Table A8. Number of public elementary and secondary schools in the 100 largest school districts in the United States and jurisdictions, by percentage distribution of combined Black Hispanic, Asian/Pacific Islander, American Indian/Alaska Native, and Two or more races students, total percentage of students who are combined Hispanic, Asian/Pacific Islander, American Indian/Alaska Native, and Two or more races and 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 A8. Number of public elementary and secondary schools in the 100 largest school districts in the United States and jurisdictions, by percentage distribution of combined Black Hispanic, Asian/Pacific Islander, American Indian/Alaska Native, and Two or more races students, total percentage of students who are combined Hispanic, Asian/Pacific Islander, American Indian/Alaska Native, and Two or more races and school district: School year 2008–09
			Number of schools with percent of combined Black, Hispanic, Asian/Pacific Islander, American Indian/Alaska Native, and Two or more races students					Total percent of combined Black, Hispanic, Asian/Pacific Islander, American Indian/Alaska Native, and Two or more races students

Name of reporting district	State	Schools having membership
			0–20 percent	21–40 percent	41–60 percent	61–80 percent	81–100 percent
			0–20 percent	21–40 percent	41–60 percent	61–80 percent	81–100 percent
Total	†	16,531	957	1,890	2,085	2,242	9,357	71.1

New York City Public Schools	NY	1,495	24	39	99	152	1,181	85.6
Los Angeles Unified	CA	857	4	22	41	80	710	91.3
Puerto Rico Department of Education	PR	1,499	0	0	0	0	1,499	99.9
City of Chicago School District 299	IL	613	2	14	27	49	521	91.1
Dade	FL	448	0	1	13	46	388	90.8

Clark County School District	NV	350	15	56	77	97	105	64.7
Broward	FL	295	3	20	52	91	129	69.7
Houston Independent School District	TX	296	0	1	14	24	257	92.2
Hillsborough	FL	266	10	50	74	62	70	56.2
Hawaii Department of Education	HI	288	0	7	21	85	175	80.5

Orange	FL	222	0	30	60	60	72	65.3
Palm Beach	FL	220	11	46	41	36	86	58.9
Fairfax County Public Schools	VA	192	7	58	62	42	23	50.4
Philadelphia City School District	PA	268	2	8	23	23	212	86.4
Dallas Independent School District	TX	232	0	1	7	8	216	95.4

Gwinnett County	GA	112	2	13	35	27	35	63.6
Montgomery County Public Schools	MD	202	8	34	49	54	57	60.9
Wake County Schools	NC	156	1	47	60	33	15	48.2
Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools	NC	166	2	32	23	21	88	66.3
San Diego Unified	CA	218	0	21	35	56	106	74.8

Prince George's County Public Schools	MD	211	0	0	3	8	200	95.3
Duval	FL	175	7	28	47	42	51	57.9
Memphis City School District	TN	193	0	2	5	12	174	93.0
Cobb County	GA	114	16	28	20	14	36	51.9
Pinellas	FL	157	38	53	40	20	6	34.7

Baltimore County Public Schools	MD	167	21	54	35	16	41	51.3
Cypress Fairbanks Independent School District	TX	76	1	11	18	23	23	62.9
Dekalb County	GA	142	0	8	11	16	107	89.2
Jefferson County	KY	170	6	71	51	30	12	45.6
Detroit City School District	MI	194	0	0	2	3	189	97.4

Albuquerque Public Schools	NM	170	2	19	41	31	77	69.0
Polk	FL	152	5	48	63	27	9	47.8
Northside Independent School District	TX	101	0	2	11	44	44	75.4
Fulton County	GA	95	7	20	18	10	40	63.6
Long Beach Unified	CA	91	1	4	10	14	62	83.9

Jefferson County School District No R 1	CO	161	81	51	15	8	6	26.3
Milwaukee School District	WI	215	0	12	10	29	164	84.9
Austin Independent School District	TX	120	3	12	16	17	72	74.2
Baltimore City Public Schools	MD	193	1	3	12	9	168	92.2
Jordan District	UT	91	67	19	4	0	1	14.8

Lee	FL	113	6	42	25	27	13	47.0
Fort Worth Independent School District	TX	145	1	3	8	22	111	86.6
Fresno Unified	CA	105	0	2	8	19	76	86.1
Davidson County School District	TN	138	0	18	29	49	42	66.8
enver County 1	CO	142	6	7	19	25	85	77.2

Prince Wm County Public Schools	VA	83	3	14	21	23	22	57.5
Anne Arundel County Public Schools	MD	122	43	37	18	15	9	33.9
Brevard	FL	107	40	41	18	6	2	26.8
Guilford County Schools	NC	119	6	19	22	31	41	60.5
Va Beach City Public Schools	VA	82	12	31	26	9	4	42.2

Greenville 01	SC	90	14	34	24	13	5	39.6
Mesa Unified District	AZ	89	6	32	21	16	14	48.3
Granite District	UT	106	21	30	38	17	0	40.4
Fort Bend Independent School District	TX	68	0	2	9	24	33	76.9
Pasco	FL	87	38	37	8	2	2	23.3

Davis District	UT	100	78	20	2	0	0	12.8
Washoe County School District	NV	104	9	39	26	17	13	46.1
Seminole	FL	72	2	40	19	9	2	38.0
North East Independent School District	TX	73	2	3	28	20	20	62.1
Arlington Independent School District	TX	76	0	11	12	20	33	70.0

Volusia	FL	92	21	28	34	6	3	33.8
Mobile County	AL	98	20	15	12	10	41	55.7
El Paso Independent School District	TX	91	0	0	2	13	76	87.8
Alpine District	UT	71	54	14	3	0	0	12.4
Elk Grove Unified	CA	66	0	2	13	27	24	75.0

Aldine Independent School District	TX	71	0	0	0	0	71	96.7
Chesterfield County Public Schools	VA	64	12	24	14	5	9	39.9
Douglas County School District No Re 1	CO	79	69	9	0	1	0	17.5
Garland Independent School District	TX	74	0	0	19	25	30	71.2
Santa Ana Unified	CA	60	0	1	0	0	59	96.9

Tucson Unified District	AZ	122	0	13	30	30	49	70.0
Loudoun County Public Schools	VA	73	15	34	15	7	2	35.6
Katy Independent School District	TX	54	1	16	17	17	3	51.0
Boston	MA	137	0	1	6	19	111	86.7
Knox County School District	TN	83	47	20	8	1	7	20.6

San Francisco Unified	CA	112	0	0	3	17	92	89.2
San Bernardino City Unified	CA	72	0	0	0	12	60	89.5
San Antonio Independent School District	TX	99	0	0	1	0	98	97.2
Cumberland County Schools	NC	87	2	10	24	26	25	63.2
Plano Independent School District	TX	68	0	22	27	13	6	49.2

Columbus City	OH	131	4	24	13	25	65	71.4
Forsyth County Schools	NC	76	7	14	15	9	31	54.8
Capistrano Unified	CA	61	5	40	8	6	2	35.1
Corona Norco Unified	CA	50	0	0	18	21	11	68.3
Osceola	FL	58	1	11	5	18	23	68.1

Pasadena Independent School District	TX	60	0	0	1	6	53	88.3
Cherry Creek 5	CO	56	9	26	14	7	0	36.7
Lewisville Independent School District	TX	63	14	17	17	9	6	40.8
Cleveland Municipal	OH	108	0	3	10	19	76	84.4
Howard County Public Schools	MD	72	8	29	20	15	0	42.7

Clayton County	GA	60	0	0	0	1	59	95.3
Atlanta Public Schools	GA	103	1	6	2	4	90	89.6
Henrico County Public Schools	VA	67	9	19	11	11	17	50.5
Anchorage School District	AK	96	6	29	26	25	10	50.8
Brownsville Independent School District	TX	50	0	0	0	0	50	98.7

Garden Grove Unified	CA	67	0	2	4	2	59	87.6
Sacramento City Unified	CA	88	0	4	15	18	51	78.9
Omaha Public Schools	NE	88	3	11	29	22	23	60.4
Conroe Independent School District	TX	49	5	23	15	1	5	38.3
Shelby County School District	TN	51	10	16	8	11	6	46.6
† 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). This table reports numbers of schools and percentages of students. Black includes African American, Pacific Islander includes Native Hawaiian, and Hispanic includes Latino. Race categories do not include Hispanic. Some districts did not report students in the category "Two or more races."
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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