100 largest districts.The 100 largest school districts range in size from 45,738 to 1,077,381 students in the 2002-03 school year. Twenty-seven of the 100 largest districts serve more than 100,000 students.
100 LARGEST DISTRICTS
National 100 Percent of
total total national total
Districts 17,402 100 .6%
Schools 97,695 16,266 17%
Students 48,995,357 11,296,359 23%
Teachers 3,086,640 667,791 22%
Median pupil/teacher ration 16:1 17:1
Top 10 1. New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. Public Schools Brooklyn, N.Y. 2. Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. Unified Los Angeles, Calif. 3. Puerto Rico Puerto Rico (pwār`tō rē`kō), island (2005 est. pop. 3,917,000), 3,508 sq mi (9,086 sq km), West Indies, c.1,000 mi (1,610 km) SE of Miami, Fla. Department of Ed. San Juan San Juan, city, Argentina San Juan (săn wän, Span. sän hwän), city (1991 pop. 353,476), capital of San Juan prov., W Argentina. It is a commercial and industrial center in an agricultural region. , P.R. 4. City of Chicago School Chicago School Group of architects and engineers who in the 1890s exploited the twin developments of structural steel framing and the electrified elevator, paving the way for the ubiquitous modern-day skyscraper. District Chicago, Ill. 5. Dade County Dade County can refer to the following places:
6. Broward County School District Fort Lauderdale, Fla. 7. Clark County School District The Clark County School District, as of 2005, is the 5th largest school district in the United States. It serves all of Clark County, Nevada, including the cities of Las Vegas, Henderson, North Las Vegas, Boulder City, and Mesquite; plus the census-designated places of Laughlin, Las Vegas, Nev. 8. Houston Independent School District The Houston Independent School District (HISD) is the largest public school system in Texas and the seventh-largest in the United States.[1] Houston ISD serves as a community school district for most of the city of Houston and several nearby and insular municipalities. , Houston, Texas 9. Philadelphia City School District, Philadelphia. Penn. 10. Hawaii Department of Ed. Honolulu, Hawaii Current expenditures per student $7,424
MONEY MATTERS
In the 2001-02 school year. the 100 largest school districts received
almost $95 billion for public elementary and secondary education.
Of the $95B, the 5 largest districts got 29%.
REVENUES (in thousands)
New York City
Public Schools 12,161,501
Los Angeles
Unified 6,400,331
Puerto Rico
Dept. of Ed. 2,420,184
City of Chicago
School District 3,741,239
Dade County
School District 2,885,281
Note: Table made from bar graph.
RACE/ETHNICITY
American Indian/Alaskan Native 1%
Asian/Pacific Islander 7%
Hispanic 33%
Black 28%
White 31%
Note: Table made from pie chart.
REVENUE SOURCE
Federal 10%
State 47%
Local 43%
Note: Table made from pie chart.
DROPOUT RATES
Grade Grade Grade Grade
9 10 11 12
New York City Public Schools 5% 24% 17% 12%
City of Chicago School District 23% 18% 15% 8%
Houston Independent School District 5% 9% 4% 8%
Philadelphia City School District 7% 11% 12% 12%
Source: Natural Center for Education Statistics, nces.ed.gov,
Characteristics of the 100 Largest Public Elementary and Secondary
School Districts in the United States 2002-03
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