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This is a list of the largest school districts in the United States, current as of September 2006 enrollment data released in March 2009.^[1]

Rank	School district	State	Students
1	New York City Public Schools	New York	999,150
2	Los Angeles Unified School District	California	707,627
3	Chicago Public Schools	Illinois	413,694
4	Miami-Dade County Public Schools	Florida	353,790
5	Clark County School District	Nevada	303,448
6	Broward County Public Schools	Florida	262,813
7	Houston Independent School District	Texas	202,936
8	Hillsborough County Public Schools	Florida	193,517
9	Hawai'i Department of Education	Hawaii	180,728
10	School District of Philadelphia	Pennsylvania	178,241
11	Orange County Public Schools	Florida	175,245
12	School District of Palm Beach County	Florida	171,431
13	Fairfax County Public Schools	Virginia	163,952
14	Dallas Independent School District	Texas	159,144
15	Gwinnett County Public Schools	Georgia	152,043
16	Montgomery County Public Schools	Maryland	137,814
17	Prince George's County Public Schools	Maryland	131,014
18	San Diego City Schools	California	130,983
19	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	North Carolina	128,789
20	Wake County Public School System	North Carolina	128,748
21	Duval County Public Schools	Florida	125,176
22	Detroit Public Schools	Michigan	117,609
23	Memphis City Schools	Tennessee	117,349
24	Pinellas County Schools	Florida	109,915
25	Cobb County School District	Georgia	107,274
26	Baltimore County Public Schools	Maryland	105,839
27	DeKalb County School System	Georgia	101,396
28	Albuquerque Public Schools	New Mexico	95,493
29	Polk County Public Schools	Florida	92,801
30	Jefferson County Public Schools	Kentucky	92,659
31	Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District	Texas	92,135
32	Long Beach Unified School District	California	90,663
33	Milwaukee Public Schools	Wisconsin	89,912
34	Jefferson County Public Schools	Colorado	86,154
35	Baltimore City Public School System	Maryland	84,515
36	Fulton County School System	Georgia	83,861
37	Northside Independent School District	Texas	82,587
38	Austin Independent School District	Texas	82,140
39	Fort Worth Independent School District	Texas	79,457
40	School District of Lee County	Florida	78,981
41	Jordan School District	Utah	78,299
42	Fresno Unified School District	California	77,555
43	Brevard Public Schools	Florida	74,785
44	Mesa Public Schools	Arizona	74,128
45	Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools	Tennessee	73,731
46	Anne Arundel County Public Schools	Maryland	73,066
47	Denver Public Schools	Colorado	72,561
48	Virginia Beach City Public Schools	Virginia	72,538
49	Guilford County Schools	North Carolina	71,722
50	Prince William County Public Schools	Virginia	70,948
51	Greenville County School District	South Carolina	67,537
52	Granite School District	Utah	67,502
53	Fort Bend Independent School District	Texas	67,014
54	Seminole County School District	Florida	66,351
55	Volusia County Schools	Florida	65,867
56	Mobile County Public School System	Alabama	65,097
57	Washoe County School District	Nevada	64,954
58	Pasco County Schools	Florida	64,689
59	Arlington Independent School District	Texas	63,082
60	El Paso Independent School District	Texas	62,857
61	Davis School District	Utah	62,193
62	Elk Grove Unified School District	California	61,881
63	North East Independent School District	Texas	61,255
64	Tucson Unified School District	Arizona	60,333
65	Knox County Schools	Tennessee	59,663
66	Aldine Independent School District	Texas	58,831
67	Chesterfield County Public Schools	Virginia	58,455
68	San Bernardino City Unified School District	California	57,398
69	Santa Ana Unified School District	California	57,286
70	Garland Independent School District	Texas	56,955
71	District of Columbia Public Schools	District of Columbia	56,943
72	Alpine School District	Utah	56,460
73	Boston Public Schools	Massachusetts	56,388
74	San Francisco Unified School District	California	56,183
75	Columbus City Schools	Ohio	56,003
76	Cleveland Metropolitan School District	Ohio	55,593
77	San Antonio Independent School District	Texas	55,406
78	Cumberland County Schools	North Carolina	53,621
79	Plano Independent School District	Texas	52,997
80	Clayton County Public Schools	Georgia	52,533
81	School District of Osceola County, Florida	Florida	52,012
82	Capistrano Unified School District	California	51,512
83	Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools	North Carolina	51,325
84	Katy Independent School District	Texas	51,201
85	Atlanta Public Schools	Georgia	50,631
86	Loudoun County Public Schools	Virginia	50,383
87	Douglas County School District RE-1	Colorado	50,370
88	Corona-Norco Unified School District	California	49,865
89	Pasadena Independent School District	Texas	49,851
90	Cherry Creek School District	Colorado	49,684
91	Sacramento City Unified School District	California	49,355
92	Anchorage School District	Alaska	49,230
93	East Baton Rouge Parish Public Schools	Louisiana	49,197
94	Lewisville Independent School District	Texas	49,060
95	Howard County Public Schools	Maryland	49,048
96	Garden Grove Unified School District	California	48,802
97	Brownsville Independent School District	Texas	48,334
98	San Juan Unified School District	California	47,862
99	Henrico County Public Schools	Virginia	47,680
100	Shelby County Schools	Tennessee	47,126

References

^ "Selected statistics on enrollment, teachers, dropouts, and graduates in public school districts enrolling more than 15,000 students, by state: 1990, 2000, and 2006". Digest of Education Statistics 2008. U.S. Department of Education. Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics.. 18 March 2009. pp. 129-139. http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2009/2009020.pdf. Retrieved on 2009-04-26.

External links

100 largest school districts, by enrollment size, from the United States Department of Education (2004-05 school year)
List of largest school districts from ProximityOne.com
A list of the 500 largest school districts in 2000-2001 from the National Center for Education Statistics (Department of Education)

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