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Characteristics of the 100 Largest Public Elementary and Secondary School Districts in the United States: 2005–06
NCES 2008-339
June 2008


Table A-15.  Percentage 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 2005
 
Name of reporting district State Revenues by source Current expenditures
for instruction as
a percent of
total expenditures1
Total Federal State Local
Total  100.0 11.3 44.6 44.2 53.0
           
New York City Public Schools  NY 100.0 11.0 43.8 45.2 68.1
Los Angeles Unified  CA 100.0 14.1 67.2 18.7 46.7
Puerto Rico Department of Education  PR 100.0 29.6 70.4 # 96.0
City of Chicago School District 299  IL 100.0 17.7 36.6 45.6 51.5
Dade County School District  FL 100.0 11.6 44.7 43.6 50.9
           
Clark County School District  NV 100.0 7.2 23.2 69.6 44.5
Broward County School District  FL 100.0 9.7 44.0 46.3 47.4
Houston Independent School District  TX 100.0 14.1 15.8 70.0 49.2
Hillsborough County School District  FL 100.0 14.0 50.3 35.7 45.9
Philadelphia City School District  PA 100.0 15.0 50.3 34.7 36.4
           
Hawaii Department of Education  HI 100.0 10.4 87.4 2.2 57.0
Orange County School District  FL 100.0 9.0 43.9 47.1 44.7
Palm Beach County School District  FL 100.0 7.6 25.6 66.8 45.0
Fairfax County Public Schools  VA 100.0 3.8 18.3 77.9 53.3
Dallas Independent School District  TX 100.0 12.9 14.6 72.4 40.3
           
Gwinnett County  GA 100.0 4.9 39.8 55.3 52.6
Montgomery County Public Schools  MD 100.0 4.4 17.7 77.9 53.4
Prince George's County Public Schools  MD 100.0 6.9 46.3 46.8 46.1
Detroit City School District  MI 100.0 16.6 65.6 17.8 45.8
San Diego Unified  CA 100.0 10.6 43.2 46.1 45.2
           
Duval County School District  FL 100.0 10.0 49.2 40.7 52.1
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools  NC 100.0 9.6 56.5 33.9 51.7
Wake County Schools  NC 100.0 5.4 44.9 49.7 49.5
Memphis City School District  TN 100.0 15.8 36.6 47.6 59.9
Pinellas County School District  FL 100.0 9.4 41.3 49.3 48.3
           
Baltimore County Public Schools  MD 100.0 6.9 36.2 56.9 56.1
Cobb County  GA 100.0 5.8 37.2 57.0 57.2
Dekalb County  GA 100.0 7.9 37.5 54.6 53.0
Jefferson County  KY 100.0 11.8 41.6 46.6 48.6
Albuquerque Public Schools  NM 100.0 10.9 74.8 14.3 49.7
           
Long Beach Unified  CA 100.0 16.7 68.1 15.2 53.7
Milwaukee  WI 100.0 14.2 61.6 24.2 51.2
Polk County School District  FL 100.0 11.4 54.3 34.3 52.2
Baltimore City Public Schools  MD 100.0 14.3 63.2 22.5 54.2
Jefferson County R-1  CO 100.0 4.1 40.5 55.4 46.7
           
Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District  TX 100.0 5.1 26.6 68.4 44.0
Austin Independent School District  TX 100.0 9.6 10.1 80.3 44.4
Fulton County  GA 100.0 5.0 26.3 68.7 55.1
Fort Worth Independent School District  TX 100.0 12.6 37.8 49.6 52.9
Fresno Unified  CA 100.0 16.7 69.8 13.5 51.6
           
Northside Independent School District  TX 100.0 7.9 35.5 56.6 42.7
Jordan District  UT 100.0 7.2 51.8 41.0 49.1
Lee County School District  FL 100.0 8.9 22.4 68.8 34.8
Brevard County School District  FL 100.0 8.6 48.8 42.6 53.3
Mesa Unified District  AZ 100.0 8.7 47.9 43.4 56.4
           
Virginia Beach City Public Schools  VA 100.0 8.4 46.8 44.8 53.7
Anne Arundel County Public Schools  MD 100.0 5.8 31.0 63.2 54.1
Nashville-Davidson County School District  TN 100.0 10.6 27.0 62.4 55.1
Denver County 1  CO 100.0 11.1 32.3 56.6 41.6
Guilford County Schools  NC 100.0 8.2 52.2 39.6 55.6
           
Prince William County Public Schools  VA 100.0 4.3 40.6 55.1 46.5
Greenville County School District  SC 100.0 8.2 40.6 51.2 31.7
Seminole County School District  FL 100.0 7.4 46.9 45.7 49.9
Granite District  UT 100.0 11.6 54.9 33.6 54.7
Fort Bend Independent School District  TX 100.0 5.5 34.5 60.0 50.2
           
Mobile County  AL 100.0 14.5 55.9 29.6 46.9
Volusia County School District  FL 100.0 8.2 41.9 49.9 44.6
Washoe County School District  NV 100.0 8.1 27.7 64.2 57.2
El Paso Independent School District  TX 100.0 16.8 49.3 34.0 54.2
Arlington Independent School District  TX 100.0 8.0 23.3 68.7 57.5
           
Pasco County School District  FL 100.0 9.0 55.1 35.9 49.1
Davis District  UT 100.0 9.4 59.2 31.4 51.0
Elk Grove Unified  CA 100.0 7.3 61.0 31.7 48.5
Tucson Unified District  AZ 100.0 13.6 45.9 40.5 48.7
North East Independent School District  TX 100.0 6.7 18.2 75.1 45.1
           
District of Columbia Public Schools  DC 100.0 15.1 84.9 42.3
Santa Ana Unified  CA 100.0 14.0 63.2 22.8 49.0
Columbus City  OH 100.0 11.3 35.4 53.4 50.7
Cleveland Municipal City  OH 100.0 15.5 54.7 29.7 49.4
San Bernardino City Unified  CA 100.0 14.5 74.8 10.7 50.4
           
Aldine Independent School District  TX 100.0 12.7 50.7 36.6 55.4
Garland Independent School District  TX 100.0 7.1 41.0 51.8 46.4
Boston  MA 100.0 9.2 31.2 59.6 58.5
Chesterfield County Public Schools  VA 100.0 4.8 45.8 49.4 54.1
San Antonio Independent School District  TX 100.0 18.1 51.2 30.7 44.7
           
San Francisco Unified  CA 100.0 14.3 33.6 52.1 45.0
Alpine District  UT 100.0 8.5 61.0 30.5 54.5
Knox County School District  TN 100.0 9.3 32.1 58.6 57.8
Plano Independent School District  TX 100.0 2.9 7.8 89.3 40.6
Cumberland County Schools  NC 100.0 14.6 63.2 22.3 58.4
           
Clayton County  GA 100.0 11.7 44.1 44.2 55.8
Capistrano Unified  CA 100.0 4.5 44.5 50.9 58.5
Atlanta City  GA 100.0 13.6 19.1 67.3 46.3
Sacramento City Unified  CA 100.0 17.1 62.7 20.2 46.6
Forsyth County Schools  NC 100.0 8.3 55.4 36.3 58.3
           
East Baton Rouge Parish School Board  LA 100.0 13.9 31.6 54.4 52.6
Osceola County School District  FL 100.0 7.7 49.0 43.3 45.6
Anchorage School District  AK 100.0 13.1 53.9 33.0 44.5
Garden Grove Unified  CA 100.0 11.5 62.6 25.9 62.3
Pasadena Independent School District  TX 100.0 8.9 51.1 40.0 53.6
           
Howard County Public Schools  MD 100.0 3.4 28.2 68.4 53.1
Cherry Creek 5  CO 100.0 3.2 38.5 58.3 49.0
Wichita  KS 100.0 13.9 55.4 30.7 48.4
San Juan Unified  CA 100.0 9.0 60.9 30.1 54.3
Brownsville Independent School District  TX 100.0 18.6 65.1 16.3 53.3
           
Katy Independent School District  TX 100.0 3.6 29.3 67.1 45.4
Oakland Unified  CA 100.0 16.4 55.8 27.8 46.4
Douglas County Re 1  CO 100.0 2.2 39.3 58.5 46.5
Henrico County Public Schools  VA 100.0 5.1 42.2 52.7 54.3
Alief Independent School District  TX 100.0 10.6 46.8 42.6 56.9
† Not applicable.
# Rounds to zero.
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.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "School District Finance Survey" (F-33), FY 2005, Version 1a, and "National Public Education Financial Survey," (NPEFS), 2004–05, Version 1a.

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