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

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Table A-7.  Number and percentage of public elementary and secondary schools and students in magnet and charter schools in the 100 largest school districts in the United States and jurisdictions, by school district: School year 2005–06
 
Name of reporting district State Number of magnet schools1 Percent of schools that are magnet schools1 Percent of students in magnet schools1 Number of charter schools2 Percent of schools that are charter schools2 Percent of students in charter schools2
Reporting total3  †  1,229 7.4 10.9 804 4.8 2.4
               
New York City Public Schools  NY  18 1.3 1.2 0 0.0 0.0
Los Angeles Unified  CA  141 18.4 37.3 84 10.9 4.8
Puerto Rico Department of Education  PR  — — — 120 7.9 8.5
City of Chicago School District 299  IL  297 46.9 50.0 22 3.5 3.7
Dade County School District  FL  41 10.5 18.6 50 12.8 4.6
               
Clark County School District  NV  — — — 5 1.6 0.8
Broward County School District  FL  47 16.9 22.7 34 12.2 5.6
Houston Independent School District  TX  † † † 0 0.0 0.0
Hillsborough County School District  FL  19 7.3 10.3 25 9.7 1.8
Philadelphia City School District  PA  13 4.8 5.7 0 0.0 0.0
               
Hawaii Department of Education  HI  † † † 27 9.5 3.5
Orange County School District  FL  0 0.0 0.0 17 8.2 1.7
Palm Beach County School District  FL  0 0.0 0.0 41 17.7 4.4
Fairfax County Public Schools  VA  67 32.5 32.6 0 0.0 0.0
Dallas Independent School District  TX  † † † 0 0.0 0.0
               
Gwinnett County  GA  0 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0
Montgomery County Public Schools  MD  — — — 0 0.0 0.0
Prince George's County Public Schools  MD  — — — 0 0.0 0.0
Detroit City School District  MI  0 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0
San Diego Unified  CA  29 13.7 14.3 34 16.1 9.6
               
Duval County School District  FL  53 30.1 34.5 5 2.8 0.8
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools  NC  53 37.3 36.7 0 0.0 0.0
Wake County Schools  NC  49 35.5 34.1 0 0.0 0.0
Memphis City School District  TN  1 0.5 0.5 10 5.2 1.2
Pinellas County School District  FL  21 12.4 22.5 6 3.5 0.7
               
Baltimore County Public Schools  MD  — — — 0 0.0 0.0
Cobb County  GA  4 3.6 8.7 8 7.3 7.0
Dekalb County  GA  16 11.1 13.5 10 6.9 4.6
Jefferson County  KY  34 20.0 30.4 † † †
Albuquerque Public Schools  NM  1 0.6 # 30 18.4 6.2
               
Long Beach Unified  CA  53 58.9 70.1 3 3.3 1.0
Milwaukee  WI  0 0.0 0.0 41 17.4 13.1
Polk County School District  FL  8 5.4 4.9 22 14.9 9.9
Baltimore City Public Schools  MD  — — — 12 6.1 3.3
Jefferson County R-1  CO  0 0.0 0.0 13 8.0 5.2
               
Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District  TX  † † † 0 0.0 0.0
Austin Independent School District  TX  † † † 0 0.0 0.0
Fulton County  GA  1 1.1 2.2 7 7.7 4.3
Fort Worth Independent School District  TX  † † † 0 0.0 0.0
Fresno Unified  CA  18 17.1 32.2 7 6.7 2.0
               
Northside Independent School District  TX  † † † 0 0.0 0.0
Jordan District  UT  0 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0
Lee County School District  FL  9 9.0 19.5 10 10.0 6.9
Brevard County School District  FL  4 3.4 2.9 12 10.3 3.8
Mesa Unified District  AZ  0 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0
               
Virginia Beach City Public Schools  VA  6 6.8 13.5 0 0.0 0.0
Anne Arundel County Public Schools  MD  — — — 2 1.7 0.2
Nashville-Davidson County School District  TN  14 10.6 10.7 2 1.5 0.4
Denver County 1  CO  0 0.0 0.0 19 12.8 8.3
Guilford County Schools  NC  19 17.1 15.0 0 0.0 0.0
               
Prince William County Public Schools  VA  26 32.5 44.4 0 0.0 0.0
Greenville County School District  SC  0 0.0 0.0 7 7.6 1.1
Seminole County School District  FL  8 10.4 16.9 3 3.9 0.9
Granite District  UT  2 1.7 0.3 0 0.0 0.0
Fort Bend Independent School District  TX  † † † 0 0.0 0.0
               
Mobile County  AL  7 6.0 6.9 † † †
Volusia County School District  FL  0 0.0 0.0 4 4.3 0.9
Washoe County School District  NV  — — — 8 8.2 2.8
El Paso Independent School District  TX  † † † 0 0.0 0.0
Arlington Independent School District  TX  † † † 0 0.0 0.0
               
Pasco County School District  FL  0 0.0 0.0 5 6.7 1.7
Davis District  UT  0 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0
Elk Grove Unified  CA  0 0.0 0.0 1 1.6 0.4
Tucson Unified District  AZ  2 1.6 # 0 0.0 0.0
North East Independent School District  TX  † † † 0 0.0 0.0
               
District of Columbia Public Schools  DC  3 1.7 1.9 0 0.0 0.0
Santa Ana Unified  CA  1 1.7 4.4 6 10.0 4.6
Columbus City  OH  † † † 0 0.0 0.0
Cleveland Municipal City  OH  † † † 0 0.0 0.0
San Bernardino City Unified  CA  23 33.3 29.2 3 4.3 1.1
               
Aldine Independent School District  TX  † † † 0 0.0 0.0
Garland Independent School District  TX  † † † 0 0.0 0.0
Boston  MA  0 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0
Chesterfield County Public Schools  VA  1 1.7 2.9 0 0.0 0.0
San Antonio Independent School District  TX  † † † 0 0.0 0.0
               
San Francisco Unified  CA  24 20.5 28.1 10 8.5 3.7
Alpine District  UT  0 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0
Knox County School District  TN  5 5.7 4.4 0 0.0 0.0
Plano Independent School District  TX  † † † 0 0.0 0.0
Cumberland County Schools  NC  0 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0
               
Clayton County  GA  0 0.0 0.0 1 1.6 0.5
Capistrano Unified  CA  0 0.0 0.0 3 5.2 1.1
Atlanta City  GA  6 5.8 18.1 8 7.8 4.4
Sacramento City Unified  CA  10 11.0 23.5 12 13.2 9.4
Forsyth County Schools  NC  5 6.7 4.3 0 0.0 0.0
               
East Baton Rouge Parish School Board  LA  25 26.3 30.4 3 3.2 0.9
Osceola County School District  FL  0 0.0 0.0 11 17.5 9.4
Anchorage School District  AK  8 8.4 6.2 6 6.3 3.4
Garden Grove Unified  CA  0 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0
Pasadena Independent School District  TX  † † † 0 0.0 0.0
               
Howard County Public Schools  MD  — — — 0 0.0 0.0
Cherry Creek 5  CO  3 5.7 2.8 1 1.9 0.9
Wichita  KS  24 27.3 19.7 0 0.0 0.0
San Juan Unified  CA  1 1.3 1.7 3 3.8 9.0
Brownsville Independent School District  TX  † † † 0 0.0 0.0
               
Katy Independent School District  TX  † † † 0 0.0 0.0
Oakland Unified  CA  1 0.8 0.1 25 18.9 13.5
Douglas County Re 1  CO  1 1.5 0.4 6 9.1 6.0
Henrico County Public Schools  VA  7 10.3 26.6 0 0.0 0.0
Alief Independent School District  TX  † † † 0 0.0 0.0
— Not available.
† Not applicable. State does not have legislation authorizing magnet or charter schools.
# Rounds to zero.
1 A magnet school is a school designed to attract students of different racial/ethnic backgrounds for the purpose of reducing, preventing, or eliminating racial isolation and/or to provide an academic or social focus on a particular theme.
2 Charter schools are schools that provide free public elementary and/or secondary education to eligible students under a specific charter granted by the state legislature or other appropriate authority and designated by such authority to be a charter school.
3 Totals do not include those districts where data were not available.
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). Table includes only charter schools administered by the school district. Charter schools located in the same geographic area as a district's schools but not administered by the district itself are not included. For example, 52 charter schools were located in the District of Columbia in 2005–06, but each was reported as a separate agency.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "Public Elementary/Secondary School Universe Survey," 2005–06, Version 1a, and "Local Education Agency Universe Survey," 2005–06, Version 1a.

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