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-8.  Number of public elementary and secondary schools in the 100 largest school districts in the United States and jurisdictions, by percentage distribution of other than White, non-Hispanic students, total percentage of students who are other than White, non-Hispanic, and school district: School year 2003–04
 
Name of reporting district State Schools having member-
ship		   Student other than White, non-Hispanic membership percentage Total percentage of other than White, non-Hispanic students
0–20 percent 21–40 percent 41–60 percent 61–80 percent 81–100 percent
Reporting districts1 † 15,891 1,123 1,991 1,981 2,015 8,346 69.9
 
New York City Public Schools  NY 1,217 24 35 107 147 904 85.2
Los Angeles Unified  CA 693 3 17 45 86 542 90.9
Puerto Rico Department of Education2  PR 1,508 0 0 0 0 1,508 100.0
City of Chicago School District  IL 612 1 16 26 49 520 90.9
Dade County School District  FL 362 0 0 13 49 300 89.6
 
Broward County School District  FL 259 4 33 62 79 81 63.7
Clark County School District  NV 295 21 74 82 62 56 56.0
Houston Independent School District  TX 308 0 3 17 26 262 90.9
Philadelphia City School District  PA 263 3 13 24 28 195 85.4
Hawaii Department of Education  HI 284 0 9 22 84 169 79.8
 
Hillsborough County School District  FL 232 7 62 66 50 47 51.3
Palm Beach County School District  FL 208 15 52 31 47 63 53.7
Orange County School District  FL 187 5 32 59 48 43 59.7
Fairfax County Public Schools  VA 190 15 65 56 38 16 44.9
Dallas Independent School District  TX 221 0 2 5 16 198 93.7
 
Detroit City School District  MI 254 0 1 1 9 243 97.0
Montgomery County Public Schools  MD 192 18 41 49 50 34 55.4
San Diego City Unified  CA 185 2 17 38 51 77 74.1
Prince Georges County Public Schools  MD 197 0 0 6 16 175 92.0
Duval County School District  FL 177 13 33 56 32 43 52.2
 
Gwinnett County School District  GA 94 7 35 24 13 15 47.3
Memphis City School District  TN 179 — — — — — —
Pinellas County School District  FL 163 44 55 53 11 0 29.8
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools  NC 137 12 22 21 27 55 58.4
Wake County Schools  NC 126 6 52 45 21 2 41.7
 
Baltimore County Public Schools  MD 162 39 58 21 11 33 44.0
Cobb County School District  GA 101 27 26 11 21 16 42.1
De Kalb County School District  GA 133 3 4 14 15 97 88.3
Long Beach Unified  CA 91 2 3 7 26 53 83.1
Milwaukee School District  WI 223 1 9 18 39 156 82.7
 
Jefferson (KY) County  KY 165 5 80 65 13 2 40.1
Baltimore City Public School System  MD 186 3 4 8 15 156 90.9
Albuquerque Public Schools  NM 148 2 23 41 26 56 63.6
Jefferson (CO) County  CO 160 97 49 6 8 0 21.7
Polk County School District  FL 147 7 72 56 12 0 39.3
 
Fresno Unified  CA 100 0 4 8 19 69 82.5
Fort Worth Independent School District  TX 143 4 4 12 26 97 82.2
Austin Independent School District  TX 111 3 16 13 20 59 69.8
Virginia Beach City Public Schools  VA 80 13 31 27 7 2 39.5
Mesa Unified District  AZ 90 20 34 14 15 7 39.3
 
Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District  TX 59 8 12 17 20 2 48.1
Jordan School District  UT 85 73 8 3 1 0 9.6
Anne Arundel County Public Schools  MD 117 53 31 16 14 3 27.8
Brevard County School District  FL 107 52 36 15 4 0 21.7
Fulton County School District  GA 83 7 25 11 7 33 54.8
 
Denver County  CO 145 4 8 12 28 93 80.3
Northside Independent School District  TX 93 0 4 25 33 31 68.7
Granite School District  UT 109 36 48 24 1 0 28.3
Cleveland City School District  OH 122 1 6 15 21 79 82.0
Nashville-Davidson County School District  TN 125 — — — — — —
 
Orleans Parish School Board  LA 125 0 0 4 1 120 96.6
Guilford County Schools  NC 104 10 23 23 19 29 54.3
Lee County School District  FL 81 8 33 30 9 1 37.8
District of Columbia Public Schools  DC 169 0 5 3 7 154 95.1
Seminole County School District  FL 72 9 33 25 4 1 32.8
 
Mobile County School District  AL 100 21 13 16 8 42 53.8
Greenville County School District  SC 86 15 39 18 9 5 36.1
Volusia County School District  FL 87 30 33 15 6 3 28.3
Prince William County Public Schools  VA 70 7 19 16 24 4 48.2
El Paso Independent School District  TX 88 0 0 1 16 71 86.7
 
Columbus City School District  OH 151 8 26 15 35 67 68.0
Santa Ana Unified  CA 56 0 1 0 0 55 96.7
Arlington Independent School District  TX 76 4 13 12 22 25 60.5
Washoe County School District  NV 98 17 37 21 13 10 39.4
Tucson Unified District  AZ 123 2 20 33 26 42 63.9
 
Fort Bend Independent School District  TX 58 0 5 20 9 24 68.3
Davis School District  UT 96 79 15 2 0 0 9.9
Boston School District  MA 136 0 0 6 32 98 86.0
San Bernardino City Unified  CA 65 0 0 2 24 39 84.0
San Francisco Unified  CA 118 0 0 1 14 103 90.1
 
Pasco County School District  FL 71 52 12 5 1 1 15.4
San Antonio Independent School District  TX 106 0 0 0 3 103 96.4
North East Independent School District  TX 65 0 14 21 17 13 54.6
Aldine Independent School District  TX 63 0 0 0 1 62 93.5
Elk Grove Unified  CA 55 2 4 20 11 18 66.2
 
Chesterfield County Public Schools  VA 59 20 19 11 7 2 32.7
Garland Independent School District  TX 68 0 5 23 29 11 60.5
Cumberland County Schools  NC 85 1 18 23 28 15 59.6
Knox County School District  TN 83 — — — — — —
Sacramento City Unified  CA 88 0 2 18 21 47 77.3
 
Atlanta City School District  GA 99 3 1 2 4 89 92.4
Plano Independent School District  TX 65 2 41 15 5 2 37.7
Jefferson Parish School Board  LA 83 2 11 23 24 23 64.7
Alpine School District  UT 63 54 8 1 0 0 9.9
San Juan Unified  CA 83 18 49 9 7 0 29.2
 
Clayton County  GA 53 0 0 0 10 43 86.9
Oakland Unified  CA 118 0 4 4 3 107 94.2
Garden Grove Unified  CA 67 0 6 0 16 45 83.2
Capistrano Unified  CA 56 17 31 4 2 2 27.8
Anchorage School District  AK 92 14 27 35 12 4 40.8
 
Wichita  KS 90 2 25 38 18 7 51.3
Portland School District  OR 93 25 26 23 12 7 39.1
Howard County Pub Schools System  MD 69 14 32 17 6 0 34.1
Forsyth County Schools  NC 68 6 16 14 14 18 50.2
Seattle  WA 127 4 33 25 20 45 59.3
 
Newark City  NJ 76 0 2 2 2 70 91.7
Shelby County School District  TN 48 — — — — — —
Ysleta Independent School District  TX 63 0 0 0 0 63 93.2
East Baton Rouge Parish School  LA 98 0 1 14 19 64 79.5
Cherry Creek 5  CO 50 17 25 4 4 0 29.2
— Not available. Tennessee did not report student racial/ethnic data.
† Not applicable.
1 Totals do not include Tennessee districts.
2 Puerto Rico reported all students in one category of race/ethnicity.
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. This table reports numbers of schools and percentages of students. For example, in New York City Public Schools, 24 schools reported 20 percent or fewer of their students as other than White, non-Hispanic. Across the entire district, 85 percent of students were other than White, non-Hispanic.
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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