Table A-16. Number of students in public elementary and secondary schools in the 100 largest school districts in the United States and jurisdictions, by grade range and 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
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Table A-16. Number of students in public elementary and secondary schools in the 100 largest school districts in the United States and jurisdictions, by grade range and school district: School year 2003–04

		Total number of students¹	Grade range
Name of reporting district	State	Total number of students¹	PK to 6	7 to 9	10 to 12	Ungraded
Total	†	11,257,313	6,244,294	2,747,442	2,095,405	170,172

New York City Public Schools	NY	1,023,674	521,844	247,362	173,064	81,404
Los Angeles Unified	CA	747,009	416,026	178,855	119,357	32,771
Puerto Rico Department of Education	PR	584,916	313,185	137,874	114,598	19,259
City of Chicago School District	IL	434,419	266,952	99,057	68,410	†
Dade County School District	FL	369,223	200,487	95,879	72,857	†

Broward County School District	FL	271,900	150,868	71,333	49,699	†
Clark County School District	NV	270,516	154,872	68,275	46,989	380
Houston Independent School District	TX	211,444	134,156	46,553	30,735	†
Philadelphia City School District	PA	189,779	101,758	48,452	38,320	1,249
Hawaii Department of Education	HI	183,609	100,994	45,479	37,060	76

Hillsborough County School District	FL	181,298	103,815	44,159	33,324	†
Palm Beach County School District	FL	169,381	92,667	44,911	31,803	†
Orange County School District	FL	165,403	90,458	43,491	31,454	†
Fairfax County Public Schools	VA	164,235	86,331	40,120	37,784	†
Dallas Independent School District	TX	160,400	98,258	37,248	24,894	†

Detroit City School District	MI	152,396	84,176	43,864	22,564	1,792
Montgomery County Public Schools	MD	139,201	73,829	34,034	31,338	†
San Diego City Unified	CA	137,960	78,449	32,122	26,179	1,210
Prince Georges County Public Schools	MD	137,285	72,380	35,095	26,284	3,526
Duval County School District	FL	128,032	73,791	32,291	21,950	†

Gwinnett County School District	GA	129,014	72,748	31,290	24,976	†
Memphis City School District	TN	116,224	66,079	28,699	19,750	1,696
Pinellas County School District	FL	113,859	59,729	32,164	21,966	†
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	NC	114,071	64,201	29,311	20,559	†
Wake County Schools	NC	109,424	61,235	26,963	21,226	†

Baltimore County Public Schools	MD	108,523	57,358	27,010	23,876	279
Cobb County School District	GA	102,034	55,060	25,488	21,486	†
De Kalb County School District	GA	99,550	56,128	24,935	18,487	†
Long Beach Unified	CA	97,560	53,926	22,883	20,751	†
Milwaukee School District	WI	97,359	56,780	24,339	16,240	†

Jefferson (KY) County	KY	91,569	48,373	22,048	18,093	3,055
Baltimore City Public School System	MD	94,049	54,628	23,250	16,171	†
Albuquerque Public Schools	NM	90,537	50,079	22,657	17,801	†
Jefferson (CO) County	CO	87,172	45,443	21,198	20,531	†
Polk County School District	FL	83,859	47,467	20,515	15,877	†

Fresno Unified	CA	81,408	45,526	19,723	16,153	6
Fort Worth Independent School District	TX	80,335	48,576	18,677	13,082	†
Austin Independent School District	TX	78,807	47,503	17,566	13,738	†
Virginia Beach City Public Schools	VA	76,304	40,259	19,805	16,233	7
Mesa Unified District	AZ	75,401	43,187	17,315	14,899	†

Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District	TX	74,877	42,196	17,847	14,834	†
Jordan School District	UT	74,761	38,983	16,737	16,928	2,113
Anne Arundel County Public Schools	MD	74,508	39,084	19,184	15,855	385
Brevard County School District	FL	73,541	38,871	19,374	15,296	†
Fulton County School District	GA	73,319	40,937	17,448	14,934	†

Denver County	CO	72,100	44,152	16,773	11,175	†
Northside Independent School District	TX	71,798	40,958	16,513	14,327	†
Granite School District	UT	70,771	38,710	15,660	14,930	1,471
Cleveland City School District	OH	68,984	39,284	18,114	11,586	†
Nashville-Davidson County School District	TN	68,651	38,597	16,370	11,335	2,349

Orleans Parish School Board	LA	67,922	38,832	16,659	12,431	†
Guilford County Schools	NC	66,971	36,777	16,559	13,635	†
Lee County School District	FL	66,203	36,675	16,639	12,889	†
District of Columbia Public Schools	DC	65,099	39,085	12,772	8,797	4,445
Seminole County School District	FL	64,630	34,246	16,515	13,869	†

Mobile County School District	AL	64,774	36,765	15,831	12,178	†
Greenville County School District	SC	64,245	36,091	16,099	12,055	†
Volusia County School District	FL	63,894	33,919	16,657	13,318	†
Prince William County Public Schools	VA	63,404	34,649	16,071	12,684	†
El Paso Independent School District	TX	63,200	36,013	15,263	11,924	†

Columbus City School District	OH	63,098	36,653	16,118	10,327	†
Santa Ana Unified	CA	62,874	37,671	14,458	10,585	160
Arlington Independent School District	TX	62,454	36,121	15,131	11,202	†
Washoe County School District	NV	62,103	34,263	16,165	11,523	152
Tucson Unified District	AZ	61,448	34,704	14,577	12,139	28

Fort Bend Independent School District	TX	61,248	31,434	15,523	14,291	†
Davis School District	UT	60,749	32,514	13,461	13,531	1,243
Boston School District	MA	60,150	31,597	16,020	12,533	†
San Bernardino City Unified	CA	57,818	33,589	15,068	9,143	18
San Francisco Unified	CA	57,805	30,039	13,811	13,955	†

Pasco County School District	FL	57,341	31,684	15,105	10,552	†
San Antonio Independent School District	TX	56,914	34,751	12,653	9,510	†
North East Independent School District	TX	56,298	31,274	13,486	11,538	†
Aldine Independent School District	TX	56,292	34,472	13,108	8,712	†
Elk Grove Unified	CA	55,613	29,952	13,275	12,181	205

Chesterfield County Public Schools	VA	55,393	29,380	13,934	12,079	†
Garland Independent School District	TX	55,114	31,111	13,077	10,926	†
Cumberland County Schools	NC	53,159	28,852	13,023	11,284	†
Knox County School District	TN	52,659	28,090	12,160	11,020	1,389
Sacramento City Unified	CA	52,103	29,480	12,695	9,928	†

Atlanta City School District	GA	52,103	31,157	11,957	8,989	†
Plano Independent School District	TX	51,869	29,570	11,922	10,377	†
Jefferson Parish School Board	LA	51,453	30,346	12,430	8,677	†
Alpine School District	UT	51,240	28,134	11,219	10,784	1,103
San Juan Unified	CA	50,906	25,114	12,411	13,381	†

Clayton County	GA	50,555	28,764	13,294	8,497	†
Oakland Unified	CA	50,437	30,130	11,939	8,239	129
Garden Grove Unified	CA	50,172	28,646	11,662	9,714	150
Capistrano Unified	CA	49,746	27,917	12,037	9,792	†
Anchorage School District	AK	49,722	26,814	12,090	10,818	†

Wichita	KS	48,792	26,419	10,709	9,612	2,052
Portland School District	OR	44,169	25,310	9,779	7,705	1,375
Howard County Pub Schools System	MD	47,833	25,316	11,865	10,652	†
Forsyth County Schools	NC	47,788	26,545	11,842	9,401	†
Seattle	WA	47,588	26,306	10,401	10,881	†

Newark City	NJ	42,802	22,444	9,184	7,151	4,023
Shelby County School District	TN	46,808	24,916	11,397	9,823	672
Ysleta Independent School District	TX	46,668	25,847	11,085	9,736	†
East Baton Rouge Parish School	LA	46,644	27,506	10,835	8,303	†
Cherry Creek 5	CO	46,594	25,057	11,161	10,376	†
† Not applicable. For grade range counts, district does not classify students as ungraded.
¹ 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.
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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