Characteristics of the 100 Largest Public Elementary and Secondary School Districts in the United States: 2005–06
NCES 2008-339
June 2008

Back Arrow List of Tables Download Excel Excel format (26 KB)

Table 3.  Number and percentage of districts and students, by district membership size for regular public elementary and secondary school districts in the United States and jurisdictions: School year 2005–06
 
District size
(number of students)		 Districts   Students   Cumulative totals
Number Percent Cumulative percentage Number Percent Cumulative percentage Districts Students
Total  14,170 100.0 †   47,729,216 100.0 †   † †
                     
100,000 or more  27 0.2 0.2   5,689,837 11.9 11.9   27 5,689,837
25,000 to 99,999  243 1.7 1.9   10,266,794 21.5 33.4   270 15,956,631
10,000 to 24,999  597 4.2 6.1   9,100,414 19.1 52.5   867 25,057,045
7,500 to 9,999  351 2.5 8.6   3,037,599 6.4 58.9   1,218 28,094,644
5,000 to 7,499  715 5.0 13.6   4,356,411 9.1 68.0   1,933 32,451,055
                     
2,500 to 4,999  2,015 14.2 27.9   7,114,942 14.9 82.9   3,948 39,565,997
2,000 to 2,499  784 5.5 33.4   1,754,191 3.7 86.6   4,732 41,320,188
1,500 to 1,999  1,058 7.5 40.9   1,844,080 3.9 90.4   5,790 43,164,268
1,000 to 1,499  1,493 10.5 51.4   1,844,317 3.9 94.3   7,283 45,008,585
800 to 999  782 5.5 56.9   706,545 1.5 95.8   8,065 45,715,130
                     
600 to 799  986 7.0 63.9   684,769 1.4 97.2   9,051 46,399,899
450 to 599  866 6.1 70.0   542,952 1.1 98.4   9,917 46,942,851
300 to 449  1,029 7.3 77.2   382,478 0.8 99.2   10,946 47,325,329
150 to 299  1,336 9.4 86.7   294,811 0.6 99.8   12,282 47,620,140
1 to 149  1,521 10.7 97.4   109,076 0.2 100.0   13,803 47,729,216
                     
Zero1  65 0.5 97.9   0 0.0 100.0   13,868 47,729,216
Not Applicable  302 2.1 100.0   † † 100.0   14,170 47,729,216
† Not applicable.
1 Membership may be zero in two situations: (1) if the school district does not operate schools, but pays tuition for its students to attend a neighboring district; and (2) if the district provides services for students who are accounted for in some other district(s).
NOTE: Data include all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, four outlying areas (American Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and the U.S. Virgin Islands), the Bureau of Indian Education, and the Department of Defense dependents schools (overseas and domestic). Not included in this table are local supervisory unions, regional education service agencies, and state and federally operated agencies. For analytical purposes, New York City Public Schools, New York, is treated as a regular school district. The number of regular districts presented in this table differs from that presented in table 1, which represents all districts. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "Local Education Agency Universe Survey," 2005–06, Version 1a.

Back Arrow List of Tables Download Excel Excel format (26 KB)