May 23, 2012

1-Year Change in Enrollment at Largest School Districts

The school districts listed below represent the biggest schools in the United States broken down by percent change in enrollment during the last year. The 2009 AS&U 100 — a compilation of the nation's 100 largest school districts — also provides the following data:

Rank	School District	State	2007-08 Enroll- ment	2006-07 Enroll- ment	% Change (2007-08 vs. 2006-07)
1	New York City	NY	1,035,406	1,042,478	-0.68%
2	Los Angeles	CA	693,680	707,627	-1.97%
3	Chicago	IL	407,510	413,694	-1.49%
4	Miami	FL	348,113	353,790	-1.60%
5	Clark County	NV	312,546	303,448	3.00%
6	Broward County	FL	258,895	262,813	-1.49%
7	Houston	TX	198,769	202,936	-2.05%
8	Hillsborough County	FL	193,116	193,517	-0.21%
9	Hawaii	HI	178,369	180,728	-1.31%
10	Orange County	FL	174,136	175,245	-0.63%
11	Philadelphia	PA	172,704	178,241	-3.11%
12	Palm Beach County	FL	170,844	171,431	-0.34%
13	Fairfax County	VA	165,734	163,952	1.09%
14	Dallas	TX	157,605	159,144	-0.97%
15	Gwinnett County	GA	154,901	152,043	1.88%
16	Montgomery County	MD	137,717	137,814	-0.07%
17	Wake County	NC	133,831	128,748	3.95%
18	Charlotte-Mecklenburg	NC	131,897	128,789	2.41%
19	San Diego	CA	131,577	130,983	0.45%
20	Prince George's County	MD	129,752	131,014	-0.96%
21	Duval County	FL	124,775	125,176	-0.32%
22	Memphis	TN	113,466	117,349	-3.31%
23	Pinellas County	FL	107,895	109,915	-1.84%
24	Cobb County	GA	106,673	107,274	-0.56%
25	Baltimore County	MD	104,283	105,839	-1.47%
26	Detroit	MI	102,494	117,609	-12.85%
27	DeKalb County	GA	97,580	101,396	-3.76%
28	Jefferson County KY	KY	97,412	92,659	5.13%
29	Cypress-Fairbanks	TX	96,546	92,135	4.79%
30	Albuquerque	NM	95,965	95,493	0.49%
31	Polk County	FL	94,164	92,801	1.47%
32	Long Beach	CA	88,186	90,663	-2.73%
33	Milwaukee	WI	86,819	89,912	-3.44%
34	Jefferson County	CO	86,182	86,154	0.03%
35	Northside	TX	85,544	82,587	3.58%
36	Fulton County	GA	84,337	83,861	0.57%
37	Austin	TX	82,181	82,140	0.05%
38	Baltimore City	MD	81,284	84,515	-3.82%
39	Lee County	FL	80,541	78,981	1.98%
40	Jordan	UT	80,187	78,299	2.41%
41	Fort Worth	TX	78,732	79,457	-0.91%
42	Fresno	CA	76,460	77,555	-1.41%
43	Brevard County	FL	74,371	74,785	-0.55%
44	Anne Arundel County	MD	73,400	73,066	0.46%
45	Nashville	TN	73,077	73,731	-0.89%
46	Denver	CO	73,053	72,561	0.68%
47	Prince William County	VA	72,989	70,948	2.88%
48	Mesa	AZ	72,604	74,128	-2.06%
49	Virginia Beach	VA	72,477	72,538	-0.08%
50	Guilford County	NC	71,220	71,722	-0.70%
51	Greenville	SC	69,443	67,537	2.82%
52	Granite	UT	67,948	67,502	0.66%
53	Fort Bend	TX	67,780	67,014	1.14%
54	Pasco County	FL	66,313	64,689	2.51%
55	Washoe County	NV	65,677	64,954	1.11%
56	Seminole County	FL	65,355	66,351	-1.50%
57	Volusia County	FL	64,570	65,867	-1.97%
58	Davis	UT	64,551	62,193	3.79%
59	Mobile	AL	63,424	65,097	-2.57%
60	Arlington	TX	62,560	63,082	-0.83%
61	Elk Grove	CA	62,294	61,881	0.67%
62	North East	TX	61,910	61,255	1.07%
63	El Paso	TX	61,839	62,857	-1.62%
64	Aldine	TX	59,822	58,831	1.68%
65	Tucson	AZ	59,060	60,333	-2.11%
66	Chesterfield County	VA	58,969	58,455	0.88%
67	Alpine	UT	58,665	56,460	3.91%
68	Santa Ana	CA	57,061	57,286	-0.39%
69	San Bernardino	CA	56,727	57,398	-1.17%
70	Garland	TX	56,593	56,955	-0.64%
71	Boston	MA	56,168	56,388	-0.39%
72	San Francisco	CA	55,069	56,183	-1.98%
73	Knox County	TN	54,896	59,663	-7.99%
74	San Antonio	TX	54,726	55,406	-1.23%
75	Loudoun County	VA	53,985	50,383	7.15%
76	Katy	TX	53,762	51,201	5.00%
77	Columbus	OH	52,894	56,003	-5.55%
78	Cumberland County	NC	52,777	53,621	-1.57%
79	Osceola County	FL	52,742	52,012	1.40%
80	Plano	TX	53,439	52,997	0.83%
81	Douglas County	CO	52,983	50,370	5.19%
82	Capistrano	CA	52,390	51,512	1.70%
83	Clayton County	GA	52,029	52,533	-0.96%
84	Corona-Norco	CA	51,322	49,865	2.92%
85	Forsyth County	NC	51,255	51,325	-0.14%
86	Cherry Creek	CO	50,631	49,684	1.91%
87	Pasadena	TX	50,603	49,851	1.51%
88	Cleveland	OH	50,078	55,593	-9.92%
89	Howard County	MD	49,542	49,048	1.01%
90	Lewisville	TX	49,449	49,060	0.79%
91	Washington DC	DC	49,422	56,943	-13.21%
92	Atlanta	GA	49,101	50,631	-3.02%
93	Anchorage	AK	48,857	49,230	-0.76%
94	Brownsville	TX	48,796	48,334	0.96%
95	Garden Grove	CA	48,669	48,802	-0.27%
96	Henrico County	VA	48,620	47,680	1.97%
97	Wichita	KS	48,475	46,938	3.27%
98	Sacramento	CA	48,446	49,355	-1.84%
99	Omaha	NE	47,652	47,044	1.29%
100	San Juan	CA	47,400	47,862	-0.97%

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