Table A2. Mean and percentile distribution of public elementary and secondary regular school size in the 100 largest school districts in the United States and jurisdictions, by school district: School year 2008

Characteristics of the 100 Largest Public Elementary and Secondary School Districts in the United States: 2008–09

NCES 2011-301
November 2010

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Table A2. Mean and percentile distribution of public elementary and secondary regular school size in the 100 largest school districts in the United States and jurisdictions, by school district: School year 2008–09
Name of reporting district	State	Regular schools having membership	Mean school membership	School size at different percentile levels

					10th percentile	25th percentile		75th percentile	90th percentile
				Minimum	10th percentile	25th percentile	Median	75th percentile	90th percentile	Maximum
Total	†	15,396	707.8	1	234	380	578	848	1,281	7,693

New York City Public Schools	NY	1,454	648.8	51	235	360	511	769	1,149	4,447
Los Angeles Unified	CA	759	859.0	4	213	376	598	993	1,949	4,657
Puerto Rico Department of Education	PR	1,446	335.0	25	120	187	297	439	604	1,337
City of Chicago School District 299	IL	612	688.5	19	236	341	523	793	1,325	7,693
Dade	FL	397	859.5	10	185	446	720	1,059	1,586	4,154

Clark County School District	NV	321	960.5	6	440	628	788	1,028	1,635	3,644
Broward	FL	268	932.1	6	138	552	794	1,164	1,992	3,928
Houston Independent School District	TX	274	718.6	23	321	443	641	834	1,160	3,447
Hillsborough	FL	230	813.6	2	323	500	704	927	1,498	2,865
Hawaii Department of Education	HI	285	628.7	20	171	354	524	831	1,177	2,635

Orange	FL	195	873.0	16	219	502	721	989	1,400	4,332
Palm Beach	FL	186	898.4	1	379	557	801	1,095	1,664	3,137
Fairfax County Public Schools	VA	186	902.4	270	417	549	708	945	1,820	4,031
Philadelphia City School District	PA	256	590.8	81	280	384	488	682	1,000	3,068
Dallas Independent School District	TX	223	701.4	100	291	446	634	857	1,136	4,572

Gwinnett County	GA	111	1,415.2	124	626	985	1,152	1,735	2,717	4,116
Montgomery County Public Schools	MD	193	716.7	191	370	433	570	772	1,420	2,681
Wake County Schools	NC	153	897.8	11	428	570	781	1,030	1,697	2,721
Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools	NC	162	823.4	100	339	515	692	989	1,321	2,937
San Diego Unified	CA	208	620.1	95	255	340	491	714	1,218	2,646

Prince George's County Public Schools	MD	194	642.9	92	260	357	509	723	1,091	2,964
Duval	FL	156	769.5	38	312	404	605	1,104	1,334	2,939
Memphis City School District	TN	190	587.9	7	215	348	478	742	1,032	2,142
Cobb County	GA	113	943.7	221	485	620	836	1,005	1,832	2,632
Pinellas	FL	126	809.3	7	361	522	642	987	1,819	2,328

Baltimore County Public Schools	MD	154	644.9	195	332	403	509	711	1,220	2,192
Cypress Fairbanks Independent School District	TX	74	1,356.6	811	872	968	1,105	1,447	2,985	3,479
Dekalb County	GA	136	725.5	38	321	442	617	939	1,306	2,034
Jefferson County	KY	138	692.9	58	370	484	563	790	1,224	2,260
Detroit City School District	MI	175	516.2	29	242	295	422	604	919	2,299

Albuquerque Public Schools	NM	160	584.6	41	165	311	458	694	1,119	2,292
Polk	FL	127	719.0	10	320	498	648	843	1,277	2,186
Northside Independent School District	TX	88	999.5	399	571	628	738	1,124	1,613	2,959
Fulton County	GA	93	943.0	16	529	654	839	1,031	1,794	2,791
Long Beach Unified	CA	87	982.4	1	352	562	822	1,027	1,221	4,756

Jefferson County School District No R 1	CO	152	555.7	44	268	356	451	618	987	2,042
Milwaukee School District	WI	203	414.4	1	77	191	358	556	780	1,991
Austin Independent School District	TX	108	758.1	196	367	501	674	883	1,183	2,753
Baltimore City Public Schools	MD	176	421.5	50	182	282	367	516	682	1,667
Jordan District	UT	85	938.1	391	524	653	825	1,054	1,491	2,821

Lee	FL	93	827.3	44	370	605	813	977	1,425	1,904
Fort Worth Independent School District	TX	118	655.8	82	363	443	569	780	971	2,300
Fresno Unified	CA	97	764.3	53	407	499	675	779	998	3,193
Davidson County School District	TN	132	557.9	13	251	334	489	664	857	2,853
Denver County 1	CO	132	542.7	77	293	353	474	617	895	2,078

Prince Wm County Public Schools	VA	83	890.6	216	434	531	675	1,051	1,707	2,762
Anne Arundel County Public Schools	MD	111	656.3	137	260	361	497	696	1,391	2,493
Brevard	FL	93	775.0	73	408	505	688	831	1,372	2,759
Guilford County Schools	NC	113	627.6	93	226	375	525	828	1,172	2,104
Va Beach City Public Schools	VA	82	872.6	297	432	509	617	1,066	1,868	2,520

Greenville 01	SC	88	798.6	86	391	563	704	1,006	1,263	2,164
Mesa Unified District	AZ	84	829.8	94	459	572	706	862	1,447	2,629
Granite District	UT	87	794.1	163	455	568	725	883	1,211	2,276
Fort Bend Independent School District	TX	66	1,039.4	422	587	689	816	1,245	2,127	2,733
Pasco	FL	76	869.1	180	435	605	720	1,022	1,569	2,501

Davis District	UT	80	815.4	143	431	582	747	928	1,324	2,320
Washoe County School District	NV	101	639.1	16	211	406	550	731	1,102	2,385
Seminole	FL	61	1,054.8	17	532	707	832	1,160	2,253	3,199
North East Independent School District	TX	63	1,001.9	330	464	591	844	1,104	1,791	3,192
Arlington Independent School District	TX	70	888.0	43	567	598	708	855	1,132	3,234

Volusia	FL	72	855.8	29	340	517	698	963	1,315	3,321
Mobile County	AL	90	686.4	78	295	435	545	813	1,322	2,568
El Paso Independent School District	TX	82	753.3	118	350	478	646	843	1,329	3,002
Alpine District	UT	65	944.3	127	476	610	892	1,184	1,441	2,229
Elk Grove Unified	CA	59	1,023.9	286	502	693	919	1,052	1,905	2,843

Aldine Independent School District	TX	68	898.0	113	549	741	844	935	1,118	2,892
Chesterfield County Public Schools	VA	62	945.9	188	519	656	771	1,088	1,754	2,484
Douglas County School District No Re 1	CO	76	769.1	74	401	508	634	787	1,393	3,135
Garland Independent School District	TX	69	823.8	316	409	502	626	830	1,989	2,627
Santa Ana Unified	CA	56	1,006.6	114	472	625	833	1,230	1,725	3,368

Tucson Unified District	AZ	108	521.1	24	193	303	425	555	915	2,948
Loudoun County Public Schools	VA	73	779.4	84	205	539	728	936	1,273	1,837
Katy Independent School District	TX	50	1,132.8	395	676	808	950	1,179	2,633	2,936
Boston	MA	118	418.0	97	168	238	332	484	706	2,449
Knox County School District	TN	78	709.3	129	268	386	623	1,003	1,308	1,919

San Francisco Unified	CA	108	500.5	48	214	256	362	565	941	2,638
San Bernardino City Unified	CA	64	825.3	139	377	516	683	817	1,206	3,184
San Antonio Independent School District	TX	87	621.3	37	289	409	540	691	950	2,133
Cumberland County Schools	NC	81	650.7	78	243	350	553	799	1,264	1,872
Plano Independent School District	TX	66	819.0	389	443	522	629	914	1,380	2,805

Columbus City	OH	122	431.7	29	227	299	371	497	763	1,315
Forsyth County Schools	NC	68	750.6	120	282	479	664	929	1,450	1,975
Capistrano Unified	CA	56	925.4	100	413	545	674	999	1,618	3,213
Corona Norco Unified	CA	42	1,195.0	526	659	779	994	1,169	2,154	3,916
Osceola	FL	49	1,041.0	33	475	750	954	1,286	1,844	2,430

Pasadena Independent School District	TX	57	903.5	470	543	641	757	858	987	3,381
Cherry Creek 5	CO	56	909.0	344	473	556	664	912	2,047	3,556
Lewisville Independent School District	TX	61	819.1	274	452	547	667	781	1,007	3,046
Cleveland Municipal	OH	108	455.1	92	208	284	404	538	788	1,618
Howard County Public Schools	MD	70	709.8	282	429	506	633	743	1,305	1,509

Clayton County	GA	60	825.1	123	510	572	747	896	1,548	1,845
Atlanta Public Schools	GA	102	480.0	35	243	299	406	553	889	1,752
Henrico County Public Schools	VA	64	759.0	201	398	478	540	873	1,667	2,104
Anchorage School District	AK	85	544.1	41	248	348	420	525	870	2,193
Brownsville Independent School District	TX	49	990.7	99	469	686	855	1,104	2,211	3,126

Garden Grove Unified	CA	63	760.6	274	402	517	608	710	1,930	2,300
Sacramento City Unified	CA	84	556.6	84	239	337	462	565	853	2,211
Omaha Public Schools	NE	86	554.3	32	235	309	437	620	854	2,592
Conroe Independent School District	TX	47	1,017.4	36	564	620	774	1,081	2,100	3,709
Shelby County School District	TN	51	930.4	211	501	658	803	1,073	1,524	2,000
† Not applicable.
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," 2008–09, Version 1a, and "Local Education Agency Universe Survey," 2008–09, Version 1a.

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