Table 4.Total students, revenues, current expenditures, and current expenditures per pupil for the 100 largest public elementary and secondary school districts in the United States, by enrollment: Fiscal year 2011

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Revenues and Expenditures for Public Elementary and Secondary School Districts: School Year 2010–11 (Fiscal Year 2011)

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Table 4. Total students, revenues, current expenditures, and current expenditures per pupil for the 100 largest public elementary and secondary school districts in the United States, by enrollment: Fiscal year 2011

			Revenues by source [in thousands of dollars]				Current expenditures [in thousands of dollars]
Name of reporting district	State	Total students (fall membership) ¹	Total	Federal	State	Local	Total current²	Instruction and instruction‑related	Current expenditures per pupil
New York City School District	New York	995,336	$22,651,559	$3,120,314	$8,594,973	$10,936,272	$19,677,991	$15,165,440	$19,770
Los Angeles Unified School District³	California	667,273	9,445,475	1,535,645	5,761,507	2,148,323	7,217,255	4,906,009	10,816
City Of Chicago School District 299³	Illinois	405,644	5,661,444	1,118,967	2,032,469	2,510,008	4,839,711	3,271,308	11,931
Miami-Dade County Public School District³	Florida	347,366	3,458,517	663,341	1,069,929	1,725,247	3,146,728	2,171,776	9,059
Clark County School District³	Nevada	314,059	2,927,746	311,131	882,243	1,734,372	2,597,220	1,692,261	8,270

Broward County School District³	Florida	256,472	2,477,771	439,868	889,729	1,148,174	2,299,780	1,541,727	8,967
Houston Independent School District 912³	Texas	204,245	2,221,585	408,408	532,511	1,280,666	1,834,882	1,208,914	8,984
Hillsborough County School District³	Florida	194,525	1,947,934	424,200	885,131	638,603	1,704,214	1,184,594	8,761
Hawaii Public Schools³	Hawaii	179,601	2,499,513	347,363	2,088,870	63,280	2,156,001	1,325,746	12,004
Orange County School District³	Florida	176,008	1,889,105	311,541	618,508	959,056	1,463,872	1,000,668	8,317

Palm Beach County School District³	Florida	174,663	1,922,511	296,851	351,371	1,274,289	1,618,132	1,115,853	9,264
Fairfax County Public Schools	Virginia	174,479	2,371,770	136,207	459,742	1,775,821	2,180,872	1,491,946	12,499
Philadelphia School District	Pennsylvania	166,233	2,896,799	636,770	1,411,582	848,447	1,934,404	1,182,795	11,637
Gwinnett County School District³	Georgia	160,744	1,663,059	165,617	722,027	775,415	1,483,050	964,518	9,226
Dallas Independent School District 905³	Texas	157,162	1,736,994	353,634	448,983	934,377	1,502,681	974,596	9,561

Wake County Schools	North Carolina	144,173	1,183,308	145,597	678,165	359,546	1,112,138	760,867	7,714
Montgomery County Public Schools	Maryland	144,023	2,687,215	165,503	666,593	1,855,119	2,221,014	1,560,541	15,421
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	North Carolina	135,954	1,378,746	179,719	648,832	550,195	1,094,447	712,880	8,050
San Diego City Unified School District³	California	131,785	1,474,174	216,241	554,916	703,017	1,252,587	803,570	9,505
Prince George's County Public Schools³	Maryland	126,671	1,910,110	246,936	927,357	735,817	1,744,944	1,099,412	13,775

Duval County School District³	Florida	123,997	1,210,443	224,407	470,953	515,083	1,114,356	755,873	8,987
Memphis City Schools³	Tennessee	111,834	1,170,410	232,924	461,795	475,691	1,062,330	714,961	9,499
Cobb County School District³	Georgia	107,315	1,124,647	107,963	409,898	606,786	947,674	678,291	8,831
Cypress‑Fairbanks Independent School District 907	Texas	106,097	953,005	130,329	340,795	481,881	771,525	537,599	7,272
Baltimore County Public Schools³	Maryland	104,160	1,555,549	138,275	609,619	807,655	1,380,286	904,305	13,252

Pinellas County School District³	Florida	104,001	1,036,307	175,861	310,156	550,290	942,551	635,077	9,063
Dekalb County School District³	Georgia	98,115	1,126,337	136,572	375,688	614,077	983,958	655,028	10,029
Jefferson County School District	Kentucky	97,331	1,204,917	201,021	453,116	550,780	1,069,548	677,173	10,989
Northside Independent School District 915	Texas	95,581	927,836	110,664	347,503	469,669	771,040	534,707	8,067
Albuquerque Public Schools³	New Mexico	95,415	1,006,464	138,297	686,011	182,156	826,472	518,966	8,662

Polk County School District³	Florida	95,178	936,340	182,192	450,251	303,897	858,648	595,277	9,021
Fulton County³	Georgia	91,864	1,118,648	93,481	311,031	714,136	843,017	565,467	9,177
Jefferson County School District No. R-1³	Colorado	85,979	857,134	76,726	334,813	445,595	757,915	494,110	8,815
Austin Independent School District 901	Texas	85,697	1,096,563	155,833	183,304	757,426	808,287	528,071	9,432
Long Beach Unified School District³	California	84,812	851,802	149,698	549,490	152,614	737,821	502,914	8,699

Baltimore City Public Schools³	Maryland	83,800	1,441,019	279,303	892,935	268,781	1,297,470	848,657	15,483
Lee County School District³	Florida	81,967	827,211	142,228	193,442	491,541	736,718	479,548	8,988
Fort Worth Independent School District 905	Texas	81,651	835,866	181,849	301,792	352,225	743,459	485,333	9,105
Milwaukee School District³	Wisconsin	80,934	1,310,838	265,333	706,087	339,418	1,152,804	751,839	14,244
Prince William County Public Schools	Virginia	79,358	902,165	72,626	359,029	470,510	780,524	498,657	9,835

Nashville Davidson County Schools³	Tennessee	78,782	822,265	130,054	227,502	464,709	772,094	511,857	9,800
Denver School District 1³	Colorado	78,339	976,213	161,894	237,903	576,416	820,062	482,869	10,468
Detroit City School District	Michigan	77,757	1,250,847	451,471	561,782	237,594	1,043,177	666,344	13,416
Anne Arundel County Public Schools³	Maryland	75,481	1,102,787	78,339	360,457	663,991	982,705	665,968	13,019
Fresno Unified School District³	California	74,833	768,552	139,750	522,298	106,504	693,180	467,705	9,263

Guilford County Schools	North Carolina	73,205	795,228	96,060	350,991	348,177	635,691	410,035	8,684
Greenville County School District³	South Carolina	71,930	701,103	82,614	325,636	292,853	540,531	335,854	7,515
Brevard County School District³	Florida	71,866	665,068	108,726	283,017	273,325	586,688	407,927	8,164
Virginia Beach City Public Schools	Virginia	71,185	769,740	88,488	311,064	370,188	733,992	496,033	10,311
Granite School District	Utah	70,083	474,236	68,178	243,842	162,216	421,152	295,161	6,009

Fort Bend Independent School District 907	Texas	68,948	623,356	55,659	222,384	345,313	521,036	357,687	7,557
Davis County School District	Utah	67,452	454,945	51,425	240,514	163,006	398,030	268,739	5,901
Alpine School District	Utah	67,076	436,619	48,206	238,928	149,485	359,583	255,935	5,361
Pasco County School Board³	Florida	66,994	666,094	115,324	308,518	242,252	587,360	385,663	8,767
North East Independent School District 910	Texas	66,604	685,916	74,207	205,551	406,158	559,887	380,222	8,406

Mesa Unified School District	Arizona	65,123	610,696	105,472	226,297	278,927	490,380	300,072	7,530
Arlington Independent School District	Texas	64,484	591,620	117,878	207,768	265,974	501,627	351,488	7,779
Washoe County School District³	Nevada	64,380	618,416	71,782	220,100	326,534	546,408	340,718	8,487
El Paso Independent School District 902	Texas	64,330	595,870	95,837	308,398	191,635	533,719	359,722	8,297
Seminole County School District³	Florida	64,229	577,531	89,063	246,450	242,018	526,359	359,026	8,195

Aldine Independent School District 902	Texas	63,154	603,132	116,869	306,953	179,310	536,703	355,371	8,498
Loudoun County Public Schools	Virginia	63,142	917,398	37,168	206,991	673,239	737,200	505,779	11,675
Elk Grove Unified School District³	California	62,455	580,280	64,944	392,077	123,259	489,061	332,716	7,831
Mobile County School District	Alabama	62,016	587,680	110,840	318,759	158,081	542,579	330,131	8,749
Volusia County School District³	Florida	61,559	608,890	104,082	210,594	294,214	521,732	345,861	8,475

Douglas County School District Re 1³	Colorado	61,465	597,377	34,224	244,262	318,891	463,916	292,190	7,548
Katy Independent School District 914	Texas	60,803	599,020	56,482	214,508	328,030	488,484	328,224	8,034
Chesterfield County Public Schools	Virginia	59,243	563,296	44,087	256,860	262,349	498,880	333,373	8,421
Knox County School District	Tennessee	57,977	480,087	58,015	159,097	262,975	440,035	302,661	7,590
Garland Independent School District 909	Texas	57,833	545,423	93,503	268,384	183,536	455,996	309,384	7,885

Santa Ana Unified School District³	California	57,319	648,953	105,933	423,317	119,703	519,593	360,300	9,065
Boston City Schools	Massachusetts	56,037	1,250,911	151,199	325,583	774,129	1,074,823	733,814	19,181
San Francisco Unified School District³	California	55,571	684,462	82,824	168,042	433,596	546,752	360,011	9,839
Plano Independent School District 910	Texas	55,568	633,556	56,088	103,322	474,146	468,456	330,167	8,430
San Antonio Independent School District 907³	Texas	55,116	578,043	155,469	262,694	159,880	498,348	327,175	9,042

San Bernardino City Unified School District³	California	54,518	600,660	95,741	456,226	48,693	506,455	317,080	9,290
Forsyth County-Winston Salem Schools	North Carolina	53,367	590,947	70,338	256,078	264,531	459,150	318,656	8,604
Osceola County School District³	Florida	53,357	509,748	91,019	231,919	186,810	446,219	304,461	8,363
Cumberland County Schools	North Carolina	53,307	501,648	89,294	261,340	151,014	435,393	299,648	8,168
Tucson Unified School District 1	Arizona	53,275	522,657	86,179	188,104	248,374	436,947	218,242	8,202

Capistrano Unified School District³	California	53,192	416,481	29,877	116,954	269,650	385,140	270,095	7,241
Corona Norco Unified School District	California	53,149	492,882	53,014	321,898	117,970	383,385	261,130	7,213
Cherry Creek School District 5³	Colorado	52,232	537,255	42,944	205,212	289,099	471,294	335,635	9,023
Pasadena Independent School District 917	Texas	52,218	506,146	96,482	263,595	146,069	446,410	289,679	8,549
Lewisville Independent School District 902	Texas	51,484	547,507	51,783	145,955	349,769	436,883	301,123	8,486

Conroe Independent School District 902	Texas	51,170	472,852	52,409	145,180	275,263	375,971	249,375	7,347
Columbus City School District	Ohio	51,134	980,035	175,203	346,719	458,113	726,788	441,681	14,213
Howard County Public Schools	Maryland	50,994	890,726	39,988	263,585	587,153	772,020	547,068	15,139
Clayton County School District³	Georgia	50,366	500,420	64,312	227,072	209,036	434,311	291,821	8,623
Jordan School District	Utah	50,048	339,004	36,432	174,052	128,520	276,322	186,589	5,521

Brownsville Independent School District 901	Texas	49,879	504,356	117,817	328,668	57,871	472,744	315,542	9,478
Atlanta Public Schools³	Georgia	49,796	757,348	103,765	135,631	517,952	721,187	386,625	14,483
Omaha City School District 1	Nebraska	49,405	620,026	130,856	188,449	300,721	529,106	357,838	10,710
Henrico County Public Schools	Virginia	49,405	562,102	45,035	200,929	316,138	432,610	291,312	8,756
Wichita Unified School District 259	Kansas	49,329	586,367	98,180	326,792	161,395	513,992	323,155	10,420

Anchorage School District³	Alaska	49,206	732,488	114,561	407,204	210,723	710,465	448,605	14,439
Garden Grove Unified School District	California	48,659	451,091	62,943	293,712	94,436	411,982	280,931	8,467
Sacramento City Unified School District³	California	47,897	512,325	101,180	303,514	107,631	463,751	312,351	9,682
Seattle School District 1	Washington	47,735	679,225	68,850	307,730	302,645	532,458	335,777	11,154
Shelby County School District	Tennessee	47,706	398,743	35,054	180,615	183,074	377,698	262,062	7,917
¹ The student membership obtained from the Common Core of Data (CCD) fiscal district data collection may vary slightly from the student membership obtained from the CCD nonfiscal data collection. Wyoming indicated that their fiscal data reported in the School District Finance Survey (F-33) excluded prekindergarten programs. In this state, the F-33 total student membership variable excludes prekindergarten membership.
² Funds spent operating local public schools and local education agencies, including such expenses as salaries for school personnel, student transportation, school books and materials, and energy costs, but excluding capital outlay, interest on school debt, payments to private schools, and payments to public charter schools.
³ The school district operates charter schools in addition to noncharter schools.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "School District Finance Survey (F-33)," fiscal year 2011, Provisional Version 1a.

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