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 2005

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-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 2005–06
Name of reporting district	State	Schools having member- ship	Number of schools with percent of other than White, non-Hispanic students					Total percent of other than White, non- Hispanic students
Name of reporting district	State	Schools having member- ship	0–20 percent	21–40 percent	41–60 percent	61–80 percent	81–100 percent	Total percent of other than White, non- Hispanic students
Total	†	16,255	1,088	1,937	2,032	2,169	9,029	70.6

New York City Public Schools	NY	1,407	24	40	100	153	1,090	85.7
Los Angeles Unified	CA	768	2	21	50	76	619	91.2
Puerto Rico Department of Education¹	PR	1,515	0	0	0	0	1,515	100.0
City of Chicago School District 299	IL	625	1	14	26	43	541	91.7
Dade County School District	FL	384	1	0	12	46	325	90.2

Clark County School District	NV	312	13	65	75	88	71	60.5
Broward County School District	FL	277	3	28	63	89	94	66.5
Houston Independent School District	TX	303	0	1	18	20	264	91.5
Hillsborough County School District	FL	255	12	58	63	60	62	53.5
Philadelphia City School District	PA	270	3	8	27	21	211	86.7

Hawaii Department of Education	HI	284	0	4	28	85	167	80.2
Orange County School District	FL	204	3	28	62	49	62	62.9
Palm Beach County School District	FL	227	13	50	42	49	73	55.7
Fairfax County Public Schools	VA	191	15	59	59	37	21	46.7
Dallas Independent School District	TX	220	0	0	9	9	202	94.7

Gwinnett County	GA	103	2	31	25	20	25	55.9
Montgomery County Public Schools	MD	197	12	39	52	54	40	57.8
Prince George's County Public Schools	MD	200	0	0	3	17	180	93.7
Detroit City School District	MI	229	0	1	1	5	222	97.5
San Diego Unified	CA	211	1	21	37	56	96	74.4

Duval County School District	FL	175	8	33	46	36	52	54.4
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	NC	142	9	24	13	30	66	62.4
Wake County Schools	NC	137	4	48	56	26	3	44.7
Memphis City School District	TN	186	0	1	9	12	164	91.6
Pinellas County School District	FL	162	44	50	51	17	0	31.6

Baltimore County Public Schools	MD	163	29	55	29	11	39	47.7
Cobb County	GA	105	24	18	19	22	22	48.0
Dekalb County	GA	137	1	5	11	20	100	89.7
Jefferson County	KY	165	4	78	65	17	1	41.6
Albuquerque Public Schools	NM	163	1	24	40	35	63	66.0

Long Beach Unified	CA	90	1	5	8	20	56	83.1
Milwaukee	WI	230	1	10	14	38	167	83.7
Polk County School District	FL	146	5	62	61	15	3	42.6
Baltimore City Public Schools	MD	195	2	2	9	13	169	91.9
Jefferson County R-1	CO	159	86	52	9	10	2	23.7

Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District	TX	65	4	12	18	23	8	55.2
Austin Independent School District	TX	112	3	15	13	17	64	72.1
Fulton County	GA	89	7	24	15	6	37	59.5
Fort Worth Independent School District	TX	144	3	2	14	23	102	84.1
Fresno Unified	CA	104	0	3	7	21	73	84.5

Northside Independent School District	TX	91	0	2	15	39	35	72.4
Jordan District	UT	89	71	14	3	1	0	11.8
Lee County School District	FL	96	4	42	26	21	3	42.0
Brevard County School District	FL	108	51	40	11	5	1	23.7
Mesa Unified District	AZ	88	15	30	16	18	9	43.9

Virginia Beach City Public Schools	VA	81	14	31	27	7	2	40.6
Anne Arundel County Public Schools	MD	119	47	36	16	14	6	30.5
Nashville-Davidson County School District	TN	131	1	18	30	52	30	63.0
Denver County 1	CO	148	3	9	17	23	96	80.2
Guilford County Schools	NC	110	10	16	31	19	34	56.8

Prince William County Public Schools	VA	77	4	18	17	30	8	53.9
Greenville County School District	SC	92	13	40	24	9	6	37.7
Seminole County School District	FL	77	10	35	24	6	2	35.4
Granite District	UT	111	29	46	29	5	2	32.8
Fort Bend Independent School District	TX	58	0	1	19	10	28	72.8

Mobile County	AL	99	22	13	13	8	43	54.4
Volusia County School District	FL	93	29	34	17	10	3	30.7
Washoe County School District	NV	98	11	40	22	11	14	42.7
El Paso Independent School District	TX	87	0	0	1	14	72	87.4
Arlington Independent School District	TX	76	2	9	13	24	28	65.2

Pasco County School District	FL	73	50	19	3	0	1	18.1
Davis District	UT	97	74	22	1	0	0	11.2
Elk Grove Unified	CA	62	1	4	12	22	23	69.6
Tucson Unified District	AZ	122	2	14	36	29	41	66.9
North East Independent School District	TX	70	3	12	21	19	15	57.5

District of Columbia Public Schools	DC	177	0	5	3	8	161	94.6
Santa Ana Unified	CA	60	0	1	0	0	59	96.6
Columbus City	OH	147	6	26	11	35	69	70.0
Cleveland Municipal City	OH	103	1	3	13	16	70	82.9
San Bernardino City Unified	CA	69	0	0	1	17	51	86.9

Aldine Independent School District	TX	65	0	0	0	0	65	95.2
Garland Independent School District	TX	73	0	0	23	29	21	65.3
Boston	MA	139	0	3	3	27	106	86.3
Chesterfield County Public Schools	VA	59	15	22	9	10	3	35.8
San Antonio Independent School District	TX	106	0	0	0	3	103	97.0

San Francisco Unified	CA	117	0	0	1	17	99	90.4
Alpine District	UT	67	55	11	1	0	0	10.6
Knox County School District	TN	84	45	25	7	0	7	19.3
Plano Independent School District	TX	68	1	27	29	8	3	43.2
Cumberland County Schools	NC	88	2	13	23	31	19	61.4

Clayton County	GA	57	0	0	0	2	55	92.5
Capistrano Unified	CA	58	13	36	5	2	2	28.4
Atlanta City	GA	99	3	2	1	5	88	91.7
Sacramento City Unified	CA	90	0	1	17	21	51	78.3
Forsyth County Schools	NC	74	6	16	14	15	23	52.5

East Baton Rouge Parish School Board	LA	95	0	1	10	18	66	83.0
Osceola County School District	FL	58	3	9	12	18	16	63.2
Anchorage School District	AK	94	18	27	30	15	4	42.1
Garden Grove Unified	CA	67	0	5	1	10	51	85.1
Pasadena Independent School District	TX	53	0	0	4	11	38	84.3

Howard County Public Schools	MD	69	7	34	18	10	0	38.0
Cherry Creek 5	CO	53	13	25	10	5	0	33.3
Wichita	KS	88	1	22	39	20	6	52.5
San Juan Unified	CA	78	15	43	13	6	1	31.4
Brownsville Independent School District	TX	48	0	0	0	0	48	98.4

Katy Independent School District	TX	46	2	22	12	10	0	43.1
Oakland Unified	CA	131	0	2	7	4	118	93.9
Douglas County Re 1	CO	66	62	4	0	0	0	13.4
Henrico County Public Schools	VA	64	13	16	12	10	13	46.8
Alief Independent School District	TX	41	0	0	0	1	40	95.1
† Not applicable.
¹ Puerto Rico reported all students in one category of race/ethnicity.
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). 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, 86 percent of students were other than White, non-Hispanic.
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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