February 07, 2012

Previous 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 10 years prior to 1997-98. The 2009 AS&U 100 — a compilation of the nation's 100 largest school districts — also provides the following data:

Rank	School District	State	1997-98 Enroll- ment	1987-88 Enroll- ment	% Change (1997-98 vs. 1987-88)
1	New York City	NY	1,071,853	939,933	14.04%
2	Los Angeles	CA	680,430	589,311	15.46%
3	Chicago	IL	477,610	419,537	13.84%
4	Miami	FL	345,958	253,720	36.35%
5	Clark County	NV	190,822	100,027	90.77%
6	Broward County	FL	224,799	137,366	63.65%
7	Houston	TX	210,988	191,708	10.06%
8	Hillsborough County	FL	152,781	118,171	29.29%
9	Hawaii	HI	189,887	166,160	14.28%
10	Orange County	FL	133,826	88,878	50.57%
11	Philadelphia	PA	212,865	194,698	9.33%
12	Palm Beach County	FL	142,724	89,944	58.68%
13	Fairfax County	VA	145,722	112,599	29.42%
14	Dallas	TX	157,622	130,885	20.43%
15	Gwinnett County	GA	93,509	54,754	70.78%
16	Montgomery County	MD	125,023	96,271	29.87%
17	Wake County	NC	89,772	59,687	50.40%
18	Charlotte-Mecklenburg	NC	95,795	74,680	28.27%
19	San Diego	CA	136,283	116,557	16.92%
20	Prince George's County	MD	128,347	104,412	22.92%
21	Duval County	FL	126,979	105,049	20.88%
22	Memphis	TN	111,227	107,345	3.62%
23	Pinellas County	FL	109,309	88,866	23.00%
24	Cobb County	GA	88,266	64,172	37.55%
25	Baltimore County	MD	104,708	81,152	29.03%
26	Detroit	MI	174,730	181,583	-3.77%
27	DeKalb County	GA	91,864	73,865	24.37%
28	Jefferson County KY	KY	104,338	93,198	11.95%
29	Cypress-Fairbanks	TX	55,593	34,073	63.16%
30	Albuquerque	NM	87,274	82,416	5.89%
31	Polk County	FL	76,497	61,391	24.61%
32	Long Beach	CA	85,908	66,253	29.67%
33	Milwaukee	WI	101,253	91,658	10.47%
34	Jefferson County	CO	88,006	75,337	16.82%
35	Northside	TX	60,083	46,822	28.32%
36	Fulton County	GA	62,798	40,154	56.39%
37	Austin	TX	76,606	61,402	24.76%
38	Baltimore City	MD	107,416	110,189	-2.52%
39	Lee County	FL	53,790	37,708	42.65%
40	Jordan	UT	73,181	61,230	19.52%
41	Fort Worth	TX	76,901	67,191	14.45%
42	Fresno	CA	78,166	61,539	27.02%
43	Brevard County	FL	67,879	49,510	37.10%
44	Anne Arundel County	MD	73,363	64,432	13.86%
45	Nashville	TN	67,558	67,538	0.03%
46	Denver	CO	67,858	59,439	14.16%
47	Prince William County	VA	49,905	34,960	42.75%
48	Mesa	AZ	69,764	59,367	17.51%
49	Virginia Beach	VA	77,521	58,763	31.92%
50	Guilford County	NC	59,903	23,984	149.76%
51	Greenville	SC	56,967	50,886	11.95%
52	Granite	UT	74,956	73,312	2.24%
53	Fort Bend	TX	49,093	28,738	70.83%
54	Pasco County	FL	44,770	30,305	47.73%
55	Washoe County	NV	51,205	34,538	48.26%
56	Seminole County	FL	56,916	43,511	30.81%
57	Volusia County	FL	59,310	41,829	41.79%
58	Davis	UT	59,220	49,684	19.19%
59	Mobile	AL	65,230	67,619	-3.53%
60	Arlington	TX	54,591	41,414	31.82%
61	Elk Grove	CA	40,197	19,904	101.95%
62	North East	TX	46,550	38,688	20.32%
63	El Paso	TX	63,909	61,800	3.41%
64	Aldine	TX	48,585	37,657	29.02%
65	Tucson	AZ	62,480	55,175	13.24%
66	Chesterfield County	VA	50,173	36,056	39.15%
67	Alpine	UT	44,694	36,005	24.13%
68	Santa Ana	CA	53,805	38,184	40.91%
69	San Bernardino	CA	47,385	35,033	35.26%
70	Garland	TX	46,632	34,603	34.76%
71	Boston	MA	63,762	59,445	7.26%
72	San Francisco	CA	61,007	63,881	-4.50%
73	Knox County	TN	51,152	50,533	1.22%
74	San Antonio	TX	61,112	61,501	-0.63%
75	Loudoun County	VA	23,616	12,011	96.62%
76	Katy	TX	28,230	15,952	76.97%
77	Columbus	OH	64,872	65,562	-1.05%
78	Cumberland County	NC	51,014	44,216	15.37%
79	Osceola County	FL	28,733	14,448	98.87%
80	Plano	TX	43,323	28,231	53.46%
81	Douglas County	CO	27,275	10,501	159.74%
82	Capistrano	CA	40,174	21,920	83.28%
83	Clayton County	GA	42,684	33,893	25.94%
84	Corona-Norco	CA	31,241	18,296	70.75%
85	Forsyth County	NC	42,294	38,588	9.60%
86	Cherry Creek	CO	38,622	26,739	44.44%
87	Pasadena	TX	40,895	34,880	17.24%
88	Cleveland	OH	76,504	72,639	5.32%
89	Howard County	MD	40,215	26,653	50.88%
90	Lewisville	TX	32,622	17,712	84.18%
91	Washington DC	DC	77,111	86,435	-10.79%
92	Atlanta	GA	60,024	65,417	-8.24%
93	Anchorage	AK	48,888	40,941	19.41%
94	Brownsville	TX	40,324	35,255	14.38%
95	Garden Grove	CA	45,776	36,289	26.14%
96	Henrico County	VA	39,073	28,309	38.02%
97	Wichita	KS	46,859	45,689	2.56%
98	Sacramento	CA	51,042	46,064	10.81%
99	Omaha	NE	45,046	41,416	8.76%
100	San Juan	CA	47,837	46,710	2.41%

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