Total |
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† |
† |
10,252,740 |
540,267 |
458,380 |
14,595 |
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NYC-Chancellor's Office | New York | NY | Kings | 1,022,534 | 57,214 | 35,531 | 1,097 |
Los Angeles Unified | Los Angeles | CA | Los Angeles | 632,973 | 25,278 | 25,349 | 643 |
Puerto Rico Department Of Education | Hato Rey | PR | San Juan | 621,121 | 39,933 | 51,762 | 1,566 |
City Of Chicago School District 29 | Chicago | IL | Cook | 407,241 | 22,418 | 15,007 | 604 |
Dade County School District | Miami | FL | Dade | 321,615 | 15,515 | 14,798 | 319 |
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Philadelphia City School District | Philadelphia | PA | Philadelphia | 208,710 | 10,669 | 8,486 | 258 |
Houston Independent School District | Houston | TX | Harris | 202,149 | 11,627 | 6,719 | 263 |
Broward County School District | Fort Lauderdale | FL | Broward | 199,255 | 9,697 | 7,364 | 186 |
Hawaii Department Of Education | Honolulu | HI | Honolulu | 183,869 | 10,241 | 9,850 | 242 |
Detroit City School District | Detroit | MI | Wayne | 170,855 | 7,703 | 5,779 | 258 |
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Clark County School District | Las Vegas | NV | Clark | 156,348 | 7,938 | 6,254 | 198 |
Dallas Independent School District | Dallas | TX | Dallas | 145,019 | 8,928 | 4,673 | 200 |
Hillsborough County School District | Tampa | FL | Hillsborough | 138,575 | 8,016 | 5,786 | 172 |
Fairfax Cnty Public Schools | Fairfax | VA | Fairfax | 137,646 | — | 8,904 | 203 |
San Diego City Unified | San Diego | CA | San Diego | 128,555 | 5,518 | 5,849 | 160 |
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Palm Beach County School District | West Palm Beach | FL | Palm Beach | 127,519 | 6,635 | 5,493 | 129 |
Duval County School District | Jacksonville | FL | Duval | 121,362 | 5,950 | 4,616 | 155 |
Orange County School District | Orlando | FL | Orange | 118,666 | 6,396 | 4,815 | 157 |
Prince Georges County Public Schools | Upper Marlboro | MD | Prince George's | 118,478 | 6,566 | 6,615 | 176 |
Montgomery County Public Schools | Rockville | MD | Montgomery | 117,082 | 6,898 | 6,463 | 179 |
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Baltimore City Public School System | Baltimore | MD | Baltimore City | 113,428 | 6,149 | 3,319 | 180 |
Memphis City School District | Memphis | TN | Shelby | 108,643 | 5,657 | 4,226 | 164 |
Pinellas County School District | Largo | FL | Pinellas | 102,170 | 5,796 | 4,863 | 147 |
Baltimore County Public Schools | Towson | MD | Baltimore | 99,231 | 5,759 | 5,200 | 157 |
Milwaukee School District | Milwaukee | WI | Milwaukee | 98,009 | 5,690 | 3,066 | 150 |
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Jefferson County | Louisville | KY | Jefferson | 93,407 | 5,438 | 5,370 | 148 |
Albuquerque Public Schools | Albuquerque | NM | Bernalillo | 89,001 | 5,491 | 4,367 | 126 |
Orleans Parish School Board | New Orleans | LA | Orleans | 86,028 | 4,603 | 2,998 | 121 |
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools | Charlotte | NC | Mecklenburg | 86,023 | 5,135 | 3,945 | 123 |
Jefferson County R-1 | Golden | CO | Jefferson | 84,018 | 3,935 | 4,206 | 142 |
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De Kalb County School District | Decatur | GA | De Kalb | 83,722 | 5,226 | 4,170 | 106 |
Cobb County School District | Marietta | GA | Cobb | 80,479 | 4,800 | 4,032 | 86 |
District Of Columbia Public Schools | Washington | DC | District Of Columbia | 80,450 | 6,110 | 3,312 | 175 |
Gwinnett County School District | Lawrenceville | GA | Gwinnett | 80,220 | 4,693 | 3,868 | 70 |
Granite District | Salt Lake City | UT | Salt Lake | 78,590 | 3,286 | 4,338 | 99 |
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Long Beach Unified | Long Beach | CA | Los Angeles | 78,127 | 3,126 | 3,361 | 80 |
Fresno Unified | Fresno | CA | Fresno | 77,023 | 3,334 | 3,143 | 90 |
Wake County Schools | Raleigh | NC | Wake | 76,922 | 4,666 | 3,725 | 95 |
Virginia Beach City Public Schools | Virginia Beach | VA | Virginia Beach City | 75,926 | — | 3,546 | 81 |
Cleveland City School District | Cleveland | OH | Cuyahoga | 73,803 | 4,355 | — | 129 |
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Austin Independent School District | Austin | TX | Travis | 73,191 | 4,765 | 2,704 | 103 |
Fort Worth Independent School District | Fort Worth | TX | Tarrant | 72,342 | 4,106 | 2,252 | 127 |
Nashville-Davidson County School District | Nashville | TN | Davidson | 71,574 | 4,110 | 2,694 | 121 |
Polk County School District | Bartow | FL | Polk | 71,297 | 3,906 | 3,005 | 117 |
Jordan District | Sandy | UT | Salt Lake | 70,761 | 2,825 | 3,993 | 70 |
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Anne Arundel County Public Schools | Annapolis | MD | Anne Arundel | 70,588 | 3,951 | 3,706 | 111 |
Mesa Unified School District | Mesa | AZ | Maricopa | 69,160 | 3,241 | 3,436 | 71 |
Columbus City School District | Columbus | OH | Franklin | 65,809 | 4,280 | 1,215 | 144 |
El Paso Independent School District | El Paso | TX | El Paso | 64,880 | 3,990 | 3,021 | 81 |
Mobile County School District | Mobile | AL | Mobile | 64,645 | 3,548 | 3,188 | 88 |
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Brevard County School District | Melbourne | FL | Brevard | 64,595 | 3,482 | 2,785 | 87 |
Denver County 1 | Denver | CO | Denver | 62,773 | 3,510 | 2,531 | 112 |
Tucson Unified District | Tucson | AZ | Pima | 62,624 | 2,996 | 2,475 | 110 |
Boston School District | Boston | MA | Suffolk | 61,489 | 3,932 | 3,023 | 117 |
East Baton Rouge Parish School Board4 | Baton Rouge | LA | East Baton Rouge | 61,460 | 3,827 | 2,893 | 103 |
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San Francisco Unified | San Francisco | CA | San Francisco | 61,340 | 2,967 | 3,613 | 109 |
San Antonio Independent School District | San Antonio | TX | Bexar | 60,419 | 3,752 | 2,029 | 110 |
Atlanta City School District | Atlanta | GA | Fulton | 59,560 | 3,643 | 2,263 | 109 |
Davis District | Farmington | UT | Davis | 58,122 | 2,330 | 3,632 | 70 |
Jefferson Parish School Board | Harvey | LA | Jefferson | 56,790 | 3,249 | 2,226 | 83 |
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Northside Independent School District | San Antonio | TX | Bexar | 56,117 | 3,533 | 2,817 | 74 |
Guilford County Public Schools | Greensboro | NC | Guilford | 55,688 | 3,549 | 3,000 | 93 |
Volusia County School District | Deland | FL | Volusia | 55,530 | 3,007 | 2,431 | 72 |
Portland School District IJ | Portland | OR | Multnomah | 54,849 | 3,041 | 2,712 | 101 |
Greenville County School District | Greenville | SC | Greenville | 54,064 | 3,151 | 2,786 | 91 |
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Seminole County School District | Sanford | FL | Seminole | 53,366 | 2,597 | 2,729 | 55 |
Fulton County School District | Atlanta | GA | Fulton | 53,143 | 3,333 | 2,362 | 55 |
Cincinnati City School District4 | Cincinnati | OH | Hamilton | 52,852 | 3,091 | 1,848 | 83 |
Knox County School District | Knoxville | TN | Knox | 52,285 | 2,946 | 2,610 | 88 |
Oakland Unified | Oakland | CA | Alameda | 51,706 | 2,268 | 1,793 | 90 |
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Arlington Independent School District | Arlington | TX | Tarrant | 50,293 | 2,916 | 2,291 | 60 |
Cumberland County Schools | Fayetteville | NC | Cumberland | 49,995 | 2,880 | 2,656 | 70 |
Caddo Parish School Board4 | Shreveport | LA | Caddo | 49,609 | 2,870 | 2,203 | 75 |
Lee County School District | Fort Myers | FL | Lee | 49,413 | 2,459 | 2,234 | 71 |
Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District | Houston | TX | Harris | 49,364 | 3,017 | 2,297 | 48 |
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Sacramento City Unified | Sacramento | CA | Sacramento | 49,282 | 1,966 | 2,000 | 75 |
Santa Ana Unified | Santa Ana | CA | Orange | 48,870 | 1,835 | 1,932 | 46 |
Chesterfield Cnty Public Schools | Chesterfield | VA | Chesterfield | 48,050 | — | 2,620 | 55 |
Anchorage School District | Anchorage | AK | Anchorage | 47,655 | 2,432 | 2,173 | 83 |
Buffalo City School District4 | Buffalo | NY | Erie | 47,595 | 3,337 | 2,169 | 74 |
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Ysleta Independent School District4 | El Paso | TX | El Paso | 47,572 | 2,953 | 2,728 | 62 |
San Juan Unified | Carmichael | CA | Sacramento | 47,080 | 1,981 | 2,738 | 87 |
Seattle | Seattle | WA | King | 46,565 | 2,430 | — | 116 |
Newark City4 | Newark | NJ | Essex | 46,541 | 3,505 | 1,502 | 79 |
Indianapolis Public Schools4 | Indianapolis | IN | Marion | 46,038 | 2,923 | 1,357 | 97 |
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Wichita | Wichita | KS | Sedgwick | 46,002 | 2,785 | 2,172 | 104 |
Washoe County School District | Reno | NV | Washoe | 45,752 | 2,574 | 1,837 | 79 |
Prince William County Public Schools | Manassas | VA | Prince William | 45,675 | — | 2,449 | 66 |
Minneapolis4 | Minneapolis | MN | Hennepin | 45,187 | 2,745 | 1,572 | 141 |
Escambia County School District4 | Pensacola | FL | Escambia | 44,765 | 2,562 | 2,311 | 70 |
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Charleston County School District4 | Charleston | SC | Charleston | 44,669 | 2,743 | 1,810 | 70 |
San Bernardino City Unified | San Bernardino | CA | San Bernardino | 44,250 | 1,837 | 1,476 | 57 |
Shelby County School District4 | Memphis | TN | Shelby | 43,843 | 2,011 | 2,161 | 41 |
Aldine Independent School District | Houston | TX | Harris | 43,818 | 2,895 | 1,508 | 45 |
Omaha Public Schools4 | Omaha | NE | Douglas | 43,577 | 2,675 | 2,318 | 83 |
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North East Independent School District | San Antonio | TX | Bexar | 43,484 | 2,708 | 2,388 | 52 |
Fort Bend Independent School District | Sugar Land | TX | Fort Bend | 43,115 | 2,329 | 1,802 | 41 |
Garland Independent School District | Garland | TX | Dallas | 42,433 | 2,364 | 1,804 | 59 |
Garden Grove Unified | Garden Grove | CA | Orange | 42,423 | 1,634 | 2,393 | 63 |
Alpine District | American Fork | UT | Utah | 42,014 | 1,590 | 2,539 | 47 |
— Not available. |
† Not applicable. |
1 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. |
2 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). |
3 Totals for number of schools may differ from published estimates since they exclude closed schools. |
4 School district was no longer among the 100 largest public school districts in the 2004–05 school year. |
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," 1994–95, and "Local Education Agency Universe Survey," 1994–95. |