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


Table A-11.  Number of public elementary and secondary schools in the 100 largest school districts in the United States and jurisdictions, by type of school and school district: School year 2005–06
 
Name of reporting district State Total number of schools2 Type of school1
Regular Special education Vocational education Other and alternative
Total  16,584 15,149 364 138 933
           
New York City Public Schools  NY 1,408 1,309 57 22 20
Los Angeles Unified  CA 768 688 17 0 63
Puerto Rico Department of Education  PR 1,523 1,455 26 34 8
City of Chicago School District 299  IL 633 610 23 0 0
Dade County School District  FL 392 353 4 2 33
           
Clark County School District  NV 314 290 0 0 24
Broward County School District  FL 278 249 8 2 19
Houston Independent School District  TX 307 287 0 0 20
Hillsborough County School District  FL 259 219 13 1 26
Philadelphia City School District  PA 270 257 4 9 0
           
Hawaii Department of Education  HI 285 281 3 0 1
Orange County School District  FL 208 180 5 4 19
Palm Beach County School District  FL 231 192 6 0 33
Fairfax County Public Schools  VA 206 185 8 1 12
Dallas Independent School District  TX 250 233 0 0 17
           
Gwinnett County  GA 107 100 4 0 3
Montgomery County Public Schools  MD 199 187 7 1 4
Prince George's County Public Schools  MD 205 184 9 2 10
Detroit City School District  MI 235 215 7 5 8
San Diego Unified  CA 211 203 2 0 6
           
Duval County School District  FL 176 158 1 0 17
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools  NC 142 138 2 0 2
Wake County Schools  NC 138 135 1 0 2
Memphis City School District  TN 192 183 1 6 2
Pinellas County School District  FL 170 130 8 2 30
           
Baltimore County Public Schools  MD 168 148 8 4 8
Cobb County  GA 110 105 1 0 4
Dekalb County  GA 144 135 4 0 5
Jefferson County  KY 170 138 6 0 26
Albuquerque Public Schools  NM 163 149 2 2 10
           
Long Beach Unified  CA 90 85 0 0 5
Milwaukee  WI 235 227 0 0 8
Polk County School District  FL 148 120 3 2 23
Baltimore City Public Schools  MD 197 168 9 3 17
Jefferson County R-1  CO 162 151 5 1 5
           
Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District  TX 66 63 0 0 3
Austin Independent School District  TX 122 112 0 0 10
Fulton County  GA 91 86 0 0 5
Fort Worth Independent School District  TX 147 116 0 0 31
Fresno Unified  CA 105 94 3 0 8
           
Northside Independent School District  TX 93 78 0 0 15
Jordan District  UT 90 80 4 0 6
Lee County School District  FL 100 83 4 3 10
Brevard County School District  FL 117 94 5 0 18
Mesa Unified District  AZ 89 83 1 0 5
           
Virginia Beach City Public Schools  VA 88 81 0 3 4
Anne Arundel County Public Schools  MD 121 108 4 2 7
Nashville-Davidson County School District  TN 132 125 3 0 4
Denver County 1  CO 148 136 0 1 11
Guilford County Schools  NC 111 107 2 1 1
           
Prince William County Public Schools  VA 80 77 2 0 1
Greenville County School District  SC 92 87 1 4 0
Seminole County School District  FL 77 59 3 0 15
Granite District  UT 119 88 10 1 20
Fort Bend Independent School District  TX 65 61 0 0 4
           
Mobile County  AL 117 97 7 4 9
Volusia County School District  FL 93 74 1 0 18
Washoe County School District  NV 98 94 1 1 2
El Paso Independent School District  TX 103 97 0 0 6
Arlington Independent School District  TX 76 70 0 0 6
           
Pasco County School District  FL 75 62 0 1 12
Davis District  UT 98 75 8 2 13
Elk Grove Unified  CA 62 54 1 0 7
Tucson Unified District  AZ 124 116 1 0 7
North East Independent School District  TX 70 60 0 0 10
           
District of Columbia Public Schools  DC 177 151 15 1 10
Santa Ana Unified  CA 60 56 0 0 4
Columbus City  OH 147 143 0 4 0
Cleveland Municipal City  OH 104 104 0 0 0
San Bernardino City Unified  CA 69 59 3 0 7
           
Aldine Independent School District  TX 70 64 0 0 6
Garland Independent School District  TX 73 69 0 0 4
Boston  MA 139 131 1 0 7
Chesterfield County Public Schools  VA 60 57 0 1 2
San Antonio Independent School District  TX 108 91 0 0 17
           
San Francisco Unified  CA 117 114 0 0 3
Alpine District  UT 68 61 3 0 4
Knox County School District  TN 87 78 4 2 3
Plano Independent School District  TX 76 66 0 0 10
Cumberland County Schools  NC 88 84 1 0 3
           
Clayton County  GA 61 57 3 0 1
Capistrano Unified  CA 58 55 1 0 2
Atlanta City  GA 103 96 0 0 7
Sacramento City Unified  CA 91 87 0 0 4
Forsyth County Schools  NC 75 68 3 1 3
           
East Baton Rouge Parish School Board  LA 95 83 1 0 11
Osceola County School District  FL 63 48 1 0 14
Anchorage School District  AK 95 83 3 1 8
Garden Grove Unified  CA 67 63 2 0 2
Pasadena Independent School District  TX 66 57 0 0 9
           
Howard County Public Schools  MD 71 68 1 0 2
Cherry Creek 5  CO 53 53 0 0 0
Wichita  KS 88 88 0 0 0
San Juan Unified  CA 78 70 3 0 5
Brownsville Independent School District  TX 52 47 0 0 5
           
Katy Independent School District  TX 53 47 0 0 6
Oakland Unified  CA 132 121 2 0 9
Douglas County Re 1  CO 66 63 1 0 2
Henrico County Public Schools  VA 68 63 1 2 2
Alief Independent School District  TX 43 40 0 0 3
† Not applicable.
1 Type of school is a mutually exclusive category in the CCD. However, there may be cases in which special education, vocational education, and alternative programs reside in other types of schools.
2 Totals for number of schools may differ from published estimates since they exclude closed, inactive, and future schools.
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). Types of schools are defined in the following way on the CCD: regular school—a public elementary/secondary school that does not focus primarily on vocational, special, or alternative education; special education school—a public elementary/secondary school that (1) focuses primarily on special education, including instruction for any of the following: hard of hearing, deaf, speech impaired, health impaired, orthopedically impaired, mentally retarded, seriously emotionally disturbed, multihandicapped, visually handicapped, deaf and blind; and (2) adapts curriculum, materials, or instruction for students served; vocational education school—a public elementary/secondary school that focuses primarily on vocational education and provides education and training in one or more semiskilled or technical operations; and alternative education school—a public elementary/secondary school that (1) addresses the needs of students that typically cannot be met in a regular school; (2) provides nontraditional education; (3) serves as an adjunct to a regular school; and (4) falls outside of the categories of regular, special education, or vocational education.
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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