Table A-7. Number and percentage of public elementary and secondary schools and students in magnet and charter schools in the 100 largest 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-7. Number and percentage of public elementary and secondary schools and students in magnet and charter schools in the 100 largest school districts in the United States and jurisdictions, by school district: School year 2004–05
Name of reporting district	State	Number of magnet schools¹	Percent of schools that are magnet schools¹	Percent of students in magnet schools¹	Number of charter schools²	Percent of schools that are charter schools²	Percent of students in charter schools²
Reporting total³	†	‡	‡	‡	707	4.3	2.2

New York City Public Schools	NY	8	0.7	0.6	0	0.0	0.0
Los Angeles Unified	CA	141	19.6	37.5	68	9.4	4.1
Puerto Rico Department of Education	PR	35	2.3	1.9	120	7.9	8.4
City of Chicago School District	IL	299	47.2	51.0	22	3.5	2.9
Dade County School District	FL	—	—	—	40	10.5	3.8

Clark County School District	NV	1	0.3	#	6	2.0	0.7
Broward County School District	FL	—	—	—	26	9.6	5.0
Houston Independent School District	TX	—	—	—	0	0.0	0.0
Hillsborough County School District	FL	—	—	—	22	8.6	1.7
Philadelphia City School District	PA	13	4.8	5.1	0	0.0	0.0

Hawaii Department of Education	HI	†	†	†	27	9.5	2.8
Palm Beach County School District	FL	—	—	—	37	16.1	4.2
Orange County School District	FL	—	—	—	17	8.4	1.7
Fairfax County Public Schools	VA	67	32.8	32.9	0	0.0	0.0
Dallas Independent School District	TX	—	—	—	0	0.0	0.0

Detroit City School District	MI	0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0
Montgomery County Public Schools	MD	—	—	—	0	0.0	0.0
Prince George's County Public Schools	MD	—	—	—	0	0.0	0.0
Gwinnett County School District	GA	0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0
San Diego City Unified	CA	28	13.9	13.9	23	11.4	7.3

Duval County School District	FL	—	—	—	9	4.9	1.0
Memphis City School District	TN	1	0.5	0.5	6	3.1	0.7
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	NC	52	37.7	37.4	0	0.0	0.0
Wake County Schools	NC	48	36.4	34.6	0	0.0	0.0
Pinellas County School District	FL	—	—	—	5	2.9	0.5

Baltimore County Public Schools	MD	—	—	—	0	0.0	0.0
Cobb County School District	GA	4	3.8	8.6	8	7.5	7.6
De Kalb County School District	GA	14	9.9	11.1	7	4.9	3.5
Jefferson County	KY	25	14.6	19.5	†	†	†
Long Beach Unified	CA	40	44.0	51.9	3	3.3	1.0

Milwaukee School District	WI	0	0.0	0.0	37	16.2	11.8
Albuquerque Public Schools	NM	1	0.6	#	23	14.6	6.0
Baltimore City Public School System	MD	—	—	—	0	0.0	0.0
Jefferson County R-1	CO	0	0.0	0.0	14	8.4	5.0
Polk County School District	FL	—	—	—	26	16.5	10.3

Fresno Unified	CA	17	16.3	31.3	7	6.7	1.8
Austin Independent School District	TX	—	—	—	0	0.0	0.0
Fort Worth Independent School District	TX	—	—	—	0	0.0	0.0
Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District	TX	—	—	—	0	0.0	0.0
Fulton County School District	GA	1	1.1	2.3	6	6.7	3.3

Jordan School District	UT	0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0
Virginia Beach City Public Schools	VA	6	7.0	13.3	0	0.0	0.0
Mesa Unified District	AZ	0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0
Brevard County School District	FL	—	—	—	11	10.0	2.9
Northside Independent School District	TX	—	—	—	0	0.0	0.0

Anne Arundel County Public Schools	MD	—	—	—	0	0.0	0.0
Nashville-Davidson County School District	TN	14	10.8	10.8	1	0.8	0.2
Denver County 1	CO	0	0.0	0.0	17	11.3	7.2
Lee County School District	FL	—	—	—	8	8.2	5.5
Granite School District	UT	2	1.7	0.3	0	0.0	0.0

Guilford County Schools	NC	16	15.1	10.4	0	0.0	0.0
Seminole County School District	FL	0	0.0	0.0	3	3.9	0.9
Prince William County Public Schools	VA	26	33.3	44.3	0	0.0	0.0
Volusia County School District	FL	—	—	—	3	3.3	0.8
Greenville County School District	SC	12	13.3	15.4	5	5.6	0.9

Orleans Parish School Board	LA	6	4.7	7.9	2	1.6	1.0
Cleveland City School District	OH	—	—	—	0	0.0	0.0
Mobile County School District	AL	7	6.1	7.0	†	†	†
Washoe County School District	NV	0	0.0	0.0	10	10.0	2.8
El Paso Independent School District	TX	—	—	—	0	0.0	0.0

Fort Bend Independent School District	TX	—	—	—	0	0.0	0.0
District of Columbia Public Schools	DC	3	1.7	1.9	0	0.0	0.0
Arlington Independent School District	TX	—	—	—	0	0.0	0.0
Santa Ana Unified	CA	8	14.3	16.0	3	5.4	2.8
Tucson Unified District	AZ	17	13.8	23.4	0	0.0	0.0

Pasco County School District	FL	—	—	—	5	6.9	1.5
Columbus City School District	OH	—	—	—	0	0.0	0.0
San Bernardino City Unified	CA	23	34.3	30.0	2	3.0	1.0
Davis School District	UT	0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0
Elk Grove Unified	CA	0	0.0	0.0	1	1.7	0.5

Boston School District	MA	0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0
North East Independent School District	TX	—	—	—	0	0.0	0.0
San Francisco Unified	CA	24	20.2	28.0	9	7.6	3.1
San Antonio Independent School District	TX	—	—	—	0	0.0	0.0
Aldine Independent School District	TX	—	—	—	0	0.0	0.0

Chesterfield County Public Schools	VA	1	1.7	3.0	0	0.0	0.0
Garland Independent School District	TX	—	—	—	0	0.0	0.0
Knox County School District	TN	4	4.6	4.0	0	0.0	0.0
Cumberland County Schools	NC	0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0
Alpine School District	UT	0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0

Plano Independent School District	TX	—	—	—	0	0.0	0.0
Sacramento City Unified	CA	12	13.5	26.5	12	13.5	9.8
Clayton County	GA	0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0
Jefferson Parish School Board	LA	1	1.2	0.7	1	1.2	0.1
Atlanta City School District	GA	6	6.1	17.3	7	7.1	3.7

Capistrano Unified	CA	0	0.0	0.0	3	5.3	0.6
San Juan Unified	CA	2	2.5	3.4	3	3.8	9.4
Garden Grove Unified	CA	0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0
Anchorage School District	AK	9	9.6	6.6	5	5.3	3.0
Oakland Unified	CA	0	0.0	0.0	20	16.1	10.5

Forsyth County Schools	NC	5	7.0	4.2	0	0.0	0.0
Wichita	KS	27	30.3	20.5	0	0.0	0.0
Howard County Public Schools System	MD	—	—	—	0	0.0	0.0
Cherry Creek 5	CO	1	2.0	1.1	1	2.0	0.9
Portland School District 1J	OR	—	—	—	5	4.8	1.0

Osceola County School District	FL	—	—	—	11	18.0	8.7
Pasadena Independent School District	TX	—	—	—	0	0.0	0.0
Brownsville Independent School District	TX	—	—	—	0	0.0	0.0
Seattle School District 1	WA	0	0.0	0.0	†	†	†
Henrico County Public Schools	VA	7	10.3	26.8	0	0.0	0.0
— Not available.
† Not applicable. State does not have legislation authorizing magnet or charter schools.
# Rounds to zero.
‡ Reporting standards were not met. Data were missing for more than 20 percent of schools.
¹ A magnet school is a school designed to attract students of different racial/ethnic backgrounds for the purpose of reducing, preventing, or eliminating racial isolation and/or to provide an academic or social focus on a particular theme.
² Charter schools are schools that provide free public elementary and/or secondary education to eligible students under a specific charter granted by the state legislature or other appropriate authority and designated by such authority to be a charter school.
³ Totals do not include those 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). Table includes only charter schools administered by the school district. Charter schools located in the same geographic area as a district's schools but not administered by the district itself are not included. For example, 40 charter schools were located in the District of Columbia in 2004–05, but each was reported as a separate agency.
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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