Table A-16. Number of students in public elementary and secondary schools in the 100 largest school districts in the United States and jurisdictions, by grade range and school district: School year 2005

Characteristics of the 100 Largest Public Elementary and Secondary School Districts in the United States: 2005–06

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Table A-16. Number of students in public elementary and secondary schools in the 100 largest school districts in the United States and jurisdictions, by grade range and school district: School year 2005–06
Name of reporting district	State	Total number of students¹	Grade range
Name of reporting district	State	Total number of students¹	PK to 6	7 to 9	10 to 12	Ungraded
Total	†	11,290,573	6,174,674	2,738,985	2,216,646	160,268

New York City Public Schools	NY	1,013,472	494,298	245,290	186,671	87,213
Los Angeles Unified	CA	727,319	394,391	176,487	125,633	30,808
Puerto Rico Department of Education	PR	563,490	296,966	130,978	115,724	19,822
City of Chicago School District 299	IL	420,982	248,917	99,668	72,397	†
Dade County School District	FL	362,070	194,808	89,055	78,207	†

Clark County School District	NV	293,936	165,653	75,133	52,804	346
Broward County School District	FL	271,630	148,170	66,589	56,871	†
Houston Independent School District	TX	210,292	131,805	45,998	32,489	†
Hillsborough County School District	FL	193,757	109,533	46,832	37,392	†
Philadelphia City School District	PA	183,188	97,622	47,335	37,507	724

Hawaii Department of Education	HI	182,818	99,962	44,584	38,091	181
Orange County School District	FL	175,609	96,842	42,170	36,597	†
Palm Beach County School District	FL	174,935	94,579	43,024	37,332	†
Fairfax County Public Schools	VA	163,753	85,966	38,942	38,845	†
Dallas Independent School District	TX	160,969	99,026	36,844	25,099	†

Gwinnett County	GA	144,598	81,014	35,415	28,169	†
Montgomery County Public Schools	MD	139,398	72,615	33,494	33,289	†
Prince George's County Public Schools	MD	133,325	70,177	35,328	27,820	†
Detroit City School District	MI	131,508	67,704	37,105	22,537	4,162
San Diego Unified	CA	132,482	72,879	31,304	26,935	1,364

Duval County School District	FL	126,662	72,529	31,703	22,430	†
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	NC	124,005	69,777	30,727	23,501	†
Wake County Schools	NC	120,996	67,964	29,208	23,824	†
Memphis City School District	TN	120,006	64,807	29,304	22,428	3,467
Pinellas County School District	FL	112,174	58,231	29,197	24,746	†

Baltimore County Public Schools	MD	107,043	56,106	26,223	24,714	†
Cobb County	GA	106,724	57,489	26,133	23,102	†
Dekalb County	GA	102,310	56,553	25,390	20,367	†
Jefferson County	KY	92,090	48,544	22,241	18,355	2,950
Albuquerque Public Schools	NM	94,022	52,416	22,968	18,638	†

Long Beach Unified	CA	93,589	49,981	22,868	20,740	†
Milwaukee	WI	92,395	52,975	22,536	16,884	†
Polk County School District	FL	89,443	50,476	21,701	17,266	†
Baltimore City Public Schools	MD	87,583	49,200	23,244	15,139	†
Jefferson County R-1	CO	86,332	44,925	20,636	20,771	†

Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District	TX	86,256	49,082	20,095	17,079	†
Austin Independent School District	TX	81,057	49,854	17,299	13,904	†
Fulton County	GA	81,100	45,202	19,491	16,407	†
Fort Worth Independent School District	TX	80,336	48,841	17,954	13,541	†
Fresno Unified	CA	79,046	43,549	19,659	15,836	2

Northside Independent School District	TX	78,711	45,283	18,937	14,491	†
Jordan District	UT	77,110	42,134	17,343	17,633	†
Lee County School District	FL	75,634	42,378	18,398	14,858	†
Brevard County School District	FL	75,233	39,937	18,677	16,619	†
Mesa Unified District	AZ	74,626	41,926	17,228	15,472	†

Virginia Beach City Public Schools	VA	74,303	38,592	18,892	16,819	†
Anne Arundel County Public Schools	MD	73,532	38,518	18,116	16,898	†
Nashville-Davidson County School District	TN	72,713	41,433	16,715	12,975	1,590
Denver County 1	CO	72,312	43,938	15,788	12,586	†
Guilford County Schools	NC	68,951	36,904	17,021	15,026	†

Prince William County Public Schools	VA	68,456	37,058	17,299	14,099	†
Greenville County School District	SC	67,551	36,946	16,499	14,106	†
Seminole County School District	FL	67,530	35,641	17,057	14,832	†
Granite District	UT	67,345	36,373	15,910	15,062	†
Fort Bend Independent School District	TX	66,104	34,159	16,572	15,373	†

Mobile County	AL	65,615	37,059	16,334	12,196	26
Volusia County School District	FL	65,627	34,834	16,949	13,844	†
Washoe County School District	NV	64,179	35,059	16,840	12,234	46
El Paso Independent School District	TX	63,811	35,577	15,746	12,488	†
Arlington Independent School District	TX	63,397	36,565	15,256	11,576	†

Pasco County School District	FL	62,768	34,315	16,515	11,938	†
Davis District	UT	61,735	34,270	13,802	13,663	†
Elk Grove Unified	CA	60,735	32,167	14,699	13,498	371
Tucson Unified District	AZ	60,557	33,960	14,276	12,291	30
North East Independent School District	TX	59,817	33,454	14,411	11,952	†

District of Columbia Public Schools	DC	59,616	33,510	12,053	9,325	4,728
Santa Ana Unified	CA	59,310	34,323	14,059	10,904	24
Columbus City	OH	58,961	33,262	15,510	10,189	†
Cleveland Municipal City	OH	58,784	31,814	16,068	10,902	†
San Bernardino City Unified	CA	58,661	33,211	16,549	8,901	†

Aldine Independent School District	TX	58,093	35,517	13,769	8,807	†
Garland Independent School District	TX	57,425	32,223	13,405	11,797	†
Boston	MA	57,349	29,683	14,536	13,130	†
Chesterfield County Public Schools	VA	57,239	30,106	14,145	12,988	†
San Antonio Independent School District	TX	56,422	34,897	12,471	9,054	†

San Francisco Unified	CA	56,236	28,642	14,376	13,218	†
Alpine District	UT	55,389	31,555	12,209	11,625	†
Knox County School District	TN	54,420	29,373	12,668	12,267	112
Plano Independent School District	TX	53,238	30,071	12,298	10,869	†
Cumberland County Schools	NC	53,201	28,775	12,924	11,502	†

Clayton County	GA	52,657	29,590	13,510	9,557	†
Capistrano Unified	CA	51,245	27,536	12,827	10,882	†
Atlanta City	GA	50,770	30,430	11,723	8,617	†
Sacramento City Unified	CA	50,408	27,499	12,236	10,673	†
Forsyth County Schools	NC	50,165	27,766	12,227	10,172	†

East Baton Rouge Parish School Board	LA	49,945	29,482	11,772	8,691	†
Osceola County School District	FL	49,798	26,607	12,604	10,587	†
Anchorage School District	AK	49,714	26,315	11,868	11,531	†
Garden Grove Unified	CA	49,574	27,277	11,806	10,354	137
Pasadena Independent School District	TX	49,227	29,374	12,058	7,795	†

Howard County Public Schools	MD	48,596	25,057	12,227	11,312	†
Cherry Creek 5	CO	48,573	26,200	11,507	10,866	†
Wichita	KS	48,155	26,206	10,552	9,341	2,056
San Juan Unified	CA	48,325	23,183	11,583	13,559	†
Brownsville Independent School District	TX	48,260	29,110	11,431	7,719	†

Katy Independent School District	TX	48,247	26,253	11,641	10,353	†
Oakland Unified	CA	48,135	27,816	11,482	8,728	109
Douglas County Re 1	CO	48,041	28,288	10,660	9,093	†
Henrico County Public Schools	VA	47,747	25,551	11,779	10,417	†
Alief Independent School District	TX	47,595	28,264	11,020	8,311	†
† Not applicable. For grade range counts, district does not classify students as ungraded.
¹ Student distribution by grade range is based on grade-level membership in the schools of the school district. Grade-level membership may not be available for all students. Therefore, this count may differ from the count of students receiving educational services from the school district reported in table A-1 and from the count of students by type of school reported in table A-10.
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).
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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