February 09, 2012

Next 50: Previous 10-Year Change in Enrollment at Largest School Districts

The school districts listed below represent the next 50 biggest schools in the United States that were just short of inclusion in the 2009 AS&U 100 broken down by percent change in enrollment during the 10 years prior to 1997-98. As part of a Web Exclusive, the following data not found in the print version of the 2009 AS&U 100 is available to our readers:

View Top 100 data in the 2009 AS&U 100.

Rank	School District	State	1997-98 Enroll- ment	1987-88 Enroll- ment	% Change (1997-98 vs. 1987-88)
101	Shelby County	TN	45,899	33,758	35.96%
102	Portland	OR	55,321	52,996	4.39%
103	Oakland	CA	53,564	51,298	4.42%
104	Conroe	TX	30,820	21,155	45.69%
105	East Baton Rouge	LA	58,238	57,810	0.74%
106	Seattle	WA	47,883	43,850	9.20%
107	Alief	TX	39,517	24,980	58.19%
108	Ysleta	TX	47,616	49,316	-3.45%
109	Jefferson Parish	LA	54,413	57,827	-5.90%
110	Riverside	CA	35,878	27,474	30.59%
111	Caddo	LA	48,347	52,930	-8.66%
112	Klein	TX	30,650	23,853	28.50%
113	Collier	FL	29,261	17,525	66.97%
114	Sweetwater	CA	31,741	26,285	20.76%
115	Marion County	FL	37,201	26,433	40.74%
116	Manatee County	FL	33,713	23,766	41.85%
117	Charleston County	SC	44,107	42,501	3.78%
118	Sarasota County	FL	33,160	26,123	26.94%
119	Fontana	CA	33,332	19,727	68.97%
120	Escambia County	FL	46,083	42,066	9.55%
121	Tulsa	OK	41,833	42,738	-2.12%
122	Oklahoma City	OK	39,300	39,149	0.39%
123	Elgin U-46	IL	36,352	26,141	39.06%
124	Lake County	FL	27,129	19,080	42.19%
125	Hamilton County	TN	42,701	21,436	99.20%
126	Frederick County	MD	34,569	25,242	36.95%
127	Newark	NJ	44,160	50,888	-13.22%
128	Round Rock	TX	27,171	17,482	55.42%
129	St. Lucie County	FL	28,288	18,260	54.92%
130	Chesapeake	VA	36,362	24,673	47.38%
131	Salem-Keizer	OR	33,086	25,726	28.61%
132	St. Paul	MN	45,142	32,981	36.87%
133	Anoka-Hennepin	MN	40,402	32,375	24.79%
134	United	TX	22,800	9,259	146.25%
135	Henry County	GA	18,687	9,052	106.44%
136	Peoria	AZ	29,579	17,440	69.60%
137	Adams 12 Five Star	CO	26,723	20,602	29.71%
138	Harford County	MD	38,572	28,957	33.20%
139	Socorro	TX	22,051	10,518	109.65%
140	Corpus Christi	TX	40,975	41,850	-2.09%
141	Gilbert Unified	AZ	21,710	7,819	177.66%
142	Stockton	CA	35,645	31,051	14.80%
143	Killeen	TX	28,725	21,338	34.62%
144	Beaverton	OR	30,795	21,921	40.48%
145	Kern Union High	CA	26,860	18,959	41.67%
146	Horry County	SC	26,736	23,271	14.89%
147	Moreno Valley	CA	31,420	20,518	53.13%
148	Clovis Unified	CA	30,960	18,210	70.02%
149	Deer Valley	AZ	22,988	14,614	57.30%
150	Union County	NC	19,993	12,216	63.66%

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