Table 241.

Selected Statistics for the Largest Public School Districts:

2006 to 2007
[For the 50 largest districts by enrollment size. Based on reports from state education agencies in the spring 2007. Data from the
Common Core Data Program; see source for details. School district boundaries are not necessarily the same as city or county
boundaries]
Number Number
of full-time of
School district Number equivalent 2005–06 Number
of (FTE) com- of
City County students 1 teachers pleters 2 schools
New York City Public Schools, NY. . . . . . . . . . . New York New York 999,150 70,889 46,870 1,429
Los Angeles Unified, CA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Los Angeles Los Angeles 707,627 34,365 28,322 815
Puerto Rico Department of Education, PR. . . . Hato Rey San Juan 544,138 40,163 (NA) 1,515
City of Chicago School District, IL. . . . . . . . . . . Chicago Cook 413,694 18,966 17,065 633
Dade County School District, FL. . . . . . . . . . . . Miami Miami-Dade 353,790 20,656 18,740 442
Clark County School District, NV. . . . . . . . . . . . Las Vegas Clark 303,448 15,930 12,433 319
Broward County School District, FL. . . . . . . . . . Fort Lauderdale Broward 262,813 15,234 14,866 293
Houston Independent School District, TX. . . . . Houston Harris 202,936 12,057 7,853 296
Hillsborough County School District, FL . . . . . . Tampa Hillsborough 193,517 10,210 10,124 280
Hawaii Department of Education, HI. . . . . . . . . Honolulu Honolulu 180,728 11,270 11,119 286
Philadelphia City School District, PA. . . . . . . . . Philadelphia Philadelphia 178,241 9,917 (NA) 274
Orange County School District, FL . . . . . . . . . . Orlando Orange 175,245 10,975 9,644 230
Palm Beach County School District, FL. . . . . . . West Palm Beach Palm Beach 171,431 10,633 9,288 263
Fairfax County Public Schools, VA. . . . . . . . . . . Falls Church Fairfax 163,952 13,384 11,056 207
Dallas Independent School District, TX. . . . . . . Dallas Dallas 159,144 10,643 6,343 242
Gwinnett County, GA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lawrenceville Gwinnett 152,043 10,341 7,413 108
Montgomery County Public Schools, MD . . . . . Rockville Montgomery 137,814 9,613 9,944 204
Prince George’s County Public Schools, MD . . Upper Marlboro Prince George’s 131,014 8,880 7,832 213
San Diego Unified, CA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . San Diego San Diego 130,983 7,135 6,588 223
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, NC. . . . . . . . . Charlotte Mecklenburg 128,789 9,408 (NA) 158
Wake County Schools, NC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Raleigh Wake 128,748 9,178 (NA) 147
Duval County School District, FL. . . . . . . . . . . . Jacksonville Duval 125,176 7,776 6,205 176
Detroit City School District, MI. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Detroit Wayne 117,609 7,127 5,866 233
Memphis City School District, TN . . . . . . . . . . . Memphis Shelby 117,349 7,020 6,341 194
Pinellas County School District, FL. . . . . . . . . . Largo Pinellas 109,915 7,015 5,945 173
Cobb County, MD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Marietta Cobb 107,274 7,739 6,353 114
Baltimore County Public Schools, GA. . . . . . . . Baltimore Baltimore 105,839 7,420 7,380 169
DeKalb County, GA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Decatur Dekalb 101,396 7,134 5,329 150
Albuquerque Public Schools, NM . . . . . . . . . . . Albuquerque Bernalillo 95,493 6,241 4,776 164
Polk County School District, FL. . . . . . . . . . . . . Bartow Polk 92,801 6,478 4,374 152
Jefferson County, KY. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Louisville Jefferson 92,659 5,971 (NA) 171
Cypress–Fairbanks Independent School
District, TX. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Houston Harris 92,135 5,838 4,768 75
Long Beach Unified, CA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Long Beach Los Angeles 90,663 4,213 4,896 91
Milwaukee, WI. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Milwaukee Milwaukee 89,912 5,116 (NA) 224
Jefferson County, CO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Golden Jefferson 86,154 4,809 5,906 160
Baltimore City Public Schools, MD . . . . . . . . . . Baltimore Baltimore 84,515 5,928 4,184 198
Fulton County, GA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Atlanta Fulton 83,861 5,955 4,450 94
Northside Independent School District, TX. . . . San Antonio Bexar 82,587 5,226 4,259 95
Austin Independent School District, TX. . . . . . . Austin Travis 82,140 5,714 3,862 116
Fort Worth Independent School District, TX . . . Fort Worth Tarrant 79,457 4,839 3,556 147
Lee County School District, FL . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fort Myers Lee 78,981 4,648 3,834 105
Jordan District, UT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sandy Salt Lake 78,299 3,206 (NA) 96
Fresno Unified, CA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fresno Fresno 77,555 3,894 3,735 110
Brevard County School District, FL. . . . . . . . . . Viera Brevard 74,785 4,723 4,631 127
Mesa Unified District, AZ. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mesa Maricopa 74,128 3,854 4,034 89
Nashville-Davidson County School
District, TN. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nashville Davidson 73,731 4,981 3,454 133
Anne Arundel County Public Schools, MD . . . . Annapolis Anne Arundel 73,066 4,893 4,769 121
Denver County, CO. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Denver Denver 72,561 4,107 2,843 149
Virginia Beach City Public Schools, VA. . . . . . . Virginia Beach Virginia Beach 72,538 5,967 4,709 88
Guilford County Schools, NC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Greensboro Guilford 71,722 5,405 (NA) 117
NA Not available. 1 Number of students receiving educational services from the school district. 2 Includes high school diploma
recipients and other completers (for example certificates of attendance) but does not include high school equivalents (GEDs).
Source: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), “Public
Elementary/Secondary School Universe Survey,” 2006–07, Version 1b; “Local Education Agency Universe Survey,” 2006–07,
Version 1b; and “Local Education Universe Survey Dropout and Completion Public-Use Data File,” 2005–06, Version 1b.,
<http://www.nces.ed.gov/ccd/>.

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