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10-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 10 years. The 2009 AS&U 100
Rank School District State 2007-08 Enroll- 1997-98 Enroll- % Change (2007-08 vs. 1997-98)
1 New York City NY 1,035,406 1,071,853 -3.40% 2 Los Angeles CA 693,680 680,430 1.95% 3 Chicago IL 407,510 477,610 -14.68% 4 Miami FL 348,113 345,958 0.62% 5 Clark County NV 312,546 190,822 63.79% 6 Broward County FL 258,895 224,799 15.17% 7 Houston TX 198,769 210,988 -5.79% 8 Hillsborough County FL 193,116 152,781 26.40% 9 Hawaii HI 178,369 189,887 -6.07% 10 Orange County FL 174,136 133,826 30.12% 11 Philadelphia PA 172,704 212,865 -18.87% 12 Palm Beach County FL 170,844 142,724 19.70% 13 Fairfax County VA 165,734 145,722 13.73% 14 Dallas TX 157,605 157,622 -0.01% 15 Gwinnett County GA 154,901 93,509 65.65% 16 Montgomery County MD 137,717 125,023 10.15% 17 Wake County NC 133,831 89,772 49.08% 18 Charlotte-Mecklenburg NC 131,897 95,795 37.69% 19 San Diego CA 131,577 136,283 -3.45% 20 Prince George's County MD 129,752 128,347 1.09% 21 Duval County FL 124,775 126,979 -1.74% 22 Memphis TN 113,466 111,227 2.01% 23 Pinellas County FL 107,895 109,309 -1.29% 24 Cobb County GA 106,673 88,266 20.85% 25 Baltimore County MD 104,283 104,708 -0.41% 26 Detroit MI 102,494 174,730 -41.34% 27 DeKalb County GA 97,580 91,864 6.22% 28 Jefferson County KY KY 97,412 104,338 -6.64% 29 Cypress-Fairbanks TX 96,546 55,593 73.67% 30 Albuquerque NM 95,965 87,274 9.96% 31 Polk County FL 94,164 76,497 23.10% 32 Long Beach CA 88,186 85,908 2.65% 33 Milwaukee WI 86,819 101,253 -14.26% 34 Jefferson County CO 86,182 88,006 -2.07% 35 Northside TX 85,544 60,083 42.38% 36 Fulton County GA 84,337 62,798 34.30% 37 Austin TX 82,181 76,606 7.28% 38 Baltimore City MD 81,284 107,416 -24.33% 39 Lee County FL 80,541 53,790 49.73% 40 Jordan UT 80,187 73,181 9.57% 41 Fort Worth TX 78,732 76,901 2.38% 42 Fresno CA 76,460 78,166 -2.18% 43 Brevard County FL 74,371 67,879 9.56% 44 Anne Arundel County MD 73,400 73,363 0.05% 45 Nashville TN 73,077 67,558 8.17% 46 Denver CO 73,053 67,858 7.66% 47 Prince William County VA 72,989 49,905 46.26% 48 Mesa AZ 72,604 69,764 4.07% 49 Virginia Beach VA 72,477 77,521 -6.51% 50 Guilford County NC 71,220 59,903 18.89% 51 Greenville SC 69,443 56,967 21.90% 52 Granite UT 67,948 74,956 -9.35% 53 Fort Bend TX 67,780 49,093 38.06% 54 Pasco County FL 66,313 44,770 48.12% 55 Washoe County NV 65,677 51,205 28.26% 56 Seminole County FL 65,355 56,916 14.83% 57 Volusia County FL 64,570 59,310 8.87% 58 Davis UT 64,551 59,220 9.00% 59 Mobile AL 63,424 65,230 -2.77% 60 Arlington TX 62,560 54,591 14.60% 61 Elk Grove CA 62,294 40,197 54.97% 62 North East TX 61,910 46,550 33.00% 63 El Paso TX 61,839 63,909 -3.24% 64 Aldine TX 59,822 48,585 23.13% 65 Tucson AZ 59,060 62,480 -5.47% 66 Chesterfield County VA 58,969 50,173 17.53% 67 Alpine UT 58,665 44,694 31.26% 68 Santa Ana CA 57,061 53,805 6.05% 69 San Bernardino CA 56,727 47,385 19.72% 70 Garland TX 56,593 46,632 21.36% 71 Boston MA 56,168 63,762 -11.91% 72 San Francisco CA 55,069 61,007 -9.73% 73 Knox County TN 54,896 51,152 7.32% 74 San Antonio TX 54,726 61,112 -10.45% 75 Loudoun County VA 53,985 23,616 128.60% 76 Katy TX 53,762 28,230 90.44% 77 Columbus OH 52,894 64,872 -18.46% 78 Cumberland County NC 52,777 51,014 3.46% 79 Osceola County FL 52,742 28,733 83.56% 80 Plano TX 53,439 43,323 23.35% 81 Douglas County CO 52,983 27,275 94.25% 82 Capistrano CA 52,390 40,174 30.41% 83 Clayton County GA 52,029 42,684 21.89% 84 Corona-Norco CA 51,322 31,241 64.28% 85 Forsyth County NC 51,255 42,294 21.19% 86 Cherry Creek CO 50,631 38,622 31.09% 87 Pasadena TX 50,603 40,895 23.74% 88 Cleveland OH 50,078 76,504 -34.54% 89 Howard County MD 49,542 40,215 23.19% 90 Lewisville TX 49,449 32,622 51.58% 91 Washington DC DC 49,422 77,111 -35.91% 92 Atlanta GA 49,101 60,024 -18.20% 93 Anchorage AK 48,857 48,888 -0.06% 94 Brownsville TX 48,796 40,324 21.01% 95 Garden Grove CA 48,669 45,776 6.32% 96 Henrico County VA 48,620 39,073 24.43% 97 Wichita KS 48,475 46,859 3.45% 98 Sacramento CA 48,446 51,042 -5.09% 99 Omaha NE 47,652 45,046 5.79% 100 San Juan CA 47,400 47,837 -0.91%
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