2010 AS&U 100: 10-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 (1998-99)	10-Year Change (%)
1	New York City	NY	1,029,459	1,072,628	-4.02%
2	Los Angeles	Calif.	687,534	695,885	-1.20%
3	Chicago	Ill	421,430	430,914	-2.20%
4	Miami-Dade	Fla	345,525	352,536	-1.99%
5	Clark County	NV	312,761	203,777	53.48%
6	Broward County	Fla	256,351	231,187	10.88%
7	Houston	Texas	200,225	210,179	-4.74%
8	Hillsborough County	Fla	192,007	156,452	22.73%
9	Hawaii	HI	179,478	188,069	-4.57%
10	Orange County	Fla	172,257	138,886	24.03%
11	Palm Beach County	Fla	170,757	146,568	16.50%
12	Fairfax County	Va	169,030	149,029	13.42%
13	Philadelphia	Pa	159,867	207,465	-22.94%
14	Dallas	Texas	157,352	159,908	-1.60%
15	Gwinnett County	Ga	157,219	98,784	59.15%
16	Montgomery County	Md	139,282	127,933	8.87%
17	Wake County	NC	138,443	92,256	50.06%
18	Charlotte Mecklenburg	NC	135,064	98,758	36.76%
19	San Diego	Calif.	132,256	138,433	-4.46%
20	Prince George's County	Md	127,977	130,259	-1.75%
21	Duval County	Fla	122,606	127,411	-3.77%
22	Memphis	Tenn	111,954	111,682	0.24%
23	Cobb County	Ga	106,747	91,208	17.04%
24	Pinellas County	Fla	106,061	110,582	-4.09%
25	Baltimore County	Md	103,180	105,914	-2.58%
26	Cypress-Fairbanks	Texas	100,685	58,044	73.46%
27	DeKalb County	Ga	99,775	93,171	7.09%
28	Jefferson County	Ky	98,774	101,438	-2.63%
29	Detroit	Mich	97,577	173,557	-43.78%
30	Albuquerque	NM	95,934	85,847	11.75%
31	Polk County	Fla	94,657	77,300	22.45%
32	Northside	Texas	89,000	61,308	45.17%
33	Fulton County	Ga	88,299	65,642	34.52%
34	Long Beach	Calif.	87,509	89,214	-1.91%
35	Jefferson County	Colo	85,946	88,654	-3.05%
36	Milwaukee	Wis	85,381	99,814	-14.46%
37	Austin	Texas	83,483	79,496	5.02%
38	Baltimore City	Md	82,266	106,540	-22.78%
39	Jordan	UT	81,485	73,286	11.19%
40	Lee County	Fla	79,434	54,779	45.01%
41	Fort Worth	Texas	79,285	77,956	1.70%
42	Fresno	Calif.	76,621	78,942	-2.94%
43	Metro Nashville	Tenn	74,312	67,016	10.89%
44	Denver	CO	74,189	68,790	7.85%
45	Prince William County	Va	73,917	51,111	44.62%
46	Anne Arundel County	Md	73,653	74,079	-0.58%
47	Brevard County	Fla	73,098	68,681	6.43%
48	Guilford County	NC	72,951	61,154	19.29%
49	Virginia Beach	Va	71,554	77,442	-7.60%
50	Greenville	SC	70,441	57,884	21.69%
51	Mesa	AZ	70,346	71,284	-1.32%
52	Granite	Ut	70,166	73,474	-4.50%
53	Fort Bend	Texas	68,708	50,890	35.01%
54	Pasco County	Fla	66,784	46,065	44.98%
55	Davis	Ut	66,614	59,285	12.36%
56	Washoe County	NV	65,421	52,813	23.87%
57	Seminole County	Fla	64,927	58,156	11.64%
58	North East	Texas	63,452	47,732	32.93%
59	Arlington	Texas	63,045	55,709	13.17%
60	Volusia County	Fla	63,018	59,851	5.29%
61	Mobile County	Ala.	62,531	65,324	-4.28%
62	El Paso	Texas	62,322	62,945	-0.99%
63	Alpine	Ut	62,281	45,208	37.77%
64	Elk Grove	Calif.	62,172	42,484	46.34%
65	Aldine	Texas	61,526	49,453	24.41%
66	Chesterfield County	Va	59,080	50,621	16.71%
67	Douglas County	Colo	58,723	29,847	96.75%
68	Garland	Texas	57,510	47,967	19.89%
69	Santa Ana	Calif.	57,439	56,071	2.44%
70	Tucson	Az	57,391	62,670	-8.42%
71	Loudoun County	Va	56,894	26,080	118.15%
72	Katy	Texas	56,862	30,126	88.75%
73	Boston	Mass	55,923	63,043	-11.29%
74	Knox County	Tenn	55,535	51,667	7.49%
75	San Francisco	Calif.	55,183	61,042	-9.60%
76	San Bernardino	Calif.	54,727	48,907	11.90%
77	San Antonio	Texas	54,696	59,080	-7.42%
78	Cumberland County	NC	54,288	51,297	5.83%
79	Plano	Texas	54,203	44,229	22.55%
80	Columbus	Oh	53,536	64,873	-17.48%
81	Forsyth County	NC	52,906	42,847	23.48%
82	Capistrano	Calif.	52,681	42,196	24.85%
83	Corona-Norco	Calif.	52,138	33,168	57.19%
84	Osceola County	Fla	51,941	30,127	72.41%
85	Pasadena	Texas	51,578	41,240	25.07%
86	Cherry Creek	Colo	51,199	40,089	27.71%
87	Lewisville	Texas	50,216	34,870	44.01%
88	Cleveland	Oh	49,952	76,500	-34.70%
89	Howard County	Md	49,905	41,858	19.22%
90	Clayton County	Ga	49,508	44,068	12.34%
91	Atlanta	Ga	49,032	60,541	-19.01%
92	Henrico County	Va	48,991	39,995	22.49%
93	Anchorage	Alaska	48,837	49,587	-1.51%
94	Brownsville	Texas	48,587	40,262	20.68%
95	Garden Grove	Calif.	48,574	46,916	3.53%
96	Sacramento	Calif.	48,155	51,378	-6.27%
97	Omaha	Neb	48,014	45,118	6.42%
98	Conroe	Texas	47,996	32,290	48.64%
99	Shelby County	Tenn	47,448	48,185	-1.53%
100	Wichita	Kan	47,260	47,479	-0.46%
101	San Juan	Calif.	47,230	47,799	-1.19%
102	Oakland	Calif.	46,516	54,256	-14.27%
103	Seattle	Wash	45,968	48,280	-4.79%
104	Alief	Texas	45,230	41,056	10.17%
105	Portland	Ore	45,024	54,546	-17.46%
106	Ysleta	Texas	44,592	47,238	-5.60%
107	Washington DC	DC	44,331	71,889	-38.33%
108	East Baton Rouge Parish	La.	43,869	56,527	-22.39%
109	Klein	Texas	43,738	31,446	39.09%
110	Jefferson Parish	La.	43,682	53,615	-18.53%
111	Riverside	Calif.	43,336	36,713	18.04%
112	Sweetwater Union High	Calif.	42,804	33,027	29.60%
113	Marion County	Fla	42,625	37,915	12.42%
114	Caddo Parish	La.	42,610	47,089	-9.51%
115	Manatee County	Fla	42,580	34,083	24.93%
116	Collier County	Fla	42,534	30,790	38.14%
117	Charleston County	SC	42,303	43,934	-3.71%
118	Round Rock	Texas	41,733	28,464	46.62%
119	Hamilton County	Tenn	41,547	42,292	-1.76%
120	Tulsa	Okla.	41,195	42,852	-3.87%
121	Elgin	Ill	41,162	34,094	20.73%
122	Oklahoma City	Okla.	41,089	39,398	4.29%
123	Fontana	Calif.	41,077	34,339	19.62%
124	Sarasota County	Fla	41,070	33,958	20.94%
125	Lake County	Fla	40,960	27,817	47.25%
126	Escambia County	Fla	40,924	45,667	-10.39%
127	Adams 12 Five Star	Colo	40,818	27,955	46.01%
128	Anoka-Hennepin	Minn	40,218	40,923	-1.72%
129	Salem-Keizer	Ore	40,200	33,725	19.20%
130	United	Texas	40,080	24,194	65.66%
131	Frederick County	Md	40,070	35,383	13.25%
132	Newark	NJ	39,992	43,609	-8.29%
133	Henry County	Ga	39,956	20,300	96.83%
134	Chesapeake	Va	39,901	36,724	8.65%
135	Socorro	Texas	39,771	23,566	68.76%
136	St. Paul	Minn	38,938	45,349	-14.14%
137	St. Lucie County	Fla	38,839	28,877	34.50%
138	Gilbert	Az	38,796	24,732	56.87%
139	Harford County	Md	38,610	38,909	-0.77%
140	Killeen	Texas	38,550	28,533	35.11%
141	Corpus Christi	Texas	38,474	40,290	-4.51%
142	Union County	NC	38,439	20,821	84.62%
143	Peoria Unified	Az	38,162	31,316	21.86%
144	Horry County	SC	37,948	26,837	41.40%
145	Stockton	Calif.	37,831	36,124	4.73%
146	Kern Union High	Calif.	37,783	27,678	36.51%
147	Beaverton	Ore	37,656	31,622	19.08%
148	Clovis	Calif.	37,461	31,487	18.97%
149	Cherokee County	Ga	37,275	24,341	53.14%
150	Rutherford County	Tenn	37,271	24,682	51.00%
151	Chandler	Az	37,223	19,166	94.21%
152	Clear Creek	Tx	37,194	28,205	31.87%
153	Mesquite	Tx	37,030	31,379	18.01%
154	Deer Valley	Az	36,870	24,429	50.93%
155	Jefferson County	Ala	36,174	41,892	-13.65%
156	Fayette County	Ky	36,110	33,124	9.01%
157	Moreno Valley	Calif.	36,092	31,642	14.06%
158	Clay County	Fla	35,949	27,342	31.48%
159	Adams-Arapahoe	Colo	35,523	29,027	22.38%
160	St. Tammany Parish	La.	35,490	32,553	9.02%
161	Cincinnati	Oh	35,346	50,332	-29.77%
162	Minneapolis	Minn	35,312	49,242	-28.29%
163	Mount Diablo	Calif.	34,953	36,122	-3.24%
164	Buffalo	NY	34,538	47,096	-26.66%
165	Meridian Joint	Idaho	34,441	21,918	57.14%
166	Norfolk City	Va	34,431	37,852	-9.04%
167	Richardson	Tex	34,407	34,202	0.60%
168	Lincoln	Neb	34,061	31,013	9.83%
169	Indianapolis	Ind	34,050	42,084	-19.09%
170	Paradise Valley	Az	33,942	34,956	-2.90%
171	Chatham County	Ga	33,994	36,729	-7.45%
172	Spring	Tex	33,980	21,863	55.42%
173	Humble	Tex	33,883	23,855	42.04%
174	Anaheim Union High	Calif	33,719	27,712	21.68%
175	Poway Unified	Calif	33,305	31,845	4.58%
176	Irving	Texas	33,131	27,651	19.82%
177	Montebello	Calif	33,099	33,999	-2.65%
178	Rochester	NY	32,973	38,121	-13.50%
179	Saddleback Valley	Calif	32,936	34,009	-3.16%
180	Durham	NC	32,900	29,044	13.28%
181	Gaston County	NC	32,809	30,358	8.07%
182	Richmond County	Ga	32,716	36,326	-9.94%
183	Calcasieu Parish	La	32,685	33,115	-1.30%
184	Muscogee County	Ga	32,585	33,349	-2.29%
185	Leon County	Fla	32,521	31,614	2.87%
186	Chino Valley	Calif	32,428	31,084	4.32%
187	Spring Branch	Tex	32,409	31,104	4.20%
188	Forsyth County	Ga	32,374	14,299	126.41%
189	Fremont	Calif	32,135	30,919	3.93%
190	San Jose	Calif	31,918	32,843	-2.82%
191	Des Moines	Iowa	31,613	31,406	0.66%
192	Johnston County	NC	31,512	19,314	63.16%
193	Fort Wayne	Ind	31,419	31,680	-0.82%
194	Montgomery County	Ala.	31,307	33,994	-7.90%
195	Newport News	Va	31,298	33,335	-6.11%
196	Lodi	Calif	31,216	26,115	19.53%
197	Amarillo	Texas	31,005	29,150	6.36%
198	Twin Rivers	Calif	30,927	n/a	n/a
199	Frisco	Texas	30,797	4,473	588.51%
200	West Contra Costa	Calif	30,769	33,898	-9.23%

2010 AS&U 100: 10-Year Change in Enrollment at Largest School Districts

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