Table A-1. Selected statistics for the 100 largest public elementary and secondary school districts in the United States and jurisdictions, by school district: School year 2004

Characteristics of the 100 Largest Public Elementary and Secondary School Districts in the United States: 2004–05

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Table A-1. Selected statistics for the 100 largest public elementary and secondary school districts in the United States and jurisdictions, by school district: School year 2004–05

Name of reporting district	City	State	County	Number of students¹	Number of full-time-equivalent (FTE) teachers²	Number of 2003–04 completers³	Number of schools⁴
Reporting districts⁵	†	†	†	11,270,624	614,484	520,117	16,328

New York City Public Schools	Brooklyn	NY	Kings	986,967	—	—	1,205
Los Angeles Unified	Los Angeles	CA	Los Angeles	741,367	35,186	29,621	721
Puerto Rico Department of Education	San Juan	PR	San Juan	575,648	43,054	31,946	1,523
City of Chicago School District	Chicago	IL	Cook	426,812	25,260	16,745	634
Dade County School District	Miami	FL	Miami-Dade	368,933	20,086	18,599	381

Clark County School District	Las Vegas	NV	Clark	283,221	14,222	11,389	307
Broward County School District	Fort Lauderdale	FL	Broward	274,591	15,271	14,192	272
Houston Independent School District	Houston	TX	Harris	208,945	12,009	8,520	304
Hillsborough County School District	Tampa	FL	Hillsborough	189,469	11,975	9,380	257
Philadelphia City School District	Philadelphia	PA	Philadelphia	187,547	9,838	10,331	270

Hawaii Department of Education	Honolulu	HI	Honolulu	183,185	11,146	10,501	285
Palm Beach County School District	West Palm Beach	FL	Palm Beach	175,076	10,019	9,313	230
Orange County School District	Orlando	FL	Orange	173,331	10,183	8,478	203
Fairfax County Public Schools	Fairfax	VA	Fairfax	164,765	12,627	11,021	204
Dallas Independent School District	Dallas	TX	Dallas	158,027	10,225	7,080	228

Detroit City School District	Detroit	MI	Wayne	141,461	8,034	4,975	254
Montgomery County Public Schools	Rockville	MD	Montgomery	139,393	9,135	9,108	197
Prince George's County Public Schools	Upper Marlboro	MD	Prince George's	136,095	8,174	7,663	205
Gwinnett County School District	Lawrenceville	GA	Gwinnett	135,392	9,215	7,204	107
San Diego City Unified	San Diego	CA	San Diego	134,709	7,199	6,360	202

Duval County School District	Jacksonville	FL	Duval	129,486	7,345	6,225	182
Memphis City School District	Memphis	TN	Shelby	121,028	7,448	5,099	192
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	Charlotte	NC	Mecklenburg	118,765	7,890	5,469	138
Wake County Schools	Raleigh	NC	Wake	114,568	7,792	6,155	132
Pinellas County School District	Largo	FL	Pinellas	113,651	6,768	6,053	173

Baltimore County Public Schools	Baltimore	MD	Baltimore	107,701	7,368	7,485	168
Cobb County School District	Marietta	GA	Cobb	103,935	7,038	5,928	106
De Kalb County School District	Decatur	GA	De Kalb	99,986	6,620	5,318	142
Jefferson County	Louisville	KY	Jefferson	97,976	5,706	5,171	171
Long Beach Unified	Long Beach	CA	Los Angeles	96,319	4,430	4,785	91

Milwaukee School District	Milwaukee	WI	Milwaukee	93,654	5,859	—	229
Albuquerque Public Schools	Albuquerque	NM	Bernalillo	93,341	6,199	4,577	157
Baltimore City Public School System	Baltimore	MD	Baltimore City	88,401	5,351	3,779	188
Jefferson County R-1	Golden	CO	Jefferson	86,868	4,641	5,849	167
Polk County School District	Bartow	FL	Polk	86,292	5,660	4,591	158

Fresno Unified	Fresno	CA	Fresno	80,760	3,924	3,889	104
Austin Independent School District	Austin	TX	Travis	79,950	5,544	3,733	111
Fort Worth Independent School District	Fort Worth	TX	Tarrant	79,769	4,804	3,744	147
Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District	Houston	TX	Harris	79,314	5,128	4,578	62
Fulton County School District	Atlanta	GA	Fulton	75,891	5,350	4,126	90

Jordan School District	Sandy	UT	Salt Lake	75,548	3,013	4,922	88
Virginia Beach City Public Schools	Virginia Beach	VA	Virginia Beach City	75,515	5,626	4,716	86
Mesa Unified District	Mesa	AZ	Maricopa	75,471	3,761	4,254	91
Brevard County School District	Viera	FL	Brevard	74,824	4,468	4,462	110
Northside Independent School District	San Antonio	TX	Bexar	74,649	4,792	4,127	96

Anne Arundel County Public Schools	Annapolis	MD	Anne Arundel	73,991	4,603	4,774	119
Nashville-Davidson County School District	Nashville	TN	Davidson	72,807	4,839	3,667	130
Denver County 1	Denver	CO	Denver	72,410	4,045	3,350	151
Lee County School District	Fort Myers	FL	Lee	71,210	4,018	3,545	98
Granite School District	Salt Lake City	UT	Salt Lake	68,783	3,125	3,916	115

Guilford County Schools	Greensboro	NC	Guilford	68,220	4,537	3,848	106
Seminole County School District	Sanford	FL	Seminole	66,692	3,915	3,861	76
Prince William County Public Schools	Manassas	VA	Prince William	66,298	4,417	3,584	78
Volusia County School District	Deland	FL	Volusia	65,281	4,054	3,775	90
Greenville County School District	Greenville	SC	Greenville	65,265	4,023	3,345	90

Orleans Parish School Board	New Orleans	LA	Orleans	64,920	3,781	3,625	127
Cleveland City School District	Cleveland	OH	Cuyahoga	64,670	3,656	2,508	122
Mobile County School District	Mobile	AL	Mobile	63,987	4,228	3,178	115
Washoe County School District	Reno	NV	Washoe	63,322	3,496	2,940	100
El Paso Independent School District	El Paso	TX	El Paso	63,216	4,417	3,412	92

Fort Bend Independent School District	Sugar Land	TX	Fort Bend	62,853	3,715	4,286	61
District of Columbia Public Schools	Washington	DC	District of Columbia	62,306	4,743	3,017	174
Arlington Independent School District	Arlington	TX	Tarrant	62,267	3,965	3,343	77
Santa Ana Unified	Santa Ana	CA	Orange	61,693	2,551	2,903	56
Tucson Unified District	Tucson	AZ	Pima	61,204	3,117	3,546	123

Pasco County School District	Land O' Lakes	FL	Pasco	60,846	3,643	2,914	72
Columbus City School District	Columbus	OH	Franklin	60,668	3,669	2,724	148
San Bernardino City Unified	San Bernardino	CA	San Bernardino	59,105	2,731	2,138	67
Davis School District	Farmington	UT	Davis	58,953	2,681	3,694	96
Elk Grove Unified	Elk Grove	CA	Sacramento	58,670	2,769	3,110	58

Boston School District	Boston	MA	Suffolk	57,742	4,937	3,255	136
North East Independent School District	San Antonio	TX	Bexar	57,599	3,801	3,465	65
San Francisco Unified	San Francisco	CA	San Francisco	57,144	3,172	3,747	119
San Antonio Independent School District	San Antonio	TX	Bexar	56,639	3,517	2,594	106
Aldine Independent School District	Houston	TX	Harris	56,375	3,733	2,338	66

Chesterfield County Public Schools	Chesterfield	VA	Chesterfield	56,242	3,922	3,725	60
Garland Independent School District	Garland	TX	Dallas	56,236	3,608	3,065	70
Knox County School District	Knoxville	TN	Knox	54,247	3,594	3,129	87
Cumberland County Schools	Fayetteville	NC	Cumberland	53,346	3,302	3,207	86
Alpine School District	American Fork	UT	Utah	52,920	2,168	3,300	67

Plano Independent School District	Plano	TX	Collin	52,406	3,761	3,074	70
Sacramento City Unified	Sacramento	CA	Sacramento	51,420	2,638	2,369	89
Clayton County	Jonesboro	GA	Clayton	51,405	3,361	2,212	59
Jefferson Parish School Board	Harvey	LA	Jefferson	51,403	3,405	2,144	86
Atlanta City School District	Atlanta	GA	Fulton	51,377	3,716	2,291	98

Capistrano Unified	San Juan Capistrano	CA	Orange	50,615	2,180	2,736	57
San Juan Unified	Carmichael	CA	Sacramento	50,089	2,328	3,826	80
Garden Grove Unified	Garden Grove	CA	Orange	50,030	2,102	2,592	67
Anchorage School District	Anchorage	AK	Anchorage	49,545	2,823	2,693	94
Oakland Unified	Oakland	CA	Alameda	49,214	2,654	1,592	124

Forsyth County Schools	Winston Salem	NC	Forsyth	48,785	3,363	2,527	71
Wichita	Wichita	KS	Sedgwick	48,737	3,103	2,241	89
Howard County Public Schools System	Ellicott City	MD	Howard	48,219	3,361	3,184	70
Cherry Creek 5	Greenwood Village	CO	Arapahoe	47,818	2,804	3,101	50
Portland School District 1J	Portland	OR	Multnomah	47,649	2,659	2,991	105

Osceola County School District	Kissimmee	FL	Osceola	47,446	2,485	2,378	61
Pasadena Independent School District	Pasadena	TX	Harris	47,440	3,014	2,030	57
Brownsville Independent School District	Brownsville	TX	Cameron	46,846	2,952	2,164	51
Seattle School District 1	Seattle	WA	King	46,746	2,585	2,813	111
Henrico County Public Schools	Richmond	VA	Henrico	46,711	3,321	2,870	68

— Not available.
† Not applicable.
¹ Count of students receiving educational services from the school district may differ somewhat from the counts in tables A-12 and A-16, which reflect the count of students from the schools aggregated up to the school district.
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 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).
⁴ Totals for number of schools may differ from published estimates since they exclude closed, inactive, and future schools.
⁵ Totals do not include districts where data were 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), 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), "Public Elementary/Secondary School Universe Survey," 2004–05, Version 1b, and "Local Education Agency Universe Survey," 2004–05, Version 1c.

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