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 and number and percentage of students with Individualized Education Programs (IEPs): 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-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 2004–05
Name of reporting district	State	Total number of students²	Number of students, by type of school¹				Students with IEPs³	Percent of students with IEPs³
Name of reporting district	State	Total number of students²	Regular	Special edu- cation	Vocational edu- cation	Other and alter- native	Students with IEPs³	Percent of students with IEPs³
Reporting districts⁴	†	11,249,126	10,990,707	66,517	50,014	141,888	1,327,570	11.8

New York City Public Schools	NY	986,967	919,388	19,914	26,408	21,257	—	—
Los Angeles Unified	CA	741,367	723,907	4,412	0	13,048	83,207	11.2
Puerto Rico Department of Education	PR	575,648	552,166	9,877	6,690	6,915	87,593	15.2
City of Chicago School District	IL	426,812	423,186	3,626	0	0	54,892	12.9
Dade County School District	FL	365,478	362,500	0	0	2,978	43,953	12.0

Clark County School District	NV	283,221	280,352	140	26	2,703	30,408	10.7
Broward County School District	FL	273,346	268,304	1,573	491	2,978	31,438	11.5
Houston Independent School District	TX	208,919	204,982	0	0	3,937	21,425	10.3
Hillsborough County School District	FL	188,703	185,421	1,073	0	2,209	29,063	15.4
Philadelphia City School District	PA	186,051	179,803	854	5,394	0	23,861	12.8

Hawaii Department of Education	HI	184,096	183,840	101	0	155	22,737	12.4
Palm Beach County School District	FL	174,102	172,676	866	0	560	25,919	14.9
Orange County School District	FL	172,485	171,057	653	253	522	27,052	15.7
Fairfax County Public Schools	VA	164,765	162,897	175	0	1,693	23,633	14.3
Dallas Independent School District	TX	157,953	156,995	0	0	958	13,029	8.2

Detroit City School District	MI	141,402	137,346	1,633	713	1,710	19,899	14.1
Montgomery County Public Schools	MD	139,393	138,325	663	0	405	17,684	12.7
Prince George's County Public Schools	MD	136,095	131,551	1,875	236	2,433	14,828	10.9
Gwinnett County School District	GA	135,392	134,170	125	0	1,097	15,527	11.5
San Diego City Unified	CA	134,709	131,044	414	0	3,251	16,249	12.1

Duval County School District	FL	127,483	127,012	153	0	318	20,174	15.8
Memphis City School District	TN	121,028	120,873	101	0	54	16,902	14.0
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	NC	118,765	118,007	243	0	515	14,284	12.0
Wake County Schools	NC	114,568	114,229	90	0	249	17,271	15.1
Pinellas County School District	FL	112,820	110,345	1,217	0	1,258	19,381	17.2

Baltimore County Public Schools	MD	107,701	102,688	1,356	3,098	559	14,036	13.0
Cobb County School District	GA	103,935	103,935	0	0	0	13,469	13.0
De Kalb County School District	GA	99,986	98,896	579	0	511	9,652	9.7
Jefferson County	KY	91,822	89,084	306	0	2,432	13,792	15.0
Long Beach Unified	CA	96,319	94,440	0	0	1,879	7,720	8.0

Milwaukee School District	WI	93,654	81,632	0	0	12,022	16,391	17.5
Albuquerque Public Schools	NM	93,341	90,794	313	505	1,729	18,024	19.3
Baltimore City Public School System	MD	88,401	77,257	1,290	3,892	5,962	14,904	16.9
Jefferson County R-1	CO	86,868	85,488	448	29	903	9,098	10.5
Polk County School District	FL	86,278	84,549	258	251	1,220	12,499	14.5

Fresno Unified	CA	80,760	78,161	120	0	2,479	8,078	10.0
Austin Independent School District	TX	79,783	78,925	0	0	858	10,147	12.7
Fort Worth Independent School District	TX	79,769	77,339	0	0	2,430	7,493	9.4
Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District	TX	79,314	79,101	0	0	213	7,301	9.2
Fulton County School District	GA	75,891	75,066	0	0	825	8,218	10.8

Jordan School District	UT	75,548	74,537	423	0	588	9,307	12.3
Virginia Beach City Public Schools	VA	75,515	75,515	0	0	0	10,506	13.9
Mesa Unified District	AZ	75,471	74,899	68	0	504	12,750	16.9
Brevard County School District	FL	74,364	73,622	417	0	325	13,275	17.9
Northside Independent School District	TX	74,649	73,467	0	0	1,182	10,680	14.3

Anne Arundel County Public Schools	MD	73,991	73,144	503	0	344	10,028	13.6
Nashville-Davidson County School District	TN	73,019	71,800	316	0	903	13,015	17.8
Denver County 1	CO	72,410	71,151	0	277	982	9,341	12.9
Lee County School District	FL	70,871	69,657	526	194	494	10,531	14.9
Granite School District	UT	68,764	66,631	1,253	0	880	8,890	12.9

Guilford County Schools	NC	68,220	67,729	279	205	7	10,346	15.2
Seminole County School District	FL	66,342	65,798	185	0	359	8,955	13.5
Prince William County Public Schools	VA	66,298	66,298	0	0	0	7,888	11.9
Volusia County School District	FL	65,025	64,670	53	0	302	11,801	18.1
Greenville County School District	SC	65,265	65,150	115	0	0	995	1.5

Orleans Parish School Board	LA	64,920	63,479	0	0	1,441	7,136	11.0
Cleveland City School District	OH	64,286	64,286	0	0	0	11,800	18.4
Mobile County School District	AL	63,987	63,618	264	0	105	9,312	14.6
Washoe County School District	NV	63,322	62,466	151	0	705	7,969	12.6
El Paso Independent School District	TX	63,216	62,781	0	0	435	5,640	8.9

Fort Bend Independent School District	TX	62,853	62,829	0	0	24	6,429	10.2
District of Columbia Public Schools	DC	62,306	55,959	3,732	1,011	1,604	12,900	20.7
Arlington Independent School District	TX	62,267	61,286	0	0	981	6,240	10.0
Santa Ana Unified	CA	61,693	60,837	0	0	856	5,414	8.8
Tucson Unified District	AZ	61,204	60,382	19	0	803	13,113	21.4

Pasco County School District	FL	60,617	60,305	0	203	109	11,361	18.7
Columbus City School District	OH	60,660	60,638	0	22	0	9,120	15.0
San Bernardino City Unified	CA	59,105	57,547	281	0	1,277	6,376	10.8
Davis School District	UT	58,953	57,709	164	116	964	6,643	11.3
Elk Grove Unified	CA	58,670	57,083	166	0	1,421	5,466	9.3

Boston School District	MA	57,742	56,221	147	0	1,374	11,371	19.7
North East Independent School District	TX	57,599	57,101	0	0	498	8,509	14.8
San Francisco Unified	CA	57,144	56,309	0	0	835	7,041	12.3
San Antonio Independent School District	TX	56,639	55,631	0	0	1,008	7,113	12.6
Aldine Independent School District	TX	56,375	56,043	0	0	332	5,577	9.9

Chesterfield County Public Schools	VA	56,242	56,122	0	0	120	8,347	14.8
Garland Independent School District	TX	56,236	55,389	308	0	539	6,310	11.2
Knox County School District	TN	54,247	53,646	468	0	133	8,142	15.0
Cumberland County Schools	NC	53,346	53,078	184	0	84	7,331	13.7
Alpine School District	UT	52,920	52,275	211	0	434	5,672	10.7

Plano Independent School District	TX	52,406	52,222	0	0	184	6,219	11.9
Sacramento City Unified	CA	51,420	50,527	0	0	893	6,262	12.2
Clayton County	GA	51,405	51,405	0	0	0	5,128	10.0
Jefferson Parish School Board	LA	51,403	50,751	148	0	504	7,298	14.2
Atlanta City School District	GA	51,377	49,784	0	0	1,593	4,648	9.0

Capistrano Unified	CA	50,615	50,418	56	0	141	4,698	9.3
San Juan Unified	CA	50,089	49,243	256	0	590	4,798	9.6
Garden Grove Unified	CA	50,030	49,505	151	0	374	5,030	10.1
Anchorage School District	AK	49,545	48,320	549	0	676	7,006	14.1
Oakland Unified	CA	49,214	47,594	94	0	1,526	5,279	10.7

Forsyth County Schools	NC	48,785	48,061	307	0	417	7,199	14.8
Wichita	KS	48,639	48,639	0	0	0	7,019	14.4
Howard County Public Schools System	MD	48,219	48,127	92	0	0	4,994	10.4
Cherry Creek 5	CO	47,818	47,818	0	0	0	5,334	11.2
Portland School District 1J	OR	45,472	44,165	0	0	1,307	6,813	15.0

Osceola County School District	FL	47,340	46,690	24	0	626	7,188	15.2
Pasadena Independent School District	TX	47,355	47,205	0	0	150	3,796	8.0
Brownsville Independent School District	TX	46,846	46,818	0	0	28	6,217	13.3
Seattle School District 1	WA	46,746	42,040	159	0	4,547	5,857	12.5
Henrico County Public Schools	VA	46,711	46,556	0	0	155	6,916	14.8
— Not available. New York did not report IEP data.
† Not applicable.
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.
³ Individualized Education Programs (IEPs) are written instructional plans for students with disabilities who are designated as special education students under the Individuals With Disabilities Education Act (IDEA, Part B).
⁴ 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). Types of schools are defined in the following way on the CCD: regular school—a public elementary/secondary school that does not focus primarily on vocational, special, or alternative education; special education school—a public elementary/secondary school that (1) focuses primarily on special education, including instruction for any of the following: hard of hearing, deaf, speech impaired, health impaired, orthopedically impaired, mentally retarded, seriously emotionally disturbed, multihandicapped, visually handicapped, deaf and blind; and (2) adapts curriculum, materials, or instruction for students served; vocational education school—a public elementary/secondary school that focuses primarily on vocational education and provides education and training in one or more semiskilled or technical operations; and alternative education school—a public elementary/secondary school that (1) addresses the 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; and (4) falls outside of 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," 2004–05, Version 1b, and "Local Education Agency Universe Survey," 2004–05, Version 1c.

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