May 23, 2012

Per-Pupil Expenditure (PPE) at Largest School Districts

The school districts listed below represent the biggest schools in the United States broken down by per-pupil expenditure (PPE) in 2006-07. The 2009 AS&U 100 — a compilation of the nation's 100 largest school districts — also provides the following data:

Rank	School District	State	2006-07 Enroll- ment	2006-07 Per-Pupil Expendi ture (PPE)
1	New York City	NY	1,042,478	$16,443
2	Los Angeles	CA	707,627	$10,364
3	Chicago	IL	413,694	$9,666
4	Miami	FL	353,790	$9,371
5	Clark County	NV	303,448	$7,791
6	Broward County	FL	262,813	$8,620
7	Houston	TX	202,936	$7,994
8	Hillsborough County	FL	193,517	$7,781
9	Hawaii	HI	180,728	$11,060
10	Orange County	FL	175,245	$8,116
11	Philadelphia	PA	178,241	$8,985
12	Palm Beach County	FL	171,431	$8,937
13	Fairfax County	VA	163,952	$12,716
14	Dallas	TX	159,144	$8,416
15	Gwinnett County	GA	152,043	$8,851
16	Montgomery County	MD	137,814	$13,938
17	Wake County	NC	128,748	$7,728
18	Charlotte-Mecklenburg	NC	128,789	$8,081
19	San Diego	CA	130,983	$9,682
20	Prince George's County	MD	131,014	$11,526
21	Duval County	FL	125,176	$8,395
22	Memphis	TN	117,349	$8,229
23	Pinellas County	FL	109,915	$8,656
24	Cobb County	GA	107,274	$8,809
25	Baltimore County	MD	105,839	$11,307
26	Detroit	MI	117,609	$11,896
27	DeKalb County	GA	101,396	$10,073
28	Jefferson County KY	KY	92,659	$9,698
29	Cypress-Fairbanks	TX	92,135	$6,767
30	Albuquerque	NM	95,493	$9,787
31	Polk County	FL	92,801	$8,380
32	Long Beach	CA	90,663	$8,753
33	Milwaukee	WI	89,912	$11,725
34	Jefferson County	CO	86,154	$8,202
35	Northside	TX	82,587	$7,310
36	Fulton County	GA	83,861	$9,406
37	Austin	TX	82,140	$8,182
38	Baltimore City	MD	84,515	$12,440
39	Lee County	FL	78,981	$8,319
40	Jordan	UT	78,299	$5,111
41	Fort Worth	TX	79,457	$7,715
42	Fresno	CA	77,555	$8,995
43	Brevard County	FL	74,785	$8,120
44	Anne Arundel County	MD	73,066	$11,149
45	Nashville	TN	73,731	$8,561
46	Denver	CO	72,561	$9,063
47	Prince William County	VA	70,948	$10,020
48	Mesa	AZ	74,128	$6,908
49	Virginia Beach	VA	72,538	$10,123
50	Guilford County	NC	71,722	$8,297
51	Greenville	SC	67,537	$7,571
52	Granite	UT	67,502	$5,486
53	Fort Bend	TX	67,014	$7,063
54	Pasco County	FL	64,689	$7,940
55	Washoe County	NV	64,954	$7,781
56	Seminole County	FL	66,351	$7,885
57	Volusia County	FL	65,867	$8,422
58	Davis	UT	62,193	$5,580
59	Mobile	AL	65,097	$8,396
60	Arlington	TX	63,082	$7,140
61	Elk Grove	CA	61,881	$7,943
62	North East	TX	61,255	$7,737
63	El Paso	TX	62,857	$7,796
64	Aldine	TX	58,831	$8,107
65	Tucson	AZ	60,333	$7,553
66	Chesterfield County	VA	58,455	$8,279
67	Alpine	UT	56,460	$5,048
68	Santa Ana	CA	57,286	$9,329
69	San Bernardino	CA	57,398	$8,860
70	Garland	TX	56,955	$7,068
71	Boston	MA	56,388	$19,435
72	San Francisco	CA	56,183	$8,716
73	Knox County	TN	59,663	$6,761
74	San Antonio	TX	55,406	$8,402
75	Loudoun County	VA	50,383	$12,234
76	Katy	TX	51,201	$7,143
77	Columbus	OH	56,003	$11,895
78	Cumberland County	NC	53,621	$7,609
79	Osceola County	FL	52,012	$7,727
80	Plano	TX	52,997	$7,749
81	Douglas County	CO	50,370	$7,916
82	Capistrano	CA	51,512	$7,613
83	Clayton County	GA	52,533	$8,349
84	Corona-Norco	CA	49,865	$7,695
85	Forsyth County	NC	51,325	$8,436
86	Cherry Creek	CO	49,684	$8,222
87	Pasadena	TX	49,851	$7,203
88	Cleveland	OH	55,593	$11,383
89	Howard County	MD	49,048	$12,507
90	Lewisville	TX	49,060	$7,404
91	Washington DC	DC	56,943	$14,324
92	Atlanta	GA	50,631	$12,745
93	Anchorage	AK	49,230	$10,466
94	Brownsville	TX	48,334	$8,277
95	Garden Grove	CA	48,802	$8,478
96	Henrico County	VA	47,680	$8,161
97	Wichita	KS	46,938	$9,788
98	Sacramento	CA	49,355	$9,396
99	Omaha	NE	47,044	$8,354
100	San Juan	CA	47,862	$8,648

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