,943 845,102 536,070 13,730
San Bernardino City Unified  CA 56,096 492,864 56,564 382,791 53,509 407,538 233,651 7,265
San Francisco Unified  CA 58,216 539,958 65,637 157,325 316,996 499,811 287,385 8,585
 
Pasco County School District  FL 54,957 392,460 36,455 224,108 131,897 330,367 183,345 6,011
San Antonio Independent School District  TX 57,120 517,535 81,270 286,443 149,822 450,111 263,464 7,880
North East Independent School District  TX 55,053 438,835 26,679 111,997 300,159 382,681 241,792 6,951
Aldine Independent School District  TX 55,367 448,966 47,220 242,134 159,612 405,629 251,739 7,326
Elk Grove Unified  CA 52,418 469,357 28,982 280,063 160,312 385,745 246,214 7,359
 
Chesterfield County Public Schools  VA 53,621 422,464 18,303 182,281 221,880 359,829 227,817 6,711
Garland Independent School District  TX 54,007 370,969 21,419 177,035 172,515 311,246 196,266 5,763
Cumberland County Schools  NC 52,094 351,184 42,558 219,680 88,946 328,234 205,277 6,301
Knox County School District  TN 53,411 353,030 22,172 117,796 213,062 328,352 209,520 6,148
Sacramento City Unified  CA 52,850 499,416 71,837 312,218 115,361 427,718 255,222 8,093
 
Atlanta City School District  GA 54,946 720,923 69,171 183,906 467,846 628,312 353,961 11,435
Plano Independent School District  TX 51,039 557,312 14,418 43,980 498,914 361,023 232,969 7,073
Jefferson Parish School Board  LA 51,501 392,032 55,362 147,178 189,492 342,248 212,644 6,645
Alpine School District  UT 49,159 256,461 14,385 169,056 73,020 216,923 144,390 4,413
San Juan Unified  CA 52,212 416,990 38,352 259,180 119,458 400,877 254,657 7,678
 
Clayton County  GA 49,594 410,649 33,123 210,951 166,575 354,665 226,749 7,151
Oakland Unified  CA 52,501 535,822 60,308 325,488 150,026 451,497 270,505 8,600
Garden Grove Unified  CA 50,066 374,552 33,913 222,611 118,028 347,218 228,705 6,935
Capistrano Unified  CA 48,608 359,936 14,397 130,244 215,295 323,690 213,107 6,659
Anchorage School District  AK 50,055 414,075 49,899 232,053 132,123 391,739 232,179 7,826
 
Wichita  KS 48,913 418,629 49,101 244,514 125,014 $363,268 203,947 $7,427
Portland School District  OR 51,654 480,659 47,612 187,554 245,493 409,172 252,622 7,921
Howard County Pub Schools System  MD 47,197 516,846 14,447 151,660 350,739 444,582 282,309 9,420
Forsyth County Schools  NC 46,806 349,248 30,294 199,998 118,956 323,641 214,384 6,915
Seattle  WA 47,853 513,336 48,581 241,802 222,953 413,864 240,605 8,649
 
Newark City  NJ 42,395 930,827 65,928 758,974 105,925 748,348 438,976 17,652
Shelby County School District  TN 45,439 283,109 13,808 121,586 147,715 267,692 182,964 5,891
Ysleta Independent School District  TX 46,745 348,062 49,392 230,039 68,631 315,823 196,113 6,756
East Baton Rouge Parish School  LA 52,434 432,445 55,303 152,200 224,942 400,237 221,333 7,633
Cherry Creek 5  CO 45,738   389,053 11,015 137,409 240,629   339,708 215,842 7,427
† Not applicable.
1 The student membership obtained from the CCD fiscal district data collection varies slightly from the student membership obtained from the CCD nonfiscal data collection.
2 Total current expenditures for elementary and secondary education. Excludes capital outlays, interest on debt, payments to private schools, and payments to public charter schools.
3 Instructional expenditures are current expenditures for activities directly associated with the interaction between teachers and students. These include teacher salaries and benefits, supplies (such as textbooks), and purchased instructional services. New York City Public Schools includes guidance counselor costs in its instructional figures.
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. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. Special education students or other students enrolled in private schools at the district's expense, and expenditures for these students, are not included in these totals.
SOURCE: Data reported by states to U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "School District Finance Survey" (F-33), FY 2003, version 1a, and U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "National Public Education Financial Survey," 2002–03.

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