2010 AS&U 100: 1-Year Change in Enrollment at Largest School Districts

The school districts listed below represent the biggest schools in the United States by enrollment. The 2010 AS&U 100 — a compilation of the nation's 100 largest school districts — also provides the following data:

Rank	School District	State	Enrollment (2008-09)	Enrollment (2007-08)	1-Year Change (%)
1	New York City	NY	1,029,459	1,035,406	-0.57%
2	Los Angeles	Calif.	687,534	693,680	-0.89%
3	Chicago	Ill	421,430	407,510	3.42%
4	Miami-Dade	Fla	345,525	348,128	-0.75%
5	Clark County	NV	312,761	309,051	1.20%
6	Broward County	Fla	256,351	258,893	-0.98%
7	Houston	Texas	200,225	199,534	0.35%
8	Hillsborough County	Fla	192,007	193,180	-0.61%
9	Hawaii	HI	179,478	179,897	-0.23%
10	Orange County	Fla	172,257	174,142	-1.08%
11	Palm Beach County	Fla	170,757	170,883	-0.07%
12	Fairfax County	Va	169,030	165,722	2.00%
13	Philadelphia	Pa	159,867	172,704	-7.43%
14	Dallas	Texas	157,352	157,804	-0.29%
15	Gwinnett County	Ga	157,219	155,618	1.03%
16	Montgomery County	Md	139,282	137,717	1.14%
17	Wake County	NC	138,443	134,401	3.01%
18	Charlotte Mecklenburg	NC	135,064	131,176	2.96%
19	San Diego	Calif.	132,256	131,577	0.52%
20	Prince George's County	Md	127,977	129,752	-1.37%
21	Duval County	Fla	122,606	124,740	-1.71%
22	Memphis	Tenn	111,954	115,342	-2.94%
23	Cobb County	Ga	106,747	107,307	-0.52%
24	Pinellas County	Fla	106,061	107,892	-1.70%
25	Baltimore County	Md	103,180	104,283	-1.06%
26	Cypress-Fairbanks	Texas	100,685	96,837	3.97%
27	DeKalb County	Ga	99,775	100,273	-0.50%
28	Jefferson County	Ky	98,774	95,871	3.03%
29	Detroit	Mich	97,577	107,874	-9.55%
30	Albuquerque	NM	95,934	95,965	-0.03%
31	Polk County	Fla	94,657	93,980	0.72%
32	Northside	Texas	89,000	86,260	3.18%
33	Fulton County	Ga	88,299	86,225	2.41%
34	Long Beach	Calif.	87,509	88,186	-0.77%
35	Jefferson County	Colo	85,946	86,168	-0.26%
36	Milwaukee	Wis	85,381	86,819	-1.66%
37	Austin	Texas	83,483	82,564	1.11%
38	Baltimore City	Md	82,266	81,284	1.21%
39	Jordan	UT	81,485	85,651	-4.86%
40	Lee County	Fla	79,434	80,541	-1.37%
41	Fort Worth	Texas	79,285	78,857	0.54%
42	Fresno	Calif.	76,621	76,460	0.21%
43	Metro Nashville	Tenn	74,312	73,715	0.81%
44	Denver	CO	74,189	73,053	1.56%
45	Prince William County	Va	73,917	72,988	1.27%
46	Anne Arundel County	Md	73,653	73,400	0.34%
47	Brevard County	Fla	73,098	74,369	-1.71%
48	Guilford County	NC	72,951	72,389	0.78%
49	Virginia Beach	Va	71,554	72,477	-1.27%
50	Greenville	SC	70,441	69,444	1.44%
51	Mesa	AZ	70,346	73,044	-3.69%
52	Granite	Ut	70,166	75,982	-7.65%
53	Fort Bend	Texas	68,708	67,992	1.05%
54	Pasco County	Fla	66,784	66,314	0.71%
55	Davis	Ut	66,614	70,323	-5.27%
56	Washoe County	NV	65,421	65,663	-0.37%
57	Seminole County	Fla	64,927	65,378	-0.69%
58	North East	Texas	63,452	62,181	2.04%
59	Arlington	Texas	63,045	62,863	0.29%
60	Volusia County	Fla	63,018	64,488	-2.28%
61	Mobile County	Ala.	62,531	64,375	-2.86%
62	El Paso	Texas	62,322	62,123	0.32%
63	Alpine	Ut	62,281	63,856	-2.47%
64	Elk Grove	Calif.	62,172	62,294	-0.20%
65	Aldine	Texas	61,526	60,083	2.40%
66	Chesterfield County	Va	59,080	58,969	0.19%
67	Douglas County	Colo	58,723	52,983	10.83%
68	Garland	Texas	57,510	57,169	0.60%
69	Santa Ana	Calif.	57,439	57,061	0.66%
70	Tucson	Az	57,391	59,327	-3.26%
71	Loudoun County	Va	56,894	53,961	5.44%
72	Katy	Texas	56,862	54,402	4.52%
73	Boston	Mass	55,923	56,168	-0.44%
74	Knox County	Tenn	55,535	54,490	1.92%
75	San Francisco	Calif.	55,183	55,069	0.21%
76	San Bernardino	Calif.	54,727	56,727	-3.53%
77	San Antonio	Texas	54,696	54,779	-0.15%
78	Cumberland County	NC	54,288	53,295	1.86%
79	Plano	Texas	54,203	53,683	0.97%
80	Columbus	Oh	53,536	55,269	-3.14%
81	Forsyth County	NC	52,906	51,738	2.26%
82	Capistrano	Calif.	52,681	52,390	0.56%
83	Corona-Norco	Calif.	52,138	51,322	1.59%
84	Osceola County	Fla	51,941	52,742	-1.52%
85	Pasadena	Texas	51,578	50,757	1.62%
86	Cherry Creek	Colo	51,199	50,601	1.18%
87	Lewisville	Texas	50,216	49,636	1.17%
88	Cleveland	Oh	49,952	52,954	-5.67%
89	Howard County	Md	49,905	49,542	0.73%
90	Clayton County	Ga	49,508	52,717	-6.09%
91	Atlanta	Ga	49,032	49,991	-1.92%
92	Henrico County	Va	48,991	48,620	0.76%
93	Anchorage	Alaska	48,837	48,857	-0.04%
94	Brownsville	Texas	48,587	48,837	-0.51%
95	Garden Grove	Calif.	48,574	48,669	-0.20%
96	Sacramento	Calif.	48,155	48,446	-0.60%
97	Omaha	Neb	48,014	47,763	0.53%
98	Conroe	Texas	47,996	46,524	3.16%
99	Shelby County	Tenn	47,448	46,918	1.13%
100	Wichita	Kan	47,260	46,788	1.01%
101	San Juan	Calif.	47,230	47,400	-0.36%
102	Oakland	Calif.	46,516	46,431	0.18%
103	Seattle	Wash	45,968	45,581	0.85%
104	Alief	Texas	45,230	45,183	0.10%
105	Portland	Ore	45,024	46,262	-2.68%
106	Ysleta	Texas	44,592	45,049	-1.01%
107	Washington DC	DC	44,331	58,191	-23.82%
108	East Baton Rouge Parish	La.	43,869	45,714	-4.04%
109	Klein	Texas	43,738	42,935	1.87%
110	Jefferson Parish	La.	43,682	43,468	0.49%
111	Riverside	Calif.	43,336	43,560	-0.51%
112	Sweetwater Union High	Calif.	42,804	42,591	0.50%
113	Marion County	Fla	42,625	42,577	0.11%
114	Caddo Parish	La.	42,610	42,865	-0.59%
115	Manatee County	Fla	42,580	42,524	0.13%
116	Collier County	Fla	42,534	42,723	-0.44%
117	Charleston County	SC	42,303	42,216	0.21%
118	Round Rock	Texas	41,733	40,493	3.06%
119	Hamilton County	Tenn	41,547	41,230	0.77%
120	Tulsa	Okla.	41,195	41,271	-0.18%
121	Elgin	Ill	41,162	40,708	1.12%
122	Oklahoma City	Okla.	41,089	40,985	0.25%
123	Fontana	Calif.	41,077	41,959	-2.10%
124	Sarasota County	Fla	41,070	42,013	-2.24%
125	Lake County	Fla	40,960	40,669	0.72%
126	Escambia County	Fla	40,924	41,854	-2.22%
127	Adams 12 Five Star	Colo	40,818	38,815	5.16%
128	Anoka-Hennepin	Minn	40,218	40,719	-1.23%
129	Salem-Keizer	Ore	40,200	40,106	0.23%
130	United	Texas	40,080	39,009	2.75%
131	Frederick County	Md	40,070	40,487	-1.03%
132	Newark	NJ	39,992	40,507	-1.27%
133	Henry County	Ga	39,956	39,000	2.45%
134	Chesapeake	Va	39,901	40,003	-0.25%
135	Socorro	Texas	39,771	38,878	2.30%
136	St. Paul	Minn	38,938	40,107	-2.91%
137	St. Lucie County	Fla	38,839	40,347	-3.74%
138	Gilbert	Az	38,796	38,539	0.67%
139	Harford County	Md	38,610	39,172	-1.43%
140	Killeen	Texas	38,550	38,229	0.84%
141	Corpus Christi	Texas	38,474	38,693	-0.57%
142	Union County	NC	38,439	37,053	3.74%
143	Peoria Unified	Az	38,162	39,143	-2.51%
144	Horry County	SC	37,948	37,200	2.01%
145	Stockton	Calif.	37,831	38,408	-1.50%
146	Kern Union High	Calif.	37,783	37,341	1.18%
147	Beaverton	Ore	37,656	37,821	-0.44%
148	Clovis	Calif.	37,461	36,810	1.77%
149	Cherokee County	Ga	37,275	36,353	2.54%
150	Rutherford County	Tenn	37,271	35,595	4.71%
151	Chandler	Az	37,223	36,064	3.21%
152	Clear Creek	Tx	37,194	36,314	2.42%
153	Mesquite	Tx	37,030	36,640	1.06%
154	Deer Valley	Az	36,870	36,875	-0.01%
155	Jefferson County	Ala	36,174	36,109	0.18%
156	Fayette County	Ky	36,110	35,416	1.96%
157	Moreno Valley	Calif.	36,092	37,126	-2.79%
158	Clay County	Fla	35,949	36,093	-0.40%
159	Adams-Arapahoe	Colo	35,523	33,563	5.84%
160	St. Tammany Parish	La.	35,490	35,170	0.91%
161	Cincinnati	Oh	35,346	35,435	-0.25%
162	Minneapolis	Minn	35,312	35,631	-0.90%
163	Mount Diablo	Calif.	34,953	35,355	-1.14%
164	Buffalo	NY	34,538	35,677	-3.19%
165	Meridian Joint	Idaho	34,441	33,432	3.02%
166	Norfolk City	Va	34,431	35,063	-1.80%
167	Richardson	Tex	34,407	34,180	0.66%
168	Lincoln	Neb	34,061	33,466	1.78%
169	Indianapolis	Ind	34,050	35,257	-3.42%
170	Paradise Valley	Az	33,942	34,114	-0.50%
171	Chatham County	Ga	33,994	34,058	-0.19%
172	Spring	Tex	33,980	33,249	2.20%
173	Humble	Tex	33,883	32,970	2.77%
174	Anaheim Union High	Calif	33,719	33,343	1.13%
175	Poway Unified	Calif	33,305	33,283	0.07%
176	Irving	Texas	33,131	33,283	-0.46%
177	Montebello	Calif	33,099	33,493	-1.18%
178	Rochester	NY	32,973	32,924	0.15%
179	Saddleback Valley	Calif	32,936	33,558	-1.85%
180	Durham	NC	32,900	32,920	-0.06%
181	Gaston County	NC	32,809	32,179	1.96%
182	Richmond County	Ga	32,716	32,906	-0.58%
183	Calcasieu Parish	La	32,685	32,522	0.50%
184	Muscogee County	Ga	32,585	32,763	-0.54%
185	Leon County	Fla	32,521	32,472	0.15%
186	Chino Valley	Calif	32,428	33,047	-1.87%
187	Spring Branch	Tex	32,409	32,040	1.15%
188	Forsyth County	Ga	32,374	30,655	5.61%
189	Fremont	Calif	32,135	31,948	0.59%
190	San Jose	Calif	31,918	31,230	2.20%
191	Des Moines	Iowa	31,613	32,043	-1.34%
192	Johnston County	NC	31,512	30,303	3.99%
193	Fort Wayne	Ind	31,419	31,561	-0.45%
194	Montgomery County	Ala.	31,307	31,561	-0.80%
195	Newport News	Va	31,298	31,553	-0.81%
196	Lodi	Calif	31,216	31,609	-1.24%
197	Amarillo	Texas	31,005	30,560	1.46%
198	Twin Rivers	Calif	30,927	n/a	n/a
199	Frisco	Texas	30,797	27,418	12.32%
200	West Contra Costa	Calif	30,769	30,830	-0.20%

2010 AS&U 100: 1-Year Change in Enrollment at Largest School Districts

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