Table A13. 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 2007

Characteristics of the 100 Largest Public Elementary and Secondary School Districts in the United States: 2007–08

NCES 2010-349
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Table A13. 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 2007–08
		Total number of students¹	Grade range
Name of reporting district	State		Grade range
Name of reporting district	State		PK to 6	7 to 9	10 to 12	Ungraded
Total	†	11,162,993	6,106,884	2,653,612	2,276,747	125,750

New York City Public Schools	NY	989,941	472,791	224,796	194,865	97,489
Los Angeles Unified	CA	685,249	372,900	176,647	135,602	100
Puerto Rico Department of Education	PR	526,565	276,288	128,641	108,028	13,608
City of Chicago School District 299	IL	407,510	232,754	97,366	77,390	†
Dade	FL	348,128	191,126	80,042	76,960	†

Clark County School District	NV	309,051	173,996	78,237	56,534	284
Broward	FL	258,893	140,008	62,409	56,476	†
Houston Independent School District	TX	199,511	125,479	43,536	30,496	†
Hillsborough	FL	193,180	109,134	46,034	38,012	†
Hawaii Department of Education	HI	179,897	98,792	42,824	38,085	196

Orange	FL	174,142	96,828	41,095	36,219	†
Philadelphia City School District	PA	168,457	91,947	42,599	33,901	10
Palm Beach	FL	170,883	92,151	40,569	38,163	†
Fairfax County Public Schools	VA	165,674	87,478	38,534	39,662	†
Dallas Independent School District	TX	157,605	98,390	34,429	24,786	†

Gwinnett County	GA	155,618	86,662	37,791	31,165	†
Montgomery County Public Schools	MD	137,717	72,015	32,489	33,213	†
Wake County Schools	NC	134,401	77,305	31,458	25,638	†
San Diego Unified	CA	131,208	70,835	32,257	28,116	†
Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools	NC	131,176	75,348	32,114	23,714	†

Prince George's County Public Schools	MD	129,752	68,574	32,781	28,397	†
Duval	FL	124,740	71,504	29,004	24,232	†
Memphis City School District	TN	115,265	62,378	27,269	23,811	1,807
Pinellas	FL	107,892	56,367	25,228	26,297	†
Detroit City School District	MI	105,540	53,350	27,574	21,570	3,046

Cobb County	GA	107,307	57,845	25,595	23,867	†
Baltimore County Public Schools	MD	104,283	55,151	24,654	24,478	†
Dekalb County	GA	100,273	56,222	24,313	19,738	†
Cypress Fairbanks Independent School District	TX	96,837	55,524	22,120	19,193	†
Albuquerque Public Schools	NM	95,083	53,162	22,996	18,925	†

Jefferson County	KY	95,871	53,988	22,261	19,560	62
Polk	FL	93,980	53,617	21,537	18,826	†
Long Beach Unified	CA	87,152	45,456	21,223	20,473	†
Milwaukee School District	WI	86,819	49,379	20,715	16,725	†
Northside Independent School District	TX	86,260	49,874	20,569	15,817	†

Fulton County	GA	86,225	47,911	20,476	17,838	†
Jefferson County School District No R 1	CO	86,168	45,600	19,897	20,671	†
Jordan District	UT	85,651	48,288	18,610	18,753	†
Austin Independent School District	TX	82,429	51,151	17,092	14,186	†
Baltimore City Public Schools	MD	81,284	46,231	20,190	14,863	†

Lee	FL	80,541	45,827	17,699	17,015	†
Fort Worth Independent School District	TX	78,857	49,232	16,391	13,234	†
Fresno Unified	CA	76,274	41,331	18,749	16,193	1
Granite District	UT	75,982	41,120	17,005	17,857	†
Brevard	FL	74,369	39,544	18,339	16,486	†

Davidson County School District	TN	73,684	41,813	16,363	13,517	1,991
Anne Arundel County Public Schools	MD	73,400	39,046	17,541	16,813	†
Denver County 1	CO	73,053	45,164	15,034	12,855	†
Mesa Unified District	AZ	73,044	41,080	16,362	15,602	0
Prince William County Public Schools	VA	72,988	40,068	17,381	15,539	†

Va Beach City Public Schools	VA	72,477	38,006	17,926	16,545	†
Guilford County Schools	NC	72,389	39,910	17,415	15,064	†
Davis District	UT	70,323	39,880	15,382	15,061	†
Greenville 01	SC	69,444	38,993	16,772	13,679	†
Fort Bend Independent School District	TX	67,992	35,429	16,935	15,628	†

Pasco	FL	66,314	36,738	16,215	13,361	†
Washoe County School District	NV	65,663	35,789	16,850	12,800	224
Seminole	FL	65,378	34,079	16,495	14,804	†
Volusia	FL	64,488	34,473	16,088	13,927	†
Mobile County	AL	64,461	35,921	16,559	11,981	†

Alpine District	UT	63,856	37,231	13,532	13,093	†
Arlington Independent School District	TX	62,863	36,597	14,632	11,634	†
Elk Grove Unified	CA	56,247	28,721	13,783	13,361	382
North East Independent School District	TX	62,181	34,805	14,848	12,528	†
El Paso Independent School District	TX	62,123	34,350	15,254	12,519	†

Aldine Independent School District	TX	60,083	36,542	13,948	9,593	†
Tucson Unified District	AZ	59,327	33,236	13,875	12,188	28
Chesterfield County Public Schools	VA	58,969	31,144	14,192	13,633	†
District of Columbia Public Schools	DC	57,877	31,443	11,417	9,584	5,433
Garland Independent School District	TX	57,169	32,039	13,136	11,994	†

Santa Ana Unified	CA	56,685	31,871	13,248	11,566	†
San Bernardino City Unified	CA	54,807	30,355	15,556	8,896	†
Boston	MA	56,168	29,494	13,355	13,212	107
Columbus City	OH	55,269	30,919	14,133	10,217	†
San Francisco Unified	CA	52,457	26,300	13,060	13,080	17

San Antonio Independent School District	TX	54,779	34,042	11,600	9,137	†
Knox County School District	TN	54,490	29,012	12,194	12,319	965
Katy Independent School District	TX	54,402	30,089	12,683	11,630	†
Loudoun County Public Schools	VA	53,961	31,289	11,930	10,742	†
Plano Independent School District	TX	53,683	30,231	12,361	11,091	†

Cumberland County Schools	NC	53,295	29,337	12,700	11,258	†
Douglas County School District No Re 1	CO	52,983	30,878	11,810	10,295	†
Cleveland Municipal City	OH	52,135	27,613	14,075	10,447	†
Osceola	FL	52,742	28,529	12,980	11,233	†
Clayton County	GA	52,717	29,681	13,181	9,855	†

Capistrano Unified	CA	48,692	24,986	11,988	11,718	†
Forsyth County Schools	NC	51,738	29,326	11,996	10,416	†
Corona Norco Unified	CA	49,380	25,144	12,111	12,125	†
Pasadena Independent School District	TX	50,757	30,253	11,395	9,109	†
Cherry Creek 5	CO	50,601	27,583	11,467	11,551	†

Atlanta Public Schools	GA	49,991	30,400	11,093	8,498	†
Lewisville Independent School District	TX	49,551	27,727	12,026	9,798	†
Howard County Public Schools	MD	49,542	25,306	12,402	11,834	†
Anchorage School District	AK	48,857	25,885	11,340	11,632	†
Brownsville Independent School District	TX	48,837	29,234	11,353	8,250	†

Garden Grove Unified	CA	48,566	25,925	12,019	10,622	†
Henrico County Public Schools	VA	48,620	25,860	11,975	10,785	†
Sacramento City Unified	CA	47,338	25,702	11,409	10,227	†
Omaha Public Schools	NE	47,763	27,941	10,943	8,879	†
San Juan Unified	CA	46,754	22,622	11,140	12,992	†
† 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," 2007–08, Version 1a, and "Local Education Agency Universe Survey," 2007–08, Version 1a.

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