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

This is a list of school districts in the United States by 2016 enrollment.

Rank	vs 2014^[1]	School district	State/Territory	Students (autumn 2016)^[2]
1	--	New York City	New York	984,462
2	--	Los Angeles Unified	California	633,621
3	--	City of Chicago (SD 299)	Illinois	378,199
4	--	Miami-Dade County	Florida	357,249
5	--	Clark County	Nevada	326,953
6	--	Broward County	Florida	271,852
7	--	Houston ISD	Texas	216,106
8	--	Hillsborough County	Florida	214,386
9	--	Orange County	Florida	200,674
10	--	Palm Beach	Florida	192,721
11	--	Fairfax County	Virginia	187,467
12	--	Hawaii Department of Education	Hawaii	181,550
13	--	Gwinnett County	Georgia	178,214
14	↑1	Wake County	North Carolina	160,467
15	↑1	Montgomery County	Maryland	159,010
16	↓2	Dallas ISD	Texas	157,886
17	--	Charlotte-Mecklenburg	North Carolina	147,428
18	--	Philadelphia City	Pennsylvania	133,929
19	↑2	Prince George's County	Maryland	130,814
20	--	Duval County	Florida	129,479
21	↓2	San Diego Unified	California	128,040
22	↑1	Cypress-Fairbanks ISD	Texas	114,868
23	↑1	Cobb County	Georgia	113,151
24	↑1	Baltimore County	Maryland	112,139
25	↓3	Shelby County	Tennessee	111,403
26	↑1	Northside ISD	Texas	106,145
27	↓1	Pinellas County	Florida	102,905
28	↑2	Polk County	Florida	102,295
29	↓1	DeKalb County	Georgia	101,284
30	↓1	Jefferson County	Kentucky	99,813
31	--	Fulton County	Georgia	96,122
32	↑1	Lee County	Florida	92,686
33	↑1	Denver	Colorado	91,138
34	↓2	Albuquerque	New Mexico	90,651
35	--	Prince William County	Virginia	89,345
36	↑1	Fort Worth ISD	Texas	87,428
37	↓1	Jefferson County, No R1	Colorado	86,371
38	↑2	Davidson County	Tennessee	85,163
39	--	Austin ISD	Texas	83,067
40	↓2	Baltimore City	Maryland	82,354
41	↑1	Anne Arundel County	Maryland	81,379
42	↑3	Alpine	Utah	78,957
43	↑4	Loudoun County	Virginia	78,348
44	--	Greenville, 01	South Carolina	76,918
45	↓4	Long Beach Unified	California	76,428
46	↓3	Milwaukee	Wisconsin	76,206
47	↑5	Katy ISD	Texas	75,428
48	↑2	Fort Bend ISD	Texas	74,146
49	--	Brevard County	Florida	73,444
50	↓4	Fresno Unified	California	73,356
51	↓3	Guilford County	North Carolina	73,059
52	↓1	Davis	Utah	72,987
53	↑3	Pasco County	Florida	72,493
54	↑1	Aldine ISD	Texas	69,768
55	↓1	Granite	Utah	69,580
56	↓3	Virginia Beach City	Virginia	69,085
57	↑2	Seminole County	Florida	67,808
58	↓1	North East ISD	Texas	67,531
59	↓1	Douglas County, No RE1	Colorado	67,470
60	--	Washoe County	Nevada	66,671
61	↑1	Mesa Unified	Arizona	63,444
62	↑1	Elk Grove Unified	California	63,061
63	↑5	Osceola County	Florida	63,031
64	--	Volusia County	Florida	63,028
65	↓4	Arlington ISD	Texas	62,181
66	--	Knox County	Tennessee	60,372
67	↑2	San Francisco Unified	California	60,133
68	↓1	Chesterfield County	Virginia	60,060
69	↑4	Conroe ISD	Texas	59,764
70	↓5	El Paso ISD	Texas	59,424
71	--	Garland ISD	Texas	57,133
72	↓1	Mobile County	Alabama	56,628
73	↑1	Pasadena ISD	Texas	56,282
74	↑20	Frisco ISD	Texas	55,923
75	↑7	Howard County	Maryland	55,626
76	↓1	Winston-Salem/Forsyth County	North Carolina	55,228
77	--	Cherry Creek, No 5	Colorado	54,852
78	↓6	Santa Ana Unified	California	54,505
79	↑4	Clayton County	Georgia	54,345
80	↑6	Seattle	Washington	54,215
81	↓5	Plano ISD	Texas	54,173
82	↓4	Boston	Massachusetts	53,640
83	↓4	Capistrano Unified	California	53,613
84	↑3	Jordan	Utah	53,146
85	--	Lewisville ISD	Texas	53,257
86	↓5	Corona-Norco Unified	California	53,157
87	↓3	San Bernardino City Unified	California	53,152
88	↓8	San Antonio ISD	Texas	52,514
89	↓1	Omaha	Nebraska	52,344
90	--	Atlanta	Georgia	51,927
91	↑4	Klein ISD	Texas	51,810
92	↓1	Henrico County	Virginia	51,425
93	↓4	Cumberland County	North Carolina	51,194
94	↓2	Wichita	Kansas	50,600
95	↓2	Columbus City	Ohio	50,331
96	↑4	Oakland Unified	California	49,760
97	↓1	San Juan Unified	California	49,255
98	↑3	Manatee County	Florida	47,884
99	↑3	Jefferson Parish	Louisiana	48,668
100	↑8	Charleston, 01	South Carolina	48,551
101	↑9	District of Columbia	District of Columbia	48,462
102	↑3	Round Rock ISD	Texas	48,321
103	↓4	Anchorage	Alaska	48,238
104	↓1	Portland, SD1J	Oregon	48,173
105	↓1	Tucson Unified	Arizona	48,455
106	↓8	Brownsville ISD	Texas	46,880
107	--	Sacramento City Unified	California	46,815
108	↑4	Collier County	Florida	46,416
109	↓3	Alief ISD	Texas	46,376
110	↑8	Forsyth County	Georgia	46,238
111	↑1	Socorro ISD	Texas	45,927
112	↓8	Detroit City	Michigan	45,455
113	--	Hamilton County	Tennessee	44,446
114	↑6	Chandler Unified	Arizona	44,352
115	↓6	Garden Grove Unified	California	44,223
116	new	Rutherford County	Tennessee	44,149
117	new	Horry County	South Carolina	43,991
118	↓3	Killeen ISD	Texas	43,782
119	↓5	United ISD	Texas	43,660
120	↓4	Marion County	Florida	43,032

References[]

^ "Table 104. Enrollment, poverty, and federal funds for the 100 largest school districts, by enrollment size in 2016: 2013-14 through 2016". Digest of Education Statistics 2016. U.S. Department of Education: Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics. January 2016. Retrieved 25 November 2019.
^ "Table 215.30. Enrollment, poverty, and federal funds for the 120 largest school districts, by enrollment size in 2016: Selected years, 2015-16 and fiscal year 2018". Digest of Education Statistics 2018. U.S. Department of Education: Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved 25 November 2019.

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)
100 largest school districts, by enrollment size, from the United States Department of Education (2010-11 school year)

[digest2016-1] "Table 104. Enrollment, poverty, and federal funds for the 100 largest school districts, by enrollment size in 2016: 2013-14 through 2016". Digest of Education Statistics 2016. U.S. Department of Education: Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics. January 2016. Retrieved 25 November 2019.

[digest2018-2] "Table 215.30. Enrollment, poverty, and federal funds for the 120 largest school districts, by enrollment size in 2016: Selected years, 2015-16 and fiscal year 2018". Digest of Education Statistics 2018. U.S. Department of Education: Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved 25 November 2019.

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