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 other than White, non-Hispanic students, total percentage of students who are other than White, non-Hispanic, and 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-8. Number of public elementary and secondary schools in the 100 largest school districts in the United States and jurisdictions, by percentage distribution of other than White, non-Hispanic students, total percentage of students who are other than White, non-Hispanic, and school district: School year 2004–05
Name of reporting district	State	Schools having member- ship	Number of schools with percent of other than White, non-Hispanic students					Total percent of other than White, non- Hispanic students
Name of reporting district	State	Schools having member- ship	0–20 percent	21–40 percent	41–60 percent	61–80 percent	81–100 percent	Total percent of other than White, non- Hispanic students
Reporting districts¹	†	16,016	1,060	1,838	1,916	1,995	8,402	70.7

New York City Public Schools	NY	1,191	24	36	96	150	885	85.4
Los Angeles Unified	CA	721	3	20	47	84	567	91.0
Puerto Rico Department of Education²	PR	1,513	0	0	0	0	1,513	100.0
City of Chicago School District	IL	614	0	15	27	48	524	91.2
Dade County School District	FL	374	0	0	13	45	316	89.9

Clark County School District	NV	306	—	—	—	—	—	—
Broward County School District	FL	268	3	30	63	81	91	65.2
Houston Independent School District	TX	304	0	3	16	21	264	91.1
Hillsborough County School District	FL	246	12	59	62	58	55	52.4
Philadelphia City School District	PA	270	3	10	25	27	205	86.0

Hawaii Department of Education	HI	285	0	6	25	88	166	79.9
Palm Beach County School District	FL	219	16	54	34	47	68	54.5
Orange County School District	FL	190	4	27	66	40	53	61.3
Fairfax County Public Schools	VA	190	14	63	56	40	17	45.9
Dallas Independent School District	TX	222	0	1	6	14	201	94.2

Detroit City School District	MI	251	0	0	2	8	241	97.2
Montgomery County Public Schools	MD	195	13	42	51	52	37	56.7
Prince George's County Public Schools	MD	200	0	1	3	15	181	92.9
Gwinnett County School District	GA	103	5	33	29	15	21	51.9
San Diego City Unified	CA	198	1	20	37	54	86	74.2

Duval County School District	FL	176	9	33	52	37	45	53.1
Memphis City School District	TN	185	—	—	—	—	—	—
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	NC	138	11	22	17	26	62	60.3
Wake County Schools	NC	132	6	51	48	25	2	43.2
Pinellas County School District	FL	160	45	53	50	12	0	30.6

Baltimore County Public Schools	MD	161	36	55	24	12	34	46.0
Cobb County School District	GA	101	25	21	14	23	18	45.4
De Kalb County School District	GA	136	2	3	14	19	98	89.4
Jefferson County	KY	165	7	85	55	17	1	40.8
Long Beach Unified	CA	91	2	3	8	22	56	83.3

Milwaukee School District	WI	229	1	8	18	35	167	83.1
Albuquerque Public Schools	NM	157	2	21	42	29	63	64.8
Baltimore City Public School System	MD	186	3	4	7	16	156	91.3
Jefferson County R-1	CO	160	93	50	8	8	1	22.9
Polk County School District	FL	149	8	68	58	14	1	40.7

Fresno Unified	CA	102	0	4	7	17	74	83.4
Austin Independent School District	TX	111	2	17	14	19	59	71.0
Fort Worth Independent School District	TX	145	3	5	13	26	98	83.1
Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District	TX	61	6	10	20	19	6	51.3
Fulton County School District	GA	88	7	24	14	6	37	57.3

Jordan School District	UT	87	75	10	1	1	0	10.4
Virginia Beach City Public Schools	VA	80	11	33	28	6	2	39.9
Mesa Unified District	AZ	91	20	31	16	16	8	41.6
Brevard County School District	FL	105	52	35	13	5	0	22.6
Northside Independent School District	TX	96	1	4	20	35	36	70.5

Anne Arundel County Public Schools	MD	117	51	32	17	13	4	28.9
Nashville-Davidson County School District	TN	130	—	—	—	—	—	—
Denver County 1	CO	151	2	10	12	32	95	80.6
Lee County School District	FL	86	6	38	28	12	2	39.4
Granite School District	UT	114	34	48	24	6	2	30.4

Guilford County Schools	NC	106	10	18	28	20	30	55.7
Seminole County School District	FL	75	8	33	27	6	1	34.0
Prince William County Public Schools	VA	75	5	17	18	29	6	51.1
Volusia County School District	FL	90	31	34	16	5	4	29.3
Greenville County School District	SC	86	11	41	20	10	4	36.9

Orleans Parish School Board	LA	126	0	0	4	2	120	96.6
Cleveland City School District	OH	122	1	6	14	18	83	82.4
Mobile County School District	AL	101	22	11	15	7	46	54.6
Washoe County School District	NV	100	—	—	—	—	—	—
El Paso Independent School District	TX	88	0	0	1	15	72	87.1

Fort Bend Independent School District	TX	58	0	2	20	12	24	70.4
District of Columbia Public Schools	DC	174	0	5	3	7	159	94.9
Arlington Independent School District	TX	76	3	12	11	25	25	62.5
Santa Ana Unified	CA	56	0	1	0	0	55	96.8
Tucson Unified District	AZ	121	1	19	34	24	43	65.4

Pasco County School District	FL	71	50	14	6	0	1	16.7
Columbus City School District	OH	148	6	25	14	35	68	69.2
San Bernardino City Unified	CA	67	0	0	1	20	46	85.6
Davis School District	UT	96	79	15	2	0	0	10.3
Elk Grove Unified	CA	58	1	5	13	18	21	68.1

Boston School District	MA	135	0	1	5	28	101	86.0
North East Independent School District	TX	65	0	14	17	22	12	55.9
San Francisco Unified	CA	119	0	0	1	15	103	90.3
San Antonio Independent School District	TX	105	0	0	0	4	101	96.7
Aldine Independent School District	TX	63	0	0	0	1	62	94.3

Chesterfield County Public Schools	VA	59	19	18	11	9	2	34.4
Garland Independent School District	TX	70	0	0	26	24	20	63.0
Knox County School District	TN	84	—	—	—	—	—	—
Cumberland County Schools	NC	86	2	18	23	28	15	60.5
Alpine School District	UT	67	58	7	2	0	0	10.2

Plano Independent School District	TX	66	1	35	20	7	3	40.3
Sacramento City Unified	CA	89	0	0	19	24	46	77.6
Clayton County	GA	55	0	0	0	5	50	90.4
Jefferson Parish School Board	LA	84	2	9	24	22	27	66.3
Atlanta City School District	GA	94	3	1	2	4	84	92.5

Capistrano Unified	CA	57	18	31	4	2	2	28.0
San Juan Unified	CA	80	17	43	13	6	1	30.2
Garden Grove Unified	CA	67	0	5	1	12	49	84.3
Anchorage School District	AK	93	15	25	37	12	4	41.5
Oakland Unified	CA	123	0	3	5	4	111	93.9

Forsyth County Schools	NC	70	5	18	13	15	19	51.6
Wichita	KS	89	2	20	37	24	6	52.7
Howard County Public Schools System	MD	68	8	33	19	8	0	36.6
Cherry Creek 5	CO	50	13	25	9	3	0	31.3
Portland School District 1J	OR	103	25	24	30	14	10	41.4

Osceola County School District	FL	59	5	8	14	18	14	60.8
Pasadena Independent School District	TX	53	0	0	4	12	37	82.5
Brownsville Independent School District	TX	48	0	0	0	0	48	98.3
Seattle School District 1	WA	107	6	30	20	15	36	59.0
Henrico County Public Schools	VA	64	15	14	13	9	13	45.3
— Not available. Tennessee and Nevada did not report student racial/ethnic data.
† Not applicable.
¹ Totals do not include Tennessee or Nevada districts.
² Puerto Rico reported all students in one category of race/ethnicity.
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, 24 schools reported 20 percent or fewer of their students as other than White, non-Hispanic. Across the entire district, 85 percent of students were other than White, non-Hispanic.
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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