List of the largest school districts in the United States by enrollment

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This is a list of the largest school districts in the United States by enrollment, as of 2001-2002.

Rank	School district	State	Students
1	New York City Department of Education	New York	1,049,831
2	Los Angeles Unified School District	California	735,058
3	Chicago Public Schools	Illinois	437,418
4	Miami-Dade County Public Schools	Florida	414,128
5	Broward County School District	Florida	262,055
6	Clark County School District	Nevada	245,659
7	Houston Independent School District	Texas	210,950
8	School District of Philadelphia	Pennsylvania	197,083
9	Hawaii Department of Education	Hawaii	184,546
10	Hillsborough County School District	Florida	169,789
11	Detroit Public Schools	Michigan	166,675
12	Dallas Independent School District	Texas	163,562
13	Fairfax County Public Schools	Virginia	160,584
14	School District of Palm Beach County	Florida	160,223
15	Orange County Public Schools	Florida	157,433
San Diego City Unified School District	California	141,599
Montgomery County Public Schools	Maryland	136,895
Prince George's County Public Schools	Maryland	135,039
Duval County School District	Florida	127,392
Gwinnett County School District	Georgia	116,339
Memphis City School District	Tennessee	115,992
Pinellas County School District	Florida	114,583
Baltimore County Public Schools	Maryland	107,212
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	North Carolina	106,312
Wake County Schools	North Carolina	101,756
Jefferson County Public School System	Kentucky	98,792
Baltimore City Public School System	Maryland	97,817
Milwaukee Public Schools	Wisconsin	97,762
DeKalb County School District	Georgia	97,501
Long Beach Unified School District	California	96,488
Jefferson County Public Schools	Kentucky	93,516
Jefferson County Public Schools (R-1)	Colorado	88,460
Albuquerque Public Schools	New Mexico	87,201
Polk County School District	Florida	81,207
Fresno Unified School District	California	81,058
Fort Worth Independent School District	Texas	80,597
Austin Independent School District	Texas	77,684
Virginia Beach City Public Schools	Virginia	75,970
Anne Arundel County Public Schools	Maryland	75,081
Mesa Unified School District	Arizona	74,808
Jordan School District	Utah	73,494
New Orleans Public Schools	Louisiana	73,185
Denver County School District (1)	Colorado	72,361
Cleveland Municipal School District	Ohio	72,199
Granite School District	Utah	72,082
Brevard County School District	Florida	71,781
Fulton County School System	Georgia	69,841
District of Columbia Public Schools	District of Columbia	68,449
Nashville-Davidson County School District	Tennessee	67,689
Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District	Texas	67,562
Northside Independent School District	Texas	66,000
Columbus City School District	Ohio	64,833
Guilford County Schools	North Carolina	64,546
Mobile County School District	Alabama	63,846
El Paso Independent School District	Texas	62,844
Seminole County School District	Florida	62,786
Volusia County School District	Florida	62,599
Boston School District	Massachusetts	62,141
Tucson Unified School District	Arizona	62,104
Santa Ana Unified School District	California	61,909
Greenville County School District	South Carolina	61,268
Lee County School District	Florida	60,718
Arlington Independent School District	Texas	60,222
Davis School District	Utah	59,366
San Francisco Unified School District	California	58,566
Washoe County School District	Nevada	58,532
Prince William County Public Schools	Virginia	58,017
San Antonio Independent School District	Texas	57,462
Atlanta City School District	Georgia	56,586
Fort Bend Independent School District	Texas	56,186
San Bernardino City Unified School District	California	54,166
Oakland Unified School District	California	53,545
Sacramento City Unified School District	California	53,418
Aldine Independent School District	Texas	53,332
North East Independent School District	Texas	53,218
Portland School District	Oregon	52,908
Chesterfield County Public Schools	Virginia	52,726
Pasco County School District	Florida	52,675
Garland Independent School District	Texas	52,391
East Baton Rouge Parish School Board	Louisiana	52,350
Knox County School District	Tennessee	51,866
Cumberland County Schools	North Carolina	51,434
San Juan Unified School District	California	51,383
Jefferson Parish School Board	Louisiana	50,766
Elk Grove Unified School District	California	49,970
Garden Grove Unified School District	California	49,809
Anchorage School District	Alaska	49,767
Plano Independent School District	Texas	49,091
Wichita School District	Kansas	48,852
Alpine School District	Utah	48,296
Clayton County School District	Georgia	48,232
Minneapolis School District	Minnesota	48,155
Seattle School District	Washington	47,449
Ysleta Independent School District	Texas	46,811
Capistrano Unified School District	California	46,756
Howard County Public Schools	Maryland	46,257
Omaha Public Schools	Nebraska	45,782
Forsyth County Schools	North Carolina	45,707
Caddo Parish School Board	Louisiana	44,859
Buffalo City School District	New York	44,849

External links

[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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