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NCES 2010-349 U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Characteristics of the 100 Largest Public Elementary and Secondary School Districts in the United States: 2007–08 Statistical Analysis Report Characteristics of the 100 Largest Public Elementary and Secondary School Districts in the United States: 2007–08 Statistical Analysis Report JULY 2010 Chris Plotts Jennifer Sable Education Statistics Services Institute – American Institutes for Research Chen-Su Chen Project Officer National Center for Education Statistics CCD logo NCES 2010-349 U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION U.S. Department of Education Arne Duncan Secretary Institute of Education Sciences John Q. Easton Director National Center for Education Statistics Stuart Kerachsky Deputy Commissioner The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) is the primary federal entity for collecting, analyzing, and reporting data related to education in the United States and other nations. 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Box 22207 Alexandria, VA 22304 or call toll free 1-877-4-ED-Pubs or order online at http://www.edpubs.gov. Content Contact Chen-Su Chen (202) 502-7393 chen-su.chen@ed.gov Highlights This report describes the characteristics of the 100 largest public elementary and secondary school districts in the United States and its jurisdictions. These districts are defined as the 100 largest according to the size of their student population. The information in this report was provided by state education agency officials to the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) for inclusion in the Common Core of Data (CCD). The report uses data from the 2007–08 school year and includes student membership1 and staff in public schools and school districts in the 50 states and the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Bureau of Indian Education, the Department of Defense dependents schools (overseas and domestic), and the four outlying areas (American Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and the U.S. Virgin Islands).2 This report also includes graduate counts, high school dropout rates, and graduation rates for the 2006–07 school year and revenues and expenditures for fiscal year (FY) 2007. Highlights of the report include the following: • The 100 largest public school districts, representing less than 1 percent (0.6 percent) of all school districts in the United States and jurisdictions, were responsible for the education of 22 percent of all public school students (table 1). • The 100 largest public school districts employed 21 percent of the United States and jurisdictions’ public school full-time-equivalent (FTE) teachers and contained 17 percent of all public schools and 20 percent of 2006–07 school year public high school completers (table 1). • The 100 largest public school districts had larger average school enrollments compared to the average for all school districts (677 vs. 513) as well as a higher median pupil/teacher ratio (15.4 vs. 15.2) (table 1). • The majority of students in the 100 largest school districts were Hispanic or Black (63 percent) (table 2). The percentage of students in the 100 largest public school districts who were Hispanic was 37 percent, compared to 22 percent of students in all school districts. The percentage of students in the 100 largest school districts who were Black was 26 percent, compared to 17 percent of students in all school districts. • In FY 2007, current expenditures per pupil in the 100 largest public school districts ranged from lows of $6,250 in the Puerto Rico Department of Education and $5,886 in the Alpine District, Utah to highs of $21,801 in Boston, Massachusetts and $20,162 in the New York City Public Schools, New York (table A-14). • Three states—California, Florida, and Texas—accounted for 45 out of the 100 largest public school districts (table D-3). 1 The terms “student membership” and “enrollment” are used interchangeably in this report. 2 In this report, the term “United States and jurisdictions” refers to these entities. iii Page intentionally left blank. Acknowledgments The authors would like to thank all of the professionals in state and local education agencies who record, track, and report the data used in this report. Particular thanks are owed to the state EDFacts coordinators and the Common Core of Data (CCD) coordinators, without whose efforts the CCD survey system could not exist. v Page intentionally left blank. vi Contents Page Highlights ..................................................................................................................................................... iii Acknowledgments ......................................................................................................................................... v List of Tables ............................................................................................................................................ viii List of Figures ............................................................................................................................................... x Introduction ................................................................................................................................................... 1 Overview of the 100 Largest School Districts .............................................................................................. 2 Where Were the 100 Largest School Districts in 2007? ............................................................................... 3 How Did the 100 Largest Districts Compare To All School Districts? ........................................................ 4 General Characteristics .................................................................................................................... 4 School Characteristics ...................................................................................................................... 5 Student Body .................................................................................................................................... 6 Revenues and Expenditures for Fiscal Year (FY) 2007................................................................... 7 Changes in the 100 Largest School Districts Between 1997 and 2007 ......................................................... 8 References and Related Data Sources .......................................................................................................... 9 Appendix A–Basic Tables ....................................................................................................................... A-1 Appendix B–Methodology ........................................................................................................................ B-1 Data Quality ................................................................................................................................ B-1 Item Nonresponse ...................................................................................................................... B-1 High School Completers, Grades 9–12 Dropout Rate, and Averaged Freshman Graduation Rate .......................................................................................................................... B-2 More Information on CCD Methodology .................................................................................. B-3 Appendix C–Glossary .............................................................................................................................. C-1 Appendix D–Supplementary Tables ........................................................................................................ D-1 vii List of Tables Table Page 1. Selected statistics for public elementary and secondary schools and school districts for the United States and jurisdictions and the 100 largest and 500 largest school districts: School year 2007–08 .. 1 2. Percentage of public elementary and secondary school students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch and percentage enrollment by race and ethnicity in the 100 and 500 largest school districts in the United States and jurisdictions: School year 2007–08 .................................................................. 2 3. Number and percentage of districts and students, by district membership size for regular public elementary and secondary school districts in the United States and jurisdictions: School year 2007–08 ............................................................................................................................................... 4 4. Number of public elementary and secondary students, full-time-equivalent (FTE) teachers, and schools in all districts and the 100 largest school districts in the United States and jurisdictions: School years 1997–98 and 2007–08.................................................................................................... 8 Appendix A—Basic Tables A-1. Selected statistics for the 100 largest public elementary and secondary school districts in the United States and jurisdictions, by school district: School years 2006–07 and 2007–08 ............... A-3 A-2. Mean, minimum, median, maximum, 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 2007–08 ................................................................... A-5 A-3. Median pupil/teacher ratios in regular public elementary and secondary schools in the 100 largest school districts in the United States and jurisdictions, by specified instructional level and school district: School year 2007–08 ....................................................................................... A-7 A-4. Number of regular public elementary and secondary schools in the 100 largest school districts in the United States and jurisdictions, by specified instructional level and school district: School year 2007–08 ....................................................................................................................... A-9 A-5. Percentage distribution of full-time-equivalent (FTE) staffing types in public elementary and secondary schools in the 100 largest school districts in the United States and jurisdictions, by school district: School year 2007–08 ............................................................................................ A-11 A-6. Number and percentage of public elementary and secondary schools that are Title I eligible, and percentage of students in membership in Title I eligible schools in the United States and jurisdictions, by school district: School year 2007–08 .................................................................. A-13 -7. Number and percentage of public elementary and secondary schools and percentage of students in magnet and charter schools in the 100 largest school districts in the United States and jurisdictions, by school district: School year 2007–08 .................................................................. A-15 -8. 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, and American Indian/Alaska Native students, total percentage of students who are combined Black, Hispanic, Asian/Pacific Islander, and American Indian/Alaska Native, and school district: School year 2007–08 ................................. A-17 A A viii Table Page Appendix A—Basic Tables (continued) A-9. Racial/ethnic composition as a percentage of public elementary and secondary school district membership and free and reduced-price lunch eligibility in the 100 largest school districts in the United States and jurisdictions, by school district: School year 2007–08 ............................... A-19 A-10. Number of students in public elementary and secondary schools in the 100 largest school districts in the United States and jurisdictions, by type of school and number and percentage of students with Individualized Education Programs (IEPs): School year 2007–08 ......................... A-21 A-11. Number of public elementary and secondary schools in the 100 largest school districts in the United States and jurisdictions, by type of school and school district: School year 2007–08 ...... A-23 A-12. Number of public high school completers, the grades 9–12 dropout rate, and the public school averaged freshman graduation rate in the 100 largest school districts in the United States and jurisdictions, by school district: School year 2006–07 .................................................................. A-25 A-13. 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 ......................................................................................................................................... A-27 A-14. Public elementary and secondary revenues by source, current expenditures, and current expenditures per pupil for the 100 largest school districts in the United States and jurisdictions: Fiscal year 2007 ...................................................................................................... A-29 A-15. Percentage distribution of public elementary and secondary revenues by source and total current expenditures for instruction for the 100 largest school districts in the United States and jurisdictions, by school district: Fiscal year 2007 ......................................................................... A-32 Appendix D—Supplementary Tables D-1. The 500 largest public school districts in the United States and jurisdictions, by school district: School year 2007–08 ....................................................................................................................... D-2 D-2. Alphabetic list and rank (by size) of the 500 largest public school districts in the United States and jurisdictions, by school district: School year 2007–08 ........................................................... D-10 D-3. Number of the 100 largest public school districts and percentage of the 100 largest public school district students in the United States and jurisdictions, by state: School year 2007–08 .... D-14 D-4. Selected statistics for the 100 largest public elementary and secondary school districts in the United States and jurisdictions: School year 1997–98 .................................................................. D-15 ix x List of Figures Figure Page 1. The 100 largest school districts in the United States and jurisdictions: School year 2007–08 ........... 3 1 Introduction The purpose of this publication is to provide basic descriptive information about the 100 largest school districts (ranked by student membership, that is, the number of students enrolled at the beginning of the school year) for the 2007–08 school year in the 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Bureau of Indian Education, the Department of Defense dependents schools (overseas and domestic), and the four outlying areas (American Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and the U.S. Virgin Islands). In this report, the term “United States and jurisdictions” refers to these entities. This is different from most National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) reports, which include only the 50 states and the District of Columbia in the totals. Over one in five public school students in the United States and jurisdictions is served by one of the 100 largest school districts (table 1). These districts are distinct from all school districts by characteristics other than just the size of their membership. They also vary by average school size, median pupil/teacher ratio, and the distribution of students in various racial and ethnic categories (tables 1 and 2). Table 1.—Selected statistics for public elementary and secondary schools and school districts for the United States and Table 1.—jurisdictions and the 100 largest and 500 largest school districts: School year 2007–08 100 largest districts 500 largest districts Percent of Percent of Characteristic National total 1 Total national total Total national total Districts 2 17,817 100 0.6 500 2.8 Schools 3 100,930 16,907 16.8 32,798 32.5 Students 49,931,069 11,200,573 22.4 21,522,024 43.1 Teachers (full-time equivalent) 4 3,227,426 688,418 21.3 1,308,633 40.5 High school completers (2006–07) 5 2,968,997 588,721 19.8 1,178,728 39.7 Median pupil/teacher ratio 6 15.2 15.4 † 15.7 † Average school enrollment 7 513.3 677.4 † 670.6 † † Not applicable. 1 Total may differ from other published estimates due to inclusion of Puerto Rico, the outlying areas, the Bureau of Indian Education, and the Department of Defense dependents schools. 2 Totals for number of districts may differ from published estimates since they exclude closed, inactive, and future school districts. 3 Totals for number of schools may differ from published estimates since they exclude closed, inactive, and future schools. 4 Full-time equivalent (FTE) is the amount of time required to perform an assignment stated as a proportion of a full-time position. It is computed by dividing the amount of time employed by the amount of time normally required for a full-time position. FTE is not a head count; for example, two half-time employees represent one FTE. The national total is based on state-level reports, whereas reports for the 100 and 500 largest districts are based on district-level reports. 5 Includes high school diploma recipients as well as other high school completers (e.g., certificates of attendance), but not high school equivalencies (e.g., General Education Development (GEDs)). Total may differ from other published estimates due to inclusion of Puerto Rico, the outlying areas, the Bureau of Indian Education, and the Department of Defense dependents schools. 6 Includes only schools where student membership was greater than zero and for which pupil/teacher ratio data were available. The median is given because it is unaffected by very high or very low values. 7 Includes only schools where membership was greater than zero. 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). The 500 largest school districts include 22 school districts that are some other configuration besides prekindergarten (PK) or K–12, although all of the 100 largest school districts are PK or K–12. 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, "Local Education Agency Universe Survey," 2007–08, Version 1a, "State Nonfiscal Survey of Public Elementary/Secondary Education," 2007–08, Version 1a, "Local Education Universe Survey Dropout and Completion Restricted-Use Data File," 2006–07, Version 1a, and "State Dropout and Completion Data File," 2006–07, Version 1a. In this report, the terms “public school districts,” “school districts,” and “elementary and secondary school districts” are used interchangeably. These include regular school districts; local supervisory unions that provide management services for a group of associated school districts; regional education service agencies that typically provide school districts with research, testing, and data processing services; state and federally operated agencies; and other agencies that do not fall into these groupings (e.g., charter schools reported as their own school 2 districts). A “regular school district,” a subset of “public school districts” or “school districts,” is an agency responsible for providing free public education for school-age children residing within its jurisdiction. With the exception of the New York City Public Schools, New York, all of the 100 largest districts are regular school districts.1 To provide context for the information on the 100 largest districts, tables 1–4 provide data for the United States and jurisdictions and data for the 100 largest school districts; tables 1 and 2 also include data for the 500 largest districts. Figure 1 shows the location of the 100 largest school districts. Appendix A presents basic data tables for the 100 largest school districts. Appendix D (tables D-1 to D-4) provides supplementary information about the 100 and 500 largest school districts. Table D-1 lists the 500 largest school districts with some identifying information. Table D-2 is an alphabetic list of the 500 largest districts that includes their rank by membership size. Table D-3 provides a count of the number of 100 largest districts by state. Table D-4 provides selected data for the 100 largest school districts in the 1997–98 school year for comparison with the data in table A-1 for the 2007–08 school year. Table 2.—Percentage of public elementary and secondary school students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch and percentage Table 2.—enrollment by race and ethnicity in the 100 and 500 largest school districts in the United States and jurisdictions: School Table 2.—year 2007–08 All school 100 largest 500 largest District characteristic districts school districts school districts Membership eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, of those schools that reported free and reduced-price lunch 1 41.2 52.0 47.5 Percentage enrollment by race and ethnicity 2 American Indian/Alaska Native 1.2 0.5 0.7 Asian/Pacific Islander 4.8 7.5 6.7 Hispanic 22.0 36.5 31.8 Black 16.9 26.4 23.3 White 55.1 29.1 37.5 1 These percentages should be interpreted with caution. The Department of Defense dependents schools (overseas and domestic), the Bureau of Indian Education, Guam, and the U.S. Virgin Islands did not report free and reduced-price lunch eligibility and are not included in the totals. Also, states may not have reported students eligible for reduced-price meals, and a number of states reported participation instead of eligibility data, which may not be strictly comparable. See the Methodology section, appendix B, for further description. Percentages are based on those schools that reported data. 2 Black includes African American and Hispanic includes Latino. 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). Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. 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. Overview of the 100 Largest School Districts In the 2007–08 school year, there were 17,817 operational public school districts, 100,930 operational public schools, and almost 50 million students in public schools in the United States and jurisdictions (table 1). Additionally, there were 3.2 million full-time equivalent (FTE)2 teachers in the 2007–08 school year and almost 3 million high school completers in the 2006–07 school year.3 The 100 largest school districts comprised less than 1 percent of all public school districts but served 22 percent of all public elementary and secondary students. These school districts contained 17 percent of all public schools and employed 21 percent of all FTE teache comparison, the 500 largest school districts comprised 3 percent of all public school districts, 32 percent of public schools, and served 43 percent (21.5 million) of all public elementary and secondary students in the United States and jurisdictions. rs. In 1 See appendix B for more information on the New York City Public Schools, New York district. 2 FTE is a proportion of a full-time position. FTE is not a head count. For example, two half-time employees represent one FTE. 3 In the CCD, data on high school completers are collected 1 year after the completions occur. For example, data on 2006–07 high school completers are collected in the 2007–08 data collection. 3 The 100 largest school districts ranged in size from 47,400 to 989,941 students in 2007–08 (table A-1). Twenty- eight of these districts served more than 100,000 students. The largest public school district was New York City Public Schools, New York, with 989,941 students enrolled in 1,454 schools. The next largest was Los Angeles Unified, California, with 693,680 students in 825 schools. The enrollment of each of these two largest districts was greater than the enrollment of each of the 26 smallest states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and the Department of Defense dependents schools (overseas and domestic).4 Where Were the 100 Largest School Districts in 2007? There were 28 states and jurisdictions that each had at least one of the 100 largest school districts in the 2007–08 school year (table A-1, figure 1, and table D-3). Texas had 18 districts among the 100 largest, followed by Florida with 14 and California with 13. Several other states had more than one district represented among the 100 largest: Georgia, Maryland, and Virginia each had 6; North Carolina had 5; Colorado and Utah each had 4; Tennessee had 3; and Arizona, Nevada, and Ohio each had 2. Each of the following states had one school district among the 100 largest: Alabama, Alaska, the District of Columbia, Hawaii, Illinois, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Michigan, Nebraska, New Mexico, New York, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, South Carolina, and Wisconsin. (The District of Columbia, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico have only one school district each for their entire jurisdiction.) Figure 1. The 100 largest school districts in the United States and jurisdictions: School year 2007–08 SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), “Local Education Agency Universe Survey,” 2007–08, Version 1a. About three-quarters of the 100 largest school districts were located in coastal and Gulf Coast states (see table D- 3 for a count of the 100 largest districts by state). The school districts among the 100 largest also tended to be in cities and counties with large populations, with administrative offices typically located in large cities and their 4 State enrollment data can be found in the following CCD data file: “State Nonfiscal Survey of Public Elementary/Secondary Education,” 2007–08, Version 1a and in Sable and Noel (2009), table 1. 4 environs. Many of the districts were in states where the school districts have the same boundaries as counties. However, school district boundaries need not be the same as county, city, or town boundaries. How Did the 100 Largest School Districts Compare To All School Districts? General Characteristics In the 2007–08 school year, each of the 100 largest school districts had at least 47,400 students, whereas 72 percent of all regular school districts had fewer than 2,500 students (tables 3 and A-1). However, these smaller districts served only 13 percent of all students; 87 percent of students were enrolled in districts of 2,500 or more students (table 3). The average school district in the United States and jurisdictions had 5.7 schools; in comparison, the 100 largest school districts averaged 169.1 schools per district (derived from table 1). Two of the three largest districts—New York City Public Schools, New York, and the Puerto Rico Department of Education—each had more than 1,400 schools (table A-1). Table 3.—Number and percentage of districts and students, by district membership size for regular public elementary and secondary Table 3.—school districts in the United States and jurisdictions: School year 2007–08 District size Districts Students Cumulative totals (number of Cumulative Cumulative students) Number Percent percent Number Percent percent Districts Students Total 13,908 100.0 † 48,737,625 100.0 † † † 100,000 or more 28 0.2 0.2 6,535,586 13.4 13.4 28 6,535,586 25,000 to 99,999 254 1.8 2.0 10,660,590 21.9 35.3 282 17,196,176 10,000 to 24,999 591 4.2 6.3 8,968,597 18.4 53.7 873 26,164,773 7,500 to 9,999 367 2.6 8.9 3,183,233 6.5 60.2 1,240 29,348,006 5,000 to 7,499 699 5.0 13.9 4,255,897 8.7 68.9 1,939 33,603,903 2,500 to 4,999 2,012 14.5 28.4 7,123,728 14.6 83.6 3,951 40,727,631 2,000 to 2,499 775 5.6 34.0 1,731,356 3.6 87.1 4,726 42,458,987 1,500 to 1,999 1,049 7.5 41.5 1,821,243 3.7 90.9 5,775 44,280,230 1,000 to 1,499 1,485 10.7 52.2 1,831,279 3.8 94.6 7,260 46,111,509 800 to 999 780 5.6 57.8 704,328 1.4 96.1 8,040 46,815,837 600 to 799 982 7.1 64.9 683,375 1.4 97.5 9,022 47,499,212 450 to 599 894 6.4 71.3 467,011 1.0 98.4 9,916 47,966,223 300 to 449 1,009 7.3 78.6 373,202 0.8 99.2 10,925 48,339,425 150 to 299 1,326 9.5 88.1 292,052 0.6 99.8 12,251 48,631,477 1 to 149 1,398 10.1 98.1 106,148 0.2 100.0 13,649 48,737,625 Not Applicable 259 1.9 100.0 † † 100.0 13,908 48,737,625 † 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). Not included in this table are local supervisory unions, regional education service agencies, and state and federally operated agencies. For analytical purposes, New York City Public Schools, New York, is treated as a regular school district. The number of regular districts presented in this table differs from that presented in table 1, which represents all districts. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "Local Education Agency Universe Survey," 2007–08, Version 1a. 5 School Characteristics Average regular school5 size based on student membership ranged from a low of 350 students (in the Puerto Rico Department of Education) to a high of 1,472 (in the Gwinnett County School District, Georgia) in the 100 largest school districts in the 2007–08 school year (table A-2). The largest regular school in the 100 largest districts was the 6,306 student Chicago International Charter, Illinois, in the City of Chicago School District 299, Illinois.6 The 100 largest school districts had more students per school than the average school district (677 vs. 513) (table 1). Eleven of the 100 largest school districts had an average regular school size of more than 1,000 students (table A-2). In addition to larger school sizes, the 100 largest school districts also had a higher median pupil/teacher ratio than the average school district (15.4 to 1 vs. 15.2 to 1) (table 1). Among the 100 largest public school districts, Alpine District, Utah, had the highest median pupil/teacher ratio in regular schools (26.5 to 1) and the Puerto Rico Department of Education, had the smallest (12.2 to 1) (table A-3). The median pupil/teacher ratio for regular primary schools among the 100 largest public school districts was lower than that for high schools (15.2 to 1 vs. 17.1 to 1). Of the 15,225 schools with membership in the 100 largest public school districts, 10,025 were primary schools, 2,490 were middle schools, 2,080 were high schools, and 630 were schools with other instructional levels (table A-4). The Puerto Rico Department of Education—which had the most schools with membership in total—had the largest number of primary (870) and other instructional level (185) schools of the 100 largest public school districts, whereas New York City Public Schools, New York, had the largest number of middle schools (263) and high schools (245). School staff. For the United States and jurisdictions, 51 percent of FTE staff were teachers,7 while in the 100 largest districts 53 percent of staff were teachers (table A-5). Fifty-nine of the 100 largest districts reported that 50 percent or more of staff were teachers, and 8 districts reported that 60 percent or more of staff were teachers (these districts were New York City Public Schools, New York; City of Chicago School District 299, Illinois; Clark County School District, Nevada; Duval, Florida; Greenville 01, South Carolina; Washoe County School District, Nevada; San Francisco Unified, California; and Lewisville Independent School District, Texas). In 25 of the 100 largest school districts 1 percent or more of the staff were district administrators. Title I eligibility. Ninety-eight of the 100 largest school districts reported data for Title I eligible schools and programs for the 2007–08 school year (table A-6). The percentage of Title I eligible schools in these districts ranged from 5 percent (in Jordan District, Utah) to 100 percent (the District of Columbia Public Schools; Santa Ana Unified, California; Cleveland Municipal City, Ohio; and Clayton County, Georgia). Within 98 of the 100 largest school districts that reported data, 60 percent of students attended a Title I eligible school, the same as the percent of all students in the United States and jurisdictions who attend Title I eligible schools (Hoffman 2009). Magnet schools and charter schools. Among the 100 largest school districts there were 1,225 magnet schools8 (table A-7). The largest number of magnet schools among these districts was in the City of Chicago School District 299, Illinois, with 292 magnet schools (or 46 percent of its schools and 48 percent of its students in magnet schools). There were 821 charter schools administered by the 100 largest school districts in the 2007–08 school year. This number does not include charter schools that are independent of the school district.9 Three percent of the students in these districts attended one of these charter schools. In the United States and jurisdictions, there were 4,388 charter schools, including both independent and dependent charter schools, 5 A regular school is a public elementary/secondary school that does not focus primarily on vocational, special, or alternative education. 6 Data on school enrollment can be found in the following CCD file: “Public Elementary/Secondary School Universe Survey,” 2007–08, Version 1a. This data source is available online at http://nces.ed.gov/ccd/pubschuniv.asp. 7 Data on teachers and staffing can be found in the following CCD file: “State Nonfiscal Universe Survey of Public Elementary/Secondary Education,” 2007–08, Version 1a. This data source is available online at http://nces.ed.gov/ccd/stnfis.asp. Percentage may differ from other published estimates due to inclusion of Puerto Rico, the outlying areas, the Bureau of Indian Education, and the Department of Defense dependents schools. 8 Counts of magnet schools include magnet programs that exist within schools that are not primarily magnet schools. 9 Because districts are administrative units, not geographic units, charter schools located in the same geographic area as the district’s schools, but not administered by the district, are not included in this total or in table A-7. 6 attended by 3 percent of students in 2007–08 (Hoffman 2009). The largest number of charter schools administered by any of the 100 largest school districts was 125 schools in Los Angeles Unified, California. Student Body Overall, the 100 largest school districts in 2007–08 enrolled 22 percent of the United States and jurisdictions’ public school students (table 1). Certain student characteristics, such as race/ethnicity, poverty level, and disability status, varied across the 100 largest school districts about which the CCD collected data in 2007–08. Race/ethnicity. American Indians/Alaska Natives, Asians/Pacific Islanders, Hispanics, Blacks, and Whites are the five racial/ethnic groups about which the CCD collected data in 2007–08. The 100 largest school districts served 35 percent of the 22.4 million public school students in the United States and jurisdictions who are Black, Hispanic, Asian/Pacific Islander, or American Indian/Alaska Native, compared to serving 12 percent of the 27.5 million students in the U.S. and jurisdictions who are White (derived from tables 1 and 2).10 In 67 of the 100 largest districts, Whites comprised less than 50 percent of student membership (derived from table A-8). In more than one-third (35) of the 100 largest districts, students who were Black, Hispanic, Asian/Pacific Islander, or American Indian/Alaska Native comprised more than 75 percent of the student membership (table A-8). Seven of the 10 largest school districts had combined Black, Hispanic, Asian/Pacific Islander, and American Indian/Alaska Native student memberships of more than 75 percent. Even with the relatively high combined Black, Hispanic, Asian/Pacific Islander, and American Indian/Alaska Native membership in the 100 largest school districts, 33 of the districts reported 50 percent or more of their students as White (table A-8 and table A-9). In 6 of these 33 districts, at least 75 percent of students were White (table A-9). In 13 of the 100 largest districts, half or more of the membership was Black. Twenty-three districts reported that the majority of students were Hispanic; 4 of these were among the 10 largest districts. In Hawaii, a one-district state, and San Francisco Unified, California, the majority of students were Asian/Pacific Islander. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility. The 100 largest school districts had a disproportionate percentage of students eligible for the free and reduced-price lunch program relative to all public school districts. Among the 95 largest school districts that reported free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, 52 percent of students were eligible, compared to 41 percent of students in all districts (table 2). Forty-one of these 95 districts reported 50 percent or more of their students as eligible for the free and reduced-price lunch program (table A-9). Students with disabilities. Approximately 1.3 million students in the 100 largest school districts had Individualized Education Programs (IEPs) (table A-10). Students with IEPs made up 11 percent of all students in these districts, slightly lower than the percentage for the United States and jurisdictions as a whole (12 percent).11 About 2 percent of the schools in the 100 largest school districts were special education schools (derived from table A-11). High school completers, the averaged freshman graduation rate (AFGR), and grades 9–12 dropout rate. The number of 2006–07 high school completers in the 87 of the 100 largest school districts for which data were available ranged from 1,958 (in the Brownsville Independent School District, Texas) to 31,718 (in the Puerto Rico Department of Education) (table A-12). The AFGR12 was 63 percent for the 100 largest school districts in 2006– 07, as compared to a rate of 74 percent for the United States and jurisdictions (Stillwell 2009). This ranged from a low of 37 percent (in Cleveland Municipal City, Ohio) to a high of 95 percent (in Loudoun County Public Schools, Virginia). For the 99 of the 100 largest school districts for which data were available, the grade 9–12 10 For the 100 largest school districts, the numbers of students in different racial/ethnic categories are reported at the school level and are aggregated up to the district level. 11 Data on Individualized Education Programs can be found in the following CCD file: “Local Education Agency Universe Survey,” 2007– 08, Version 1a. This data source is available online at http://nces.ed.gov/ccd/pubagency.asp. 12 The averaged freshman graduation rate for 2006–07 was calculated as total high school diploma recipients in 2006–07 divided by the averaged class membership of 8th-graders in 2002–03, 9th-graders in 2003–04, and 10th-graders in 2004–05. See the Methodology section, appendix B, for more information. 7 / dropout rate13 was 7 percent. Among these 99 districts, this ranged from 0.7 percent (in Capistrano Unified, California) to 24 percent (in Detroit City School District, Michigan). Enrollment by grade level. In the 2007–08 school year, the majority of students enrolled in the 100 largest school districts were enrolled in grades prekindergarten through grade 6 (6.1 million) followed by grades 7 through 9 (2.7 million) and grades 10 through 12 (2. 3 million) (table A-13). Of the 17 of the 100 largest school districts that used ungraded status for some students, 125,750 students were assigned as ungraded students. Revenues and Expenditures for Fiscal Year (FY) 2007 All revenue and expenditure data presented in this report are in current (unadjusted) dollars. In the 2006–07 school year (FY 2007), the 100 largest school districts received approximately $130 billion in revenues for public elementary and secondary education (table A-14). Of this approximately $130 billion, 31 percent ($40 billion) went to the 5 largest school districts (New York City Public Schools, New York; Los Angeles Unified, California; Puerto Rico Department of Education; City of Chicago School District 299, Illinois; and Dade, Florida). Current expenditures per pupil in FY 2007 ranged from a low of $5,886 (in Alpine District, Utah) to a high of $21,801 (in Boston, Massachusetts) in the 100 largest school districts in FY 2007. (See Glossary section, appendix C for definitions of specific revenues and expenditures.) Across the 100 largest districts, state sources accounted for 45 percent of revenues, local sources for 45 percent, and federal sources for 10 percent (table A-15). Revenues from the federal government received by the 100 largest school districts constituted between 1 percent (in Loudoun County Public Schools, Virginia) and 18 percent (in the San Antonio Independent School District, Texas) and 29 percent (in the Puerto Rico Department of Education) of all revenues to the district. The percentage of total current expenditures for instruction ranged from a low of 31 percent (in the Philadelphia City School District, Pennsylvania) to highs of 65 percent (in New York City Public Schools, New York) and 96 percent (in the Puerto Rico Department of Education) in the 100 largest school districts (table A-15). Expenditures for charter and private schools. Payments by, or on behalf of, public school districts to independent charter schools and private schools are not included in the expenditures in this report. In some states these payments are made by some entity other than the public school district, and are therefore not reported on the School District Finance Survey. Information on expenditures for independent charter schools and private schools, for those school districts reporting these expenditures, can be found on the Build a Table application at http://nces.ed.gov/ccd/bat . 13 The grades 9–12 dropout rate is calculated by dividing the number of grades 9–12 dropouts by the grades 9–12 enrollment. See the Methodology section, appendix B, for more information. 8 Changes in the 100 Largest School Districts Between 1997 and 2007 While there has been considerable change in rank by size within the 100 largest school districts over time, the lists of school districts in 1997–98 and 2007–08 are similar. Only 16 of the 100 largest school districts in 1997–98 were not among the 100 largest school districts in 2007–08 (see table D-4 for a list of the 100 largest school districts in 1997–98).14 Between 1997–98 and 2007–08, the number of students in the 100 largest school districts increased by 4 percent, and the number of FTE teachers increased by 21 percent (table 4). However, while the numbers of students and teachers increased between these years, the proportion of the total for the United States and jurisdictions these numbers represent was essentially unchanged. For example, the 100 largest school districts included 23 percent of all students in 1997–98 and 22 percent in 2007–08. Table 4.—Number of public elementary and secondary students, full-time-equivalent (FTE) teachers, and schools in all districts and Table 4.—the 100 largest school districts in the United States and jurisdictions: School years 1997–98 and 2007–08 Percent change 1997–98 2007–08 (1997–98 to 2007–08) 100 largest 100 largest districts as districts as 100 a percent 100 a percent 100 District All largest of national All largest of national All largest characteristic districts districts total districts districts total districts districts Students 46,901,348 10,818,622 23.1 49,931,069 11,200,573 22.4 6.5 3.5 FTE teachers 1 2,794,504 568,545 20.3 3,227,426 688,418 21.3 15.5 21.1 Schools 2 91,340 15,152 16.6 100,930 16,907 16.8 10.5 11.6 1 Full-time equivalent (FTE) is the amount of time required to perform an assignment stated as a proportion of a full-time position. It is computed by dividing the amount of time employed by the amount of time normally required for a full-time position. FTE is not a head count; for example, two half-time employees represent one FTE. 2 Totals for number of schools may differ from published estimates since for 1997–98 they exclude closed schools, and for 2007–08, they exclude closed, inactive, and future schools. Because inactive and future schools were not distinguished in 1997–98, and therefore cannot be excluded, the school totals for 1997–98 and 2007–08 are not directly comparable. 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 Department of Defense dependents schools (overseas and domestic). In 1997–98, data for the Bureau of Indian Education, and Department of Defense dependents schools (domestic) were not collected, and therefore are not included. The Bureau of Indian Education and Department of Defense dependents schools (domestic) accounted for 0.1 percent of students, 0.1 percent of teachers, and 0.03 percent of schools among all districts in 2007–08. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "Public Elementary/ Secondary School Universe Survey," 1997–98, Version 1a, and 2007–08, Version 1a, "Local Education Agency Universe Survey," 1997–98, Version 1a, and 2007–08, Version 1a, and "State Nonfiscal Survey of Public Elementary/Secondary Education," 1997–98, Version 1b, and 2007–08, Version 1a. 14 When comparing the 100 largest school districts in 1997–98 to those in 2007–08, note that some of the districts changed their name during this period. The 16 public school districts that were among the 100 largest in 1997–98 but not in 2007–08 include Oakland Unified, California; Escambia County School District, Florida; Wichita, Kansas; Caddo Parish School Board, Louisiana; East Baton Rouge Parish School Board, Louisiana; Jefferson Parish School Board, Louisiana; Orleans Parish School Board, Louisiana; Minneapolis, Minnesota; St. Paul, Minnesota; St. Louis City, Missouri; Buffalo City School District, New York; Cincinnati City School District, Ohio; Portland School District 1J, Oregon; Shelby County School District, Tennessee; Ysleta Independent School District, Texas; and Seattle, Washington. References and Related Data Sources References Hoffman, L. (2009). Numbers and Types of Public Elementary and Secondary Schools From the Common Core of Data: School Year 2007–08 (NCES 2010-305). U.S. Department of Education. Washington, DC: National Center for Education Statistics, Institute of Education Sciences. Retrieved March 19, 2010 from http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2010305. Sable, J., and Noel, A. (2009). Public Elementary and Secondary School Student Enrollment and Staff Counts From the Common Core of Data: School Year 2007–08 (NCES 2010-309). U.S. Department of Education. Washington, DC: National Center for Education Statistics, Institute of Education Sciences. Retrieved March 19, 2010, from http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2010309. Stillwell, R (2009). Public School Graduates and Dropouts From the Common Core of Data: School Year 2006–07 (NCES 2010-313). ). U.S. Department of Education. Washington, DC: National Center for Education Statistics, Institute of Education Sciences. Retrieved March 19, 2010, from http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2010313. Data Files Data files for school, agency, and state universe surveys may be found on the CCD Data Files page of the CCD website at http://nces.ed.gov/ccd/ccddata.asp. 9 Page intentionally left blank. A-1 Appendix A—Basic Tables Table A-1 presents basic data such as the number of students receiving educational services, full-time equivalent (FTE) teachers, 2006–07 completers, and number of schools for each of the 100 largest school districts. Also shown is information to fully identify each school district by its city, county and state, since the name of the district is not always sufficient for this purpose. In this and all of the other basic tables, the districts are shown in descending order of size (students in membership as of October 2007). Since the districts are displayed by the number of students, it is easy to note differences in the numbers of teachers, high school completers, and schools as they relate to districts of similar size. For example, the Baltimore County Public Schools, Maryland, though smaller in size, has more high school completers than the five districts immediately preceding it. Tables A-2, A-3, A-4, A-6, A-8, and A-9 include only schools with student membership (or regular schools with students, as specified in tables A-2, A-3, and A-4).1 Table A-2 provides information on school characteristics in the 100 largest school districts by displaying school size (students in membership) at different percentile levels, as well as mean school size for each district (computed using regular schools having membership). For example, in New York City Public Schools, New York, the table shows that the smallest 25 percent of schools have student memberships of 384 or less, while the largest 25 percent have student memberships of 805 or more. Dividing all the students in regular schools in the district by the number of such schools yields a mean, or average, size of 685.4 students. If all the regular schools in New York City Public Schools were listed by size, the school at the midpoint on the list (the median) would have 546 pupils in membership. Table A-3 presents median pupil/teacher ratios for the schools in the 100 largest school districts by instructional level. For some districts, data were not computed for some instructional levels because data were missing for more than 20 percent of schools. Table A-4 provides information on how many “primary,” “middle,” and “high” schools there are in the 100 largest school districts. Grade spans, defined by a school’s lowest and highest grade offered, are used to determine a school’s instructional level. The following four categories are used: primary (lowest grade of prekindergarten to 3; highest grade up to 8), middle (lowest grade 4 to 7; highest grade 4 to 9), high (lowest grade 7 to 12; highest grade 12), and other (all other configurations, including PK, K, or 1 to 12). Table A-5 presents the percentage distribution of different types of FTE staff in each district. Teachers represented the largest proportion of staff. “Other staff,” which made up 30 percent of the total, is defined in the appendix C—Glossary. Table A-6 reports the number and percentage of Title I eligible schools, the percentage of students in Title I eligible schools, and the percentage of students in Title I school-wide eligible programs. The percentage of schools that were Title I eligible ranged from 5 to 100 percent. Table A-7 reports magnet and charter schools. Among the 100 largest school districts, all were in states that reported the number of magnet schools or reported that magnet schools did not exist in that state. All districts in states that had charter schools reported the number of charter schools administered by that district. Many charter schools function as their own school districts, which is why a number of the districts in this report do not report any charter schools. Table A-8 gives the number of schools in each district in five ranges of percentage of combined Black, Hispanic, Asian/Pacific Islander, and American Indian/Alaska Native student membership, as well as the overall percentage of combined Black, Hispanic, Asian/Pacific Islander, and American Indian/Alaska Native student membership in each district. For example, in 9,248 schools, more than 80 percent of students were Black, Hispanic, Asian/Pacific Islander, or American Indian/Alaska Native. Across all of the 100 largest school districts, 71 percent of students were Black, Hispanic, Asian/Pacific Islander, or American Indian/Alaska Native. 1 Schools with membership are schools that have an enrollment of at least one student. In the Common Core of Data (CCD), schools can be reported legitimately with no student enrollment because students can be included in the enrollment for only a single school. For example, if a student is dually enrolled in a regular school and a vocational school, that student can only be reported in the membership of one of these schools. Total number of schools includes schools with and without membership. A-2 Table A-9 presents the percentage of students in each district by specific racial/ethnic categories. This table illustrates that some school districts are made up of many racial/ethnic groups while others have high concentrations of one group. For example, in Los Angeles Unified, California, 74 percent of students are Hispanic and 11 percent are Black, whereas in the New York Public Schools, New York, the proportions are closer for Hispanic and Black students (40 and 32 percent, respectively). Also shown in table A-9 is the percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Five districts did not report data on the number of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Among the 95 of the 100 largest public school districts for which data were available, the percentages of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch under the National School Lunch Program varied greatly. This percentage ranged from a low of less than 1 percent in the Brownsville Independent School District, Texas to a high of 91 percent in the Puerto Rico Department of Education. Table A-10 presents the numbers of students assigned to the schools in the 100 largest school districts. It should be noted that students attending a “non-regular” school (i.e., special education, vocational education, and other or alternative education school) are often counted at their regular home school rather than the school they attend part of the day. The number and percentage of students having Individualized Education Programs (IEPs), in accordance with the Individuals With Disabilities Education Act, Part B, is also shown in table A-10. Except for IEP data, the student counts presented in this table are aggregated from the school level and may differ from counts presented elsewhere in this report that are derived from the school district level. For example, student counts from the district level could include students enrolled in the district but not assigned to a school (e.g., hospitalized or homebound students). Table A-11 presents the number of schools in the 100 largest districts by type of school. All but three of the districts have specialized schools devoted to special, vocational, or alternative education. This table also includes schools that do not have students. Schools may not have students for a variety of reasons, the most common being that the school serves a student population that is counted at another school. For example, students with dual enrollment in a regular school and a vocational education school would be counted in only one of these schools. Table A-12 presents the number of high school completers (regular diploma recipients and other completers) in the 100 largest school districts in 2006–07. Note that high school completers are reported on the CCD for the previous year (e.g., 2006–07 high school completers are reported on the 2007–08 collection). This table also presents the grades 9–12 dropout rate and the public school averaged freshman graduation rate (using diploma recipients only) for each district for 2006–07 (see appendix B—Methodology for a discussion of the calculation of the grades 9–12 dropout rate and the averaged freshman graduation rate). Table A-13 presents data on the number of students assigned to graded (three categories) and ungraded levels. In accounting for their students, 83 of the 100 largest districts assigned all of their students to numbered grades and 17 used the ungraded status for some students in some settings, such as special education, vocational education, and other specialized or alternative education programs. In this table, students assigned to all types of schools are counted in the grade for which they are reported. The student counts presented in this table are aggregated from the school level, and may differ from counts presented elsewhere in this report that are derived from the school district level. For example, student counts from the district level could include students enrolled in the district but not assigned to a school (e.g., hospitalized or homebound students). Table A-14 presents with school district revenues and expenditures and is based on fiscal year 2007 (school year 2006– 07) local government financial data collected by the Governments Division of the U.S. Census Bureau. It presents the amount of revenue received by source (local, state, and federal); current expenditures and those current expenditures for instruction; and current expenditures per pupil in membership for fiscal year 2007. Data for Puerto Rico were obtained from the CCD National Public Education Financial Survey (NPEFS). Whereas table A-14 shows with the dollar amounts of revenues and expenditures, table A-15 presents the percentage distribution of revenues by source as well as the percentage of current expenditures spent on instruction. For example, the 100 largest school districts received 45 percent of their revenues from state sources and spent 53 percent of their current expenditures on instruction. Table A-1.—Selected statistics for the 100 largest public elementary and secondary school districts in the United States and jurisdictions, by school district: Table A-1.—School years 2006–07 and 2007–08 Number Number of full- Number of Number of time-equivalent 2006–07 of Name of reporting district City State County students1 (FTE) teachers2 completers3 schools4 Total † † † 11,200,573 688,418 588,721 16,907 New York City Public Schools New York NY New York 989,941 60,593 47,789 1,454 Los Angeles Unified Los Angeles CA Los Angeles 693,680 34,960 27,004 825 Puerto Rico Department of Education Hato Rey PR San Juan 526,565 40,826 31,718 1,511 City of Chicago School District 299 Chicago IL Cook 407,510 20,924 18,263 631 Dade Miami FL Miami-Dade 348,128 22,048 19,874 471 Clark County School District Las Vegas NV Clark 309,051 16,427 12,433 341 Broward Fort Lauderdale FL Broward 258,893 14,931 15,292 297 Houston Independent School District Houston TX Harris 199,534 11,971 7,645 294 Hillsborough Tampa FL Hillsborough 193,180 12,759 10,331 285 Hawaii Department of Education Honolulu HI Honolulu 179,897 11,396 11,239 287 Orange Orlando FL Orange 174,142 11,117 10,071 233 Philadelphia City School District Philadelphia PA Philadelphia 172,704 10,665 8,663 272 Palm Beach West Palm Beach FL Palm Beach 170,883 10,737 10,286 258 Fairfax County Public Schools Falls Church VA Fairfax 165,722 9,463 11,912 199 Dallas Independent School District Dallas TX Dallas 157,804 11,392 5,874 249 Gwinnett County Suwanee GA Gwinnett 155,618 10,840 7,994 112 Montgomery County Public Schools Rockville MD Montgomery 137,717 9,639 10,186 205 Wake County Schools Raleigh NC Wake 134,401 9,020 6,788 153 San Diego Unified San Diego CA San Diego 131,577 6,986 6,335 214 Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools Charlotte NC Mecklenburg 131,176 9,147 5,912 161 Prince George's County Public Schools Upper Marlboro MD Prince George's 129,752 9,005 8,247 214 Duval Jacksonville FL Duval 124,740 7,848 6,443 177 Memphis City School District Memphis TN Shelby 115,342 7,208 6,331 190 Pinellas Largo FL Pinellas 107,892 7,048 6,490 169 Detroit City School District Detroit MI Wayne 107,874 6,406 6,185 199 Cobb County Marietta GA Cobb 107,307 8,119 6,765 116 Baltimore County Public Schools Baltimore MD Baltimore 104,283 7,374 7,473 171 Dekalb County Decatur GA Dekalb 100,273 6,999 5,539 149 Cypress Fairbanks Independent School District Houston TX Harris 96,837 6,258 5,069 75 Albuquerque Public Schools Albuquerque NM Bernalillo 95,965 6,335 3,831 171 Jefferson County Louisville KY Jefferson 95,871 6,057 5,057 173 Polk Bartow FL Polk 93,980 6,707 4,629 152 Long Beach Unified Long Beach CA Los Angeles 88,186 4,210 4,654 93 Milwaukee School District Milwaukee WI Milwaukee 86,819 4,798 4,425 214 Northside Independent School District San Antonio TX Bexar 86,260 5,508 4,300 97 Fulton County Atlanta GA Fulton 86,225 6,211 4,609 99 Jefferson County School District No R 1 Golden CO Jefferson 86,168 4,890 5,913 163 Jordan District Sandy UT Salt Lake 85,651 3,314 5,411 97 Austin Independent School District Austin TX Travis 82,564 5,836 3,595 119 Baltimore City Public Schools Baltimore MD Baltimore (City) 81,284 5,877 4,202 195 Lee Fort Myers FL Lee 80,541 4,953 4,086 110 Fort Worth Independent School District Fort Worth TX Tarrant 78,857 5,003 3,407 148 Fresno Unified Fresno CA Fresno 76,460 3,919 3,450 105 Granite District Slc UT Salt Lake 75,982 3,192 3,284 114 Brevard Viera FL Brevard 74,369 4,623 4,858 124 Davidson County School District Nashville TN Davidson 73,715 5,034 3,845 137 Anne Arundel County Public Schools Annapolis MD Anne Arundel 73,400 5,000 5,123 123 Denver County 1 Denver CO Denver 73,053 4,142 3,289 148 Mesa Unified District Mesa AZ Maricopa 73,044 3,808 4,079 90 Prince William County Public Schools Manassas VA Prince William 72,988 3,847 4,124 81 Va Beach City Public Schools Virginia Beach VA Virginia Beach (City) 72,477 4,051 4,902 86 Guilford County Schools Greensboro NC Guilford 72,389 5,023 4,238 120 Davis District Farmington UT Davis 70,323 2,898 4,132 101 Greenville 01 Greenville SC Greenville 69,444 4,297 3,229 91 Fort Bend Independent School District Sugar Land TX Fort Bend 67,992 4,320 4,456 67 Pasco Land O Lakes FL Pasco 66,314 4,378 3,242 100 Washoe County School District Reno NV Washoe 65,663 3,641 3,110 104 Seminole Sanford FL Seminole 65,378 4,136 4,189 77 Volusia Deland FL Volusia 64,488 4,322 3,825 95 Mobile County Mobile AL Mobile 64,375 4,049 3,170 115 See notes at end of table. A-3 Table A-1.—Selected statistics for the 100 largest public elementary and secondary school districts in the United States and jurisdictions, by school district: Table A-1.—School years 2006–07 and 2007–08—Continued Number Number of full- Number of Number of time-equivalent 2006–07 of Name of reporting district City State County students1 (FTE) teachers2 completers3 schools4 Alpine District American Fork UT Utah 63,856 2,339 3,061 70 Arlington Independent School District Arlington TX Tarrant 62,863 4,069 3,206 76 Elk Grove Unified Elk Grove CA Sacramento 62,294 2,985 3,678 64 North East Independent School District San Antonio TX Bexar 62,181 4,233 3,779 72 El Paso Independent School District El Paso TX El Paso 62,123 4,405 3,251 93 Aldine Independent School District Houston TX Harris 60,083 4,011 2,304 70 Tucson Unified District Tucson AZ Pima 59,327 3,476 3,281 125 Chesterfield County Public Schools Chesterfield VA Chesterfield 58,969 3,165 4,169 63 District of Columbia Public Schools District Of Columbia DC District Of Columbia 58,191 4,400 2,489 166 Garland Independent School District Garland TX Dallas 57,169 3,806 3,288 75 Santa Ana Unified Santa Ana CA Orange 57,061 2,593 2,243 59 San Bernardino City Unified San Bernardino CA San Bernardino 56,727 2,594 2,094 72 Boston Boston MA Suffolk 56,168 4,372 3,376 138 Columbus City Columbus OH Franklin 55,269 2,962 2,464 136 San Francisco Unified San Francisco CA San Francisco 55,069 3,114 3,403 111 San Antonio Independent School District San Antonio TX Bexar 54,779 3,388 2,140 105 Knox County School District Knoxville TN Knox 54,490 3,734 3,391 86 Katy Independent School District Katy TX Fort Bend 54,402 3,674 3,323 53 Loudoun County Public Schools Ashburn VA Loudoun 53,961 3,192 2,829 70 Plano Independent School District Plano TX Collin 53,683 4,003 3,197 81 Cumberland County Schools Fayetteville NC Cumberland 53,295 3,692 3,009 89 Douglas County School District No Re 1 Castle Rock CO Douglas 52,983 2,951 2,855 72 Cleveland Municipal City Cleveland OH Cuyahoga 52,954 3,512 2,112 106 Osceola Kissimmee FL Osceola 52,742 3,054 3,015 60 Clayton County Jonesboro GA Clayton 52,717 3,630 2,431 64 Capistrano Unified San Juan Capistrano CA Orange 52,390 2,238 3,038 61 Forsyth County Schools Winston Salem NC Forsyth 51,738 3,847 2,744 77 Corona Norco Unified Norco CA Riverside 51,322 2,387 2,989 50 Pasadena Independent School District Pasadena TX Harris 50,757 3,333 1,984 64 Cherry Creek 5 Greenwood Village CO Arapahoe 50,601 2,942 3,344 56 Atlanta Public Schools Atlanta GA Fulton 49,991 3,766 2,050 113 Lewisville Independent School District Flower Mound TX Denton 49,636 3,578 2,918 63 Howard County Public Schools Ellicott City MD Howard 49,542 3,757 3,576 73 Anchorage School District Anchorage AK Anchorage 48,857 2,685 2,927 96 Brownsville Independent School District Brownsville TX Cameron 48,837 3,273 1,958 54 Garden Grove Unified Garden Grove CA Orange 48,669 2,107 2,711 67 Henrico County Public Schools Richmond VA Henrico 48,620 2,696 3,019 70 Sacramento City Unified Sacramento CA Sacramento 48,446 2,404 2,236 91 Omaha Public Schools Omaha NE Douglas 47,763 3,333 2,276 98 San Juan Unified Carmichael CA Sacramento 47,400 2,240 3,748 77 † Not applicable. # Rounds to zero. 2 Full-time equivalent (FTE) is the amount of time required to perform an assignment stated as a proportion of a full-time position. It is computed by dividing the amount of time employed by the amount of time normally required for a full-time position. FTE is not a head count; for example, 2 half-time employees represent 1 FTE. 3 The number of total completers for the entire 100 largest school districts includes districts that reported diploma data but did not report other completer data. The number of total completers for individual districts that reported diploma data but did not report other completer data were set to missing. Therefore, the number of total completers for the entire 100 largest school districts is greater than the sum of the district-level total completer counts. 4 Totals for number of schools may differ from published estimates since they exclude closed, inactive, and future schools. 1 Count of students receiving educational services from the school district may differ somewhat from the counts in table A-10, which reflects the count of students from the schools aggregated up to the school district. 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, "Local Education Agency Universe Survey," 2007–08, Version 1a, and "Local Education Universe Survey Dropout and Completion Restricted-Use Data File," 2006–07, Version 1a. 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). A-4 Table A-2.—Mean, minimum, median, maximum, and percentile distribution of public elementary and secondary regular school size in the 100 largest school districts Table A-2.—in the United States and jurisdictions, by school district: School year 2007–08 Regular schools Mean having school 10th 25th 75th 90th Name of reporting district State membership membership Minimum percentile percentile Median percentile percentile Maximum Total † 15,225 715.6 1 235 381 580 855 1,296 6,306 New York City Public Schools NY 1356 685.4 9 248 384 546 805 1,163 4,476 Los Angeles Unified CA 743 900.4 30 223 386 626 1,049 2,075 4,690 Puerto Rico Department of Education PR 1448 350.3 37 123 193 309 462 642 1,355 City of Chicago School District 299 IL 604 662.9 41 240 342 526 764 1,279 6,306 Dade FL 374 918.8 12 244 484 748 1,106 1,680 4,247 Clark County School District NV 310 981.6 6 456 642 809 1,037 1,638 3,549 Broward FL 263 959.1 10 143 568 804 1,185 1,981 5,492 Houston Independent School District TX 273 717.3 17 316 430 632 840 1,158 3,361 Hillsborough FL 228 826.5 3 261 523 733 947 1,577 2,822 Hawaii Department of Education HI 282 637.0 23 184 343 526 795 1,203 2,564 Orange FL 191 895.8 21 249 516 734 1,009 1,364 4,312 Philadelphia City School District PA 256 621.1 143 297 396 513 732 992 3,309 Palm Beach FL 186 896.8 22 202 556 819 1,097 1,507 3,305 Fairfax County Public Schools VA 186 885.6 266 412 532 708 923 1,806 4,037 Dallas Independent School District TX 221 708.4 123 320 449 631 850 1,136 5,094 Gwinnett County GA 105 1,471.7 133 657 998 1,233 1,810 2,761 3,997 Montgomery County Public Schools MD 193 708.0 204 347 428 557 769 1,447 2,764 Wake County Schools NC 150 893.4 41 464 571 804 1,045 1,708 2,565 San Diego Unified CA 205 626.0 79 256 352 498 734 1,243 2,699 Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools NC 156 834.2 57 366 516 754 1,013 1,373 2,839 Prince George's County Public Schools MD 190 657.5 38 266 370 527 715 1,118 2,933 Duval FL 159 768.0 37 288 398 570 1,034 1,325 3,077 Memphis City School District TN 180 639.1 52 281 387 534 801 1,095 2,187 Pinellas FL 126 820.6 69 383 526 637 978 1,942 2,343 Detroit City School District MI 175 579.8 38 248 322 505 670 980 2,519 Cobb County GA 110 974.7 261 488 612 849 1,082 1,903 2,967 Baltimore County Public Schools MD 149 666.2 189 342 425 514 790 1,268 2,320 Dekalb County GA 139 713.2 12 275 397 592 972 1,314 2,155 Cypress Fairbanks Independent School District TX 70 1,377.6 785 879 953 1,083 1,405 3,090 3,933 Albuquerque Public Schools NM 158 592.4 59 155 325 469 708 1,068 2,765 Jefferson County KY 137 677.4 9 368 466 551 771 1,108 1,933 Polk FL 123 740.0 16 325 498 628 846 1,212 2,537 Long Beach Unified CA 87 982.4 10 348 530 841 1,019 1,262 4,666 Milwaukee School District WI 203 422.1 1 83 201 362 539 811 2,245 Northside Independent School District TX 83 1,025.6 355 550 637 764 1,122 1,662 3,319 Fulton County GA 92 930.5 12 496 663 811 999 1,707 2,689 Jefferson County School District No R 1 CO 152 557.4 48 254 351 455 608 1,013 2,093 Jordan District UT 83 1,007.5 441 556 642 887 1,133 1,645 2,931 Austin Independent School District TX 108 751.5 213 350 489 653 875 1,154 2,781 Baltimore City Public Schools MD 167 428.2 49 203 295 376 521 690 1,497 Lee FL 89 883.8 33 393 617 846 1,044 1,564 2,123 Fort Worth Independent School District TX 117 658.3 198 355 443 562 773 1,017 2,230 Fresno Unified CA 97 764.0 109 338 471 673 772 1,001 3,300 Granite District UT 87 820.1 144 478 589 740 893 1,264 2,199 Brevard FL 93 789.5 60 403 496 689 850 1,427 2,752 Davidson County School District TN 129 565.9 60 248 327 476 647 976 2,904 Anne Arundel County Public Schools MD 109 664.2 104 257 372 501 722 1,425 2,661 Denver County 1 CO 137 515.4 69 227 341 449 589 853 2,058 Mesa Unified District AZ 84 861.0 53 462 603 746 887 1,435 2,727 Prince William County Public Schools VA 81 901.1 213 459 538 726 1,023 1,636 2,661 Va Beach City Public Schools VA 82 883.9 299 414 514 632 1,117 1,984 2,540 Guilford County Schools NC 112 639.6 84 221 388 573 776 1,092 2,193 Davis District UT 79 837.8 249 443 554 755 1,015 1,366 2,465 Greenville 01 SC 85 815.0 72 381 583 728 996 1,289 2,306 Fort Bend Independent School District TX 64 1,059.7 397 605 723 852 1,223 2,121 2,785 Pasco FL 73 899.0 149 416 640 773 1,072 1,629 2,546 Washoe County School District NV 100 646.5 17 213 416 562 739 1,118 2,438 Seminole FL 61 1,057.7 25 581 718 837 1,140 2,330 3,155 Volusia FL 71 889.8 30 345 483 735 952 1,770 3,448 Mobile County AL 95 673.1 14 279 433 569 807 1,347 2,531 See notes at end of table. School size at different percentile levels A-5 Table A-2.—Mean, minimum, median, maximum, and percentile distribution of public elementary and secondary regular school size in the 100 largest school districts Table A-2.—in the United States and jurisdictions, by school district: School year 2007–08—Continued Regular schools Mean having school 10th 25th 75th 90th Name of reporting district State membership membership Minimum percentile percentile Median percentile percentile Maximum Alpine District UT 64 976.4 137 520 695 898 1,230 1,499 2,317 Arlington Independent School District TX 70 886.0 32 544 607 707 873 1,112 3,270 Elk Grove Unified CA 57 961.8 236 451 696 864 1,036 1,831 2,640 North East Independent School District TX 62 997.8 366 482 593 841 1,040 1,386 3,385 El Paso Independent School District TX 81 760.7 221 399 484 633 840 1,296 3,109 Aldine Independent School District TX 65 916.6 103 637 719 848 934 1,167 2,775 Tucson Unified District AZ 110 528.7 4 199 307 419 582 945 2,891 Chesterfield County Public Schools VA 60 975.1 181 544 627 802 1,234 1,721 2,492 District of Columbia Public Schools DC 133 368.5 82 187 234 299 410 579 1,604 Garland Independent School District TX 69 820.0 290 401 507 636 775 2,044 2,604 Santa Ana Unified CA 55 1,015.1 79 458 649 859 1,254 1,668 3,675 San Bernardino City Unified CA 61 869.1 181 398 534 693 848 1,460 3,070 Boston MA 120 424.9 100 165 231 333 484 708 2,427 Columbus City OH 124 440.0 31 222 297 378 513 764 1,311 San Francisco Unified CA 108 478.0 53 202 238 343 525 918 2,563 San Antonio Independent School District TX 90 598.6 35 307 387 532 643 834 2,104 Knox County School District TN 77 705.1 113 265 396 627 990 1,230 2,075 Katy Independent School District TX 46 1,178.2 333 689 790 969 1,239 2,594 2,874 Loudoun County Public Schools VA 70 770.9 80 266 519 735 1,043 1,274 1,736 Plano Independent School District TX 66 810.8 335 443 531 639 922 1,315 2,696 Cumberland County Schools NC 81 649.3 69 249 357 582 782 1,222 1,855 Douglas County School District No Re 1 CO 69 764.1 77 385 518 642 829 1,476 2,345 Cleveland Municipal City OH 106 491.8 90 241 327 418 585 782 1,762 Osceola FL 46 1,125.5 58 685 767 1,067 1,344 1,803 2,406 Clayton County GA 59 893.5 193 517 613 819 942 1,638 2,208 Capistrano Unified CA 56 855.0 75 376 488 609 831 1,677 3,269 Forsyth County Schools NC 68 745.6 67 304 487 669 944 1,409 1,930 Corona Norco Unified CA 42 1,131.9 446 623 735 917 1,079 2,169 4,069 Pasadena Independent School District TX 54 937.9 498 558 647 778 890 1,376 3,198 Cherry Creek 5 CO 55 920.0 333 454 537 655 1,138 1,927 3,719 Atlanta Public Schools GA 103 467.0 11 198 294 405 534 830 1,852 Lewisville Independent School District TX 60 822.1 252 451 551 670 793 1,071 2,983 Howard County Public Schools MD 70 704.8 290 426 510 622 725 1,307 1,504 Anchorage School District AK 84 549.7 43 254 349 425 518 927 2,191 Brownsville Independent School District TX 48 1,015.8 306 498 720 866 1,146 2,214 3,127 Garden Grove Unified CA 63 761.8 262 393 529 621 725 1,774 2,253 Henrico County Public Schools VA 65 747.0 55 349 479 532 876 1,693 2,035 Sacramento City Unified CA 84 553.0 95 256 329 443 559 875 2,234 Omaha Public Schools NE 90 527.1 11 157 300 410 594 803 2,549 San Juan Unified CA 68 674.8 45 360 437 519 711 1,650 2,990 † Not applicable. School size at different percentile levels 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). How to read this table: Using the City of Chicago School District 299 as an example, the table shows that the smallest 25 percent of regular schools have a pupil membership of 342 or less, and largest 25 percent have a membership of 764 or more. If all the regular schools in the City of Chicago School District were listed by size, the school at the midpoint on the list (the median) would have 526 pupils in membership. Dividing all City of Chicago School District students in regular schools by the number of such schools yields a mean, or average, size of 662.9 students. 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. A-6 Table A-3.—Median pupil/teacher ratios in regular public elementary and secondary schools in the 100 largest school districts in the United States and Table A-3.—jurisdictions, by specified instructional level and school district: School year 2007–08 Regular schools having Name of reporting district State membership Primary Middle High Other Reporting districts1 † 15.5 15.2 15.7 17.1 13.9 New York City Public Schools NY 14.0 13.5 14.0 16.8 15.2 Los Angeles Unified CA 17.2 16.9 18.5 18.6 17.9 Puerto Rico Department of Education PR 12.2 11.7 13.5 15.0 12.0 City of Chicago School District 299 IL 19.1 19.6 18.3 17.4 ‡ Dade FL 14.1 13.5 17.5 19.6 13.0 Clark County School District NV 17.7 16.9 23.4 23.2 16.3 Broward FL ‡ 14.7 ‡ 18.6 ‡ Houston Independent School District TX 16.4 16.4 15.8 16.4 16.1 Hillsborough FL 13.6 13.0 16.2 18.1 ‡ Hawaii Department of Education HI 15.7 15.6 16.1 16.0 17.4 Orange FL 15.1 14.7 16.8 18.8 18.3 Philadelphia City School District PA 16.5 16.4 15.3 18.3 ‡ Palm Beach FL 14.8 14.0 17.0 16.4 13.3 Fairfax County Public Schools VA 17.9 16.6 18.8 19.8 † Dallas Independent School District TX 14.4 15.0 12.5 13.3 14.6 Gwinnett County GA 13.9 13.2 15.1 17.0 7.3 Montgomery County Public Schools MD 14.4 13.7 15.1 16.7 † Wake County Schools NC 14.9 14.6 14.8 15.3 16.3 San Diego Unified CA 16.5 16.1 17.7 18.4 20.0 Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools NC 14.5 14.8 15.4 13.5 14.3 Prince George's County Public Schools MD 14.5 14.3 14.3 16.0 † Duval FL 15.3 14.7 17.2 18.7 18.8 Memphis City School District TN 16.5 15.7 17.6 20.0 36.1 Pinellas FL 15.4 14.7 17.2 18.9 — Detroit City School District MI 17.3 17.1 17.9 18.7 14.0 Cobb County GA 13.1 12.3 13.7 15.6 † Baltimore County Public Schools MD 14.8 15.0 14.2 14.4 † Dekalb County GA 14.0 13.8 14.4 16.2 ‡ Cypress Fairbanks Independent School District TX 15.7 15.7 15.5 15.9 18.1 Albuquerque Public Schools NM 14.1 13.9 13.7 16.8 14.5 Jefferson County KY 16.8 16.8 17.4 16.8 15.9 Polk FL 14.1 13.6 14.6 17.2 15.1 Long Beach Unified CA 17.0 16.8 19.5 21.5 10.2 Milwaukee School District WI 17.3 16.1 18.2 19.7 ‡ Northside Independent School District TX 15.3 14.9 16.8 17.1 † Fulton County GA 13.4 13.2 13.0 15.8 — Jefferson County School District No R 1 CO 17.8 17.4 18.3 19.9 15.9 Jordan District UT 25.9 25.6 26.6 27.5 25.9 Austin Independent School District TX 14.3 14.1 13.7 15.5 † Baltimore City Public Schools MD 14.1 14.4 12.1 14.6 13.3 Lee FL 15.6 15.1 17.3 18.7 16.8 Fort Worth Independent School District TX 16.9 17.2 15.5 15.2 † Fresno Unified CA 17.3 17.3 16.7 20.1 15.6 Granite District UT 25.6 25.6 26.4 25.3 25.5 Brevard FL 14.6 14.1 16.3 17.7 † Davidson County School District TN 14.8 13.7 16.8 19.1 20.8 Anne Arundel County Public Schools MD 14.9 14.5 15.6 17.2 † Denver County 1 CO 18.0 17.9 16.7 19.5 19.6 Mesa Unified District AZ 19.1 18.7 19.5 20.1 505.0 Prince William County Public Schools VA 19.3 17.4 20.4 20.7 † Va Beach City Public Schools VA 18.6 18.2 18.6 18.9 † Guilford County Schools NC 14.5 14.2 15.1 14.4 10.8 Davis District UT 24.1 24.2 24.2 23.0 23.5 Greenville 01 SC 15.7 15.2 15.7 18.2 9.7 Fort Bend Independent School District TX 15.7 15.3 16.6 16.7 † Pasco FL 14.3 13.6 14.7 17.8 15.4 Washoe County School District NV 19.2 18.4 19.4 22.5 14.8 Seminole FL 14.3 13.8 17.0 17.9 † Volusia FL 13.9 13.7 16.0 16.1 9.1 Mobile County AL 15.1 14.5 16.0 16.7 † See notes at end of table. Median pupil/teacher ratio Instructional level A-7 Table A-3.—Median pupil/teacher ratios in regular public elementary and secondary schools in the 100 largest school districts in the United States and Table A-3.—jurisdictions, by specified instructional level and school district: School year 2007–08—Continued Regular schools having Name of reporting district State membership Primary Middle High Other Alpine District UT 26.5 25.6 29.7 26.7 † Arlington Independent School District TX 15.9 16.2 14.5 15.3 4.6 Elk Grove Unified CA 16.7 16.3 19.1 18.3 18.0 North East Independent School District TX 14.5 14.4 14.3 15.9 † El Paso Independent School District TX 14.2 14.0 14.2 15.5 14.4 Aldine Independent School District TX 15.2 15.7 14.6 16.1 14.5 Tucson Unified District AZ 17.2 17.3 15.4 17.5 — Chesterfield County Public Schools VA 18.8 19.3 18.0 18.7 † District of Columbia Public Schools DC ‡ ‡ ‡ ‡ ‡ Garland Independent School District TX 15.1 15.1 16.3 14.4 † Santa Ana Unified CA 19.8 19.6 23.2 21.9 † San Bernardino City Unified CA 18.1 17.4 21.7 23.5 20.8 Boston MA 12.9 12.8 12.1 15.4 9.9 Columbus City OH 21.6 23.0 18.9 20.3 ‡ San Francisco Unified CA 15.4 15.5 15.4 14.7 † San Antonio Independent School District TX 16.5 16.5 17.6 16.0 † Knox County School District TN 16.2 15.6 16.3 17.1 † Katy Independent School District TX 14.9 14.5 15.6 15.2 † Loudoun County Public Schools VA 16.8 17.6 14.9 17.5 15.5 Plano Independent School District TX 13.3 13.1 15.3 16.1 15.0 Cumberland County Schools NC 14.8 14.7 15.0 15.1 13.5 Douglas County School District No Re 1 CO 17.9 17.8 18.1 17.8 18.0 Cleveland Municipal City OH 15.2 15.1 15.5 15.3 14.4 Osceola FL 16.6 15.8 17.6 19.4 18.5 Clayton County GA 14.4 14.2 13.8 17.5 † Capistrano Unified CA 19.8 19.2 22.0 25.3 15.1 Forsyth County Schools NC 14.0 12.9 14.3 15.6 12.4 Corona Norco Unified CA 19.0 18.5 22.7 20.7 † Pasadena Independent School District TX 15.6 15.5 15.8 16.1 † Cherry Creek 5 CO 17.5 17.6 16.9 18.3 † Atlanta Public Schools GA 13.2 12.9 13.1 14.1 14.5 Lewisville Independent School District TX 13.9 13.9 12.8 15.6 14.8 Howard County Public Schools MD 13.4 13.1 13.4 15.1 † Anchorage School District AK 16.6 16.3 16.6 21.1 18.5 Brownsville Independent School District TX 15.4 15.9 14.4 14.9 † Garden Grove Unified CA 21.5 21.3 23.5 22.8 † Henrico County Public Schools VA 17.7 17.2 18.5 20.8 † Sacramento City Unified CA 18.2 18.2 18.2 17.9 † Omaha Public Schools NE 14.5 14.5 13.5 17.5 † San Juan Unified CA 19.9 19.3 22.1 22.6 13.2 † Not applicable. 1 Totals do not include districts in which data were not available. — Not available. 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. Instructional level Median pupil/teacher ratio ‡ Reporting standards were not met. Data were missing for more than 20 percent of schools. Ratios for the District of Columbia Public Schools were suppressed because full- time-equivalent (FTE) teachers did not appear to be reliably distributed across schools. See appendix B, Data Quality, for more information. 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). Primary = low grade, PK to 3; high grade, up to 8. Middle = low grade, 4 to 7; high grade, 4 to 9. High = low grade, 7 to 12; high grade 12. Other = any other combination, including PK, K, or 1 to 12. Pupil/teacher ratios are calculated using FTE teachers. A-8 Table A-4.—Number of regular public elementary and secondary schools in the 100 largest school districts in the United States and jurisdictions, by specified Table A-4.—instructional level and school district: School year 2007–08 Regular schools Instructional level Name of reporting district State having membership Primary Middle High Other Total † 15,225 10,025 2,490 2,080 630 New York City Public Schools NY 1,356 715 263 245 133 Los Angeles Unified CA 743 523 94 101 25 Puerto Rico Department of Education PR 1,448 870 232 161 185 City of Chicago School District 299 IL 604 468 21 84 31 Dade FL 374 243 70 55 6 Clark County School District NV 310 210 57 37 6 Broward FL 263 168 57 33 5 Houston Independent School District TX 273 192 46 30 5 Hillsborough FL 228 151 47 25 5 Hawaii Department of Education HI 282 181 38 41 22 Orange FL 191 130 33 24 4 Philadelphia City School District PA 256 175 29 39 13 Palm Beach FL 186 121 35 29 1 Fairfax County Public Schools VA 186 138 23 25 0 Dallas Independent School District TX 221 153 37 29 2 Gwinnett County GA 105 67 20 15 3 Montgomery County Public Schools MD 193 130 38 25 0 Wake County Schools NC 150 95 31 21 3 San Diego Unified CA 205 133 34 33 5 Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools NC 156 95 30 24 7 Prince George's County Public Schools MD 190 142 26 22 0 Duval FL 159 109 28 19 3 Memphis City School District TN 180 112 33 31 4 Pinellas FL 126 85 23 17 1 Detroit City School District MI 175 131 14 26 4 Cobb County GA 110 70 24 16 0 Baltimore County Public Schools MD 149 101 27 21 0 Dekalb County GA 139 90 22 24 3 Cypress Fairbanks Independent School District TX 70 47 15 7 1 Albuquerque Public Schools NM 158 93 32 27 6 Jefferson County KY 137 99 17 11 10 Polk FL 123 82 21 15 5 Long Beach Unified CA 87 64 13 8 2 Milwaukee School District WI 203 125 17 44 17 Northside Independent School District TX 83 59 15 9 0 Fulton County GA 92 55 22 13 2 Jefferson County School District No R 1 CO 152 105 23 21 3 Jordan District UT 83 58 14 8 3 Austin Independent School District TX 108 79 17 12 0 Baltimore City Public Schools MD 167 120 18 22 7 Lee FL 89 55 17 15 2 Fort Worth Independent School District TX 117 80 24 13 0 Fresno Unified CA 97 65 16 12 4 Granite District UT 87 61 12 9 5 Brevard FL 93 65 13 15 0 Davidson County School District TN 129 75 37 15 2 Anne Arundel County Public Schools MD 109 78 19 12 0 Denver County 1 CO 137 97 17 15 8 Mesa Unified District AZ 84 59 14 8 3 Prince William County Public Schools VA 81 56 15 10 0 Va Beach City Public Schools VA 82 56 15 11 0 Guilford County Schools NC 112 68 19 23 2 Davis District UT 79 55 14 7 3 Greenville 01 SC 85 50 18 15 2 Fort Bend Independent School District TX 64 41 13 10 0 Pasco FL 73 47 12 11 3 Washoe County School District NV 100 68 16 15 1 Seminole FL 61 40 12 9 0 Volusia FL 71 49 12 8 2 Mobile County AL 95 61 20 14 0 See notes at end of table. A-9 Table A-4.—Number of regular public elementary and secondary schools in the 100 largest school districts in the United States and jurisdictions, by specified Table A-4.—instructional level and school district: School year 2007–08—Continued Regular schools Instructional level Name of reporting district State having membership Primary Middle High Other Alpine District UT 64 47 10 7 0 Arlington Independent School District TX 70 51 12 6 1 Elk Grove Unified CA 57 40 8 8 1 North East Independent School District TX 62 42 13 7 0 El Paso Independent School District TX 81 55 14 11 1 Aldine Independent School District TX 65 35 19 5 6 Tucson Unified District AZ 110 74 18 17 1 Chesterfield County Public Schools VA 60 39 11 10 0 District of Columbia Public Schools DC 133 97 19 14 3 Garland Independent School District TX 69 50 12 7 0 Santa Ana Unified CA 55 38 9 8 0 San Bernardino City Unified CA 61 43 9 6 3 Boston MA 120 78 15 25 2 Columbus City OH 124 80 23 18 3 San Francisco Unified CA 108 71 17 20 0 San Antonio Independent School District TX 90 66 16 8 0 Knox County School District TN 77 50 14 13 0 Katy Independent School District TX 46 30 10 6 0 Loudoun County Public Schools VA 70 47 12 8 3 Plano Independent School District TX 66 46 12 3 5 Cumberland County Schools NC 81 51 15 12 3 Douglas County School District No Re 1 CO 69 51 9 7 2 Cleveland Municipal City OH 106 82 1 17 6 Osceola FL 46 29 7 9 1 Clayton County GA 59 37 14 8 0 Capistrano Unified CA 56 36 12 6 2 Forsyth County Schools NC 68 40 13 13 2 Corona Norco Unified CA 42 30 7 5 0 Pasadena Independent School District TX 54 34 15 5 0 Cherry Creek 5 CO 55 40 9 6 0 Atlanta Public Schools GA 103 62 19 12 10 Lewisville Independent School District TX 60 39 15 5 1 Howard County Public Schools MD 70 40 18 12 0 Anchorage School District AK 84 63 9 11 1 Brownsville Independent School District TX 48 33 10 5 0 Garden Grove Unified CA 63 46 10 7 0 Henrico County Public Schools VA 65 44 12 9 0 Sacramento City Unified CA 84 62 10 12 0 Omaha Public Schools NE 90 72 11 7 0 San Juan Unified CA 68 45 10 9 4 † 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). Primary = low grade, PK to 3; high grade, up to 8. Middle = low grade, 4 to 7; high grade, 4 to 9. High = low grade, 7 to 12; high grade 12. Other = any other combination, including PK, K, or 1 to 12. 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. A-10 Table A-5.—Percentage distribution of full-time-equivalent (FTE) staffing types in public elementary and secondary schools in the 100 largest school districts in the Table A-5.—United States and jurisdictions, by school district: School year 2007–08 Instruc- Library LEA2 School Total tional Guidance media admini- admini- Other Name of reporting district State staff Teachers support counselors staff strators strators staff3 Reporting districts4 † 1,288,975 53.4 9.9 1.9 1.2 0.8 2.8 29.9 New York City Public Schools NY 76,673 79.0 1.7 3.5 0.7 0.6 5.3 9.2 Los Angeles Unified CA 67,997 51.4 16.2 1.7 0.2 0.8 2.3 27.4 Puerto Rico Department of Education PR 71,847 56.8 1.0 1.3 1.8 0.8 2.0 36.3 City of Chicago School District 299 IL 26,974 77.6 1.4 0.9 1.1 — 1.8 17.2 Dade FL 39,853 55.3 6.5 2.5 1.5 0.6 2.6 31.0 Clark County School District NV 19,684 83.5 5.6 3.0 1.5 1.0 3.6 1.8 Broward FL 27,335 54.6 5.8 2.1 1.7 0.3 2.4 33.2 Houston Independent School District TX 24,294 49.3 7.0 0.9 0.8 2.3 2.7 37.1 Hillsborough FL 24,692 51.7 9.5 1.6 1.0 0.2 2.5 33.6 Hawaii Department of Education HI 21,652 52.6 13.2 3.0 1.5 1.1 2.5 26.0 Orange FL 22,866 48.6 9.7 1.6 0.8 0.4 2.0 36.9 Philadelphia City School District PA 21,593 49.4 8.3 1.6 0.4 0.3 2.3 37.7 Palm Beach FL 19,550 54.9 5.3 1.9 2.2 0.8 2.7 32.1 Fairfax County Public Schools VA 32,283 29.3 13.1 1.8 1.0 0.6 2.1 52.1 Dallas Independent School District TX 20,830 54.7 8.9 2.1 1.6 1.2 2.6 29.0 Gwinnett County GA 19,733 54.9 9.9 1.6 1.2 0.4 2.8 29.2 Montgomery County Public Schools MD 20,172 47.8 11.4 2.3 2.0 3.7 2.5 30.3 Wake County Schools NC 16,556 54.5 14.3 2.2 1.3 1.3 2.5 23.9 San Diego Unified CA 14,726 47.4 18.5 1.4 0.2 0.3 2.9 29.2 Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools NC 17,945 51.0 11.6 1.5 1.4 0.6 2.5 31.3 Prince George's County Public Schools MD 18,454 48.8 7.9 2.1 0.9 2.0 3.2 35.1 Duval FL 12,967 60.5 9.4 1.8 1.2 1.4 3.2 22.5 Memphis City School District TN 13,135 54.9 8.8 2.2 1.3 # 3.0 29.8 Pinellas FL 14,225 49.5 12.9 1.7 1.1 0.5 2.5 31.8 Detroit City School District MI 14,817 43.2 11.4 1.6 0.5 1.4 2.6 39.2 Cobb County GA 14,439 56.2 11.5 1.9 1.2 0.6 2.4 26.2 Baltimore County Public Schools MD 14,202 51.9 7.5 2.1 1.3 2.4 3.0 31.8 Dekalb County GA 14,620 47.9 12.0 2.1 1.7 0.4 3.1 32.8 Cypress Fairbanks Independent School District TX 12,059 51.9 7.4 1.8 0.7 1.1 3.2 33.9 Albuquerque Public Schools NM 13,210 48.0 16.8 1.7 0.7 2.5 3.3 27.0 Jefferson County KY 13,980 43.3 15.6 1.7 1.8 0.3 2.2 35.1 Polk FL 13,027 51.5 11.2 1.6 1.7 0.5 2.2 31.3 Long Beach Unified CA 7,842 53.7 14.9 2.3 0.8 0.2 1.8 26.4 Milwaukee School District WI 9,640 49.8 16.0 0.8 0.6 0.1 2.7 30.0 Northside Independent School District TX 11,553 47.7 9.8 2.0 1.4 0.1 2.9 36.1 Fulton County GA 11,874 52.3 11.8 1.6 1.6 0.4 2.5 29.8 Jefferson County School District No R 1 CO 10,671 45.8 19.3 1.4 1.4 1.1 2.8 28.2 Jordan District UT 6,508 50.9 16.7 1.2 0.6 0.4 2.5 27.6 Austin Independent School District TX 11,100 52.6 7.3 1.6 1.5 0.5 4.2 32.4 Baltimore City Public Schools MD 11,710 50.2 12.6 1.4 0.9 3.6 4.6 26.7 Lee FL 9,619 51.5 8.5 1.5 1.1 0.7 2.4 34.3 Fort Worth Independent School District TX 10,318 48.5 8.8 1.9 1.4 0.9 5.5 33.0 Fresno Unified CA 7,002 56.0 13.3 1.3 0.3 0.2 1.9 26.9 Granite District UT 6,110 52.2 14.4 1.6 0.4 0.7 2.3 28.4 Brevard FL 9,058 51.0 9.4 2.1 1.1 0.5 2.8 33.2 Davidson County School District TN 9,972 50.5 7.6 2.8 2.1 # 2.4 34.6 Anne Arundel County Public Schools MD 9,263 54.0 9.2 2.3 2.8 3.2 3.1 25.5 Denver County 1 CO 8,582 48.3 17.0 0.9 1.5 1.5 3.3 27.5 Mesa Unified District AZ 7,658 49.7 16.3 1.5 1.8 0.3 1.7 28.7 Prince William County Public Schools VA 10,496 36.7 11.0 1.8 1.8 1.0 2.0 45.8 Va Beach City Public Schools VA 11,008 36.8 17.7 1.7 2.8 0.8 2.2 38.1 Guilford County Schools NC 10,083 49.8 13.7 2.4 1.5 0.5 2.1 30.0 Davis District UT 5,787 50.1 18.4 1.9 1.4 0.7 2.2 25.5 Greenville 01 SC 5,840 73.6 14.3 2.7 1.8 0.3 3.4 4.0 Fort Bend Independent School District TX 8,933 48.4 7.0 1.5 1.5 0.6 4.9 36.1 Pasco FL 9,026 48.5 9.5 1.9 1.1 0.5 2.1 36.4 Washoe County School District NV 4,267 85.3 3.6 3.8 0.6 0.9 3.9 1.8 Seminole FL 7,559 54.7 8.5 1.6 1.1 0.3 2.7 31.1 Volusia FL 8,762 49.3 7.3 2.0 0.8 0.5 2.4 37.7 Mobile County AL 9,131 44.3 — 1.5 1.9 0.2 2.6 49.5 See notes at end of table. Percentage distribution of full-time-equivalent (FTE)1 staff, by type A-11 Table A-5.—Percentage distribution of full-time-equivalent (FTE) staffing types in public elementary and secondary schools in the 100 largest school districts in the Table A-5.—United States and jurisdictions, by school district: School year 2007–08—Continued Instruc- Library LEA2 School Total tional Guidance media admini- admini- Other Name of reporting district State staff Teachers support counselors staff strators strators staff3 Alpine District UT 4,602 50.8 17.2 1.4 1.6 0.5 2.3 26.2 Arlington Independent School District TX 8,126 50.1 11.8 1.6 1.0 0.2 4.2 31.2 Elk Grove Unified CA 5,093 58.6 8.7 1.7 0.3 0.2 2.9 27.5 North East Independent School District TX 8,218 51.5 9.0 1.9 1.5 0.1 2.8 33.2 El Paso Independent School District TX 8,714 50.6 6.6 1.6 1.3 0.2 2.5 37.2 Aldine Independent School District TX 8,140 49.3 12.3 1.9 0.8 0.8 3.5 31.4 Tucson Unified District AZ 6,328 54.9 11.6 2.0 1.5 0.1 2.9 27.0 Chesterfield County Public Schools VA 8,121 39.0 15.9 2.0 2.1 0.4 2.1 38.6 District of Columbia Public Schools DC 7,930 55.5 14.8 1.4 1.4 2.6 3.3 21.1 Garland Independent School District TX 7,255 52.5 5.3 1.9 1.4 1.0 3.0 34.9 Santa Ana Unified CA 4,489 57.8 8.7 1.5 # 0.2 2.7 29.1 San Bernardino City Unified CA 4,581 56.6 8.7 2.3 0.2 1.9 2.3 28.1 Boston MA 7,792 56.1 13.8 0.7 — 1.7 4.9 22.8 Columbus City OH 7,317 40.5 11.0 1.6 1.8 0.3 2.4 42.5 San Francisco Unified CA 4,694 66.3 16.7 1.9 1.1 1.0 3.9 9.2 San Antonio Independent School District TX 7,564 44.8 12.8 1.8 1.2 1.2 2.3 35.9 Knox County School District TN 6,991 53.4 12.8 2.3 1.7 0.1 2.7 26.9 Katy Independent School District TX 6,788 54.1 8.8 1.4 1.4 0.9 2.8 30.6 Loudoun County Public Schools VA 9,888 32.3 16.2 1.8 2.5 0.3 1.8 45.2 Plano Independent School District TX 6,894 58.1 10.9 2.1 2.3 0.1 2.2 24.3 Cumberland County Schools NC 7,547 48.9 15.7 2.1 1.4 0.3 2.4 29.2 Douglas County School District No Re 1 CO 6,328 46.6 21.5 1.2 1.5 0.9 2.7 25.7 Cleveland Municipal City OH 7,713 45.5 7.6 0.9 1.3 0.3 2.5 41.8 Osceola FL 6,784 45.0 11.4 1.4 0.8 0.5 1.8 39.1 Clayton County GA 7,671 47.3 11.2 1.5 1.6 1.3 3.2 33.8 Capistrano Unified CA 3,850 58.1 9.4 0.4 0.2 0.3 2.1 29.5 Forsyth County Schools NC 7,335 52.4 15.0 1.9 1.0 0.3 2.6 26.8 Corona Norco Unified CA 3,995 59.7 10.6 1.4 0.1 0.3 1.2 26.7 Pasadena Independent School District TX 6,893 48.3 6.5 1.1 1.0 0.2 4.9 37.9 Cherry Creek 5 CO 6,125 48.0 18.6 1.1 1.0 0.6 1.7 28.9 Atlanta Public Schools GA 6,947 54.2 14.0 1.8 1.3 2.8 2.6 23.4 Lewisville Independent School District TX 5,896 60.7 10.3 2.3 1.1 0.9 3.1 21.6 Howard County Public Schools MD 7,342 51.2 16.6 1.9 2.0 3.6 2.6 22.0 Anchorage School District AK 5,629 47.7 11.6 2.0 1.7 2.6 4.1 30.2 Brownsville Independent School District TX 7,323 44.7 11.6 1.9 1.4 0.7 3.2 36.5 Garden Grove Unified CA 3,842 54.8 13.3 1.0 0.4 0.2 3.2 27.0 Henrico County Public Schools VA 6,370 42.3 10.2 2.0 1.9 0.8 2.1 40.8 Sacramento City Unified CA 4,175 57.6 10.1 0.9 0.3 0.3 3.0 27.8 Omaha Public Schools NE 7,468 44.6 18.2 2.1 1.8 1.3 2.2 29.8 San Juan Unified CA 4,457 50.2 12.9 1.5 0.1 0.2 2.8 32.3 — Not available. † Not applicable. # Rounds to zero. 2 LEA stands for "Local Education Agency" (a.k.a. "school district"). 3 Includes adminstrative and student support staff, such as data processing, health, and transportation. 4 Totals do not include districts where data in which not available. Percentage distribution of full-time-equivalent (FTE)1 staff, by type SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "Local Education Agency Universe Survey," 2007–08, Version 1a. 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). Detail may not sum to total because of rounding. 1 Full-time equivalent (FTE) is the amount of time required to perform an assignment stated as a proportion of a full-time position. It is computed by dividing the amount of time employed by the amount of time normally required for a full-time position. FTE is not a head count; for example, 2 half-time employees represent 1 FTE. A-12 Table A-6.—Number and percentage of public elementary and secondary schools that are Title I eligible, and percentage of students in membership in Title I eligible Table A-6.—schools, in the United States and jurisdictions, by school district: School year 2007–08 Percent Percent Percent Number of Percent of Percent Percent Number of of schools of students of schools Title I schools with of students in of schools Title I that are in Title I reporting schoolwide Title I school- Title I school- reporting eligible Title I eligible Title I eligible eligible wide eligible wide eligible schoolwide Name of reporting district State schools1 eligible schools data programs programs programs eligible data Reporting districts2 † 10,888 66.1 60.1 99.1 10,175 61.7 55.6 99.1 New York City Public Schools NY 1,101 75.8 71.0 100.0 1,034 71.2 67.8 100.0 Los Angeles Unified CA 766 93.1 94.6 100.0 744 90.4 91.9 100.0 Puerto Rico Department of Education PR 1,493 99.6 99.9 100.0 1,385 92.4 91.6 100.0 City of Chicago School District 299 IL 545 86.9 89.5 99.4 532 84.8 86.3 99.4 Dade FL 310 74.9 76.5 100.0 289 69.8 67.3 100.0 Clark County School District NV 72 21.3 17.8 100.0 72 21.3 17.8 100.0 Broward FL 180 61.9 56.7 100.0 164 56.4 50.8 100.0 Houston Independent School District TX 271 92.5 94.4 100.0 264 90.1 92.2 100.0 Hillsborough FL 179 67.8 66.2 100.0 162 61.4 54.8 100.0 Hawaii Department of Education HI 193 67.7 61.6 100.0 170 59.6 51.0 96.1 Orange FL 142 65.7 62.1 100.0 121 56.0 50.2 100.0 Philadelphia City School District PA 265 98.5 98.4 99.3 265 98.5 98.4 99.3 Palm Beach FL 131 59.0 51.0 100.0 120 54.1 46.1 100.0 Fairfax County Public Schools VA 34 17.7 11.6 100.0 31 16.1 10.2 100.0 Dallas Independent School District TX 201 87.4 94.8 100.0 201 87.4 94.8 100.0 Gwinnett County GA 32 29.4 25.9 100.0 27 24.8 21.4 100.0 Montgomery County Public Schools MD 23 11.3 7.3 100.0 22 10.8 7.1 100.0 Wake County Schools NC 45 29.4 21.7 100.0 6 3.9 2.7 100.0 San Diego Unified CA 182 85.0 81.4 100.0 168 78.5 74.9 100.0 Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools NC — — — 0.0 — — — 0.0 Prince George's County Public Schools MD 52 24.6 18.6 100.0 52 24.6 18.6 100.0 Duval FL 116 65.5 53.4 100.0 103 58.2 45.4 100.0 Memphis City School District TN 173 94.5 91.9 98.4 172 94.0 90.7 98.4 Pinellas FL 91 57.6 55.7 100.0 81 51.3 45.7 100.0 Detroit City School District MI 188 96.9 99.6 100.0 184 94.8 97.2 100.0 Cobb County GA 33 29.7 20.7 100.0 30 27.0 18.9 100.0 Baltimore County Public Schools MD 46 27.7 22.5 100.0 33 19.9 15.0 100.0 Dekalb County GA 93 63.3 60.9 100.0 79 53.7 55.0 100.0 Cypress Fairbanks Independent School District TX 23 31.9 27.3 100.0 23 31.9 27.3 100.0 Albuquerque Public Schools NM 97 57.7 51.2 100.0 86 51.2 47.9 100.0 Jefferson County KY 108 63.9 74.1 100.0 102 60.4 69.9 100.0 Polk FL 119 79.9 86.6 100.0 117 78.5 83.7 100.0 Long Beach Unified CA 81 88.0 92.8 100.0 77 83.7 89.6 100.0 Milwaukee School District WI 205 96.2 99.0 100.0 200 93.9 97.3 100.0 Northside Independent School District TX 38 39.2 32.8 100.0 38 39.2 32.8 100.0 Fulton County GA 39 41.5 33.0 100.0 33 35.1 27.9 100.0 Jefferson County School District No R 1 CO 24 14.8 11.3 100.0 21 13.0 9.6 100.0 Jordan District UT 5 5.4 3.8 97.8 5 5.4 3.8 97.8 Austin Independent School District TX 72 60.5 56.6 100.0 72 60.5 56.6 100.0 Baltimore City Public Schools MD 121 62.4 56.7 100.0 119 61.3 55.7 100.0 Lee FL 68 64.2 65.2 100.0 56 52.8 49.2 100.0 Fort Worth Independent School District TX 107 74.3 87.3 100.0 107 74.3 87.3 100.0 Fresno Unified CA 98 93.3 92.4 100.0 95 90.5 90.4 100.0 Granite District UT 18 17.0 17.2 100.0 18 17.0 17.2 100.0 Brevard FL 47 43.9 33.9 100.0 44 41.1 30.3 100.0 Davidson County School District TN 119 88.1 90.0 98.5 113 83.7 85.0 98.5 Anne Arundel County Public Schools MD 14 11.7 7.2 100.0 11 9.2 5.3 100.0 Denver County 1 CO 99 67.3 63.4 100.0 99 67.3 63.4 100.0 Mesa Unified District AZ 51 56.7 54.2 100.0 38 42.2 40.6 100.0 Prince William County Public Schools VA 20 24.7 14.5 100.0 1 1.2 0.8 100.0 Va Beach City Public Schools VA 16 19.5 11.4 100.0 15 18.3 10.7 100.0 Guilford County Schools NC 35 29.7 22.6 100.0 35 29.7 22.6 100.0 Davis District UT 14 14.1 12.6 100.0 14 14.1 12.6 100.0 Greenville 01 SC 53 60.9 51.6 100.0 43 49.4 37.3 100.0 Fort Bend Independent School District TX 17 25.8 21.4 100.0 17 25.8 21.4 100.0 Pasco FL 48 57.1 56.9 100.0 44 52.4 52.0 100.0 Washoe County School District NV 26 25.0 18.8 100.0 26 25.0 18.8 100.0 Seminole FL 32 42.1 37.4 100.0 27 35.5 28.7 100.0 Volusia FL 64 67.4 59.5 100.0 59 62.1 52.2 100.0 Mobile County AL 78 75.7 73.8 95.1 75 72.8 69.4 95.1 See notes at end of table. A-13 Table A-6.—Number and percentage of public elementary and secondary schools that are Title I eligible, and percentage of students in membership in Title I eligible Table A-6.—schools, in the United States and jurisdictions, by school district: School year 2007–08—Continued Percent Percent Percent Number of Percent of Percent Percent Number of of schools of students of schools Title I schools with of students in of schools Title I that are in Title I reporting schoolwide Title I school- Title I school- reporting eligible Title I eligible Title I eligible eligible wide eligible wide eligible schoolwide Name of reporting district State schools1 eligible schools data programs programs programs eligible data Alpine District UT 8 11.4 7.1 100.0 8 11.4 7.1 100.0 Arlington Independent School District TX 36 47.4 41.1 100.0 36 47.4 41.1 100.0 Elk Grove Unified CA 36 56.3 60.9 100.0 32 50.0 55.2 100.0 North East Independent School District TX 21 29.6 21.7 100.0 21 29.6 21.7 100.0 El Paso Independent School District TX 74 83.1 86.4 100.0 74 83.1 86.4 100.0 Aldine Independent School District TX 67 98.5 100.0 100.0 67 98.5 100.0 100.0 Tucson Unified District AZ — — — 0.0 — — — 0.0 Chesterfield County Public Schools VA 10 16.1 10.0 100.0 8 12.9 7.9 100.0 District of Columbia Public Schools DC 160 100.0 100.0 100.0 154 96.3 93.0 100.0 Garland Independent School District TX 32 43.2 30.5 100.0 31 41.9 29.4 100.0 Santa Ana Unified CA 59 100.0 100.0 100.0 59 100.0 100.0 100.0 San Bernardino City Unified CA 64 91.4 98.1 100.0 64 91.4 98.1 100.0 Boston MA 134 97.1 94.3 100.0 134 97.1 94.3 100.0 Columbus City OH 125 94.7 98.7 100.0 123 93.2 97.5 100.0 San Francisco Unified CA 98 88.3 85.2 100.0 96 86.5 83.7 100.0 San Antonio Independent School District TX 96 91.4 99.1 100.0 96 91.4 99.1 100.0 Knox County School District TN 47 57.3 43.1 97.6 45 54.9 39.7 97.6 Katy Independent School District TX 16 32.0 28.3 100.0 10 20.0 17.1 100.0 Loudoun County Public Schools VA 10 14.3 9.0 100.0 0 0.0 0.0 100.0 Plano Independent School District TX 23 33.3 26.8 100.0 14 20.3 15.0 100.0 Cumberland County Schools NC 60 69.0 58.4 100.0 60 69.0 58.4 100.0 Douglas County School District No Re 1 CO 4 5.6 6.9 100.0 — — — 0.0 Cleveland Municipal City OH 106 100.0 100.0 100.0 106 100.0 100.0 100.0 Osceola FL 39 68.4 76.3 100.0 37 64.9 73.8 100.0 Clayton County GA 59 100.0 100.0 100.0 39 66.1 59.0 100.0 Capistrano Unified CA 22 36.1 39.7 100.0 7 11.5 8.8 100.0 Forsyth County Schools NC 28 36.8 26.0 100.0 26 34.2 23.8 100.0 Corona Norco Unified CA 24 48.0 41.6 100.0 22 44.0 38.3 100.0 Pasadena Independent School District TX 46 80.7 69.5 100.0 46 80.7 69.5 100.0 Cherry Creek 5 CO 13 23.6 16.5 100.0 0 0.0 0.0 100.0 Atlanta Public Schools GA 96 89.7 90.2 100.0 92 86.0 88.5 100.0 Lewisville Independent School District TX 22 35.5 28.6 100.0 22 35.5 28.6 100.0 Howard County Public Schools MD 10 13.9 9.3 100.0 0 0.0 0.0 100.0 Anchorage School District AK 47 49.5 42.6 100.0 44 46.3 36.4 100.0 Brownsville Independent School District TX 48 98.0 99.8 100.0 48 98.0 99.8 100.0 Garden Grove Unified CA 61 91.0 90.2 100.0 60 89.6 88.9 100.0 Henrico County Public Schools VA 19 28.8 17.0 100.0 8 12.1 8.2 100.0 Sacramento City Unified CA 78 87.6 89.2 100.0 73 82.0 85.2 100.0 Omaha Public Schools NE 39 42.4 36.1 100.0 39 42.4 36.1 100.0 San Juan Unified CA 38 49.4 38.6 100.0 33 42.9 29.8 100.0 — Not available. † Not applicable. 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. 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). Title I eligible schools and schoolwide eligible programs are defined in the following way in the CCD: Title I school—A school designated under appropriate state and federal regulations as being high poverty and eligible for participation in programs authorized by Title I of P.L. 107-110; Title I schoolwide program—A program in which all the students in a school are designated under appropriate state and federal regulations as being high poverty and eligible for participation in programs authorized by Title I of P.L. 107-110. Only schools with student membership greater than zero are included in this table. See table A-1 for student membership counts for each district. 2 Totals do not include those districts where data were not available. 1 Number of Title I eligible schools includes those with and without schoolwide Title I eligible programs. A-14 Table A-7.—Number and percentage of public elementary and secondary schools and percentage of students in magnet and charter schools in the 100 largest Table A-7.—school districts in the United Statesand jurisdictions, by school district: School year 2007–08 Percent of Percent Percent of Percent Number of schools that of students Number of schools that of students magnet are magnet in magnet charter are charter in charter Name of reporting district State schools1 schools1 schools1 schools2 schools2 schools2 Total † 1,225 7.2 10.7 821 4.9 2.6 New York City Public Schools NY 8 0.6 0.5 0 0.0 0.0 Los Angeles Unified CA 141 17.1 35.8 125 15.2 6.8 Puerto Rico Department of Education PR † † † † † † City of Chicago School District 299 IL 292 46.3 48.5 28 4.4 5.6 Dade FL 85 18.0 32.9 63 13.4 6.2 Clark County School District NV 0 0.0 0.0 11 3.2 1.1 Broward FL 46 15.5 20.6 49 16.5 6.6 Houston Independent School District TX † † † 30 10.2 5.6 Hillsborough FL 20 7.0 9.7 27 9.5 2.2 Hawaii Department of Education HI † † † 28 9.8 3.7 Orange FL 0 0.0 0.0 17 7.3 1.6 Philadelphia City School District PA 25 9.2 7.5 0 0.0 0.0 Palm Beach FL 16 6.2 15.6 35 13.6 3.9 Fairfax County Public Schools VA 68 34.2 33.5 0 0.0 0.0 Dallas Independent School District TX † † † 1 0.4 0.4 Gwinnett County GA † † † 2 1.8 0.3 Montgomery County Public Schools MD 24 11.7 12.3 0 0.0 0.0 Wake County Schools NC 34 22.2 20.6 0 0.0 0.0 San Diego Unified CA 31 14.5 15.0 35 16.4 10.6 Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools NC 53 32.9 32.1 0 0.0 0.0 Prince George's County Public Schools MD 25 11.7 18.6 4 1.9 0.7 Duval FL 51 28.8 34.6 5 2.8 0.9 Memphis City School District TN 1 0.5 0.6 9 4.7 2.0 Pinellas FL 21 12.4 22.4 6 3.6 1.2 Detroit City School District MI 1 0.5 0.5 0 0.0 0.0 Cobb County GA † † † 6 5.2 5.2 Baltimore County Public Schools MD 28 16.4 26.4 0 0.0 0.0 Dekalb County GA † † † 10 6.7 5.0 Cypress Fairbanks Independent School District TX † † † 0 0.0 0.0 Albuquerque Public Schools NM 1 0.6 # 37 21.6 7.3 Jefferson County KY 31 17.9 29.8 † † † Polk FL 8 5.3 4.7 23 15.1 10.1 Long Beach Unified CA 27 29.0 45.8 5 5.4 1.4 Milwaukee School District WI 0 0.0 0.0 42 19.6 14.1 Northside Independent School District TX † † † 0 0.0 0.0 Fulton County GA † † † 11 11.1 7.1 Jefferson County School District No R 1 CO 0 0.0 0.0 15 9.2 5.9 Jordan District UT 1 1.0 0.8 0 0.0 0.0 Austin Independent School District TX † † † 0 0.0 0.0 Baltimore City Public Schools MD 0 0.0 0.0 22 11.3 6.8 Lee FL 9 8.2 16.4 14 12.7 9.7 Fort Worth Independent School District TX † † † 0 0.0 0.0 Fresno Unified CA 1 1.0 0.2 10 9.5 3.7 Granite District UT 3 2.6 1.6 0 0.0 0.0 Brevard FL 6 4.8 5.7 10 8.1 4.1 Davidson County School District TN 13 9.5 10.0 3 2.2 0.6 Anne Arundel County Public Schools MD 0 0.0 0.0 1 0.8 0.3 Denver County 1 CO 2 1.4 1.5 19 12.8 9.2 Mesa Unified District AZ † † † 0 0.0 0.0 Prince William County Public Schools VA 38 46.9 59.4 0 0.0 0.0 Va Beach City Public Schools VA 6 7.0 14.2 0 0.0 0.0 Guilford County Schools NC 15 12.5 10.9 0 0.0 0.0 Davis District UT 0 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 Greenville 01 SC 12 13.2 14.6 6 6.6 1.5 Fort Bend Independent School District TX † † † 0 0.0 0.0 Pasco FL 2 2.0 5.4 5 5.0 1.6 Washoe County School District NV 1 1.0 0.2 9 8.7 3.1 Seminole FL 8 10.4 16.7 3 3.9 0.9 Volusia FL 2 2.1 9.6 5 5.3 0.9 Mobile County AL 7 6.1 6.5 † † † See notes at end of table. A-15 Table A-7.—Number and percentage of public elementary and secondary schools and percentage of students in magnet and charter schools in the 100 largest Table A-7.—school districts in the United Statesand jurisdictions, by school district: School year 2007–08—Continued Percent of Percent Percent of Percent Number of schools that of students Number of schools that of students magnet are magnet in magnet charter are charter in charter Name of reporting district State schools1 schools1 schools1 schools2 schools2 schools2 Alpine District UT 0 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 Arlington Independent School District TX † † † 0 0.0 0.0 Elk Grove Unified CA 0 0.0 0.0 2 3.1 0.9 North East Independent School District TX † † † 0 0.0 0.0 El Paso Independent School District TX † † † 0 0.0 0.0 Aldine Independent School District TX † † † 0 0.0 0.0 Tucson Unified District AZ † † † 0 0.0 0.0 Chesterfield County Public Schools VA 1 1.6 2.6 0 0.0 0.0 District of Columbia Public Schools DC 4 2.4 3.7 0 0.0 0.0 Garland Independent School District TX † † † 0 0.0 0.0 Santa Ana Unified CA 0 0.0 0.0 5 8.5 4.4 San Bernardino City Unified CA 21 29.2 22.8 4 5.6 2.1 Boston MA 0 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 Columbus City OH † † † 0 0.0 0.0 San Francisco Unified CA 0 0.0 0.0 9 8.1 4.2 San Antonio Independent School District TX † † † 18 17.1 16.2 Knox County School District TN 5 5.8 4.8 0 0.0 0.0 Katy Independent School District TX † † † 0 0.0 0.0 Loudoun County Public Schools VA 0 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 Plano Independent School District TX † † † 0 0.0 0.0 Cumberland County Schools NC 0 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 Douglas County School District No Re 1 CO 2 2.8 1.4 7 9.7 6.5 Cleveland Municipal City OH † † † 0 0.0 0.0 Osceola FL 0 0.0 0.0 7 11.7 8.9 Clayton County GA † † † 2 3.1 1.1 Capistrano Unified CA 0 0.0 0.0 3 4.9 1.3 Forsyth County Schools NC 5 6.5 3.9 0 0.0 0.0 Corona Norco Unified CA 2 4.0 4.5 0 0.0 0.0 Pasadena Independent School District TX † † † 0 0.0 0.0 Cherry Creek 5 CO 3 5.4 2.7 1 1.8 0.9 Atlanta Public Schools GA † † † 7 6.2 5.0 Lewisville Independent School District TX † † † 0 0.0 0.0 Howard County Public Schools MD 0 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 Anchorage School District AK 7 7.3 6.1 7 7.3 4.1 Brownsville Independent School District TX † † † 0 0.0 0.0 Garden Grove Unified CA 0 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 Henrico County Public Schools VA 8 11.4 30.6 0 0.0 0.0 Sacramento City Unified CA 0 0.0 0.0 13 14.3 8.1 Omaha Public Schools NE † † † † † † San Juan Unified CA 4 5.2 5.1 5 6.5 10.3 † Not applicable. State does not have legislation authorizing magnet or charter schools. # Rounds to zero. 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. 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). See table A-1 for student membership counts for each district. 1 A magnet school is a school designed to attract students of different racial/ethnic backgrounds for the purpose of reducing, preventing, or eliminating racial isolation and/or to provide an academic or social focus on a particular theme. 2 Charter schools are schools that provide free public elementary and/or secondary education to eligible students under a specific charter granted by the state legislature or other appropriate authority and designated by such authority to be a charter school. Charter schools located in the same geographic area as a district's schools but not administered by the district itself are not included. A-16 Table A-8.—Number of public elementary and secondary schools in the 100 largest school districts in the United States and jurisdictions, by percentage distribution of Table A-8.—combined Black, Hispanic, Asian/Pacific Islander, and American Indian/Alaska Native students, total percentage of students who are combined Table A-8.—Black, Hispanic, Asian/Pacific Islander, and American Indian/Alaska Native, and school district: School year 2007–08 Total percent of combined Black, Hispanic, Schools Asian/Pacific Islander, having 0–20 21–40 41–60 61–80 81–100 and American Indian/ Name of reporting district State membership percent percent percent percent percent Alaska Native students Total † 16,478 1,023 1,906 2,070 2,230 9,248 70.9 New York City Public Schools NY 1,453 22 41 103 148 1,139 85.8 Los Angeles Unified CA 823 5 22 41 78 677 91.2 Puerto Rico Department of Education PR 1,499 0 0 0 0 1,499 99.9 City of Chicago School District 299 IL 627 3 12 26 45 541 91.8 Dade FL 414 0 0 12 45 357 90.7 Clark County School District NV 338 11 60 76 101 90 63.9 Broward FL 291 3 21 54 99 114 68.8 Houston Independent School District TX 293 0 2 13 24 254 92.0 Hillsborough FL 264 10 53 73 64 64 55.7 Hawaii Department of Education HI 285 0 6 22 80 177 80.6 Orange FL 216 4 25 62 54 71 65.0 Philadelphia City School District PA 269 2 8 26 21 212 86.6 Palm Beach FL 222 8 49 42 42 81 58.2 Fairfax County Public Schools VA 192 10 60 57 43 22 49.0 Dallas Independent School District TX 230 0 1 8 7 214 95.2 Gwinnett County GA 109 2 14 34 27 32 62.0 Montgomery County Public Schools MD 203 9 35 49 57 53 59.9 Wake County Schools NC 153 5 52 55 30 11 45.3 San Diego Unified CA 214 0 18 35 59 102 74.7 Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools NC 160 10 27 19 25 79 64.2 Prince George's County Public Schools MD 211 0 0 4 9 198 94.9 Duval FL 177 7 29 51 38 52 57.3 Memphis City School District TN 183 0 2 6 11 164 92.9 Pinellas FL 158 38 47 44 26 3 34.1 Detroit City School District MI 194 0 0 2 4 188 97.5 Cobb County GA 111 19 22 23 15 32 51.1 Baltimore County Public Schools MD 166 26 52 34 15 39 50.1 Dekalb County GA 147 0 8 12 18 109 89.5 Cypress Fairbanks Independent School District TX 72 3 11 17 22 19 61.2 Albuquerque Public Schools NM 168 1 23 42 25 77 68.2 Jefferson County KY 169 0 80 48 33 8 44.8 Polk FL 149 5 55 60 24 5 46.8 Long Beach Unified CA 92 1 4 10 18 59 83.5 Milwaukee School District WI 213 0 12 10 31 160 84.4 Northside Independent School District TX 97 0 2 10 44 41 74.6 Fulton County GA 94 7 24 15 8 40 62.5 Jefferson County School District No R 1 CO 162 85 52 11 9 5 25.5 Jordan District UT 93 69 19 4 0 1 14.9 Austin Independent School District TX 119 3 14 13 15 74 73.6 Baltimore City Public Schools MD 194 1 3 10 15 165 92.4 Lee FL 106 4 45 23 25 9 46.7 Fort Worth Independent School District TX 144 2 2 8 22 110 85.7 Fresno Unified CA 105 0 2 9 19 75 85.3 Granite District UT 106 22 25 46 12 1 39.9 Brevard FL 107 44 38 17 6 2 26.5 Davidson County School District TN 135 1 18 26 49 41 65.9 Anne Arundel County Public Schools MD 120 46 31 20 16 7 32.9 Denver County 1 CO 147 6 7 18 24 92 78.6 Mesa Unified District AZ 90 11 30 17 17 15 47.9 Prince William County Public Schools VA 81 2 13 21 28 17 57.6 Va Beach City Public Schools VA 82 12 31 26 9 4 41.9 Guilford County Schools NC 118 9 19 31 19 40 58.1 Davis District UT 99 76 22 1 0 0 13.5 Greenville 01 SC 87 12 36 21 13 5 39.4 Fort Bend Independent School District TX 66 0 1 13 19 33 75.7 Pasco FL 84 41 28 12 2 1 22.3 Washoe County School District NV 104 11 40 24 15 14 45.5 Seminole FL 76 3 38 23 9 2 37.9 Volusia FL 95 27 25 28 9 6 33.3 Mobile County AL 103 23 11 16 9 44 54.9 See notes at end of table. and American Indian/Alaska Native students Hispanic, Asian/Pacific Islander, Number of schools with percent of combined Black, A-17 Table A-8.—Number of public elementary and secondary schools in the 100 largest school districts in the United States and jurisdictions, by percentage distribution of Table A-8.—combined Black, Hispanic, Asian/Pacific Islander, and American Indian/Alaska Native students, total percentage of students who are combined Table A-8.—Black, Hispanic, Asian/Pacific Islander, and American Indian/Alaska Native, and school district: School year 2007–08—Continued Total percent of combined Black, Hispanic, Schools Asian/Pacific Islander, having 0–20 21–40 41–60 61–80 81–100 and American Indian/ Name of reporting district State membership percent percent percent percent percent Alaska Native students Alpine District UT 70 52 15 3 0 0 12.9 Arlington Independent School District TX 76 1 11 11 21 32 68.6 Elk Grove Unified CA 64 0 5 14 23 22 71.4 North East Independent School District TX 71 1 6 26 18 20 60.7 El Paso Independent School District TX 89 0 0 1 16 72 87.8 Aldine Independent School District TX 68 0 0 0 0 68 96.4 Tucson Unified District AZ 123 0 16 29 29 49 69.0 Chesterfield County Public Schools VA 62 12 25 11 7 7 38.9 District of Columbia Public Schools DC 160 0 5 3 8 144 93.7 Garland Independent School District TX 74 0 1 21 24 28 69.5 Santa Ana Unified CA 59 0 1 0 0 58 96.7 San Bernardino City Unified CA 70 0 0 0 14 56 88.8 Boston MA 138 0 2 6 20 110 86.4 Columbus City OH 132 4 21 17 24 66 71.5 San Francisco Unified CA 111 0 0 3 18 90 89.2 San Antonio Independent School District TX 105 0 0 0 0 105 97.1 Knox County School District TN 82 44 24 6 1 7 20.2 Katy Independent School District TX 50 0 21 12 16 1 49.2 Loudoun County Public Schools VA 70 15 32 14 7 2 34.8 Plano Independent School District TX 69 0 26 26 13 4 47.3 Cumberland County Schools NC 87 3 13 21 26 24 61.2 Douglas County School District No Re 1 CO 72 64 8 0 0 0 14.4 Cleveland Municipal City OH 106 0 3 13 16 74 84.1 Osceola FL 57 1 8 7 19 22 67.5 Clayton County GA 59 0 0 0 1 58 94.8 Capistrano Unified CA 61 19 30 6 4 2 28.7 Forsyth County Schools NC 76 7 15 18 9 27 52.5 Corona Norco Unified CA 50 0 1 18 22 9 65.7 Pasadena Independent School District TX 57 0 0 1 8 48 87.4 Cherry Creek 5 CO 55 11 27 10 7 0 35.9 Atlanta Public Schools GA 107 1 4 4 4 94 90.3 Lewisville Independent School District TX 62 16 17 16 8 5 38.9 Howard County Public Schools MD 72 6 33 22 11 0 41.4 Anchorage School District AK 95 17 30 25 19 4 42.9 Brownsville Independent School District TX 49 0 0 0 0 49 98.5 Garden Grove Unified CA 67 0 3 3 4 57 86.8 Henrico County Public Schools VA 66 12 17 10 13 14 49.2 Sacramento City Unified CA 89 0 5 13 18 53 78.8 Omaha Public Schools NE 92 4 15 30 23 20 59.0 San Juan Unified CA 77 12 39 17 8 1 32.7 Number of schools with percent of combined Black, 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. 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. For example, in New York City Public Schools, 22 schools reported 20 percent or fewer of their students as Black, Hispanic, Asian/Pacific Islander, or American Indian/Alaska Native. Across the entire district, 85.8 percent of students were Black, non-Hispanic, Hispanic, Asian/Pacific Islander, or American Indian/Alaska Native. Black includes African American and Hispanic includes Latino. † Not applicable. and American Indian/Alaska Native students Hispanic, Asian/Pacific Islander, A-18 Table A-9.—Racial/ethnic composition as a percentage of public elementary and secondary school district membership and free and reduced-price lunch eligibility in the Table A-9.—100 largest school districts in the United States and jurisdictions, by school district: School year 2007–08 American Schools Indian/ Asian/ Percent Percent having Alaska Pacific of reported of schools Name of reporting district State membership Native Islander Hispanic Black White membership reporting Reporting districts2 † 16,478 0.5 7.5 36.5 26.4 29.1 52.0 94.4 New York City Public Schools NY 1,453 0.4 14.0 39.7 31.7 14.2 70.6 100.0 Los Angeles Unified CA 823 0.3 6.4 73.7 10.9 8.8 68.5 98.2 Puerto Rico Department of Education PR 1,499 0.0 # 99.9 # 0.1 91.4 100.0 City of Chicago School District 299 IL 627 0.2 3.4 40.2 47.9 8.2 75.7 84.7 Dade FL 414 0.1 1.2 62.8 26.6 9.3 59.3 100.0 Clark County School District NV 338 0.8 9.2 39.7 14.2 36.1 42.1 92.9 Broward FL 291 0.2 3.4 26.6 38.6 31.2 44.4 100.0 Houston Independent School District TX 293 0.1 3.2 60.3 28.4 8.0 62.3 100.0 Hillsborough FL 264 0.3 3.1 29.1 23.3 44.3 47.9 100.0 Hawaii Department of Education HI 285 0.6 73.0 4.6 2.3 19.4 37.7 100.0 Orange FL 216 0.4 4.4 32.0 28.1 35.0 47.3 100.0 Philadelphia City School District PA 269 0.2 6.1 16.9 63.4 13.4 70.1 90.0 Palm Beach FL 222 0.5 2.8 24.8 30.1 41.8 41.1 100.0 Fairfax County Public Schools VA 192 0.3 19.5 17.9 11.3 51.0 20.0 97.9 Dallas Independent School District TX 230 0.2 1.0 65.3 28.7 4.8 84.4 100.0 Gwinnett County GA 109 0.1 10.8 22.7 28.3 38.0 41.3 100.0 Montgomery County Public Schools MD 203 0.3 15.2 21.5 22.9 40.1 25.7 99.0 Wake County Schools NC 153 0.3 5.8 11.6 27.7 54.7 — 0.0 San Diego Unified CA 214 0.5 16.3 44.4 13.5 25.3 62.1 99.1 Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools NC 160 0.5 4.6 15.4 43.7 35.8 42.8 96.3 Prince George's County Public Schools MD 211 0.4 2.9 17.4 74.2 5.1 46.8 97.2 Duval FL 177 0.2 4.0 7.0 46.1 42.7 39.0 100.0 Memphis City School District TN 183 0.1 1.2 5.3 86.2 7.1 70.9 94.5 Pinellas FL 158 0.3 3.9 9.8 20.2 65.9 40.8 100.0 Detroit City School District MI 194 0.3 0.8 7.2 89.1 2.5 73.9 100.0 Cobb County GA 111 0.2 4.6 15.4 30.9 48.9 35.2 100.0 Baltimore County Public Schools MD 166 0.5 5.4 4.3 40.0 49.9 34.4 98.8 Dekalb County GA 147 0.1 3.5 9.1 76.8 10.5 65.5 100.0 Cypress Fairbanks Independent School District TX 72 0.3 8.6 37.1 15.2 38.8 35.4 100.0 Albuquerque Public Schools NM 168 5.2 2.4 56.6 4.0 31.8 52.8 92.9 Jefferson County KY 169 0.2 2.5 4.7 37.4 55.2 55.1 97.0 Polk FL 149 0.3 1.5 22.7 22.4 53.2 50.4 100.0 Long Beach Unified CA 92 0.3 14.0 51.7 17.6 16.5 67.7 100.0 Milwaukee School District WI 213 0.8 4.5 21.9 57.3 15.6 77.1 100.0 Northside Independent School District TX 97 0.3 3.3 63.2 7.8 25.4 46.9 100.0 Fulton County GA 94 0.1 8.5 10.5 43.4 37.5 37.2 100.0 Jefferson County School District No R 1 CO 162 1.2 3.8 18.6 1.9 74.5 24.3 98.8 Jordan District UT 93 0.6 3.3 9.9 1.2 85.1 20.5 94.6 Austin Independent School District TX 119 0.2 3.3 58.1 12.1 26.4 60.7 100.0 Baltimore City Public Schools MD 194 0.3 0.7 2.5 88.9 7.6 73.4 99.0 Lee FL 106 0.4 1.6 30.0 14.7 53.3 46.2 100.0 Fort Worth Independent School District TX 144 0.3 1.6 58.2 25.6 14.3 68.1 100.0 Fresno Unified CA 105 0.8 14.8 58.8 10.8 14.7 78.8 97.1 Granite District UT 106 1.5 7.1 28.6 2.6 60.1 43.6 87.7 Brevard FL 107 0.3 2.2 8.6 15.5 73.5 30.5 100.0 Davidson County School District TN 135 0.2 3.2 14.3 48.1 34.1 66.0 94.1 Anne Arundel County Public Schools MD 120 0.5 3.8 6.0 22.7 67.1 21.8 96.7 Denver County 1 CO 147 1.1 3.2 56.5 17.9 21.4 65.7 100.0 Mesa Unified District AZ 90 3.9 2.5 37.3 4.2 52.1 47.4 98.9 Prince William County Public Schools VA 81 0.3 7.7 26.2 23.4 42.4 29.2 98.8 Va Beach City Public Schools VA 82 0.4 6.7 5.9 28.9 58.1 26.2 98.8 Guilford County Schools NC 118 0.5 5.6 9.1 42.9 41.9 — 0.0 Davis District UT 99 0.7 2.8 8.3 1.7 86.5 25.6 100.0 Greenville 01 SC 87 0.2 2.4 9.8 26.9 60.6 38.9 95.4 Fort Bend Independent School District TX 66 0.2 20.6 23.1 31.8 24.3 30.3 100.0 Pasco FL 84 0.3 2.2 14.0 5.8 77.7 41.8 100.0 Washoe County School District NV 104 2.5 6.4 32.8 3.8 54.5 33.1 100.0 Seminole FL 76 0.3 4.0 19.1 14.6 62.1 31.7 100.0 Volusia FL 95 0.2 1.6 16.3 15.2 66.7 42.5 100.0 Mobile County AL 103 1.0 2.2 1.3 50.4 45.1 63.0 96.1 See notes at end of table. Students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch1 Race/ethnicity A-19 Table A-9.—Racial/ethnic composition as a percentage of public elementary and secondary school district membership and free and reduced-price lunch eligibility in the Table A-9.—100 largest school districts in the United States and jurisdictions, by school district: School year 2007–08—Continued American Schools Indian/ Asian/ Percent Percent having Alaska Pacific of reported of schools Name of reporting district State membership Native Islander Hispanic Black White membership reporting Alpine District UT 70 0.5 2.3 9.2 0.8 87.1 16.3 97.1 Arlington Independent School District TX 76 0.5 7.1 37.2 23.9 31.4 54.1 100.0 Elk Grove Unified CA 64 0.6 28.4 22.6 19.8 28.6 50.1 95.3 North East Independent School District TX 71 0.3 3.7 47.4 9.3 39.3 39.1 100.0 El Paso Independent School District TX 89 0.3 1.4 81.3 4.8 12.2 68.0 100.0 Aldine Independent School District TX 68 0.1 1.8 64.0 30.5 3.6 79.6 100.0 Tucson Unified District AZ 123 4.2 2.7 55.0 7.1 31.0 1.4 87.0 Chesterfield County Public Schools VA 62 0.6 3.4 7.3 27.6 61.1 16.1 100.0 District of Columbia Public Schools DC 160 0.1 1.8 10.8 81.1 6.3 52.9 87.5 Garland Independent School District TX 74 0.5 7.8 42.7 18.5 30.5 45.5 100.0 Santa Ana Unified CA 59 0.1 3.1 92.8 0.7 3.3 78.6 100.0 San Bernardino City Unified CA 70 0.8 1.6 69.8 16.7 11.2 82.3 94.3 Boston MA 138 0.5 8.6 37.3 40.0 13.6 71.4 100.0 Columbus City OH 132 0.2 1.9 5.7 63.6 28.5 — 0.0 San Francisco Unified CA 111 0.7 51.3 24.1 13.1 10.8 56.4 99.1 San Antonio Independent School District TX 105 0.1 0.2 88.9 7.8 2.9 59.4 100.0 Knox County School District TN 82 0.3 1.9 3.3 14.7 79.8 38.1 98.8 Katy Independent School District TX 50 0.2 9.7 29.7 9.6 50.8 25.0 100.0 Loudoun County Public Schools VA 70 0.3 12.9 13.3 8.3 65.2 12.3 100.0 Plano Independent School District TX 69 0.4 19.1 17.2 10.6 52.7 15.9 100.0 Cumberland County Schools NC 87 2.0 2.0 7.5 49.7 38.8 — 0.0 Douglas County School District No Re 1 CO 72 0.6 4.5 7.3 2.0 85.6 4.5 90.3 Cleveland Municipal City OH 106 0.3 0.6 11.7 71.5 15.9 — 0.0 Osceola FL 57 0.3 2.6 53.2 11.3 32.5 63.1 100.0 Clayton County GA 59 0.1 4.4 14.1 76.2 5.2 73.8 100.0 Capistrano Unified CA 61 0.3 7.3 19.7 1.4 71.3 16.9 98.4 Forsyth County Schools NC 76 0.3 1.9 16.9 33.5 47.5 47.0 96.1 Corona Norco Unified CA 50 0.3 8.6 50.6 6.1 34.3 41.5 98.0 Pasadena Independent School District TX 57 0.2 3.2 76.6 7.4 12.6 68.9 100.0 Cherry Creek 5 CO 55 0.5 8.0 13.1 14.3 64.1 21.2 98.2 Atlanta Public Schools GA 107 0.1 0.7 4.6 85.0 9.7 76.1 100.0 Lewisville Independent School District TX 62 0.5 9.1 20.4 8.9 61.1 21.8 100.0 Howard County Public Schools MD 72 0.3 14.9 5.3 20.9 58.6 11.8 98.6 Anchorage School District AK 95 10.2 13.9 11.7 7.1 57.1 30.6 100.0 Brownsville Independent School District TX 49 # 0.3 98.0 0.2 1.5 0.5 100.0 Garden Grove Unified CA 67 0.2 32.0 53.6 0.9 13.2 64.1 97.0 Henrico County Public Schools VA 66 0.4 6.0 4.5 38.4 50.8 25.4 100.0 Sacramento City Unified CA 89 1.2 23.9 32.7 21.1 21.2 65.0 98.9 Omaha Public Schools NE 92 1.6 1.8 23.9 31.8 41.0 61.9 100.0 San Juan Unified CA 77 2.0 6.8 16.5 7.4 67.3 34.2 96.1 — Not available. † Not applicable. # Rounds to zero. 2 Totals do not include districts where data were not available. 1 States may not have reported students eligible for reduced-price meals, and a number of states reported participation instead of eligibility data, which may not be strictly comparable. See Appendix B—Methodology section for further description. Percentages are based on those schools that reported data. 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). Black includes African American and Hispanic includes Latino. Detail may not sum to total because of rounding. 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. Students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch1 Race/ethnicity A-20 Table A-10.—Number of students in public elementary and secondary schools in the 100 largest school districts in the United States and jurisdictions, by type of school Table A-10.—and number and percentage of students with Individualized Education Programs (IEPs): School year 2007–08 Number of Percent Total number Special Vocational Other and students of students Name of reporting district State of students2 Regular education education alternative with IEPs3 with IEPs3 Reporting districts4 † 11,162,993 10,894,301 67,462 72,925 128,305 1,269,672 11.4 New York City Public Schools NY 989,941 929,445 21,219 32,488 6,789 — — Los Angeles Unified CA 685,249 668,972 3,895 0 12,382 82,009 12.0 Puerto Rico Department of Education PR 526,565 507,255 3,124 16,186 0 99,680 18.9 City of Chicago School District 299 IL 407,510 400,369 2,452 3,449 1,240 52,178 12.8 Dade FL 348,128 343,641 907 0 3,580 39,780 11.4 Clark County School District NV 309,051 304,285 294 0 4,472 32,045 10.4 Broward FL 258,893 252,252 953 634 5,054 30,530 11.8 Houston Independent School District TX 199,511 195,816 201 0 3,494 18,153 9.1 Hillsborough FL 193,180 188,441 2,414 0 2,325 28,658 14.8 Hawaii Department of Education HI 179,897 179,621 97 0 179 20,441 11.4 Orange FL 174,142 171,094 562 252 2,234 25,037 14.4 Philadelphia City School District PA 168,457 159,013 1,432 8,012 0 26,148 15.5 Palm Beach FL 170,883 166,805 1,190 88 2,800 25,775 15.1 Fairfax County Public Schools VA 165,674 164,720 191 0 763 23,563 14.2 Dallas Independent School District TX 157,605 156,562 0 0 1,043 12,564 8.0 Gwinnett County GA 155,618 154,530 275 0 813 17,934 11.5 Montgomery County Public Schools MD 137,717 136,635 552 0 530 16,731 12.1 Wake County Schools NC 134,401 134,006 121 0 274 18,183 13.5 San Diego Unified CA 131,208 128,326 663 469 1,750 16,542 12.6 Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools NC 131,176 130,138 289 0 749 14,733 11.2 Prince George's County Public Schools MD 129,752 124,930 1,685 269 2,868 14,216 11.0 Duval FL 124,740 122,118 630 0 1,992 20,247 16.2 Memphis City School District TN 115,265 115,033 78 0 154 13,552 11.8 Pinellas FL 107,892 103,399 1,234 0 3,259 16,840 15.6 Detroit City School District MI 105,540 101,472 1,440 835 1,793 16,556 15.7 Cobb County GA 107,307 107,214 93 0 0 12,584 11.7 Baltimore County Public Schools MD 104,283 99,257 1,198 2,880 948 13,367 12.8 Dekalb County GA 100,273 99,132 578 0 563 9,349 9.3 Cypress Fairbanks Independent School District TX 96,837 96,430 0 0 407 7,634 7.9 Albuquerque Public Schools NM 95,083 93,596 0 310 1,177 12,323 13.0 Jefferson County KY 95,871 92,806 390 0 2,675 13,638 14.2 Polk FL 93,980 91,020 600 235 2,125 12,089 12.9 Long Beach Unified CA 87,152 85,471 0 0 1,681 7,638 8.8 Milwaukee School District WI 86,819 85,690 0 111 1,018 15,715 18.1 Northside Independent School District TX 86,260 85,128 0 0 1,132 10,813 12.5 Fulton County GA 86,225 85,605 0 0 620 8,868 10.3 Jefferson County School District No R 1 CO 86,168 84,720 364 41 1,043 8,181 5 9.5 Jordan District UT 85,651 83,622 1,536 0 493 11,402 13.3 Austin Independent School District TX 82,429 81,166 0 0 1,263 8,222 10.0 Baltimore City Public Schools MD 81,284 71,509 1,042 3,553 5,180 13,846 17.0 Lee FL 80,541 78,659 408 165 1,309 11,305 14.0 Fort Worth Independent School District TX 78,857 77,022 0 0 1,835 6,472 8.2 Fresno Unified CA 76,274 74,104 111 0 2,059 7,739 10.1 Granite District UT 75,982 71,351 762 0 3,869 9,145 12.0 Brevard FL 74,369 73,424 460 0 485 13,449 18.1 Davidson County School District TN 73,684 73,007 387 0 290 — — Anne Arundel County Public Schools MD 73,400 72,395 473 0 532 8,500 11.6 Denver County 1 CO 73,053 70,604 0 371 2,078 9,401 5 12.9 Mesa Unified District AZ 73,044 72,325 102 0 617 7,349 10.1 Prince William County Public Schools VA 72,988 72,988 0 0 0 8,134 11.1 Va Beach City Public Schools VA 72,477 72,477 0 0 0 9,663 13.3 Guilford County Schools NC 72,389 71,637 345 230 177 10,448 14.4 Davis District UT 70,323 66,188 407 0 3,728 8,127 11.6 Greenville 01 SC 69,444 69,279 165 0 0 10,502 15.1 Fort Bend Independent School District TX 67,992 67,823 0 0 169 5,385 7.9 Pasco FL 66,314 65,625 0 181 508 11,240 16.9 Washoe County School District NV 65,663 64,650 328 74 611 8,512 13.0 Seminole FL 65,378 64,522 219 0 637 8,792 13.4 Volusia FL 64,488 63,177 87 166 1,058 11,146 17.3 Mobile County AL 64,461 63,942 388 0 131 8,076 12.5 See notes at end of table. Number of students, by type of school1 A-21 Table A-10.—Number of students in public elementary and secondary schools in the 100 largest school districts in the United States and jurisdictions, by type of school Table A-10.—and number and percentage of students with Individualized Education Programs (IEPs): School year 2007–08—Continued Number of Percent Total number Special Vocational Other and students of students Name of reporting district State of students2 Regular education education alternative with IEPs3 with IEPs3 Alpine District UT 63,856 62,491 712 0 653 7,154 11.2 Arlington Independent School District TX 62,863 62,018 0 0 845 5,687 9.0 Elk Grove Unified CA 56,247 54,821 164 0 1,262 5,841 10.4 North East Independent School District TX 62,181 61,863 0 0 318 7,152 11.5 El Paso Independent School District TX 62,123 61,616 0 0 507 5,327 8.6 Aldine Independent School District TX 60,083 59,582 0 0 501 4,932 8.2 Tucson Unified District AZ 59,327 58,162 16 0 1,149 7,377 12.4 Chesterfield County Public Schools VA 58,969 58,507 0 0 462 7,931 13.4 District of Columbia Public Schools DC 57,877 49,017 3,723 1,733 3,404 9,192 15.9 Garland Independent School District TX 57,169 56,582 27 0 560 5,276 9.2 Santa Ana Unified CA 56,685 55,833 0 0 852 5,053 8.9 San Bernardino City Unified CA 54,807 53,016 257 0 1,534 5,349 9.8 Boston MA 56,168 50,985 3,265 0 1,918 11,634 20.7 Columbus City OH 55,269 54,559 547 163 0 9,071 16.4 San Francisco Unified CA 52,457 51,627 0 0 830 6,009 11.5 San Antonio Independent School District TX 54,779 53,875 0 0 904 6,627 12.1 Knox County School District TN 54,490 54,289 42 0 159 5,972 11.0 Katy Independent School District TX 54,402 54,197 0 0 205 4,610 8.5 Loudoun County Public Schools VA 53,961 53,961 0 0 0 5,304 9.8 Plano Independent School District TX 53,683 53,511 0 0 172 6,016 11.2 Cumberland County Schools NC 53,295 52,594 196 0 505 7,335 13.8 Douglas County School District No Re 1 CO 52,983 52,725 31 0 227 4,351 5 8.2 Cleveland Municipal City OH 52,135 52,135 0 0 0 10,593 20.3 Osceola FL 52,742 51,774 25 0 943 7,561 14.3 Clayton County GA 52,717 52,717 0 0 0 5,099 9.7 Capistrano Unified CA 48,692 47,882 572 0 238 4,664 9.6 Forsyth County Schools NC 51,738 50,701 462 30 545 7,146 13.8 Corona Norco Unified CA 49,380 47,539 59 0 1,782 5,635 11.4 Pasadena Independent School District TX 50,757 50,646 0 0 111 3,930 7.7 Cherry Creek 5 CO 50,601 50,601 0 0 0 5,208 5 10.3 Atlanta Public Schools GA 49,991 48,098 70 0 1,823 4,716 9.4 Lewisville Independent School District TX 49,551 49,328 0 0 223 5,211 10.5 Howard County Public Schools MD 49,542 49,339 96 0 107 4,597 9.3 Anchorage School District AK 48,857 46,176 50 0 2,631 6,682 13.7 Brownsville Independent School District TX 48,837 48,758 0 0 79 5,317 10.9 Garden Grove Unified CA 48,566 47,995 133 0 438 4,884 10.1 Henrico County Public Schools VA 48,620 48,556 0 0 64 6,838 14.1 Sacramento City Unified CA 47,338 46,456 48 0 834 5,333 11.3 Omaha Public Schools NE 47,763 47,443 320 0 0 7,372 15.4 San Juan Unified CA 46,754 45,883 306 0 565 4,537 9.7 — Not available. † Not applicable. 5 IEP counts for all Colorado districts were taken from reports of IEP counts from administrative units associated with the district. 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). Types of schools are defined in the following way on the CCD: regular school—a public elementary/secondary school providing instruction and education services that does not focus primarily on special education, vocational/technical education, or alternative education, or on any of the particular themes associated with magnet/special program emphasis schools; special education school—a public elementary/secondary school that focuses primarily on special education—including instruction for any of the following students with: autism, deaf-blindness, developmental delay, hearing impairment, mental retardation, multiple disabilities, orthopedic impairment, serious emotional disturbance, specific learning disability, speech or language impairment, traumatic brain injury, visual impairment, and other health impairments—and that adapts curriculum, materials, or instruction for students served; vocational education school—a public elementary/secondary school that focuses primarily on providing formal preparation for semiskilled, skilled, technical, or professional occupations for high school-age students who have opted to develop or expand their employment opportunities, often in lieu of preparing for college entry; and alternative education school—a public elementary/secondary school that (1) addresses needs of students that typically cannot be met in a regular school, (2) provides nontraditional education, (3) serves as an adjunct to a regular school, or (4) falls outside the categories of regular, special education, or vocational education. 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. Number of students, by type of school1 1 Type of school is a mutually exclusive category in the CCD. However, there may be cases in which special education, vocational education, and alternative programs reside in other types of schools. 2 Student distribution by type of school is based on membership in the schools of the school district. This count may differ somewhat from the count of students receiving educational services from the school district reported in table A-1. 4 Totals do not include those districts where data were not available. 3 Individualized Education Programs (IEPs) are written instructional plans for students with disabilities designated as special education students under the Individuals With Disabilities Education Act (IDEA, Part B). A-22 Table A-11.—Number of public elementary and secondary schools in the 100 largest school districts in the United States and jurisdictions, by type of school and Table A-11.—school district: School year 2007–08 Total number Special Vocational Other and Name of reporting district State of schools2 Regular education education alternative Total † 16,907 15,433 405 153 916 New York City Public Schools NY 1,454 1,357 57 21 19 Los Angeles Unified CA 825 744 17 1 63 Puerto Rico Department of Education PR 1,511 1,448 28 27 8 City of Chicago School District 299 IL 631 608 17 2 4 Dade FL 471 416 7 3 45 Clark County School District NV 341 313 5 0 23 Broward FL 297 269 9 2 17 Houston Independent School District TX 294 274 3 0 17 Hillsborough FL 285 242 15 4 24 Hawaii Department of Education HI 287 283 3 0 1 Orange FL 233 205 6 4 18 Philadelphia City School District PA 272 259 4 9 0 Palm Beach FL 258 211 10 3 34 Fairfax County Public Schools VA 199 186 3 1 9 Dallas Independent School District TX 249 229 3 0 17 Gwinnett County GA 112 106 4 0 2 Montgomery County Public Schools MD 205 193 7 1 4 Wake County Schools NC 153 150 1 0 2 San Diego Unified CA 214 205 2 1 6 Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools NC 161 157 2 0 2 Prince George's County Public Schools MD 214 190 9 2 13 Duval FL 177 159 4 0 14 Memphis City School District TN 190 181 1 6 2 Pinellas FL 169 131 8 3 27 Detroit City School District MI 199 178 7 5 9 Cobb County GA 116 110 2 0 4 Baltimore County Public Schools MD 171 149 8 4 10 Dekalb County GA 149 140 3 0 6 Cypress Fairbanks Independent School District TX 75 72 0 0 3 Albuquerque Public Schools NM 171 159 0 2 10 Jefferson County KY 173 139 6 2 26 Polk FL 152 126 5 2 19 Long Beach Unified CA 93 88 0 0 5 Milwaukee School District WI 214 204 0 1 9 Northside Independent School District TX 97 83 0 0 14 Fulton County GA 99 92 0 0 7 Jefferson County School District No R 1 CO 163 152 3 1 7 Jordan District UT 97 83 7 2 5 Austin Independent School District TX 119 108 0 0 11 Baltimore City Public Schools MD 195 167 9 3 16 Lee FL 110 91 4 4 11 Fort Worth Independent School District TX 148 117 0 0 31 Fresno Unified CA 105 97 3 0 5 Granite District UT 114 87 12 1 14 Brevard FL 124 104 4 0 16 Davidson County School District TN 137 129 4 0 4 Anne Arundel County Public Schools MD 123 109 4 2 8 Denver County 1 CO 148 137 0 1 10 Mesa Unified District AZ 90 84 1 0 5 Prince William County Public Schools VA 81 81 0 0 0 Va Beach City Public Schools VA 86 82 0 2 2 Guilford County Schools NC 120 114 2 1 3 Davis District UT 101 79 8 2 12 Greenville 01 SC 91 85 2 4 0 Fort Bend Independent School District TX 67 64 0 1 2 Pasco FL 100 89 0 1 10 Washoe County School District NV 104 100 2 1 1 Seminole FL 77 61 4 0 12 Volusia FL 95 71 4 1 19 Mobile County AL 115 96 6 4 9 See notes at end of table. Type of school1 A-23 Table A-11.—Number of public elementary and secondary schools in the 100 largest school districts in the United States and jurisdictions, by type of school and Table A-11.—school district: School year 2007–08—Continued Total number Special Vocational Other and Name of reporting district State of schools2 Regular education education alternative Alpine District UT 70 64 3 0 3 Arlington Independent School District TX 76 70 0 0 6 Elk Grove Unified CA 64 57 1 0 6 North East Independent School District TX 72 62 0 0 10 El Paso Independent School District TX 93 83 0 0 10 Aldine Independent School District TX 70 65 0 0 5 Tucson Unified District AZ 125 112 1 0 12 Chesterfield County Public Schools VA 63 61 0 0 2 District of Columbia Public Schools DC 166 135 13 5 13 Garland Independent School District TX 75 70 1 0 4 Santa Ana Unified CA 59 55 0 0 4 San Bernardino City Unified CA 72 63 3 0 6 Boston MA 138 120 10 0 8 Columbus City OH 136 127 4 4 1 San Francisco Unified CA 111 108 0 0 3 San Antonio Independent School District TX 105 90 0 0 15 Knox County School District TN 86 77 4 2 3 Katy Independent School District TX 53 48 0 0 5 Loudoun County Public Schools VA 70 70 0 0 0 Plano Independent School District TX 81 69 0 0 12 Cumberland County Schools NC 89 83 3 0 3 Douglas County School District No Re 1 CO 72 69 1 0 2 Cleveland Municipal City OH 106 106 0 0 0 Osceola FL 60 47 1 1 11 Clayton County GA 64 59 3 0 2 Capistrano Unified CA 61 56 2 0 3 Forsyth County Schools NC 77 68 4 1 4 Corona Norco Unified CA 50 42 1 0 7 Pasadena Independent School District TX 64 54 0 0 10 Cherry Creek 5 CO 56 55 0 0 1 Atlanta Public Schools GA 113 107 1 0 5 Lewisville Independent School District TX 63 60 0 0 3 Howard County Public Schools MD 73 70 1 0 2 Anchorage School District AK 96 84 1 1 10 Brownsville Independent School District TX 54 48 0 0 6 Garden Grove Unified CA 67 63 2 0 2 Henrico County Public Schools VA 70 65 1 2 2 Sacramento City Unified CA 91 86 1 0 4 Omaha Public Schools NE 98 94 4 0 0 San Juan Unified CA 77 68 4 0 5 Type of school1 † Not applicable. 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. 1 Type of school is a mutually exclusive category in the CCD. However, there may be cases in which special education, vocational education, and alternative programs reside in other types of schools. 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). Types of schools are defined in the following way on the CCD: regular school—a public elementary/secondary school providing instruction and education services that does not focus primarily on special education, vocational/technical education, or alternative education, or on any of the particular themes associated with magnet/special program emphasis schools; special education school—a public elementary/secondary school that focuses primarily on special education—including instruction for any of the following students with: autism, deaf-blindness, developmental delay, hearing impairment, mental retardation, multiple disabilities, orthopedic impairment, serious emotional disturbance, specific learning disability, speech or language impairment, traumatic brain injury, visual impairment, and other health impairments—and that adapts curriculum, materials, or instruction for students served; vocational education school—a public elementary/secondary school that focuses primarily on providing formal preparation for semiskilled, skilled, technical, or professional occupations for high school- age students who have opted to develop or expand their employment opportunities, often in lieu of preparing for college entry; and alternative education school—a public elementary/secondary school that (1) addresses needs of students that typically cannot be met in a regular school, (2) provides nontraditional education, (3) serves as an adjunct to a regular school, or (4) falls outside the categories of regular, special education, or vocational education. 2 Totals for number of schools may differ from published estimates since they exclude closed, inactive, and future schools. A-24 Table A-12.—Number of public high school completers, the grades 9–12 dropout rate, and the public school averaged freshman graduation rate in the 100 Table A-12.—largest school districts in the United States and jurisdictions, by school district: School year 2006–07 Averaged Other Grades 9–12 freshman Name of reporting district State Total2 Diploma completers dropout rate3 graduation rate4 Reporting districts5 † 588,721 571,266 17,455 6.9 62.7 New York City Public Schools NY — 47,789 — 7.2 49.6 Los Angeles Unified CA 27,004 27,004 † 10.0 45.2 Puerto Rico Department of Education PR 31,718 31,718 † — 66.7 City of Chicago School District 299 IL 18,263 18,263 † 12.8 57.2 Dade FL 19,874 18,030 1,844 8.2 56.4 Clark County School District NV 12,433 10,943 1,490 6.8 50.2 Broward FL 15,292 14,201 1,091 4.8 60.9 Houston Independent School District TX 7,645 7,645 † 9.6 52.2 Hillsborough FL 10,331 9,858 473 2.5 70.4 Hawaii Department of Education HI 11,239 11,063 176 7.0 75.4 Orange FL 10,071 9,178 893 2.7 64.0 Philadelphia City School District PA 8,663 8,663 † 7.6 54.0 Palm Beach FL 10,286 9,472 814 6.1 67.1 Fairfax County Public Schools VA 11,912 11,492 420 3.1 85.6 Dallas Independent School District TX 5,874 5,874 † 11.7 50.5 Gwinnett County GA 7,994 7,441 553 4.4 72.3 Montgomery County Public Schools MD 10,186 10,037 149 3.9 87.3 Wake County Schools NC — 6,788 — 5.8 78.3 San Diego Unified CA 6,335 6,335 † 5.8 60.7 Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools NC — 5,912 — 8.7 62.1 Prince George's County Public Schools MD 8,247 8,226 21 5.5 71.3 Duval FL 6,443 5,999 444 8.0 60.2 Memphis City School District TN 6,331 5,741 590 9.4 61.2 Pinellas FL 6,490 6,134 356 5.0 56.1 Detroit City School District MI — 6,185 — 24.4 46.8 Cobb County GA 6,765 6,298 467 3.0 76.4 Baltimore County Public Schools MD 7,473 7,415 58 4.9 82.9 Dekalb County GA 5,539 4,730 809 2.7 59.5 Cypress Fairbanks Independent School District TX 5,069 5,069 † 1.4 85.8 Albuquerque Public Schools NM — 3,831 — 12.8 49.5 Jefferson County KY 5,057 5,032 25 7.8 67.3 Polk FL 4,629 4,243 386 6.7 64.3 Long Beach Unified CA 4,654 4,654 † 6.6 65.0 Milwaukee School District WI — 4,425 — 10.5 56.8 Northside Independent School District TX 4,300 4,300 † 4.4 82.2 Fulton County GA 4,609 4,328 281 3.7 76.4 Jefferson County School District No R 1 CO 5,913 5,580 333 7.8 78.0 Jordan District UT 5,411 4,632 779 2.9 80.8 Austin Independent School District TX 3,595 3,595 † 6.6 64.5 Baltimore City Public Schools MD 4,202 4,118 84 13.3 56.1 Lee FL 4,086 3,801 285 3.9 70.4 Fort Worth Independent School District TX 3,407 3,407 † 8.3 56.9 Fresno Unified CA 3,450 3,450 † 10.1 53.6 Granite District UT — 3,284 — 3.2 63.3 Brevard FL 4,858 4,761 97 1.3 74.7 Davidson County School District TN 3,845 3,601 244 9.5 65.2 Anne Arundel County Public Schools MD 5,123 5,077 46 2.8 78.7 Denver County 1 CO 3,289 2,814 475 20.5 54.2 Mesa Unified District AZ — 4,079 — 7.2 70.9 Prince William County Public Schools VA 4,124 3,922 202 4.4 74.9 Va Beach City Public Schools VA 4,902 4,660 242 2.2 72.2 Guilford County Schools NC — 4,238 — 4.1 77.2 Davis District UT 4,132 3,706 426 4.5 80.0 Greenville 01 SC 3,229 3,229 † 5.3 60.7 Fort Bend Independent School District TX 4,456 4,456 † 3.3 86.6 Pasco FL 3,242 3,123 119 5.3 64.2 Washoe County School District NV 3,110 2,725 385 3.3 50.8 Seminole FL 4,189 4,031 158 1.5 72.5 Volusia FL 3,825 3,624 201 2.0 64.6 Mobile County AL 3,170 2,983 187 2.3 60.2 See notes at end of table. Completers1 A-25 Table A-12.—Number of public high school completers, the grades 9–12 dropout rate, and the public school averaged freshman graduation rate in the 100 Table A-12.—largest school districts in the United States and jurisdictions, by school district: School year 2006–07—Continued Averaged Other Grades 9–12 freshman Name of reporting district State Total2 Diploma completers dropout rate3 graduation rate4 Alpine District UT 3,061 2,952 109 5.6 78.6 Arlington Independent School District TX 3,206 3,206 † 4.9 66.1 Elk Grove Unified CA 3,678 3,678 † 4.5 83.6 North East Independent School District TX 3,779 3,779 † 1.2 88.2 El Paso Independent School District TX 3,251 3,251 † 5.3 65.0 Aldine Independent School District TX 2,304 2,304 † 7.3 54.5 Tucson Unified District AZ — 3,281 — 4.0 69.4 Chesterfield County Public Schools VA 4,169 4,028 141 2.8 85.5 District of Columbia Public Schools DC — 2,489 — 10.3 57.3 Garland Independent School District TX 3,288 3,288 † 3.9 77.2 Santa Ana Unified CA 2,243 2,243 † 2.4 49.3 San Bernardino City Unified CA 2,094 2,094 † 9.9 44.4 Boston MA 3,376 3,376 0 11.4 63.5 Columbus City OH 2,464 2,464 † 7.4 50.6 San Francisco Unified CA 3,403 3,403 † 6.1 69.7 San Antonio Independent School Distric TX 2,140 2,140 † 12.3 53.8 Knox County School District TN 3,391 3,257 134 5.4 76.2 Katy Independent School District TX 3,323 3,323 † 1.3 92.8 Loudoun County Public Schools VA 2,829 2,752 77 1.7 95.3 Plano Independent School District TX 3,197 3,197 † 1.3 83.5 Cumberland County Schools NC — 3,009 — 4.9 69.2 Douglas County School District No Re 1 CO 2,855 2,769 86 1.5 88.0 Cleveland Municipal City OH 2,112 2,112 † 17.4 36.8 Osceola FL 3,015 2,700 315 6.7 72.6 Clayton County GA 2,431 2,025 406 1.3 48.7 Capistrano Unified CA 3,038 3,038 † 0.7 80.6 Forsyth County Schools NC — 2,744 — 9.1 73.1 Corona Norco Unified CA 2,989 2,989 † 3.7 86.2 Pasadena Independent School District TX 1,984 1,984 † 7.5 61.3 Cherry Creek 5 CO 3,344 3,259 85 4.9 91.1 Atlanta Public Schools GA 2,050 1,863 187 7.6 48.5 Lewisville Independent School District TX 2,918 2,918 † 1.6 83.3 Howard County Public Schools MD 3,576 3,550 26 1.7 92.3 Anchorage School District AK 2,927 2,831 96 8.7 73.8 Brownsville Independent School Distric TX 1,958 1,958 † 8.5 57.2 Garden Grove Unified CA 2,711 2,711 † 1.6 74.4 Henrico County Public Schools VA 3,019 2,829 190 3.7 76.6 Sacramento City Unified CA 2,236 2,236 † 7.8 52.8 Omaha Public Schools NE 2,276 2,276 0 9.7 60.5 San Juan Unified CA 3,748 3,748 † 10.5 86.0 — Not available. † 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), "Local Education Agency Universe Survey," 2007–08, Version 1a, and "Local Education Universe Survey Dropout and Completion Public-Use Data File," 2006–07, Version 1a. Completers1 1 Includes high school diploma recipients as well as other high school completers (e.g., certificates of attendance), but not high school equivalencies (e.g., GEDs). Total completers may be different than reported in the CCD state-level file. 4 Averaged freshman graduation rate (AFGR) is an estimate of the percentage of an entering freshman class graduating in four years. For 2006–07, it equals the total number of high school diploma recipients in 2006–07 divided by the average membership of the 8th-grade class in 2002–03, the 9th-grade class in 2003–04, and the 10t grade class in 2004–05. Ungraded students were allocated to individual grades proportional to each state's enrollment in those grades. See appendix B for more information. 3 The grades 9–12 dropout rate estimates the percentage of public high school students who left high school between the beginning of one school year and the beginning of the next without earning a high school diploma or its equivalent (e.g., a General Education Development (GED)) and do not meet any of the following exclusionary conditions: transfer to another public school district, private school, or state- or district-approved education program; temporary absence due to suspension or school- approved illness; or death. The grades 9–12 dropout rate is calculated by dividing the number of grades 9–12 dropouts by the grades 9–12 enrollment. Ungraded enrollment within each agency is redistributed across other grades in proportion to the graded enrollment. See appendix B for more information. 5 Totals do not include districts where data were not available. 2 The grand total number of total completers for the entire set of the 100 largest school districts includes districts that reported diploma data but did not report other completer data. Individual districts, on the other hand, reporting diploma data but not other completer data are marked as missing. Therefore, the number of total completers for the entire 100 largest school districts is greater than the sum of the district-level total completer counts. A-26 Table A-13.—Number of students in public elementary and secondary schools in the 100 largest school districts in the United States and jurisdictions, by grade Table A-16.—range and school district: School year 2007–08 Total number Grade range Name of reporting district State of students1 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 † See notes at end of table. A-27 Table A-13.—Number of students in public elementary and secondary schools in the 100 largest school districts in the United States and jurisdictions, by grade Table A-16.—range and school district: School year 2007–08—Continued Total number Grade range Name of reporting district State of students1 PK to 6 7 to 9 10 to 12 Ungraded 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. 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. 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). A-28 f do Current expenditures FL , 1,160, 101, 399,082 659,442 1,089, 564, 9,908 A-29 Table A-14.—Public elementary and secondary revenues by source, current expenditures, and current expenditures per pupil for the 100 largest school districts in the United States and jurisdictions: Fiscal Table A-13.—year 2007 Revenues by source (in thousands o llars) Current (in thousands of dollars) Name of reporting district State T (fall m otal students embership)1 Total Federal State Local Total2 Instructional3 expenditures per pupil Total † 11,215,660 $130,166,026 $12,952,802 $59,180,921 $58,032,303 $132,408,186 $69,565,267 $11,806 New York City Public Schools NY 999,150 19,368,571 1,899,716 9,237,947 8,230,908 20,144,661 13,148,175 20,162 Los Angeles Unified CA 707,627 9,064,931 1,052,743 6,289,837 1,722,351 9,486,984 4,473,445 13,407 Puerto Rico Department of Education4 PR 544,138 3,290,513 951,213 2,339,194 106 3,400,752 3,268,200 6,250 City of Chicago School District 299 IL 413,694 4,692,622 702,909 1,699,061 2,290,652 4,571,863 2,388,536 11,051 Dade FL 353,790 3,814,807 433,672 1,463,821 1,917,314 4,598,637 2,014,646 12,998 Clark County School District NV 303,448 2,843,207 202,379 649,510 1,991,318 3,184,177 1,418,883 10,493 Broward FL 262,813 2,709,902 229,713 1,052,289 1,427,900 2,934,651 1,354,918 11,166 Houston Independent School District TX 202,936 2,057,191 273,906 412,297 1,370,988 1,994,588 960,319 9,829 Hillsborough FL 193,517 2,129,937 252,566 1,125,993 751,378 1,918,515 906,631 9,914 Hawaii Department of Education HI 180,728 2,985,593 256,696 2,681,049 47,848 2,199,604 1,177,781 12,171 Orange FL 175,245 1,976,983 149,156 852,400 975,427 1,938,859 815,548 11,064 Philadelphia City School District PA 178,241 2,441,472 311,782 1,303,631 826,059 2,687,414 840,547 15,077 Palm Beach FL 171,431 2,057,933 133,639 362,209 1,562,085 2,176,280 960,823 12,695 Fairfax County Public Schools VA 163,952 2,255,060 83,635 450,412 1,721,013 2,343,558 1,266,055 14,294 Dallas Independent School District TX 159,144 1,587,549 213,494 312,635 1,061,420 1,656,387 802,339 10,408 Gwinnett County GA 152,043 1,571,111 87,664 655,939 827,508 1,556,471 852,779 10,237 Montgomery County Public Schools MD 137,814 2,249,696 92,959 475,234 1,681,503 2,177,458 1,228,719 15,800 Wake County Schools NC 128,122 1,447,470 65,144 622,879 759,447 1,262,116 617,577 9,851 San Diego Unified CA 130,983 1,617,095 144,726 754,228 718,141 1,603,147 760,559 12,239 Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools NC 128,789 1,244,057 91,893 632,234 519,930 1,217,293 642,830 9,452 Prince George's County Public Schools MD 131,014 1,761,330 111,266 856,121 793,943 1,726,009 848,908 13,174 Duval FL 125,176 1,218,342 117,295 606,135 494,912 1,175,289 627,890 9,389 Memphis City School District TN 117,349 1,067,335 142,662 398,294 526,379 1,077,655 605,649 9,183 Pinellas Pinellas FL 109 09,915 915 1,160,215 215 101,69 691 399,082 659,442 1,089,060 564,157 9,908 060 157 Detroit City School District MI 117,609 1,508,139 269,588 918,069 320,482 1,536,701 764,780 13,066 Cobb County GA 107,274 1,190,519 68,721 459,559 662,239 1,105,685 647,515 10,307 Baltimore County Public Schools MD 105,839 1,328,911 92,367 536,964 699,580 1,416,874 733,250 13,387 Dekalb County GA 101,396 1,193,406 94,124 407,108 692,174 1,128,807 632,709 11,133 Cypress Fairbanks Independent School District TX 92,135 751,839 37,840 246,218 467,781 875,810 402,884 9,506 Albuquerque Public Schools NM 95,493 909,023 87,631 689,195 132,197 902,192 429,681 9,448 Jefferson County KY 92,659 1,026,965 107,923 417,848 501,194 999,852 482,395 10,791 Polk FL 92,801 982,220 82,301 536,608 363,311 977,167 497,172 10,530 Long Beach Unified CA 90,663 909,270 133,819 647,370 128,081 874,269 491,228 9,643 Milwaukee School District WI 89,912 1,148,524 159,448 718,725 270,351 1,142,577 628,494 12,708 Northside Independent School District TX 82,587 731,923 55,227 268,708 407,988 839,960 365,937 10,171 Fulton County GA 83,861 997,880 45,745 297,967 654,168 1,006,083 512,028 11,997 Jefferson County School District No R 1 CO 86,154 825,158 41,486 341,225 442,447 886,873 421,281 10,294 Jordan District UT 78,299 552,931 39,461 286,699 226,771 491,361 250,221 6,275 Austin Independent School District TX 82,140 960,995 82,135 140,010 738,850 979,812 385,284 11,929 Baltimore City Public Schools MD 84,515 1,246,552 122,920 793,289 330,343 1,233,139 614,800 14,591 Lee FL 78,981 1,003,253 66,646 248,485 688,122 983,232 372,468 12,449 Fort Worth Independent School District TX 79,457 710,684 98,401 256,415 355,868 654,437 344,416 8,236 Fresno Unified CA 77,555 821,412 120,670 566,873 133,869 779,821 407,560 10,055 Granite District UT 67,502 448,235 49,274 254,021 144,940 426,419 238,607 6,317 Brevard FL 74,785 741,110 53,583 318,385 369,142 827,883 378,320 11,070 See notes at end of table. Current expenditures f do A-30 Table A-14.—Public elementary and secondary revenues by source, current expenditures, and current expenditures per pupil for the 100 largest school districts in the United States and jurisdictions: Fiscal Table A-13.—year 2007—Continued Revenues by source (in thousands o llars) Current (in thousands of dollars) Name of reporting district State T (fall m otal students embership)1 Total Federal State Local Total2 Instructional3 expenditures per pupil Davidson County School District TN 73,731 720,591 72,974 186,527 461,090 710,856 382,026 9,641 Anne Arundel County Public Schools MD 73,066 931,352 45,134 288,189 598,029 940,398 493,944 12,871 Denver County 1 CO 72,561 797,383 86,525 254,239 456,619 748,021 346,020 10,309 Mesa Unified District AZ 74,128 613,251 51,825 317,493 243,933 593,648 312,283 8,008 Prince William County Public Schools VA 70,948 847,608 35,176 347,986 464,446 843,838 416,174 11,894 Va Beach City Public Schools VA 72,538 807,157 61,259 375,553 370,345 851,435 436,831 11,738 Guilford County Schools NC 70,427 652,707 55,835 360,880 235,992 742,067 350,836 10,537 Davis District UT 62,193 418,693 34,790 250,917 132,986 450,639 217,900 7,246 Greenville 01 SC 67,537 637,541 52,331 286,464 298,746 785,218 302,372 11,626 Fort Bend Independent School District TX 67,014 550,235 28,496 195,713 326,026 610,338 300,943 9,108 Pasco FL 64,689 685,854 48,179 368,579 269,096 741,589 296,393 11,464 Washoe County School District NV 64,954 580,576 34,882 175,613 370,081 561,737 319,099 8,648 Seminole FL 66,351 633,727 42,441 309,429 281,857 633,452 328,175 9,547 Volusia FL 65,867 701,777 51,455 260,260 390,062 760,158 334,679 11,541 Mobile County AL 65,097 580,429 80,697 343,347 156,385 606,687 300,872 9,320 Alpine District UT 56,460 359,176 31,146 218,534 109,496 332,299 190,210 5,886 Arlington Independent School District TX 63,082 518,791 44,809 150,593 323,389 483,378 287,092 7,663 Elk Grove Unified CA 61,881 584,298 39,639 393,358 151,301 607,543 315,611 9,818 North East Independent School District TX 61,255 581,418 32,159 142,591 406,668 652,502 296,492 10,652 El Paso Independent School District TX 62,857 563,711 86,039 277,375 200,297 570,017 297,764 9,068 Aldine Independent School District TX 58,831 536,158 68,261 273,834 194,063 532,554 284,624 9,052 Tucson Unified District AZ 60,333 527,757 63,504 262,179 202,074 507,507 240,742 8,412 Chesterfield County Public Schools VA 58,455 598,918 25,246 279,457 294,215 580,634 303,257 9,933 District of Columbia Public Schools DC 56,943 1,148,358 134,700 0 1,013,658 1,140,506 491,992 20,029 Garland Independent School District TX 56,955 469,348 35,589 205,581 228,178 489,637 247,251 8,597 Santa Ana Unified CA 57,286 566,979 73,721 376,950 116,308 601,635 337,055 10,502 San Bernardino City Unified CA 57,398 619,398 78,412 475,527 65,459 623,196 295,805 10,857 Boston MA 56,388 1,220,761 102,201 374,962 743,598 1,229,316 699,766 21,801 Columbus City OH 56,003 907,767 100,819 350,149 456,799 900,413 402,250 16,078 San Francisco Unified CA 56,183 655,003 74,706 271,465 308,832 668,821 266,116 11,904 San Antonio Independent School District TX 55,406 543,509 97,844 269,268 176,397 536,456 269,004 9,682 Knox County School District TN 59,663 478,390 42,000 129,729 306,661 454,317 253,202 7,615 Katy Independent School District TX 51,201 462,280 16,553 166,614 279,113 481,772 223,922 9,409 Loudoun County Public Schools VA 50,383 684,499 9,462 155,380 519,657 953,281 398,671 18,921 Plano Independent School District TX 52,997 648,715 20,962 90,684 537,069 676,455 265,184 12,764 Cumberland County Schools NC 52,809 423,987 55,700 265,591 102,696 421,840 246,888 7,988 Douglas County School District No Re 1 CO 50,370 471,882 10,102 188,725 273,055 517,727 240,858 10,278 Cleveland Municipal City OH 55,593 911,109 130,506 516,776 263,827 841,720 461,373 15,141 Osceola FL 52,012 532,103 38,652 244,655 248,796 511,119 232,798 9,827 Clayton County GA 52,533 556,161 58,860 247,869 249,432 514,774 270,605 9,799 Capistrano Unified CA 51,512 444,582 22,214 159,712 262,656 456,558 256,669 8,863 Forsyth County Schools NC 50,648 463,122 44,643 266,190 152,289 480,335 282,388 9,484 Corona Norco Unified CA 49,865 522,273 23,394 327,461 171,418 564,740 243,569 11,325 Pasadena Independent School District TX 49,851 434,863 45,102 218,762 170,999 481,946 213,254 9,668 Cherry Creek 5 CO 49,684 472,054 17,805 187,225 267,024 469,672 269,619 9,453 See notes at end of table. Current expenditures f do A-31 Table A-14.—Public elementary and secondary revenues by source, current expenditures, and current expenditures per pupil for the 100 largest school districts in the United States and jurisdictions: Fiscal Table A-13.—year 2007—Continued Revenues by source (in thousands o llars) Current (in thousands of dollars) Name of reporting district State T (fall m otal students embership)1 Total Federal State Local Total2 Instructional3 expenditures per pupil Atlanta Public Schools GA 50,631 814,744 88,422 152,602 573,720 718,247 371,860 14,186 Lewisville Independent School District TX 49,060 467,179 23,471 78,815 364,893 497,236 230,795 10,135 Howard County Public Schools MD 49,048 754,403 18,529 189,850 546,024 724,789 386,330 14,777 Anchorage School District AK 49,230 536,620 60,069 298,397 178,154 587,025 302,924 11,924 Brownsville Independent School District TX 48,334 465,961 78,309 306,403 81,249 448,122 237,150 9,271 Garden Grove Unified CA 48,802 456,132 43,375 311,885 100,872 427,126 263,256 8,752 Henrico County Public Schools VA 47,680 467,012 25,324 214,579 227,109 481,493 236,634 10,098 Sacramento City Unified CA 49,355 550,875 75,511 351,170 124,194 551,191 276,234 11,168 Omaha Public Schools NE 47,044 496,376 78,550 182,796 235,030 454,528 227,474 9,662 San Juan Unified CA 47,862 488,602 42,664 303,867 142,071 465,296 263,088 9,722 † Not applicable. 1 The student membership obtained from the CCD fiscal district data collection varies slightly from the student membership obtained from the CCD nonfiscal data collection. 2 Total current expenditures for elementary and secondary education. Excludes capital outlays, interest on debt, payments to private schools, and payments to public charter schools. 3 Instructional expenditures are current expenditures for activities directly associated with the interaction between teachers and students. These include teacher salaries and benefits, supplies (such as textbooks), and purchased instructional services. New York City Public Schools includes guidance counselor costs in its instructional figures. 4 Data for Puerto Rico were obtained from the CCD National Public Education Financial Survey (NPEFS). 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). Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "School District Finance Survey" (F-33), FY 2007, Version 1a, and "National Public Education Financial Survey," (NPEFS), 2006–07, Version 1a. Table A-15.—Percentage distribution of public elementary and secondary revenues by source and total current expenditures for instruction for the 100 largest Table A-14.—school districts in the United States and jurisdictions, by school district: Fiscal year 2007 Current expenditures for instruction as a percent of Name of reporting district State Federal State Local total expenditures1 Total † 10.0 45.5 44.6 52.5 New York City Public Schools NY 9.8 47.7 42.5 65.3 Los Angeles Unified CA 11.6 69.4 19.0 47.2 Puerto Rico Department of Education2 PR 28.9 71.1 # 96.1 City of Chicago School District 299 IL 15.0 36.2 48.8 52.2 Dade FL 11.4 38.4 50.3 43.8 Clark County School District NV 7.1 22.8 70.0 44.6 Broward FL 8.5 38.8 52.7 46.2 Houston Independent School District TX 13.3 20.0 66.6 48.1 Hillsborough FL 11.9 52.9 35.3 47.3 Hawaii Department of Education HI 8.6 89.8 1.6 53.5 Orange FL 7.5 43.1 49.3 42.1 Philadelphia City School District PA 12.8 53.4 33.8 31.3 Palm Beach FL 6.5 17.6 75.9 44.1 Fairfax County Public Schools VA 3.7 20.0 76.3 54.0 Dallas Independent School District TX 13.4 19.7 66.9 48.4 Gwinnett County GA 5.6 41.8 52.7 54.8 Montgomery County Public Schools MD 4.1 21.1 74.7 56.4 Wake County Schools NC 4.5 43.0 52.5 48.9 San Diego Unified CA 8.9 46.6 44.4 47.4 Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools NC 7.4 50.8 41.8 52.8 Prince George's County Public Schools MD 6.3 48.6 45.1 49.2 Duval FL 9.6 49.8 40.6 53.4 Memphis City School District TN 13.4 37.3 49.3 56.2 Pinellas FL 8.8 34.4 56.8 51.8 Detroit City School District MI 17.9 60.9 21.3 49.8 Cobb County GA 5.8 38.6 55.6 58.6 Baltimore County Public Schools MD 7.0 40.4 52.6 51.8 Dekalb County GA 7.9 34.1 58.0 56.1 Cypress Fairbanks Independent School District TX 5.0 32.7 62.2 46.0 Albuquerque Public Schools NM 9.6 75.8 14.5 47.6 Jefferson County KY 10.5 40.7 48.8 48.2 Polk FL 8.4 54.6 37.0 50.9 Long Beach Unified CA 14.7 71.2 14.1 56.2 Milwaukee School District WI 13.9 62.6 23.5 55.0 Northside Independent School District TX 7.5 36.7 55.7 43.6 Fulton County GA 4.6 29.9 65.6 50.9 Jefferson County School District No R 1 CO 5.0 41.4 53.6 47.5 Jordan District UT 7.1 51.9 41.0 50.9 Austin Independent School District TX 8.5 14.6 76.9 39.3 Baltimore City Public Schools MD 9.9 63.6 26.5 49.9 Lee FL 6.6 24.8 68.6 37.9 Fort Worth Independent School District TX 13.8 36.1 50.1 52.6 Fresno Unified CA 14.7 69.0 16.3 52.3 Granite District UT 11.0 56.7 32.3 56.0 Brevard FL 7.2 43.0 49.8 45.7 Davidson County School District TN 10.1 25.9 64.0 53.7 Anne Arundel County Public Schools MD 4.8 30.9 64.2 52.5 Denver County 1 CO 10.9 31.9 57.3 46.3 Mesa Unified District AZ 8.5 51.8 39.8 52.6 Prince William County Public Schools VA 4.2 41.1 54.8 49.3 Va Beach City Public Schools VA 7.6 46.5 45.9 51.3 Guilford County Schools NC 8.6 55.3 36.2 47.3 Davis District UT 8.3 59.9 31.8 48.4 Greenville 01 SC 8.2 44.9 46.9 38.5 Fort Bend Independent School District TX 5.2 35.6 59.3 49.3 Pasco FL 7.0 53.7 39.2 40.0 Washoe County School District NV 6.0 30.2 63.7 56.8 Seminole FL 6.7 48.8 44.5 51.8 Volusia FL 7.3 37.1 55.6 44.0 Mobile County AL 13.9 59.2 26.9 49.6 See notes at end of table. Revenues by source A-32 Table A-15.—Percentage distribution of public elementary and secondary revenues by source and total current expenditures for instruction for the 100 largest Table A-14.—school districts in the United States and jurisdictions, by school district: Fiscal year 2007—Continued Current expenditures for instruction as a percent of Name of reporting district State Federal State Local total expenditures1 Alpine District UT 8.7 60.8 30.5 57.2 Arlington Independent School District TX 8.6 29.0 62.3 59.4 Elk Grove Unified CA 6.8 67.3 25.9 51.9 North East Independent School District TX 5.5 24.5 69.9 45.4 El Paso Independent School District TX 15.3 49.2 35.5 52.2 Aldine Independent School District TX 12.7 51.1 36.2 53.4 Tucson Unified District AZ 12.0 49.7 38.3 47.4 Chesterfield County Public Schools VA 4.2 46.7 49.1 52.2 District of Columbia Public Schools DC 11.7 0.0 88.3 43.1 Garland Independent School District TX 7.6 43.8 48.6 50.5 Santa Ana Unified CA 13.0 66.5 20.5 56.0 San Bernardino City Unified CA 12.7 76.8 10.6 47.5 Boston MA 8.4 30.7 60.9 56.9 Columbus City OH 11.1 38.6 50.3 44.7 San Francisco Unified CA 11.4 41.4 47.1 39.8 San Antonio Independent School District TX 18.0 49.5 32.5 50.1 Knox County School District TN 8.8 27.1 64.1 55.7 Katy Independent School District TX 3.6 36.0 60.4 46.5 Loudoun County Public Schools VA 1.4 22.7 75.9 41.8 Plano Independent School District TX 3.2 14.0 82.8 39.2 Cumberland County Schools NC 13.1 62.6 24.2 58.5 Douglas County School District No Re 1 CO 2.1 40.0 57.9 46.5 Cleveland Municipal City OH 14.3 56.7 29.0 54.8 Osceola FL 7.3 46.0 46.8 45.5 Clayton County GA 10.6 44.6 44.8 52.6 Capistrano Unified CA 5.0 35.9 59.1 56.2 Forsyth County Schools NC 9.6 57.5 32.9 58.8 Corona Norco Unified CA 4.5 62.7 32.8 43.1 Pasadena Independent School District TX 10.4 50.3 39.3 44.2 Cherry Creek 5 CO 3.8 39.7 56.6 57.4 Atlanta Public Schools GA 10.9 18.7 70.4 51.8 Lewisville Independent School District TX 5.0 16.9 78.1 46.4 Howard County Public Schools MD 2.5 25.2 72.4 53.3 Anchorage School District AK 11.2 55.6 33.2 51.6 Brownsville Independent School District TX 16.8 65.8 17.4 52.9 Garden Grove Unified CA 9.5 68.4 22.1 61.6 Henrico County Public Schools VA 5.4 45.9 48.6 49.1 Sacramento City Unified CA 13.7 63.7 22.5 50.1 Omaha Public Schools NE 15.8 36.8 47.3 50.0 San Juan Unified CA 8.7 62.2 29.1 56.5 † Not applicable. # Rounds to zero. 2 Data for Puerto Rico were obtained from the CCD National Public Education Financial Survey (NPEFS). Revenues by source SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "School District Finance Survey" (F-33), FY 2007, Version 1a, and "National Public Education Financial Survey," (NPEFS), 2006–07, Version 1a. 1 Instructional expenditures are current expenditures for activities directly associated with the interaction between teachers and students. These include teacher salaries and benefits, supplies (such as textbooks), and purchased instructional services. New York City Public Schools includes guidance counselor costs in its instructional figures. 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). Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. A-33 Page intentionally left blank. Appendix B—Methodology The source of the data for this report is the 2007–08 Common Core of Data (CCD). There are three nonfiscal CCD surveys that collect basic descriptive data on public education in the nation: the school survey (Public School Universe Survey), local education agency survey (Local Education Agency Universe Survey), and state survey (State Nonfiscal Survey). These data are collected through the U.S. Department of Education’s Education Data Exchange Network (EDEN) data collection system. Fiscal CCD data are gathered at the state level by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) in the National Public Education Financial Survey (NPEFS) and at the local level in the Annual Survey of Local Government Finances (F-33 series of the Census of Local Governments) conducted by the Governments Division of the U.S. Census Bureau. The most recent fiscal year for which data are available is 2007. Puerto Rico fiscal data were taken from the fiscal year 2007 NPEFS. CCD data are provided by state education agencies (SEAs) from each of the 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Bureau of Indian Education, the Department of Defense dependents schools (overseas and domestic), and four outlying areas (American Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and the U.S. Virgin Islands). Data for all of these states and jurisdictions are included in this report. If a data item is marked “data not available,” it indicates the state or jurisdiction did not report the data item in its CCD submission. Districts represented in this report have various sizes and geographic locations. The District of Columbia, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico are each administered as one school district. Some districts comprise a substantial portion of a state’s total student membership, while others make up only a small fraction of membership. Data Quality CCD data are reported by SEAs for individual schools and districts within the state, as well as for the state as a whole. Staff at NCES and the U.S. Census Bureau work with the SEAs to clean and edit the data. State coordinators correct or confirm any numbers that are challenged in the NCES edits. NCES accepts the states’ responses to these edit questions; however, in a limited number of situations, if the SEA does not provide NCES with the explanation or new data for an item, NCES will suppress or edit the data. NCES challenges SEA data under several circumstances. Some examples of edits include numbers appearing out of range when compared to national averages, the previous year’s data, or internal state reports. If a response is logically impossible, NCES will consult with the state and replace the response with a logically acceptable alternative. For example, in the 2007–08 CCD, the following districts reported counts of zero in the following staff categories: City of Chicago District 299, Illinois, LEA administrators; and Boston, Massachusetts, library media staff. The states were consulted about these values, and as a result the values were changed to“not available.” As another example of an edit, if a reported total is less than the sum of the detail comprising that total, the total will be changed to the sum of the detail. Data may also be adjusted for confidentiality. Counts of teachers for the District of Columbia Public Schools, District of Columbia, were underreported for charter schools within the district. Therefore, pupil/teacher ratios based on these teacher counts are suppressed in table A-3. Item Nonresponse Some items were not available for some school districts. The following items describe nonresponse in the CCD school and agency universe surveys that affected the information presented in this report: • no data on instructional support staff for Mobile County, Alabama; • no data on library media staff for Boston, Massachusetts; • no data for local education agency (LEA) administrators for the City of Chicago School District 299, Illinois; B-1 • no pupil/teacher ratio data for other instructional levels for Pinellas, Florida, Fulton County, Georgia, and Tucson Unified District, Arizona; • no Title I data for the Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools, North Carolina and the Tucson Unified District, Arizona, and no schoolwide Title I data for the Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools, North Carolina, the Tucson Unified District, Arizona, and the Douglas County School District No Re , Colorado; • no data on free and reduced-price lunch eligibility for the Wake County Schools, North Carolina, the Guilford County Schools, North Carolina, the Columbus City Schools, Ohio, the Cumberland County Schools, North Carolina, and Cleveland Municipal City, Ohio; • no data on students with IEPs for the New York City Public Schools, New York, and the Davidson County School District, Tennessee; • no other high school completer data for the New York City Public Schools, New York, Wake County Schools, North Carolina, the Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools, North Carolina, the Detroit City School District, Michigan, the Albuquerque Public Schools, New Mexico, the Milwaukee School District, Wisconsin, the Granite School District, Utah, the Mesa Unified District, Arizona, the Guilford County Schools, North Carolina, the Tucson Unified District, Arizona, the District of Columbia Public Schools, the Cumberland County Schools, North Carolina, and the Forsyth County Schools, North Carolina ; and • no dropout data for the Puerto Rico Department of Education. High School Completers, Grades 9–12 Dropout Rate, and Averaged Freshman Graduation Rate This report presents counts of high school completers, the grade 9–12 dropout rate, and an averaged freshman graduation rate. The term “high school completer” includes both diploma recipients and other high school completers, but not high school equivalency recipients. The averaged freshman graduation rate only includes diploma recipients; it does not include other high school completers or those receiving a General Education Development (GED)-based equivalency credential. Diploma Recipients. These are individuals who are awarded, in a given year, a high school diploma or a diploma that recognizes some equivalent level of academic achievement. They can be thought of as students who meet or exceed the coursework and performance standards for high school completion established by the state or other relevant authorities. Other High School Completers. These individuals receive a certificate of attendance or some other credential in lieu of a diploma. Students awarded this credential typically meet requirements that differ from those for a high school diploma. Some states do not issue an “other high school completion” type of certificate, but award all students who complete school a diploma regardless of what academic requirements the students have met. In order to make data as comparable as possible across states, this report includes both regular and other diploma recipients in its total number of high school completers. High school equivalency recipients are not included. Exclusion of High School Equivalency Recipients. High school equivalency recipients are awarded a credential certifying that they have met state or district requirements for high school completion by passing an examination or completing some other performance requirement. High school equivalency diplomas are considered valid completion credentials, but high school equivalency recipients are not included in the total number of completers. Grades 9–12 dropout rate. The grades 9–12 dropout rate estimates the percentage of public high school students who left high school between the beginning of one school year and the beginning of the next without earning a high school diploma or its equivalent (e.g., a GED) and do not meet any of the following exclusionary conditions: transfer to another public school district, private school, or state- or district-approved education program; temporary absence due to suspension or school-approved illness; or death. It is calculated by the following method: B-2 B-3 [ ] ] Enrollment 12 – 9 Grade [Total Dropouts 12 – 9 Grade of Number Rate Dropout = Ungraded enrollment within each agency is redistributed across other grades in proportion to the graded enrollment. Averaged freshman graduation rate (AFGR). The averaged freshman graduation rate provides an estimate of the percentage of high school students who graduate on time (i.e., within 4 years of entering 9th grade for the first time). The rate uses aggregate student enrollment data (to estimate the size of an incoming freshman class) and aggregate counts of the number of diplomas awarded 4 years later. The incoming freshman class size is estimated by summing the enrollment in 8th grade in one year, 9th grade for the next year, and 10th grade for the year after and then dividing by three. The averaging is intended to account for higher grade retentions in the 9th grade compared to 8th and 10th grades. Ungraded students reported to the CCD were prorated into the individual grade enrollment counts. Thus 100 enrollment grade - 9th Average 07 – 2006 in recipients diploma of Number AFGR • ⎟⎟ ⎠ ⎞ ⎜⎜ ⎝ ⎛ = where ( ) ( ) ( ) 3 05 – 2004 in enrollment grade - 10th 04 – 2003 in enrollment grade - 9th 03 – 2002 in enrollment grade - 8th enrollment grade - 9th Average ⎥ ⎥ ⎥ ⎦ ⎤ ⎢ ⎢ ⎢ ⎣ ⎡ + + = More Information on CCD Methodology New York City Public Schools, New York. New York did not report the New York City Public Schools as a single district in 2007–08. The state reported a total of 33 geographic districts comprising what had been the New York City Public Schools in previous years. For this report, data for the 33 geographic districts were aggregated to provide data for the New York City Public Schools, New York district. For more information on CCD universe surveys and response rates, see Numbers and Types of Public Elementary and Secondary Schools From the Common Core of Data: School Year 2007–08 (Hoffman 2009), Public Elementary and Secondary School Student Enrollment and Staff Counts From the Common Core of Data: School Year 2007–08 (Sable and Noel 2009), and Public School Graduates and Dropouts From the Common Core of Data: School Year 2006–07 (Stillwell 2009). These reports discuss missing data and data quality and present state totals for CCD data items from the school, agency, and state surveys. They include state-idiosyncratic treatment of charter and magnet schools as well as schools and districts with no student membership. Counts of Students with Individualized Education Programs (IEPs), Colorado Districts. Colorado did not report IEP counts for any regular school districts in 2007–08, and therefore did not have IEP counts for any of its districts that are in the 100 largest districts in the United States and jurisdictions. Instead, IEP counts were reported in special administrative unit districts that either represent data for a single regular district or for a collection of small regular districts. For the purposes of this report, the IEP counts reported for the special administrative units determined to be associated with each of the 100 largest school districts that are in Colorado were used as a count of IEPs for that district. Page intentionally left blank. Appendix C—Glossary alternative education school—A public elementary/secondary school that (1) addresses needs of students that typically cannot be met in a regular school, (2) provides nontraditional education, (3) serves as an adjunct to a regular school, or (4) falls outside the categories of regular, special education, or vocational education. American Indian/Alaska Native—A person having origins in any of the original peoples of North and South America (including Central America), and who maintains tribal affiliation or community attachment. (OMB directive, 1977, 1997) Asian/Pacific Islander—A person having origins in any of the original peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia, the Indian subcontinent, or the Pacific Islands. This area includes, for example, Cambodia, China, India, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Pakistan, Thailand, Vietnam, Guam, the Philippine Islands, Samoa, and other Pacific Islands. (OMB directive, 1977) averaged freshman graduation rate (AFGR)—An estimate of the number of entering high school freshman graduating in 4 years. The rate is the number of diploma recipients divided by the average of 8th graders 5 years ago, 9th graders 4 years ago, and 10th graders 3 years ago. Black—A person having origins in any of the black racial groups of Africa. (OMB directive, 1977, 1997) Bureau of Indian Education school and district—A school or district that is directly funded by the Bureau of Indian Education (formerly Bureau of Indian Affairs), U.S. Department of the Interior. charter school—A school providing free public elementary and/or secondary education to eligible students under a specific charter granted by the state legislature or other appropriate authority, and designated by such authority to be a charter school. current expenditures—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. diploma, high school—A formal document certifying the successful completion of a secondary school program prescribed by the state education agency or other appropriate body. dropout—A student who was enrolled in school at some time during the previous school year; was not enrolled at the beginning of the current school year; has not graduated from high school or completed a state- or district- approved educational program; and does not meet any of the following exclusionary conditions: has transferred to another public school district, private school, or state- or district-approved educational program; is temporarily absent due to suspension or school-approved illness; or has died. Item was first collected in 1992–93. dropout rate, grades 9–12, high school—The grades 9–12 (high school) dropout rate is the percentage of students enrolled in any of grades 9 through 12 at the beginning of a school year who are dropouts as of the beginning of the subsequent school year. See also, “Dropout.” federal revenues—Include direct grants-in-aid to schools or agencies, funds distributed through a state or intermediate agency, and revenues in lieu of taxes to compensate a school district for nontaxable federal institutions within a district’s boundary. free and reduced-price lunch eligible—The number of students who are eligible for the Free and Reduced-Price Lunch Program under the National School Lunch Act, which provides cash subsidies for free and reduced-price lunches to students based on family size and income. C-1 full-time equivalency (FTE)—The amount of time required to perform an assignment stated as a proportion of a full-time position and computed by dividing the amount of time employed by the time normally required for a full-time position. guidance counselors/director—Professional staff assigned specific duties and school time for counseling students and parents, addressing learning problems, evaluating student abilities, and assisting students in career and personal development. The state applies its own standards in apportioning the aggregate of guidance counselors/directors into the elementary and secondary level components. high school completers—Students who completed the course of public elementary and secondary education offered by the school district and who received a high school diploma, or who met other requirements of completion as defined by state law or policy. Does not include high school equivalency recipients. Hispanic—A person of Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, Central or South American, or other Spanish culture or origin, regardless of race. (OMB directive, 1977, 1997) Individualized Educational Program (IEP)—A written instructional plan for students with disabilities designated as special education students under the Individuals With Disabilities Education Act (IDEA, Part B). Each plan includes a (1) statement of the child’s present levels of educational performance, (2) statement of measurable annual goals, including academic and functional goals, (3) for children with disabilities who take alternate assessments aligned to alternate achievement standards, description of benchmarks or short term objectives; (4) statement of the special education and related services and supplementary aids and services; and (5) statement of any individual accommodations that are necessary to measure the academic achievement and functional performance of the child on state and districtwide assessment; and if the IEP Team determines that the child must take an alternate assessment instead of a particular regular State or districtwide assessment of student achievement, a statement of why the child cannot participate in the regular assessment and why the particular alternate assessment selected is appropriate for the child. instructional aide—Staff assigned to assist a teacher with routine activities associated with teaching (i.e., activities requiring minor decisions regarding students), such as monitoring, conducting rote exercises, operating equipment, and clerking. Include tutors if position does not require teaching credentials. Include only paid staff. Exclude volunteer aides. instructional coordinator and supervisor—Staff supervising instructional programs at the school district or subdistrict level. Including supervisors of educational television staff; coordinators and supervisors of audiovisual services; curriculum coordinators and in-service training staff, including teacher mentors; Title I coordinators and home economics supervisors; and supervisory staff engaged in the development of computer-assisted instruction. School-based department chairpersons are excluded. (School-based department chairpersons are reported under “school administrator.”). instructional expenditures—Current expenditures for activities directly associated with the interaction between teachers and students, including teacher salaries and benefits, supplies (such as textbooks), and purchased instructional services. (See also, “Current Expenditures”). instructional level—The lowest and highest grade offered by a school determines its instructional level. The four instructional levels are: primary (lowest grade of prekindergarten to 3; highest grade up to 8), middle (lowest grade 4 to 7; highest grade 4 to 9), high (lowest grade 7 to 12; highest grade 12), and other (all other configurations, including PK, K, or 1–12). instructional support staff—Includes instructional coordinators and supervisors and instructional aides. (See also, “instructional coordinator and supervisor” and “instructional aide”). librarian or media specialist— A professional staff member or supervisor assigned specific duties and school time for professional library services activities. Professional library service activities include selecting, acquiring, C-2 preparing, cataloging, and circulating books and other printed materials; planning the use of the library by students, teachers, and instructional staff; and guiding individuals in the use of library books and material maintained separately or as a part of an instructional materials center. library media staff—Includes librarian or media specialist and library and media support staff. (See also, "librarian or media specialist" and "library and media support staff".) library and media support staff—Staff member who renders other professional library and media services. Includes library aides and those involved in library/media support. Duties of these staff members include selecting, preparing, caring for, and making available to instructional staff, equipment, films, filmstrips, transparencies, tapes, TV programs, and similar materials maintained separately or as part of an instructional materials center. Include activities in the audiovisual center, TV studio, related work-study areas, and services provided by audiovisual personnel. local education agency (LEA)—The government agency at the local level whose primary responsibility is to operate public schools or to contract for public school services. local revenues—Include revenues from such sources as local property and nonproperty taxes, investments, and student activities such as textbook sales, transportation and tuition fees, and food service revenues. magnet school or program—A special school or program designed to attract students of different racial/ethnic backgrounds for the purpose of reducing, preventing, or eliminating racial isolation (50 percent or more minority enrollment); and/or to provide an academic or social focus on a particular theme (e.g., science/math, performing arts, gifted/talented, or foreign language). outlying areas—Includes American Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. per-pupil expenditures—Current expenditures for public elementary and secondary education in a state divided by the student membership. The numbers reported here, based on membership, can be expected to be smaller than per-pupil expenditures based on average daily attendance because membership counts are generally larger than average daily attendance. primary school—A school offering a low grade of prekindergarten to 3 and a high grade of 8 or lower. public school—An institution that provides educational services and: (1) has one or more grade groups (prekindergarten through grade 12) or is ungraded; (2) has one or more teachers to give instruction; (3) is located in one or more buildings or sites; (4) has an assigned administrator; (5) receives public funds as primary support; and (6) is operated by an education agency. pupil/teacher ratio—The ratio of pupils to teachers in a school district, based on the total number of pupils (student membership) and the total full-time-equivalent (FTE) number of teachers reported in the schools associated with the school district. The pupil/teacher ratio does not represent class size, but rather is a district- level measure of pupils and teachers. regular school—A public elementary/secondary school providing instruction and education services that does not focus primarily on special education, vocational/technical education, or alternative education, or on any of the particular themes associated with magnet/special program emphasis schools. regular school district—Agency responsible for providing free public education for school-age children residing within its jurisdiction. This category excludes local supervisory unions that provide management services for a group of associated school districts; regional education service agencies that typically provide school districts with research, testing, and data processing services; state and federally operated school districts; and other agencies that do not fall into these groupings. C-3 C-4 revenues—Additions to assets that do not incur an obligation that must be met at some future date, do not represent exchanges of fixed assets, and are available for expenditure by the local education agencies in the state. Revenues include funds from local, intermediate, state, and federal sources. school administrator—Staff whose activities are concerned with directing and managing the operation of a particular school. Category includes principals, assistant principals, and other assistants; and persons who supervise school operations, assign duties to staff members, supervise and maintain the records of the school, and coordinate school instructional activities with those of the education agency, including department chairpersons. schools having membership—Schools at which students counts are greater than zero. schoolwide Title I eligible school—A school that is a Title I eligible school and its percentage of low-income students is at least 40 percent. (See also “Title I Eligible School”). special education school—A public elementary/secondary school that focuses primarily on special education— including instruction for any of the following students with: autism, deaf-blindness, developmental delay, hearing impairment, mental retardation, multiple disabilities, orthopedic impairment, serious emotional disturbance, specific learning disability, speech or language impairment, traumatic brain injury, visual impairment, and other health impairments—and that adapts curriculum, materials, or instruction for students served. state revenues—Include both direct funds from state governments and funds in lieu of taxation. Revenues in lieu of taxes are paid to compensate a school district for nontaxable state institutions or facilities within the district’s boundary. teacher—A professional school staff member who instructs students in prekindergarten, kindergarten, grades 1– 12, or ungraded classes and maintains daily student attendance records. Title I eligible school—A Title I eligible school is a school designated under appropriate state and federal regulations as being high poverty and eligible for participation in programs authorized by Title I of P.L. 107-110. A Title I eligible school is one in which the percentage of children from low-income families is at least as high as the percentage of children from low-income families served by the LEA as a whole or that the LEA has designated as Title I eligible because 35 percent or more of the children are from low-income families. two or more races—A person choosing more than one of the five race categories. (OMB directive, 1997) vocational education school—A public elementary/secondary school that focuses primarily on providing formal preparation for semiskilled, skilled, technical, or professional occupations for high school-age students who have opted to develop or expand their employment opportunities, often in lieu of preparing for college entry. White—A person having origins in any of the original peoples of Europe, North Africa, or the Middle East. (OMB directive, 1977, 1997) D-1 Appendix D—Supplementary Tables Tables D-1 and D-2 present data on the 2007–08 school year. Table D-1 presents the mailing addresses and phone numbers of the 500 largest school districts by rank according to membership size. Table D-2 is an alphabetic listing of the 500 largest school districts. Table D-3 presents data on the 2007–08 school year. This table presents a count of the 100 largest school districts by state. Table D-4 presents data for the 1997–98 school year. This table presents the name, city, state, and county of the 100 largest districts, as well as the number of students, teachers, completers, and schools. Table D-1.—The 500 largest public school districts in the United States and jurisdictions, by school district: School year 2007–08 Rank Students Agency name Mailing address City State ZIP Schools1 Telephone 1 989,941 New York City Public Schools 52 Chambers St Rm 320 New York NY 10007 1,454 (212) 374-0200 2 693,680 Los Angeles Unified 333 S. Beaudry Ave Los Angeles CA 90017 825 (213) 241-1000 3 526,565 Puerto Rico Department of Education P.O. Box 190759 San Juan PR 00919 1,511 (787) 766-2911 4 407,510 City of Chicago School District 299 125 S. Clark Chicago IL 60603 631 (773) 553-1000 5 348,128 Dade 1450 Ne 2nd Ave #912 Miami FL 33132 471 (305) 995-1430 6 309,051 Clark County School District 5100 W. Sahara Ave Las Vegas NV 89146 341 (702) 799-5000 7 258,893 Broward 600 Se 3rd Ave 10th Floor Fort Lauderdale FL 33301 297 (754) 321-2600 8 199,534 Houston Independent School District 4400 W. 18th St Houston TX 77092 294 (713) 556-6000 9 193,180 Hillsborough P. O. Box 3408 Tampa FL 33601 285 (813) 272-4050 10 179,897 Hawaii Department of Education P.O. Box 2360 Honolulu HI 96804 287 (808) 586-3310 11 174,142 Orange P. O. Box 271 Orlando FL 32802 233 (407) 317-3202 12 172,704 Philadelphia City School District 440 N. Broad St Philadelphia PA 19130 272 (215) 400-4000 13 170,883 Palm Beach 3340 Forest Hill Blvd C 316 West Palm Beach FL 33406 258 (561) 434-8200 14 165,722 Fairfax County Public Schools 8115 Gatehouse Rd Falls Church VA 22042 199 (571) 423-1010 15 157,804 Dallas Independent School District 3700 Ross Ave Dallas TX 75204 249 (972) 925-3700 16 155,618 Gwinnett County 437 Old Peachtree Rd Nw Suwanee GA 30024 112 (678) 301-6000 17 137,717 Montgomery County Public Schools 850 Hungerford Dr Rockville MD 20850 205 (301) 279-3391 18 134,401 Wake County Schools P.O. Box 28041 Raleigh NC 27611 153 (919) 850-1600 19 131,577 San Diego Unified 4100 Normal St San Diego CA 92103 214 (619) 725-8000 20 131,176 Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools P.O. Box 30035 Charlotte NC 28230 161 (980) 343-3000 21 129,752 Prince George's County Public Schools 14201 School La Upper Marlboro MD 20772 214 (301) 952-6000 22 124,740 Duval 1701 Prudential Dr Jacksonville FL 32207 177 (904) 390-2115 23 115,342 Memphis City School District 2597 Avery Ave Memphis TN 38112 190 (901) 416-5444 24 107,892 Pinellas 301 4th St Sw Largo FL 33770 169 (727) 588-6011 25 107,874 Detroit City School District 3011 W. Grand Blvd Fisher 14th Detroit MI 48202 199 (313) 873-7450 26 107,307 Cobb County 514 Glover St Marietta GA 30061 116 (770) 426-3300 27 104,283 Baltimore County Public Schools 6901 N. Charles St Baltimore MD 21204 171 (410) 887-4554 28 100,273 Dekalb County 3770 N. Decatur Rd Decatur GA 30032 149 (678) 676-1200 29 96,837 Cypress Fairbanks Independent School District P. O. Box 692003 Houston TX 77269 75 (281) 897-4000 30 95,965 Albuquerque Public Schools P. O. Box 25704 Albuquerque NM 87125 171 (505) 880-3744 31 95,871 Jefferson County 3332 Newburg Rd Louisville KY 40232 173 (502) 485-3011 32 93,980 Polk P. O. Box 391 Bartow FL 33831 152 (863) 534-0521 33 88,186 Long Beach Unified 1515 Hughes Way Long Beach CA 90810 93 (562) 997-8000 34 86,819 Milwaukee School District P.O. Box 2181 Milwaukee WI 53201 214 (414) 475-8393 35 86,260 Northside Independent School District 5900 Evers Rd San Antonio TX 78238 97 (210) 397-8500 36 86,225 Fulton County 786 Cleveland Ave Sw Atlanta GA 30315 99 (404) 768-3600 37 86,168 Jefferson County School District No R 1 P. O. Box 4001 Golden CO 80401 163 (303) 982-6500 38 85,651 Jordan District 9361 S. 300 E. Sandy UT 84070 97 (801) 567-8100 39 82,564 Austin Independent School District 1111 W. 6th St Austin TX 78703 119 (512) 414-1700 40 81,284 Baltimore City Public Schools 200 E. N. Ave Baltimore MD 21202 195 (410) 396-8700 41 80,541 Lee 2855 Colonial Blvd Fort Myers FL 33966 110 (239) 337-8301 42 78,857 Fort Worth Independent School District 100 N. University Dr Fort Worth TX 76107 148 (817) 871-2000 43 76,460 Fresno Unified 2309 Tulare St Fresno CA 93721 105 (559) 457-3000 44 75,982 Granite District 2500 S. State St Slc UT 84115 114 (801) 646-5000 45 74,369 Brevard 2700 Judge Fran Jamieson Way Viera FL 32940 124 (321) 631-1911 46 73,715 Davidson County School District 2601 Bransford Ave Nashville TN 37204 137 (615) 259-8419 47 73,400 Anne Arundel County Public Schools 2644 Riva Rd Annapolis MD 21401 123 (410) 222-5000 48 73,053 Denver County 1 900 Grant St Denver CO 80203 148 (720) 423-3300 49 73,044 Mesa Unified District 63 E. Main St Mesa AZ 85201 90 (480) 472-0200 50 72,988 Prince William County Public Schools P. O. Box 389 Manassas VA 20108 81 (703) 791-8712 51 72,477 Va Beach City Public Schools P.O. Box 6038 Virginia Beach VA 23456 86 (757) 263-1000 52 72,389 Guilford County Schools P.O. Box 880 Greensboro NC 27402 120 (336) 370-8100 53 70,323 Davis District P. O. Box 588 Farmington UT 84025 101 (801) 402-5261 54 69,444 Greenville 01 Box 2848 Greenville SC 29602 91 (864) 355-3162 55 67,992 Fort Bend Independent School District 16431 Lexington Blvd Sugar Land TX 78520 67 (281) 634-1000 56 66,314 Pasco 7227 Land O. Lakes Blvd Land O Lakes FL 34638 100 (813) 794-2651 57 65,663 Washoe County School District P.O. Box 30425 Reno NV 89520 104 (775) 348-0200 58 65,378 Seminole 400 E. Lake Mary Blvd Sanford FL 32773 77 (407) 320-0006 59 64,488 Volusia P. O. Box 2118 Deland FL 32721 95 (386) 734-7190 60 64,375 Mobile County P. O. Box 180069 Mobile AL 36618 115 (251) 221-4394 61 63,856 Alpine District 575 N. 100 E. American Fork UT 84003 70 (801) 756-8400 62 62,863 Arlington Independent School District 1203 W. Pioneer Pkwy Arlington TX 76013 76 (682) 867-4611 63 62,294 Elk Grove Unified 9510 Elk Grove Florin Rd Elk Grove CA 95624 64 (916) 686-5085 64 62,181 North East Independent School District 8961 Tesoro Dr San Antonio TX 78217 72 (210) 804-7000 65 62,123 El Paso Independent School District P. O. Box 20100 El Paso TX 79998 93 (915) 779-3781 66 60,083 Aldine Independent School District 14910 Aldine Westfield Rd Houston TX 77032 70 (281) 449-1011 67 59,327 Tucson Unified District 1010 E. 10th St Tucson AZ 85719 125 (520) 225-6060 68 58,969 Chesterfield County Public Schools P.O. Box 10 Chesterfield VA 23832 63 (804) 748-1405 69 58,191 District of Columbia Public Schools 825 N. Capitol St Ne District Of Columbia DC 20002 166 (202) 442-5885 70 57,169 Garland Independent School District 501 S. Jupiter Garland TX 75042 75 (972) 494-8201 See notes at end of table. D-2 Table D-1.—The 500 largest public school districts in the United States and jurisdictions, by school district: School year 2007–08—Continued Rank Students Agency name Mailing address City State ZIP Schools1 Telephone 71 57,061 Santa Ana Unified 1601 E. Chestnut Ave Santa Ana CA 92701 59 (714) 558-5501 72 56,727 San Bernardino City Unified 777 N. F St San Bernardino CA 92410 72 (909) 381-1100 73 56,168 Boston 26 Ct St Boston MA 02108 138 (617) 635-9050 74 55,269 Columbus City 270 E. State St Columbus OH 43215 136 (614) 365-5000 75 55,069 San Francisco Unified 555 Franklin St San Francisco CA 94102 111 (415) 241-6000 76 54,779 San Antonio Independent School District 141 Lavaca St San Antonio TX 78210 105 (210) 299-5500 77 54,490 Knox County School District 912 S. Gay St Knoxville TN 37902 86 (865) 594-1620 78 54,402 Katy Independent School District P. O. Box 159 Katy TX 77492 53 (281) 396-6000 79 53,961 Loudoun County Public Schools 21000 Education Ct Ashburn VA 20148 70 (571) 252-1000 80 53,683 Plano Independent School District 2700 W. 15th Plano TX 75075 81 (469) 752-8100 81 53,295 Cumberland County Schools P.O. Box 2357 Fayetteville NC 28302 89 (910) 678-2300 82 52,983 Douglas County School District No Re 1 620 Wilcox St Castle Rock CO 80104 72 (303) 387-0100 83 52,954 Cleveland Municipal City 1380 E. 6th St Cleveland OH 44114 106 (614) 000-0000 84 52,742 Osceola 817 Bill Beck Blvd Kissimmee FL 34744 60 (407) 870-4008 85 52,717 Clayton County 1058 5th Ave Jonesboro GA 30236 64 (770) 473-2700 86 52,390 Capistrano Unified 33122 Valle Rd San Juan Capistrano CA 92675 61 (949) 234-9200 87 51,738 Forsyth County Schools P.O. Box 2513 Winston Salem NC 27102 77 (336) 727-2816 88 51,322 Corona Norco Unified 2820 Clark Ave Norco CA 92860 50 (951) 736-5000 89 50,757 Pasadena Independent School District 1515 Cherrybrook Pasadena TX 77502 64 (713) 740-0000 90 50,601 Cherry Creek 5 4700 S. Yosemite St Greenwood Village CO 80111 56 (303) 773-1184 91 49,991 Atlanta Public Schools 130 Trinity Ave S. W. Atlanta GA 30303 113 (404) 802-3500 92 49,636 Lewisville Independent School District P. O. Box 217 Lewisville TX 75067 63 (469) 713-5200 93 49,542 Howard County Public Schools 10910 Route 108 Ellicott City MD 21042 73 (410) 313-6600 94 48,857 Anchorage School District P. O. Box 196614 Anchorage AK 99519 96 (907) 742-4312 95 48,837 Brownsville Independent School District 1900 Price Rd Brownsville TX 78520 54 (956) 548-8000 96 48,669 Garden Grove Unified 10331 Stanford Ave Garden Grove CA 92840 67 (714) 663-6000 97 48,620 Henrico County Public Schools 3820 Nine Mile Rd Richmond VA 23223 70 (804) 652-3717 98 48,446 Sacramento City Unified P.O. Box 246870 Sacramento CA 95824 91 (916) 643-9000 99 47,763 Omaha Public Schools 3215 Cuming St Omaha NE 68131 98 (402) 557-2222 100 47,400 San Juan Unified P.O. Box 477 Carmichael CA 95609 77 (916) 971-7700 101 46,918 Shelby County School District 160 S. Hollywood Memphis TN 38112 50 (901) 321-2500 102 46,788 Wichita 201 N. Water Wichita KS 67202 90 (316) 973-4000 103 46,524 Conroe Independent School District 3205 W. Davis Conroe TX 77304 51 (936) 709-7702 104 46,431 Oakland Unified 1025 2nd Ave Oakland CA 94606 143 (510) 879-8582 105 46,262 Portland School District 1j P.O. Box 3107 Portland OR 97208 92 (503) 916-2000 106 45,714 East Baton Rouge Parish P. O. Box 2950 Baton Rouge LA 70821 90 (225) 922-5400 107 45,581 Seattle Public Schools 815 4th Ave N. Seattle WA 98124 106 (206) 252-0100 108 45,183 Alief Independent School District P. O. Box 68 Alief TX 77411 45 (281) 498-8110 109 45,049 Ysleta Independent School District 9600 Sims Dr El Paso TX 79925 65 (915) 434-0000 110 43,560 Riverside Unified P.O. Box 2800 Riverside CA 92516 49 (951) 788-7134 111 43,468 Jefferson Parish 4600 River Rd Marrero LA 70072 86 (504) 349-7600 112 42,935 Klein Independent School District 7200 Spring Cypress Rd Klein TX 77379 41 (832) 249-4000 113 42,865 Caddo Parish P. O. Box 32000 Shreveport LA 71130 76 (318) 603-6300 114 42,723 Collier 5775 Osceola Trail Naples FL 34109 66 (239) 377-0212 115 42,591 Sweetwater Union High 1130 5th Ave Chula Vista CA 91911 31 (619) 691-5500 116 42,577 Marion P. O. Box 670 Ocala FL 34478 62 (352) 671-7702 117 42,524 Manatee P. O. Box 9069 Bradenton FL 34206 75 (941) 708-8770 118 42,216 Charleston 01 75 Calhoun St Charleston SC 29401 80 (843) 937-6319 119 42,013 Sarasota 1960 Landings Blvd Sarasota FL 34231 60 (941) 927-9000 120 41,959 Fontana Unified P.O. Box 5090 Fontana CA 92334 44 (909) 357-5000 121 41,854 Escambia 215 W. Garden St Pensacola FL 32502 76 (850) 469-6130 122 41,271 Tulsa P.O. Box 470208 Tulsa OK 74147 89 (918) 746-6800 123 41,230 Hamilton County School Distrct 6703 Bonny Oaks Dr Chattanooga TN 37421 76 (423) 209-8538 124 40,985 Oklahoma City 900 N. Klein Ave Oklahoma City OK 73106 94 (405) 587-0000 125 40,719 Anoka Hennepin Public School District 11299 Hanson Blvd Nw Coon Rapids MN 55433 59 (763) 506-1000 126 40,708 School District U 46 355 E. Chicago St Elgin IL 60120 58 (847) 888-5000 127 40,669 Lake 201 W. Burleigh Blvd Tavares FL 32778 55 (352) 253-6523 128 40,507 Newark 2 Cedar St Newark NJ 07102 74 (973) 733-7333 129 40,493 Round Rock Independent School District 1311 Round Rock Ave Round Rock TX 78681 47 (512) 464-5000 130 40,487 Frederick County Public Schools 115 E. Church St Frederick MD 21701 64 (301) 644-5000 131 40,347 St Lucie 4204 Okeechobee Rd Fort Pierce FL 34947 47 (772) 429-3925 132 40,107 St Paul Public School District 360 Colborne St St. Paul MN 55102 123 (651) 767-8100 133 40,106 Salem Keizer School District 24j P.O. Box 12024 Salem OR 97309 68 (503) 399-3000 134 40,003 Chesapeake City Public Schools P. O. Box 16496 Chesapeake VA 23328 46 (757) 547-0165 135 39,172 Harford County Public Schools 120 S. Hickory Ave Bel Air MD 21014 54 (410) 838-7300 136 39,143 Peoria Unified School District P. O. Box 39 Peoria AZ 85380 39 (623) 486-6000 137 39,009 United Independent School District 201 Lindenwood Dr Laredo TX 78520 45 (956) 473-6201 138 39,000 Henry County 33 N. Zack Hinton Pkwy McDonough GA 30253 45 (770) 957-6601 139 38,878 Socorro Independent School District P. O. Box 292800 El Paso TX 79929 43 (915) 937-0000 140 38,815 Northglenn-Thornton 12 1500 E. 128th Ave Thornton CO 80241 50 (720) 972-4000 See notes at end of table. D-3 Table D-1.—The 500 largest public school districts in the United States and jurisdictions, by school district: School year 2007–08—Continued Rank Students Agency name Mailing address City State ZIP Schools1 Telephone 141 38,693 Corpus Christi Independent School District P. O. Box 110 Corpus Christi TX 78520 62 (361) 886-9002 142 38,539 Gilbert Unified District 140 S. Gilbert Rd Gilbert AZ 85296 42 (480) 497-3452 143 38,408 Stockton Unified 701 N. Madison St Stockton CA 95202 55 (209) 933-7025 144 38,229 Killeen Independent School District P. O. Box 967 Killeen TX 76540 53 (254) 501-0006 145 37,821 Beaverton School District 48j 16550 Sw Merlo Rd Beaverton OR 97006 52 (503) 591-8000 146 37,341 Kern Union High 5801 Sundale Ave Bakersfield CA 93309 24 (661) 827-3100 147 37,200 Horry 01 P.O. Box 260005 Conway SC 29528 48 (843) 488-6717 148 37,126 Moreno Valley Unified 25634 Alessandro Blvd Moreno Valley CA 92553 38 (951) 571-7500 149 37,053 Union County Public Schools 500 N. Main St Suite 700 Monroe NC 28112 47 (704) 283-3733 150 36,875 Deer Valley Unified District 20402 N. 15th Ave Phoenix AZ 85027 37 (623) 445-5000 151 36,810 Clovis Unified 1450 Herndon Ave Clovis CA 93611 46 (559) 327-9100 152 36,640 Mesquite Independent School District 405 E. Davis St Mesquite TX 75149 46 (972) 288-6411 153 36,353 Cherokee County 221 W. Main St Canton GA 30114 37 (770) 479-1871 154 36,314 Clear Creek Independent School District P. O. Box 799 League City TX 78520 41 (281) 284-0079 155 36,109 Jefferson County 2100 18th St S. Birmingham AL 35209 59 (205) 379-2000 156 36,093 Clay 900 Walnut St Green Cove Springs FL 32043 38 (904) 284-6510 157 36,064 Chandler Unified District 1525 W. Frye Rd Chandler AZ 85224 38 (480) 812-7600 158 35,677 Buffalo City School District 712 City Hall Buffalo NY 14202 61 (716) 816-3575 159 35,631 Minneapolis Public School District 807 Ne Broadway Minneapolis MN 55413 107 (612) 668-0000 160 35,595 Rutherford County School District 2240 Southpark Blvd Murfreesboro TN 37128 42 (615) 893-5812 161 35,435 Cincinnati City P.O. Box 5381 Cincinnati OH 45201 64 (513) 363-0000 162 35,416 Fayette County 701 E. Main St Lexington KY 40502 65 (859) 381-4000 163 35,355 Mt Diablo Unified 1936 Carlotta Dr Concord CA 94519 55 (925) 682-8000 164 35,257 Indianapolis Public Schools 120 E. Walnut St Indianapolis IN 46204 78 (317) 226-4411 165 35,170 St Tammany Parish P. O. Box 940 Covington LA 70434 52 (985) 892-2276 166 35,063 Norfolk City Public Schools P.O. Box 1357 Norfolk VA 23501 54 (757) 628-3830 167 34,180 Richardson Independent School District 400 S. Greenville Ave Richardson TX 75081 58 (469) 593-0000 168 34,114 Paradise Valley Unified District 15002 N. 32nd St Phoenix AZ 85032 47 (602) 867-5100 169 34,058 Chatham County 208 Bull St Savannah GA 31401 57 (912) 201-5600 170 33,563 Adams-Arapahoe 28j 15701 E. 1st Ave Suite 208 Aurora CO 80011 52 (303) 365-7800 171 33,558 Saddleback Valley Unified 25631 Peter A Hartman Way Mission Viejo CA 92691 37 (949) 586-1234 172 33,493 Montebello Unified 123 S. Montebello Blvd Montebello CA 90640 29 (323) 887-7900 173 33,466 Lincoln Public Schools Box 82889 Lincoln NE 68501 64 (402) 436-1000 174 33,432 Meridian Joint District 1303 E. Central Dr Meridian ID 83642 51 (208) 855-4500 175 33,343 Anaheim Union High P.O. Box 3520 Anaheim CA 92803 22 (714) 999-3511 176 33,283 Poway Unified 13626 Twin Peaks Rd Poway CA 92064 34 (858) 748-0010 177 33,249 Spring Independent School District 16717 Ella Blvd Houston TX 77090 33 (832) 764-4000 178 33,047 Chino Valley Unified 5130 Riverside Dr Chino CA 91710 36 (909) 628-1201 179 32,970 Humble Independent School District P. O. Box 2000 Humble TX 77347 43 (281) 641-1000 180 32,924 Rochester City School District 131 W. Broad St Rochester NY 14614 60 (585) 262-8378 181 32,906 Richmond County 864 Broad St Augusta GA 30901 62 (706) 826-1000 182 32,763 Muscogee County 1200 Bradley Dr Columbus GA 31906 63 (706) 748-2000 183 32,746 Irving Independent School District P. O. Box 152637 Irving TX 75015 39 (972) 215-5000 184 32,522 Calcasieu Parish P. O. Box 800 Lake Charles LA 70602 60 (337) 491-1600 185 32,473 Durham Public Schools P.O. Box 30002 Durham NC 27702 50 (919) 560-2000 186 32,472 Leon 2757 W. Pensacola St Tallahassee FL 32304 58 (850) 487-7147 187 32,182 Gaston County Schools P.O. Box 1397 Gastonia NC 28053 53 (704) 866-6100 188 32,043 Des Moines Independent Comm School District 901 Walnut St Des Moines IA 50309 61 (515) 242-7911 189 32,040 Spring Branch Independent School District 955 Campbell Rd Houston TX 77024 51 (713) 464-1511 190 31,948 Fremont Unified P.O. Box 5008 Fremont CA 94537 41 (510) 657-2350 191 31,637 Weber District 5320 S. Adams Ave Pkwy Ogden UT 84405 49 (801) 476-7800 192 31,618 Montgomery County P. O. Box 1991 Montgomery AL 36102 61 (334) 223-6710 193 31,609 Lodi Unified 1305 E. Vine St Lodi CA 95240 54 (209) 331-7000 194 31,561 Fort Wayne Community Schools 1200 S. Clinton St Fort Wayne IN 46802 54 (260) 467-2025 195 31,553 Newport News City Public Schools 12465 Warwick Blvd Newport News VA 23606 46 (757) 591-4545 196 31,230 San Jose Unified 855 Lenzen Ave San Jose CA 95126 52 (408) 535-6000 197 31,191 Jackson Public School District 662 S. President St Jackson MS 39225 61 (601) 960-8725 198 30,830 West Contra Costa Unified 1108 Bissell Ave Richmond CA 94801 65 (510) 231-1101 199 30,779 Pomona Unified P.O. Box 2900 Pomona CA 91769 45 (909) 397-4800 200 30,655 Forsyth County 1120 Dahlonega Hwy Cumming GA 30040 31 (770) 887-2461 201 30,560 Amarillo Independent School District 7200 I 40 W. Amarillo TX 79106 55 (806) 326-1000 202 30,303 Johnston County Schools P.O. Box 1336 Smithfield NC 27577 39 (919) 934-6031 203 30,127 Orange Unified P.O. Box 11022 Orange CA 92856 43 (714) 628-4000 204 29,999 Pharr San Juan Alamo Independent School District 601 E. Kelly Pharr TX 78520 38 (956) 702-5600 205 29,886 Desoto County School District Five E. S. St Hernando MS 38632 34 (662) 429-5271 206 29,858 Edinburg CISD P. O. Box 990 Edinburg TX 78520 39 (956) 289-2300 207 29,762 Lafayette Parish P. O. Drawer 2158 Lafayette LA 70502 44 (337) 521-7000 208 29,696 Mansfield Independent School District 605 E. Broad St Mansfield TX 76063 36 (817) 299-6300 209 29,677 Tacoma School District 601 S. 8th Zip 98405 Tacoma WA 98401 65 (253) 571-1010 210 29,605 Utica Community Schools 11303 Greendale Dr Sterling Heights MI 48312 43 (586) 797-1000 See notes at end of table. D-4 Table D-1.—The 500 largest public school districts in the United States and jurisdictions, by school district: School year 2007–08—Continued Rank Students Agency name Mailing address City State ZIP Schools1 Telephone 211 29,568 Okaloosa 120 Lowery Pl Se Fort Walton Beach FL 32548 59 (850) 833-3109 212 29,496 Colorado Springs 11 1115 N. El Paso St Colorado Springs CO 80903 64 (719) 520-2000 213 29,458 Keller Independent School District 350 Keller Pkwy Keller TX 76248 34 (817) 744-1000 214 29,454 Spokane School District 200 N. Bernard St Spokane WA 99201 65 (509) 354-7364 215 29,435 Temecula Valley Unified 31350 Rancho Vista Rd Temecula CA 92592 31 (951) 676-2661 216 29,353 Rockford School District 205 201 S. Madison St Rockford IL 61104 51 (815) 966-3101 217 29,127 Indian Prairie CUSD 204 780 Shoreline Dr Aurora IL 60504 31 (630) 375-3000 218 29,070 Rialto Unified 182 E. Walnut Ave Rialto CA 92376 28 (909) 820-7700 219 28,775 Desert Sands Unified 47 950 Dune Palms Rd La Quinta CA 92253 33 (760) 777-4200 220 28,606 Nebo District 350 S. Main Spanish Fork UT 84660 46 (801) 354-7400 221 28,601 Lubbock Independent School District 1628 19th St Lubbock TX 79401 60 (806) 766-1000 222 28,556 Williamson County School District 1320 W. Main Ste 202 Franklin TN 37064 37 (615) 472-4000 223 28,543 Boulder Valley School District No Re2 P. O. Box 9011 Boulder CO 80301 54 (303) 447-1010 224 28,505 Montgomery County Schools 621 Gracey Ave Clarksville TN 37040 32 (931) 648-5600 225 28,467 Berkeley 01 P. O. Box 608 Moncks Corner SC 29461 35 (843) 899-8601 226 28,456 Plainfield School District 202 15732 Howard St Plainfield IL 60544 28 (815) 577-4000 227 28,378 Alachua 620 E. University Ave Gainesville FL 32601 64 (352) 955-7880 228 28,350 Kanawha County Schools 200 Elizabeth St Charleston WV 25311 72 (304) 348-7770 229 28,320 Carroll County Public Schools 125 N. Ct St Westminster MD 21157 46 (410) 751-3000 230 28,266 Birmingham City P. O. Box 10007 Birmingham AL 35202 83 (205) 231-4220 231 28,251 Toledo City 420 E. Manhattan Blvd Toledo OH 43608 65 (419) 729-8200 232 28,117 Jersey City 346 Claremont Ave Jersey City NJ 07305 38 (201) 915-6202 233 28,081 Compton Unified 501 S. Santa Fe Ave Compton CA 90221 40 (310) 639-4321 234 27,954 Rosemount Apple Valley Eagan 14445 Diamond Path W. Rosemount MN 55068 36 (651) 423-7700 235 27,863 St Johns 40 Orange St St. Augustine FL 32084 39 (904) 819-7502 236 27,798 Shawnee Mission Pub Sch 7235 Antioch Shawnee Mission KS 66204 48 (913) 993-6200 237 27,680 Pittsburgh School District 341 S. Bellefield Ave Pittsburgh PA 15213 68 (412) 622-3500 238 27,616 St Louis City 801 N. 11th St St Louis MO 63101 96 (314) 231-3720 239 27,462 Kent School District 12033 Se 256th St Kent WA 98031 41 (253) 373-7200 240 27,418 Frisco Independent School District 6942 Maple St Frisco TX 75034 39 (469) 633-6000 241 27,264 Chula Vista Elementary 84 E. J St Chula Vista CA 91910 44 (619) 425-9600 242 27,096 Cabarrus County Schools P.O. Box 388 Concord NC 28026 34 (704) 262-6191 243 27,084 Little Rock School District 810 W. Markham St Little Rock AR 72201 49 (501) 447-1002 244 27,080 Bakersfield City 1300 Baker St Bakersfield CA 93305 43 (661) 631-4600 245 27,035 Glendale Unified 223 N. Jackson St Glendale CA 91206 32 (818) 241-3111 246 27,002 Vista Unified 1234 Arcadia Ave Vista CA 92084 33 (760) 726-2170 247 26,857 Paulding County 522 Hardee St Dallas GA 30132 32 (770) 443-8000 248 26,722 Visalia Unified 5000 W. Cypress Ave Visalia CA 93277 36 (559) 730-7300 249 26,680 Ector County Independent School District P. O. Box 3912 Odessa TX 79760 39 (432) 334-7100 250 26,676 Charles County Public Schools 5980 Radio Station Rd Laplata MD 20646 36 (301) 932-6610 251 26,611 Scottsdale Unified District 3811 N. 44th St Phoenix AZ 85018 34 (480) 484-6100 252 26,582 Stafford County Public Schools 31 Stafford Ave Stafford VA 22554 29 (540) 658-6000 253 26,551 Leander Independent School District P. O. Box 218 Leander TX 78646 32 (512) 434-5000 254 26,512 Baldwin County 2600 A N. Hand Ave Bay Minette AL 36507 47 (251) 937-0308 255 26,485 Sumner County School District 695 E. Main St Gallatin TN 37066 42 (615) 451-5200 256 26,483 Phoenix Union High School District 4502 N. Central Ave Phoenix AZ 85012 16 (602) 764-1500 257 26,453 Antelope Valley Union High 44811 N. Sierra Hwy Lancaster CA 93534 14 (661) 948-7655 258 26,397 Carrollton Farmers Branch Independent School District P. O. Box 115186 Carrollton TX 75011 45 (972) 968-6100 259 26,299 Shelby County P. O. Box 1910 Columbiana AL 35051 38 (205) 682-7000 260 26,280 East Side Union High 830 N. Capitol Ave San Jose CA 95133 22 (408) 347-5000 261 26,260 Washington District 121 W. Tabernacle St George UT 84770 44 (435) 673-3553 262 26,243 Placentia Yorba Linda Unified 1301 E. Orangethorpe Ave Placentia CA 92670 32 (714) 996-2550 263 26,236 Bay 1311 Balboa Ave Panama City FL 32401 45 (850) 872-7700 264 26,160 Olathe P.O. Box 2000 Olathe KS 66063 47 (913) 780-7000 265 26,128 Irvine Unified 5050 Barranca Pkwy Irvine CA 92604 36 (949) 936-5000 266 26,109 La Joya Independent School District 201 E. Expy 83 La Joya TX 78520 33 (956) 580-5441 267 25,959 San Ramon Valley Unified 699 Old Orchard Dr Danville CA 94526 33 (925) 552-5500 268 25,921 Houston County 1100 Main St Perry GA 31069 39 (478) 988-6200 269 25,711 Santa Rosa 5086 Canal St Milton FL 32570 38 (850) 983-5010 270 25,614 Boise Independent District 8169 W. Victory Rd Boise ID 83709 55 (208) 338-3400 271 25,599 Poudre School District R 1 2407 La Porte Ave Fort Collins CO 80521 52 (970) 482-7420 272 25,585 Hall County 711 Green St Suite 100 Gainesville GA 30505 34 (770) 534-1080 273 25,408 Akron City 70 N. Broadway St Akron OH 44308 60 (330) 761-1661 274 25,396 Evergreen School District Clark 13501 Ne 28th St Vancouver WA 98668 36 (360) 604-4005 275 25,366 Buncombe County Schools 175 Bingham Rd Asheville NC 28806 41 (828) 255-5921 276 25,317 Grand Prairie Independent School District Box 531170 Grand Prairie TX 75053 38 (972) 264-6141 277 25,243 William S Hart Union High 21515 Centre Pointe Pkwy Santa Clarita CA 91350 19 (661) 259-0033 278 25,233 Springfield 195 State St Springfield MA 01102 44 (413) 787-7000 279 25,148 Laredo Independent School District 1702 Houston St Laredo TX 78520 30 (956) 795-3200 280 25,108 Chaffey Joint Union High 211 W. 5th St Ontario CA 91762 11 (909) 988-8511 See notes at end of table. D-5 Table D-1.—The 500 largest public school districts in the United States and jurisdictions, by school district: School year 2007–08—Continued Rank Students Agency name Mailing address City State ZIP Schools1 Telephone 281 25,094 Kansas City 33 1211 McGee Kansas City MO 64106 69 (816) 418-7000 282 25,030 Bibb County 484 Mulberry St Macon GA 31201 48 (478) 765-8711 283 24,973 McAllen Independent School District 2000 N. 23rd St McAllen TX 78520 32 (956) 618-6000 284 24,972 Torrance Unified 2335 Plaza Del Amo Torrance CA 90509 31 (310) 972-6500 285 24,908 Salt Lake District 440 E. 100 S. Slc UT 84111 44 (801) 578-8599 286 24,806 Aiken 01 1000 Brookhaven Dr Aiken SC 29803 41 (803) 641-2431 287 24,730 Douglas County 9030 Hwy 5 Douglasville GA 30134 35 (770) 651-2000 288 24,670 Madison Metropolitan School District 545 W. Dayton St Madison WI 53703 53 (608) 663-1879 289 24,582 St Vrain Valley School District No Re1j 395 S. Pratt Pkwy Longmont CO 80501 43 (303) 776-6200 290 24,528 Colton Joint Unified 1212 Valencia Dr Colton CA 92324 28 (909) 580-5000 291 24,494 Providence 797 Westminster St Providence RI 02903 53 (401) 456-9211 292 24,400 Palm Springs Unified 980 E. Tahquitz Canyon Way Palm Springs CA 92262 25 (760) 416-6000 293 24,384 Las Cruces Public Schools 505 S. Main Suite 249 Las Cruces NM 88001 38 (505) 527-5807 294 24,328 Richland 01 1616 Richland St Columbia SC 29201 50 (803) 231-7500 295 24,312 Washington Elementary School District 4650 W. Sweetwater Glendale AZ 85304 32 (602) 347-2600 296 24,304 Spotsylvania County Public Schools 8020 Riverstone Dr Fredericksburg VA 22407 32 (540) 834-2500 297 24,295 Springfield R XII 940 N. Jefferson Springfield MO 65802 54 (417) 523-0026 298 24,195 Grossmont Union High P.O. Box 1043 La Mesa CA 91944 19 (619) 644-8000 299 24,153 Yonkers City School District 1 Larkin Ctr Yonkers NY 10701 39 (914) 376-8100 300 24,140 Robeson County Schools P.O. Drawer 2909 Lumberton NC 28359 43 (910) 671-6000 301 24,087 Paterson 33 35 Church St Paterson NJ 07505 39 (973) 321-0980 302 23,854 Richland 02 6831 Brookfield Rd Columbia SC 29206 26 (803) 738-3236 303 23,754 Richmond City Public Schools 301 N. 9th St Richmond VA 23219 53 (804) 780-7700 304 23,722 Lake Washington School District P.O. Box 97039 Redmond WA 98073 52 (425) 702-3257 305 23,712 New Hanover County Schools 6410 Carolina Beach Rd Wilmington NC 28412 39 (910) 763-5431 306 23,654 Manteca Unified P.O. Box 32 Manteca CA 95336 29 (209) 825-3200 307 23,605 Onslow County Schools P.O. Box 99 Jacksonville NC 28541 33 (910) 455-2211 308 23,567 Hemet Unified 2350 W. Latham Ave Hemet CA 92545 29 (951) 765-5100 309 23,401 Dysart Unified District 15802 N. Parkview Pl Surprise AZ 85374 21 (623) 876-7000 310 23,384 Rapides Parish P. O. Box 1230 Alexandria LA 71309 52 (318) 487-0888 311 23,307 Ontario Montclair Elementary 950 W. D St Ontario CA 91762 34 (909) 459-2500 312 23,263 Livingston Parish P. O. Box 1130 Livingston LA 70754 41 (225) 686-7044 313 22,876 Worcester 20 Irving St Worcester MA 01609 44 (508) 799-3116 314 22,837 Hernando 919 N. Broad St Brooksville FL 34601 26 (352) 797-7001 315 22,835 Pitt County Schools 1717 W. 5th St Greenville NC 27834 35 (252) 830-4200 316 22,799 Huntsville City P. O. Box 1256 Huntsville AL 35807 52 (256) 428-6810 317 22,774 Fairfield Suisun Unified 2490 Hilborn Rd Fairfield CA 94534 31 (707) 399-5000 318 22,721 Rockwood R VI 111 E. N. St Eureka MO 63025 31 (636) 938-2200 319 22,704 Alamance Burlington Schools 1712 Vaughn Rd Burlington NC 27217 35 (336) 570-6060 320 22,669 Kenosha School District P.O. Box 340 Kenosha WI 53141 44 (262) 653-6320 321 22,655 Vancouver School District 2901 Falk Rd Vancouver WA 98661 40 (360) 313-1200 322 22,481 Hesperia Unified 15576 Main St Hesperia CA 92345 30 (760) 244-4411 323 22,464 Columbia County 4781 Hereford Farm Rd Evans GA 30809 29 (706) 541-0650 324 22,426 McKinney Independent School District 1 Duvall St McKinney TX 75069 31 (469) 742-4070 325 22,398 Federal Way School District 31405 18th Ave S. Federal Way WA 98003 44 (253) 945-2000 326 22,359 Hartford School District 153 Market St Hartford CT 06103 42 (860) 695-8000 327 22,358 Downey Unified P.O. Box 7017 Downey CA 90241 20 (562) 469-6500 328 22,329 Hampton City Public Schools 1 Franklin St Hampton VA 23669 35 (757) 727-2000 329 22,265 Evansville Vanderburgh Sch Corp 1 Se 9th St Evansville IN 47708 42 (812) 435-8477 330 22,223 Fayette County 210 Stonewall Ave W. Fayetteville GA 30214 30 (770) 460-3535 331 22,193 Palmdale Elementary 39139 10th St E. Palmdale CA 93550 28 (661) 947-7191 332 22,109 Lake Elsinore Unified 545 Chaney St Lake Elsinore CA 92530 27 (951) 253-7000 333 22,092 Norwalk La Mirada Unified 12820 Pioneer Blvd Norwalk CA 90650 29 (562) 868-0431 334 22,092 Francis Howell R III 4545 Central School Rd St Charles MO 63304 23 (636) 851-4000 335 22,063 Birdville Independent School District 6125 E. Belknap St Haltom City TX 76117 34 (817) 547-5700 336 22,053 Osseo Public School District 11200 93rd Ave N. Maple Grove MN 55369 32 (763) 391-7000 337 22,027 Millard Public Schools 5606 S. 147th St Omaha NE 68137 36 (402) 715-8200 338 21,997 Hacienda La Puente Unified P.O. Box 60002 City Of Industry CA 91716 38 (626) 933-1000 339 21,936 Lamar CISD 3911 Ave I Rosenberg TX 78520 30 (832) 223-0000 340 21,790 Coweta County 237 Jackson St Newnan GA 30264 28 (770) 254-2801 341 21,703 Washingtion County Public Schools 820 Commonwealth Ave Hagerstown MD 21741 44 (301) 766-2800 342 21,612 Hayward Unified P.O. Box 5000 Hayward CA 94540 33 (510) 784-2600 343 21,607 South Western City 3805 Marlane Dr Grove City OH 43123 36 (614) 801-3000 344 21,579 South Bend Community Sch Corp 215 S. St Joseph St South Bend IN 46601 38 (574) 283-8100 345 21,552 Racine School District 2220 Northwestern Ave Racine WI 53404 35 (262) 635-5600 346 21,482 Redlands Unified P.O. Box 3008 Redlands CA 92373 23 (909) 307-5300 347 21,423 Academy 20 1110 Chapel Hills Dr Colorado Springs CO 80920 31 (719) 234-1200 348 21,338 Newport Mesa Unified P.O. Box 1368 Newport Beach CA 92663 32 (714) 424-5000 349 21,303 Elizabeth Mitchell Building Elizabeth NJ 07207 30 (908) 436-5010 350 21,281 Mesa County Valley School District No 51 2115 Grand Ave Grand Junction CO 81501 43 (970) 254-5100 See notes at end of table. D-6 Table D-1.—The 500 largest public school districts in the United States and jurisdictions, by school district: School year 2007–08—Continued Rank Students Agency name Mailing address City State ZIP Schools1 Telephone 351 21,272 Iredell Statesville Schools P.O. Box 911 Statesville NC 28687 35 (704) 872-8931 352 21,226 Murrieta Valley Unified 41870 McAlby Ct Murrieta CA 92562 18 (951) 696-1600 353 21,222 Oceanside Unified 2111 Mission Ave Oceanside CA 92054 30 (760) 757-2560 354 21,209 Conejo Valley Unified 1400 E. Janss Rd Thousand Oaks CA 91362 29 (805) 497-9511 355 21,203 Puyallup School District 302 2nd St Se Puyallup WA 98372 35 (253) 841-8769 356 21,201 Dorchester 02 102 Greenwave Blvd Summerville SC 29483 19 (843) 873-2901 357 21,137 Simi Valley Unified 875 E. Cochran Simi Valley CA 93065 30 (805) 520-6500 358 21,114 Galena Park Independent School District P.O. Box 565 Galena Park TX 77547 24 (832) 386-1000 359 21,056 Midland Independent School District 615 W. Missouri Ave Midland TX 79701 37 (432) 689-1000 360 20,995 Lexington 01 P. O. Box 1869 Lexington SC 29072 24 (803) 951-8363 361 20,980 Rowan Salisbury Schools P.O. Box 2349 Salisbury NC 28145 34 (704) 636-7500 362 20,923 Moore 1500 Se 4th St Moore OK 73160 28 (405) 735-4200 363 20,909 Tustin Unified 300 S. C St Tustin CA 92780 28 (714) 730-7301 364 20,905 Pasadena Unified 351 S. Hudson Ave Pasadena CA 91101 33 (626) 795-6981 365 20,905 Edmonds School District 20420 68th Ave W. Lynnwood WA 98036 42 (425) 670-7003 366 20,904 Blue Valley Box 23901 Overland Park KS 66283 32 (913) 239-4000 367 20,892 Denton Independent School District 1307 N. Locust St Denton TX 76201 33 (940) 369-0000 368 20,860 Abc Unified 16700 Norwalk Blvd Cerritos CA 90703 30 (562) 926-5566 369 20,824 Bridgeport School District 45 Lyon Terrace Bridgeport CT 06604 39 (203) 576-7302 370 20,807 Pflugerville Independent School District 1401 W. Pecan St Pflugerville TX 78660 28 (512) 594-0000 371 20,657 Jurupa Unified 4850 Pedley Rd Riverside CA 92509 25 (951) 360-4168 372 20,645 Syracuse City School District 725 Harrison St Syracuse NY 13210 34 (315) 435-4161 373 20,634 Judson Independent School District 8012 Shin Oak Live Oak TX 78233 25 (210) 945-5100 374 20,539 Davidson County Schools P.O. Box 2057 Lexington NC 27293 31 (336) 249-8181 375 20,454 Cartwright Elementary District 3401 N. 67th Ave Phoenix AZ 85033 23 (623) 691-4000 376 20,392 Hurst Euless Bedford Independent School District 1849a Central Dr Bedford TX 76022 32 (817) 283-4461 377 20,357 Central Bucks School District 20 Welden Dr Doylestown PA 18901 23 (267) 893-2000 378 20,354 Goose Creek CISD P. O. Box 30 Baytown TX 77522 28 (281) 420-4842 379 20,300 Grand Rapids Public Schools P. O. Box 117 Grand Rapids MI 49501 77 (616) 819-2000 380 20,246 Hillsboro School District 1j 3083 Ne 49th Pl Hillsboro OR 97124 35 (503) 844-1500 381 20,086 Antioch Unified P.O. Box 768 Antioch CA 94509 26 (925) 706-4100 382 20,018 Northshore School District 18315 Bothell Way Ne Bothell WA 98011 34 (425) 489-6353 383 19,987 Alvord Unified 10365 Keller Ave Riverside CA 92505 22 (951) 509-5070 384 19,965 Kansas City 625 Minnesota Ave Kansas City KS 66101 45 (913) 551-3200 385 19,947 Sioux Falls School District 49 5 201 E. 38th St Sioux Falls SD 57105 48 (605) 367-7900 386 19,917 Edmond 1001 W. Danforth Rd Edmond OK 73003 23 (405) 340-2828 387 19,863 New Haven School District 140 Dewitt St New Haven CT 06519 46 (203) 946-8888 388 19,696 Baldwin Park Unified 3699 N. Holly Ave Baldwin Park CA 91706 23 (626) 962-3311 389 19,594 CUSD 300 300 Cleveland Ave Carpentersville IL 60110 27 (847) 426-1300 390 19,576 Tangipahoa Parish 59656 Puleston Rd Amite LA 70422 37 (985) 748-7153 391 19,547 Val Verde Unified 975 W. Morgan St Perris CA 92571 21 (951) 940-6100 392 19,534 Green Bay Area School District P.O. Box 23387 Green Bay WI 54305 37 (920) 448-2000 393 19,526 Bossier Parish P. O. Box 2000 Benton LA 71006 34 (318) 549-5000 394 19,521 Beaufort 01 P. O. Box 309 Beaufort SC 29901 28 (843) 322-2409 395 19,445 Escondido Union Elementary 1330 E. Grand Ave Escondido CA 92027 25 (760) 432-2400 396 19,420 Pajaro Valley Unified 294 Green Valley Rd Watsonville CA 95076 33 (831) 786-2100 397 19,401 Wayne County Public Schools P.O. Drawer 1797 Goldsboro NC 27533 33 (919) 731-5900 398 19,332 Anaheim City 1001 S. E. St Anaheim CA 92805 24 (714) 517-7500 399 19,292 Beaumont Independent School District 3395 Harrison Ave Beaumont TX 77706 36 (409) 899-9972 400 19,270 Hazelwood 15955 New Halls Ferry Rd Florissant MO 63031 30 (314) 953-5000 401 19,146 Madison County P. O. Box 226 Huntsville AL 35804 28 (256) 852-2557 402 19,143 Randolph County Schools 2222 C S. Fayetteville St Asheboro NC 27205 29 (336) 318-6100 403 19,140 Plymouth Canton Community Schools 454 S. Harvey St Plymouth MI 48170 27 (734) 416-2700 404 19,111 Newton County 2109 Newton Dr Ne Covington GA 30014 22 (770) 787-1330 405 19,100 Hanover County Public Schools 200 Berkley St Ashland VA 23005 23 (804) 365-4500 406 19,050 Ouachita Parish P. O. Box 1642 Monroe LA 71210 35 (318) 388-2711 407 19,029 Folsom Cordova Unified 125 E. Bidwell St Folsom CA 95630 35 (916) 355-1100 408 19,027 Terrebonne Parish P. O. Box 5097 Houma LA 70361 41 (985) 876-7400 409 18,976 Alhambra Unified 15 W. Alhambra Rd Alhambra CA 91801 18 (626) 308-2255 410 18,941 Madera Unified 1902 Howard Rd Madera CA 93637 27 (559) 675-4500 411 18,935 Everett School District 4730 Colby Ave Everett WA 98203 33 (425) 339-4205 412 18,774 Putnam City 5401 Nw 40th St Warr Acres OK 73122 26 (405) 495-5200 413 18,742 Ft Zumwalt R II 110 Virgil St O'fallon MO 63366 24 (636) 240-2072 414 18,736 Arlington County Public Schools 1426 N. Quincy St Arlington VA 22207 31 (703) 228-6010 415 18,595 Ascension Parish P. O. Box 189 Donaldsonville LA 70346 23 (225) 473-7981 416 18,408 Harnett County Schools P.O. Box 1029 Lillington NC 27546 26 (910) 893-8151 417 18,397 Greeley 6 1025 9th Ave Greeley CO 80631 31 (970) 348-6000 418 18,304 Waterbury School District 236 Grand St Waterbury CT 06702 31 (203) 574-8004 419 18,289 Pueblo 60 315 W. 11th St Pueblo CO 81003 39 (719) 549-7100 420 18,283 Kyrene Elementary District 8700 S. Kyrene Rd Tempe AZ 85284 26 (480) 783-4048 See notes at end of table. D-7 Table D-1.—The 500 largest public school districts in the United States and jurisdictions, by school district: School year 2007–08—Continued Rank Students Agency name Mailing address City State ZIP Schools1 Telephone 421 18,277 Dearborn City School District 18700 Audette St Dearborn MI 48124 36 (313) 827-3022 422 18,261 Lakota Local 5572 Princeton Rd Liberty Township OH 45011 21 (513) 874-5505 423 18,211 Naperville CUSD 203 203 W. Hillside Rd Naperville IL 60540 21 (630) 420-6300 424 18,203 Coachella Valley Unified P.O. Box 847 Thermal CA 92274 23 (760) 399-5137 425 18,109 Martin 500 E. Ocean Blvd Stuart FL 34994 35 (772) 219-1200 426 18,064 Tyler Independent School District P. O. Box 2035 Tyler TX 75710 27 (903) 262-1000 427 18,037 Boone County 8330 Us 42 Florence KY 41042 21 (859) 283-1003 428 18,027 Nash Rocky Mount Schools 930 Eastern Ave Nashville NC 27856 28 (252) 459-5220 429 18,025 Eugene School District 4j 200 N. Monroe St Eugene OR 97402 43 (541) 687-3123 430 18,016 Pulaski County Spec School District P. O. Box 8601 Little Rock AR 72216 37 (501) 490-2000 431 18,008 Valley View CUSD 365u 755 Luther Dr Romeoville IL 60446 20 (815) 886-2700 432 18,006 Bethel School District 516 176th St E. Spanaway WA 98387 34 (253) 539-6024 433 17,927 Parkway C 2 455 N. Woods Mill Rd Chesterfield MO 63017 28 (314) 415-8100 434 17,894 North Kansas City 74 2000 Ne 46th St Kansas City MO 64116 30 (816) 413-5000 435 17,894 Harlingen CISD 407 N. 77 Sunshine Strip Harlingen TX 78520 29 (956) 430-9503 436 17,892 Allentown City School District 31 S. Penn St Allentown PA 18105 22 (484) 765-4000 437 17,876 Rankin County School Dist P. O. Box 1359 Brandon MS 39042 25 (601) 825-5590 438 17,795 Charlotte 1445 Education Way Port Charlotte FL 33948 22 (941) 255-0808 439 17,785 Sunnyside Unified District 2238 E. Ginter Rd Tucson AZ 85706 23 (520) 545-2000 440 17,651 North Clackamas School District 12 4444 Se Lake Rd Milwaukie OR 97222 32 (503) 353-6000 441 17,646 Indian River 1990 25th St Vero Beach FL 32960 27 (772) 564-3150 442 17,619 Lynwood Unified 11321 Bullis Rd Lynwood CA 90262 20 (310) 886-1600 443 17,610 Catawba County Schools P.O. Box 1010 Newton NC 28658 28 (828) 464-8333 444 17,552 Napa Valley Unified 2425 Jefferson St Napa CA 94558 37 (707) 253-3715 445 17,464 Reading School District 800 Washington St Reading PA 19601 21 (610) 371-5611 446 17,408 Vallejo City Unified 665 Walnut Ave Vallejo CA 94592 29 (707) 556-8921 447 17,394 Calvert County Public Schools 1305 Dares Beach Rd Prince Frederick MD 20678 27 (410) 535-1700 448 17,380 San Marcos Unified 255 Pico Ave Ste 250 San Marcos CA 92069 19 (760) 752-1299 449 17,356 York 03 P. O. Drawer 10072 Rock Hill SC 29731 26 (803) 981-1000 450 17,333 Tracy Joint Unified 1975 W. Lowell Ave Tracy CA 95376 24 (209) 830-3200 451 17,331 Highline School District 15675 Ambaum Bldv Sw Seattle WA 98166 49 (206) 433-2217 452 17,321 Ventura Unified 255 W. Stanley Ave Ste 10 Ventura CA 93001 31 (805) 641-5000 453 17,294 Cupertino Union 10301 Vista Dr Cupertino CA 95014 25 (408) 252-3000 454 17,206 Springdale School District P. O. Box 8 Springdale AR 72765 24 (479) 750-8800 455 17,204 Lee's Summit R VII 301 Ne Tudor Rd Lee's Summit MO 64086 25 (816) 986-1000 456 17,186 Columbia 93 1818 W. Worley St Columbia MO 65203 31 (573) 214-3410 457 17,137 South Washington County School District 7362 E. Point Douglas Rd S. Cottage Grove MN 55016 24 (651) 458-6201 458 17,102 Allen Independent School District P. O. Box 13 Allen TX 75013 21 (972) 727-0511 459 17,097 Toms River Regional 1144 Hooper Ave Toms River NJ 08753 18 (732) 505-5510 460 17,090 Pearland Independent School District P. O. Box 7 Pearland TX 78520 24 (281) 485-3203 461 17,058 Livonia Public Schools 15125 Farmington Rd Livonia MI 48154 28 (734) 744-2525 462 17,046 Waukegan CUSD 60 1201 N. Sheridan Rd Waukegan IL 60085 24 (847) 336-3100 463 16,968 Tuscaloosa County P. O. Drawer 2568 Tuscaloosa AL 35403 33 (205) 758-0411 464 16,920 Rowland Unified 1830 Nogales St Rowland Heights CA 91748 23 (626) 965-2541 465 16,895 Lexington 05 1020 Dutch Fork Rd Irmo SC 29003 19 (803) 732-8012 466 16,890 St Mary's County Public Schools 23160 Moakley St Leonardtown MD 20650 27 (301) 475-5511 467 16,868 Oxnard Union High 309 S. K St Oxnard CA 93030 9 (805) 385-2500 468 16,868 Berkeley County Schools 401 S. Queen St Martinsburg WV 25401 29 (304) 267-3500 469 16,838 Cedar Rapids Comm School District 346 2nd Ave Sw Cedar Rapids IA 52404 35 (319) 558-2000 470 16,774 Flint City School District 923 E. Kearsley St Flint MI 48503 48 (810) 760-1249 471 16,772 Bellevue School District 12111 Ne 1st St Bellevue WA 98005 30 (425) 456-4172 472 16,742 Ann Arbor Public Schools P. O. Box 1188 Ann Arbor MI 48106 33 (734) 994-2230 473 16,675 Cleveland County Schools 130 S. Post Rd Suite 2 Shelby NC 28152 28 (704) 476-8000 474 16,658 Pickens 01 1348 Griffin Mill Rd Easley SC 29640 25 (864) 855-8150 475 16,648 Christina School District 600 N. Lombard St Wilmington DE 19801 29 (302) 552-2600 476 16,642 Issaquah School District 565 Nw Holly St Issaquah WA 98027 26 (425) 837-7002 477 16,640 Burbank Unified 1900 W. Olive Ave Burbank CA 91506 21 (818) 729-4400 478 16,561 Panama Buena Vista Union 4200 Ashe Rd Bakersfield CA 93313 22 (661) 831-8331 479 16,532 Abilene Independent School District P. O. Box 981 Abilene TX 79604 44 (325) 677-1444 480 16,461 Lawton P.O. Box 1009 Lawton OK 73502 35 (580) 357-6900 481 16,436 Dougherty County 200 Pine Ave Albany GA 31701 29 (229) 431-1285 482 16,404 Amphitheater Unified District 701 W. Wetmore Tucson AZ 85705 20 (520) 696-5128 483 16,321 Fullerton Joint Union High 1051 W. Bastanchury Rd Fullerton CA 92833 8 (714) 870-2800 484 16,309 Manchester School District 286 Commercial St Manchester NH 03101 22 (603) 624-6300 485 16,295 Cajon Valley Union Elementary P.O. Box 1007 El Cajon CA 92022 30 (619) 588-3005 486 16,290 Cecil County Public Schools 201 Booth St Elkton MD 21921 29 (410) 996-5400 487 16,275 Davenport Comm School District 1606 Brady St Davenport IA 52803 35 (563) 336-5000 488 16,203 Vigo County School Corp P.O. Box 3703 Terre Haute IN 47803 29 (812) 462-4216 489 16,203 Rochester Public School District 615 7th St Sw Rochester MN 55902 44 (507) 328-3000 490 16,196 Hamilton Southeastern Schools 13485 Cumberland Rd Fishers IN 46038 18 (317) 594-4100 See notes at end of table. D-8 Table D-1.—The 500 largest public school districts in the United States and jurisdictions, by school district: School year 2007–08—Continued Rank Students Agency name Mailing address City State ZIP Schools1 Telephone 491 16,188 Weslaco Independent School District P. O. Box 266 Weslaco TX 78520 21 (956) 969-6500 492 16,170 Citrus 1007 W. Main St Inverness FL 34450 23 (352) 726-1931 493 16,159 Matanuska Susitna Borough School District 501 N. Gulkana Palmer AK 99645 41 (907) 746-9255 494 16,153 M S D Lawrence Township 7601 E. 56th St Indianapolis IN 46226 18 (317) 423-8200 495 16,147 Modesto City Elementary 426 Locust St Modesto CA 95351 27 (209) 576-4011 496 16,052 Huntington Beach Union High 5832 Bolsa Ave Huntington Beach CA 92649 9 (714) 903-7000 497 16,020 Broken Arrow 601 S. Main St Broken Arrow OK 74012 22 (918) 259-4300 498 15,952 Paramount Unified 15110 California Ave Paramount CA 90723 19 (562) 602-6000 499 15,937 Littleton 6 5776 S. Crocker St Littleton CO 80120 25 (303) 347-3300 500 15,920 Dayton City 115 S. Ludlow St Dayton OH 45402 34 (937) 542-3000 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. 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). District rank is based on student membership. 1 Totals for number of schools may differ from published estimates since they exclude closed, inactive, and future schools. D-9 Table D-2.—Alphabetic list and rank (by size) of the 500 largest public school districts in the United States and jurisdictions, by school district: School year Table D-2.—2007–08 School district State Rank School district State Rank Abc Unified CA 368 Catawba County Schools NC 443 Abilene Independent School District TX 479 Cecil County Public Schools MD 486 Academy 20 CO 347 Cedar Rapids Comm School District IA 469 Aiken 01 SC 286 Central Bucks School District PA 377 Akron City OH 273 Chaffey Joint Union High CA 280 Alachua FL 227 Chandler Unified District AZ 157 Alamance Burlington Schools NC 319 Charles County Public Schools MD 250 Albuquerque Public Schools NM 30 Charleston 01 SC 118 Aldine Independent School District TX 66 Charlotte FL 438 Alhambra Unified CA 409 Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools NC 20 Alief Independent School District TX 108 Chatham County GA 169 Allen Independent School District TX 458 Cherokee County GA 153 Allentown City School District PA 436 Cherry Creek 5 CO 90 Alpine District UT 61 Chesapeake City Public Schools VA 134 Alvord Unified CA 383 Chesterfield County Public Schools VA 68 Amarillo Independent School District TX 201 Chino Valley Unified CA 178 Amphitheater Unified District AZ 482 Christina School District DE 475 Anaheim City CA 398 Chula Vista Elementary CA 241 Anaheim Union High CA 175 Cincinnati City OH 161 Anchorage School District AK 94 Citrus FL 492 Ann Arbor Public Schools MI 472 City of Chicago School District 299 IL 4 Anne Arundel County Public Schools MD 47 Clark County School District NV 6 Anoka Hennepin Public School District MN 125 Clay FL 156 Antelope Valley Union High CA 257 Clayton County GA 85 Antioch Unified CA 381 Clear Creek Independent School District TX 154 Arlington County Public Schools VA 414 Cleveland County Schools NC 473 Arlington Independent School District TX 62 Cleveland Municipal City OH 83 Ascension Parish LA 415 Clovis Unified CA 151 Atlanta Public Schools GA 91 Coachella Valley Unified CA 424 Adams-Arapahoe 28j CO 170 Cobb County GA 26 Austin Independent School District TX 39 Collier FL 114 Bakersfield City CA 244 Colorado Springs 11 CO 212 Baldwin County AL 254 Colton Joint Unified CA 290 Baldwin Park Unified CA 388 Columbia 93 MO 456 Baltimore City Public Schools MD 40 Columbia County GA 323 Baltimore County Public Schools MD 27 Columbus City OH 74 Bay FL 263 Compton Unified CA 233 Beaufort 01 SC 394 Conejo Valley Unified CA 354 Beaumont Independent School District TX 399 Conroe Independent School District TX 103 Beaverton School District 48j OR 145 Corona Norco Unified CA 88 Bellevue School District WA 471 Corpus Christi Independent School District TX 141 Berkeley 01 SC 225 Coweta County GA 340 Berkeley County Schools WV 468 Cumberland County Schools NC 81 Bethel School District WA 432 Cupertino Union CA 453 Bibb County GA 282 CUSD 300 IL 389 Birdville Independent School District TX 335 Cypress Fairbanks Independent School District TX 29 Birmingham City AL 230 Dade FL 5 Blue Valley KS 366 Dallas Independent School District TX 15 Boise Independent District ID 270 Davenport Comm School District IA 487 Boone County KY 427 Davidson County School District TN 46 Bossier Parish LA 393 Davidson County Schools NC 374 Boston MA 73 Davis District UT 53 Boulder Valley School District No Re2 CO 223 Dayton City OH 500 Brevard FL 45 Dearborn City School District MI 421 Bridgeport School District CT 369 Deer Valley Unified District AZ 150 Broken Arrow OK 497 Dekalb County GA 28 Broward FL 7 Denton Independent School District TX 367 Brownsville Independent School District TX 95 Des Moines Independent Comm School District IA 188 Buffalo City School District NY 158 Desert Sands Unified CA 219 Buncombe County Schools NC 275 Desoto County School District MS 205 Burbank Unified CA 477 Detroit City School District MI 25 Cabarrus County Schools NC 242 District of Columbia Public Schools DC 69 Caddo Parish LA 113 Dorchester 02 SC 356 Cajon Valley Union Elementary CA 485 Dougherty County GA 481 Calcasieu Parish LA 184 Douglas County GA 287 Calvert County Public Schools MD 447 Douglas County School District No Re 1 CO 82 Capistrano Unified CA 86 Downey Unified CA 327 Carroll County Public Schools MD 229 Durham Public Schools NC 185 Carrollton Farmers Branch Independent School District TX 258 Duval FL 22 Cartwright Elementary District AZ 375 Dysart Unified District AZ 309 See notes at end of table. D-10 Table D-2.—Alphabetic list and rank (by size) of the 500 largest public school districts in the United States and jurisdictions, by school district: School year Table D-2.—2007–08—Continued School district State Rank School district State Rank East Baton Rouge Parish LA 106 Highline School District WA 451 East Side Union High CA 260 Hillsboro School District 1j OR 380 Ector County Independent School District TX 249 Hillsborough FL 9 Edinburg CISD TX 206 Horry 01 SC 147 Edmond OK 386 Houston County GA 268 Edmonds School District WA 365 Houston Independent School District TX 8 El Paso Independent School District TX 65 Howard County Public Schools MD 93 Elizabeth NJ 349 Humble Independent School District TX 179 Elk Grove Unified CA 63 Huntington Beach Union High CA 496 Escambia FL 121 Huntsville City AL 316 Escondido Union Elementary CA 395 Hurst Euless Bedford Independent School District TX 376 Eugene School District 4j OR 429 Indian Prairie CUSD 204 IL 217 Evansville Vanderburgh Sch Corp IN 329 Indian River FL 441 Everett School District WA 411 Indianapolis Public Schools IN 164 Evergreen School District Clark WA 274 Iredell Statesville Schools NC 351 Fairfax County Public Schools VA 14 Irvine Unified CA 265 Fairfield Suisun Unified CA 317 Irving Independent School District TX 183 Fayette County KY 162 Issaquah School District WA 476 Fayette County GA 330 Jackson Public School District MS 197 Federal Way School District WA 325 Jefferson County KY 31 Flint City School District MI 470 Jefferson County AL 155 Folsom Cordova Unified CA 407 Jefferson County School District No R 1 CO 37 Fontana Unified CA 120 Jefferson Parish LA 111 Forsyth County GA 200 Jersey City NJ 232 Forsyth County Schools NC 87 Johnston County Schools NC 202 Fort Bend Independent School District TX 55 Jordan District UT 38 Fort Wayne Community Schools IN 194 Judson Independent School District TX 373 Fort Worth Independent School District TX 42 Jurupa Unified CA 371 Francis Howell R III MO 334 Kanawha County Schools WV 228 Frederick County Public Schools MD 130 Kansas City KS 384 Fremont Unified CA 190 Kansas City 33 MO 281 Fresno Unified CA 43 Katy Independent School District TX 78 Frisco Independent School District TX 240 Keller Independent School District TX 213 Ft Zumwalt R II MO 413 Kenosha School District WI 320 Fullerton Joint Union High CA 483 Kent School District WA 239 Fulton County GA 36 Kern Union High CA 146 Galena Park Independent School District TX 358 Killeen Independent School District TX 144 Garden Grove Unified CA 96 Klein Independent School District TX 112 Garland Independent School District TX 70 Knox County School District TN 77 Gaston County Schools NC 187 Kyrene Elementary District AZ 420 Gilbert Unified District AZ 142 La Joya Independent School District TX 266 Glendale Unified CA 245 Lafayette Parish LA 207 Goose Creek CISD TX 378 Lake FL 127 Grand Prairie Independent School District TX 276 Lake Elsinore Unified CA 332 Grand Rapids Public Schools MI 379 Lake Washington School District WA 304 Granite District UT 44 Lakota Local OH 422 Greeley 6 CO 417 Lamar CISD TX 339 Green Bay Area School District WI 392 Laredo Independent School District TX 279 Greenville 01 SC 54 Las Cruces Public Schools NM 293 Grossmont Union High CA 298 Lawton OK 480 Guilford County Schools NC 52 Leander Independent School District TX 253 Gwinnett County GA 16 Lee FL 41 Hacienda La Puente Unified CA 338 Lee's Summit R VII MO 455 Hall County GA 272 Leon FL 186 Hamilton County School Distrct TN 123 Lewisville Independent School District TX 92 Hamilton Southeastern Schools IN 490 Lexington 01 SC 360 Hampton City Public Schools VA 328 Lexington 05 SC 465 Hanover County Public Schools VA 405 Lincoln Public Schools NE 173 Harford County Public Schools MD 135 Little Rock School District AR 243 Harlingen CISD TX 435 Littleton 6 CO 499 Harnett County Schools NC 416 Livingston Parish LA 312 Hartford School District CT 326 Livonia Public Schools MI 461 Hawaii Department of Education HI 10 Lodi Unified CA 193 Hayward Unified CA 342 Long Beach Unified CA 33 Hazelwood MO 400 Los Angeles Unified CA 2 Hemet Unified CA 308 Loudoun County Public Schools VA 79 Henrico County Public Schools VA 97 Lubbock Independent School District TX 221 Henry County GA 138 Lynwood Unified CA 442 Hernando FL 314 M S D Lawrence Township IN 494 Hesperia Unified CA 322 Madera Unified CA 410 See notes at end of table. D-11 Table D-2.—Alphabetic list and rank (by size) of the 500 largest public school districts in the United States and jurisdictions, by school district: School year Table D-2.—2007–08—Continued School district State Rank School district State Rank Madison County AL 401 Paramount Unified CA 498 Madison Metropolitan School District WI 288 Parkway C 2 MO 433 Manatee FL 117 Pasadena Independent School District TX 89 Manchester School District NH 484 Pasadena Unified CA 364 Mansfield Independent School District TX 208 Pasco FL 56 Manteca Unified CA 306 Paterson NJ 301 Marion FL 116 Paulding County GA 247 Martin FL 425 Pearland Independent School District TX 460 Matanuska Susitna Borough School District AK 493 Peoria Unified School District AZ 136 McAllen Independent School District TX 283 Pflugerville Independent School District TX 370 McKinney Independent School District TX 324 Pharr San Juan Alamo Independent School District TX 204 Memphis City School District TN 23 Philadelphia City School District PA 12 Meridian Joint District ID 174 Phoenix Union High School District AZ 256 Mesa County Valley School District No 51 CO 350 Pickens 01 SC 474 Mesa Unified District AZ 49 Pinellas FL 24 Mesquite Independent School District TX 152 Pitt County Schools NC 315 Midland Independent School District TX 359 Pittsburgh School District PA 237 Millard Public Schools NE 337 Placentia Yorba Linda Unified CA 262 Milwaukee School District WI 34 Plainfield School District 202 IL 226 Minneapolis Public School District MN 159 Plano Independent School District TX 80 Mobile County AL 60 Plymouth Canton Community Schools MI 403 Modesto City Elementary CA 495 Polk FL 32 Montebello Unified CA 172 Pomona Unified CA 199 Montgomery County AL 192 Portland School District 1j OR 105 Montgomery County Public Schools MD 17 Poudre School District R 1 CO 271 Montgomery County Schools TN 224 Poway Unified CA 176 Moore OK 362 Prince George's County Public Schools MD 21 Moreno Valley Unified CA 148 Prince William County Public Schools VA 50 Mt Diablo Unified CA 163 Providence RI 291 Murrieta Valley Unified CA 352 Pueblo 60 CO 419 Muscogee County GA 182 Puerto Rico Department of Education PR 3 Napa Valley Unified CA 444 Pulaski County Spec School District AR 430 Naperville CUSD 203 IL 423 Putnam City OK 412 Nash Rocky Mount Schools NC 428 Puyallup School District WA 355 Nebo District UT 220 Racine School District WI 345 New Hanover County Schools NC 305 Randolph County Schools NC 402 New Haven School District CT 387 Rankin County School District MS 437 New York City Public Schools NY 1 Rapides Parish LA 310 Newark NJ 128 Reading School District PA 445 Newport Mesa Unified CA 348 Redlands Unified CA 346 Newport News City Public Schools VA 195 Rialto Unified CA 218 Newton County GA 404 Richardson Independent School District TX 167 Norfolk City Public Schools VA 166 Richland 01 SC 294 North Clackamas School District 12 OR 440 Richland 02 SC 302 North East Independent School District TX 64 Richmond City Public Schools VA 303 North Kansas City 74 MO 434 Richmond County GA 181 Northglenn-Thornton 12 CO 140 Riverside Unified CA 110 Northshore School District WA 382 Robeson County Schools NC 300 Northside Independent School District TX 35 Rochester City School District NY 180 Norwalk La Mirada Unified CA 333 Rochester Public School District MN 489 Oakland Unified CA 104 Rockford School District 205 IL 216 Oceanside Unified CA 353 Rockwood R VI MO 318 Okaloosa FL 211 Rosemount Apple Valley Eagan MN 234 Oklahoma City OK 124 Round Rock Independent School District TX 129 Olathe KS 264 Rowan Salisbury Schools NC 361 Omaha Public Schools NE 99 Rowland Unified CA 464 Onslow County Schools NC 307 Rutherford County School Dist TN 160 Ontario Montclair Elementary CA 311 Sacramento City Unified CA 98 Orange FL 11 Saddleback Valley Unified CA 171 Orange Unified CA 203 Salem Keizer School District 24j OR 133 Osceola FL 84 Salt Lake District UT 285 Osseo Public School District MN 336 San Antonio Independent School District TX 76 Ouachita Parish LA 406 San Bernardino City Unified CA 72 Oxnard Union High CA 467 San Diego Unified CA 19 Pajaro Valley Unified CA 396 San Francisco Unified CA 75 Palm Beach FL 13 San Jose Unified CA 196 Palm Springs Unified CA 292 San Juan Unified CA 100 Palmdale Elementary CA 331 San Marcos Unified CA 448 Panama Buena Vista Union CA 478 San Ramon Valley Unified CA 267 Paradise Valley Unified District AZ 168 Santa Ana Unified CA 71 See notes at end of table. D-12 Table D-2.—Alphabetic list and rank (by size) of the 500 largest public school districts in the United States and jurisdictions, by school district: School year Table D-2.—2007–08—Continued School district State Rank School district State Rank Santa Rosa FL 269 Toledo City OH 231 Sarasota FL 119 Toms River Regional NJ 459 Denver County 1 CO 48 Torrance Unified CA 284 School District U 46 IL 126 Tracy Joint Unified CA 450 Scottsdale Unified District AZ 251 Tucson Unified District AZ 67 Seattle Public Schools WA 107 Tulsa OK 122 Seminole FL 58 Tuscaloosa County AL 463 Shawnee Mission Pub Sch KS 236 Tustin Unified CA 363 Shelby County AL 259 Tyler Independent School District TX 426 Shelby County School District TN 101 Union County Public Schools NC 149 Simi Valley Unified CA 357 United Independent School District TX 137 Sioux Falls School District 49 5 SD 385 Utica Community Schools MI 210 Socorro Independent School District TX 139 Va Beach City Public Schools VA 51 South Bend Community Sch Corp IN 344 Val Verde Unified CA 391 South Washington County School District MN 457 Vallejo City Unified CA 446 South Western City OH 343 Valley View CUSD 365u IL 431 Spokane School District WA 214 Vancouver School District WA 321 Spotsylvania County Public Schools VA 296 Ventura Unified CA 452 Spring Branch Independent School District TX 189 Vigo County School Corp IN 488 Spring Independent School District TX 177 Visalia Unified CA 248 Springdale School District AR 454 Vista Unified CA 246 Springfield MA 278 Volusia FL 59 Springfield R XII MO 297 Wake County Schools NC 18 St Johns FL 235 Washingtion County Public Schools MD 341 St Louis City MO 238 Washington District UT 261 St Lucie FL 131 Washington Elementary School District AZ 295 St Mary's County Public Schools MD 466 Washoe County School District NV 57 St Paul Public School District MN 132 Waterbury School District CT 418 St Tammany Parish LA 165 Waukegan CUSD 60 IL 462 St Vrain Valley School District No Re1j CO 289 Wayne County Public Schools NC 397 Stafford County Public Schools VA 252 Weber District UT 191 Stockton Unified CA 143 Weslaco Independent School District TX 491 Sumner County School District TN 255 West Contra Costa Unified CA 198 Sunnyside Unified District AZ 439 Wichita KS 102 Sweetwater Union High CA 115 William S Hart Union High CA 277 Syracuse City School District NY 372 Williamson County School Dist TN 222 Tacoma School District WA 209 Worcester MA 313 Tangipahoa Parish LA 390 Yonkers City School District NY 299 Temecula Valley Unified CA 215 York 03 SC 449 Terrebonne Parish LA 408 Ysleta Independent School District TX 109 SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "Local Education Agency Universe Survey," 2007–08, Version 1a. 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). District rank is based on student membership. D-13 Table D-3.—Number of the 100 largest public school districts and percentage of the 100 largest public school district students in the United States and Table D-3.—jurisdictions, by state: School year 2007–08 Number of districts Percentage of the in the 100 largest 100 largest school State school districts district students Total 100 100.0 Alabama 1 0.6 Alaska 1 0.4 Arizona 2 1.2 California 13 13.1 Colorado 4 2.3 District of Columbia 1 0.5 Florida 14 16.7 Georgia 6 4.9 Hawaii 1 1.6 Illinois 1 3.6 Kentucky 1 0.9 Maryland 6 5.1 Massachusetts 1 0.5 Michigan 1 1.0 Nebraska 1 0.4 Nevada 2 3.3 New Mexico 1 0.9 New York 1 8.8 North Carolina 5 4.0 Ohio 2 1.0 Pennsylvania 1 1.5 Puerto Rico 1 4.7 South Carolina 1 0.6 Tennessee 3 2.2 Texas 18 12.4 Utah 4 2.6 Virginia 6 4.2 Wisconsin 1 0.8 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). Only those states that have at least one district in the 100 largest districts are included in this table. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "Local Education Agency Universe Survey," 2007–08, Version 1a. D-14 Table D-4.—Selected statistics for the 100 largest public elementary and secondary school districts in the United States and jurisdictions: School year 1997–98 Number of full- Number of Number of time-equivalent 1995–96 Number of Name of reported district City State County students (FTE) teachers1 completers2 schools3 Reporting districts4 † † † 10,818,622 568,545 484,121 15,152 NYC Chancellor's Office Brooklyn NY Kings 1,071,853 60,648 38,400 1,153 Los Angeles Unified Los Angeles CA Los Angeles 680,430 30,905 25,474 645 Puerto Rico Department of Education San Juan PR San Juan 616,470 38,976 56,155 1,543 City of Chicago School District 29 Chicago IL Cook 477,610 23,372 15,733 585 Dade County School District Miami FL Dade 345,958 17,493 14,243 321 Broward County School District Fort Lauderdale FL Broward 224,799 10,957 9,475 197 Philadelphia City School District Philadelphia PA Philadelphia 212,865 10,999 9,055 259 Houston Independent School District Houston TX Harris 210,988 11,606 6,559 299 Clark County School District Las Vegas NV Clark 190,822 9,862 7,799 221 Hawaii Department of Education Honolulu HI Honolulu 189,887 10,653 9,741 251 Detroit City School District Detroit MI Wayne 174,730 8,666 6,403 271 Dallas Independent School District Dallas TX Dallas 157,622 9,478 5,379 220 Hillsborough County School District Tampa FL Hillsborough 152,781 9,109 6,196 169 Fairfax County Public Schools Fairfax VA Fairfax 145,722 — 9,253 212 Palm Beach County School District West Palm Beach FL Palm Beach 142,724 7,601 5,770 161 San Diego City Unified San Diego CA San Diego 136,283 6,645 5,862 168 Orange County School District Orlando FL Orange 133,826 7,781 5,472 160 Prince Georges County Public Schools Upper Marlboro MD Prince George's 128,347 7,216 6,951 182 Duval County School District Jacksonville FL Duval 126,979 6,541 4,625 161 Montgomery County Public Schools Rockville MD Montgomery 125,023 7,315 6,944 184 Memphis City School District Memphis TN Shelby 111,227 6,225 4,207 163 Pinellas County School District Largo FL Pinellas 109,309 6,060 4,747 145 Baltimore City Public School System Baltimore MD Baltimore City 107,416 6,048 3,843 182 Baltimore County Public Schools Towson MD Baltimore 104,708 6,463 5,956 158 Baltimore County Public Schools Louisville KY Jefferson 104,338 5,408 5,173 165 Milwaukee School District Milwaukee WI Milwaukee 101,253 5,846 3,035 206 Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools Charlotte NC Mecklenburg 95,795 6,007 4,432 130 Gwinnett County School District Lawrenceville GA Gwinnett 93,509 5,609 4,142 78 De Kalb County School District Decatur GA De Kalb 91,864 5,655 4,185 112 Wake County Schools Raleigh NC Wake 89,772 5,432 4,158 105 Cobb County School District Marietta GA Cobb 88,266 5,271 4,601 92 Jefferson County R 1 Golden CO Jefferson 88,006 4,178 4,547 156 Albuquerque Public Schools Albuquerque NM Bernalillo 87,274 5,314 4,469 124 Long Beach Unified Long Beach CA Los Angeles 85,908 3,599 3,660 86 Orleans Parish School Board5 New Orleans LA Orleans 83,175 4,485 3,749 122 Fresno Unified Fresno CA Fresno 78,166 3,713 3,034 90 Virginia Beach City Public Schools Virginia Beach VA Virginia Beach City 77,521 — 4,091 83 District of Columbia Public Schools Washington DC District Of Columbia 77,111 — 2,853 171 Fort Worth Independent School District Fort Worth TX Tarrant 76,901 4,314 2,695 132 Austin Independent School District Austin TX Travis 76,606 4,616 2,760 101 Cleveland City School District Cleveland OH Cuyahoga 76,504 4,621 1,958 125 Polk County School District Bartow FL Polk 76,497 4,355 3,237 130 Granite School District Salt Lake City UT Salt Lake 74,956 3,264 4,804 97 Anne Arundel County Public Schools Annapolis MD Anne Arundel 73,363 4,065 3,777 113 Jordan School District Sandy UT Salt Lake 73,181 3,074 4,617 72 Mesa Unified School District Mesa AZ Maricopa 69,764 3,424 3,516 80 Brevard County School District Melbourne FL Brevard 67,879 3,843 3,158 90 Denver County 1 Denver CO Denver 67,858 3,521 2,684 118 Nashville Davidson County School District Nashville TN Davidson 67,558 4,299 2,716 124 Mobile County School District Mobile AL Mobile 65,230 3,683 3,314 89 Columbus City School District Columbus OH Franklin 64,872 3,730 2,091 146 El Paso Independent School District El Paso TX El Paso 63,909 4,062 3,050 82 Boston School District Boston MA Suffolk 63,762 4,116 2,852 127 Fulton County School District Atlanta GA Fulton 62,798 3,944 2,674 63 Tucson Unified District Tucson AZ Pima 62,480 3,376 2,750 118 San Antonio Independent School District San Antonio TX Bexar 61,112 3,797 2,260 108 San Francisco Unified San Francisco CA San Francisco 61,007 3,556 3,325 113 Northside Independent School District San Antonio TX Bexar 60,083 3,867 3,267 79 Atlanta City School District Atlanta GA Fulton 60,024 3,631 2,072 98 Guilford County Schools Greensboro NC Guilford 59,903 3,885 2,893 95 Volusia County School District Deland FL Volusia 59,310 3,490 2,611 82 Davis School District Farmington UT Davis 59,220 2,502 4,315 80 East Baton Rouge Parish School Board5 Baton Rouge LA East Baton Rouge 58,238 3,507 2,673 105 Greenville County School District Greenville SC Greenville 56,967 3,575 2,822 91 Seminole County School District Sanford FL Seminole 56,916 2,985 2,937 61 See notes at end of table. D-15 Table D-4.—Selected statistics for the 100 largest public elementary and secondary school districts in the United States and jurisdictions: School year 1997–98 Table D-4.——Continued Number of full- Number of Number of time-equivalent 1995–96 Number of Name of reported district City State County students (FTE) teachers1 completers2 schools3 Cypress Fairbanks Independent School District Houston TX Harris 55,593 3,455 2,760 51 Portland School District 1j5 Portland OR Multnomah 55,321 2,863 2,677 109 Arlington Independent School District Arlington TX Tarrant 54,591 3,332 2,529 66 Jefferson Parish School Board5 Harvey LA Jefferson 54,413 3,468 2,351 84 Santa Ana Unified Santa Ana CA Orange 53,805 2,358 1,754 47 Lee County School District Fort Myers FL Lee 53,790 2,972 2,533 72 Oakland Unified5 Oakland CA Alameda 53,564 2,781 1,839 91 Washoe County School District Reno NV Washoe 51,205 2,984 2,195 85 Knox County School District Knoxville TN Knox 51,152 3,401 2,727 85 Sacramento City Unified Sacramento CA Sacramento 51,042 2,268 2,055 76 Cumberland County Schools Fayetteville NC Cumberland 51,014 2,909 2,600 75 Cincinnati City School District5 Cincinnati OH Hamilton 50,332 3,181 1,323 82 Chesterfield County Public Schools Chesterfield VA Chesterfield 50,173 — 2,890 58 Prince William County Public School Manassas VA Prince William 49,905 — 2,781 66 Minneapolis5 Minneapolis MN Hennepin 49,157 — — 150 Fort Bend Independent School District Sugar Land TX Fort Bend 49,093 2,808 2,391 48 Anchorage School District Anchorage AK Anchorage 48,888 2,562 2,318 89 Aldine Independent School District Houston TX Harris 48,585 3,223 1,808 51 Caddo Parish School Board5 Shreveport LA Caddo 48,347 2,963 2,339 74 Seattle5 Seattle WA King 47,883 2,461 — 115 San Juan Unified Carmichael CA Sacramento 47,837 2,250 2,860 82 Ysleta Independent School District5 El Paso TX El Paso 47,616 2,971 2,456 65 San Bernardino City Unified San Bernardino CA San Bernardino 47,385 2,091 1,611 59 Buffalo City School District5 Buffalo NY Erie 47,010 3,127 1,974 73 Wichita5 Wichita KS Sedgwick 46,859 2,758 2,041 95 Garland Independent School District Garland TX Dallas 46,632 2,733 1,975 63 North East Independent School District San Antonio TX Bexar 46,550 3,052 2,616 59 St Louis City5 Saint Louis MO St. Louis City 46,235 3,221 1,198 113 Escambia County School District5 Pensacola FL Escambia 46,083 2,600 2,215 81 Shelby County School District5 Memphis TN Shelby 45,899 2,455 2,353 46 Garden Grove Unified Garden Grove CA Orange 45,776 1,919 2,220 64 Saint Paul5 Saint Paul MN Ramsey 45,142 — — 148 Omaha Public Schools Omaha NE Douglas 45,046 2,811 2,082 80 Pasco County School District Land O Lakes FL Pasco 44,770 2,551 1,731 47 Alpine School District American Fork UT Utah 44,694 1,783 2,720 54 2 Includes high school diploma recipients as well as other high school completers (e.g., certificates of attendance), but not high school equivalencies (e.g., General Education Development (GEDs)). † Not applicable. — Not available. 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). Districts are listed in descending order by number of students. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "Public Elementary/Secondary School Universe Survey," 1997–98, Version 1a, and "Local Education Agency Universe Survey," 1997–98, Version 1a. 3 Totals for number of schools may differ from published estimates since they exclude closed schools. 4 Totals do not include districts where data were not available. 5 School district was no longer among the 100 largest school districts in the 2007–08 school year. 1 Full-time equivalent (FTE) is the amount of time required to perform an assignment stated as a proportion of a full-time position. It is computed by dividing the amount of time employed by the amount of time normally required for a full-time position. FTE is not a head count; for example, 2 half-time employees represent 1 FTE. D-16 D-16