2011 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 2011 AS&U 100 — a compilation of the nation's 100 largest school districts — also provides the following data:

Rank	School District	State	Enrollment (2009-10)	Enrollment (2008-09)	1-Year Change (%)
1	New York City	NY	1,038,741	1,029,459	0.90%
2	Los Angeles Unified	CA	670,746	687,534	-2.44%
3	Chicago	IL	407,157	421,430	-3.39%
4	Miami-Dade County	FL	345,804	345,525	0.08%
5	Clark County	NV	307,059	312,761	-1.82%
6	Broward County	FL	256,137	256,351	-0.08%
7	Houston	TX	202,773	200,225	1.27%
8	Hillsborough County	FL	193,265	192,007	0.66%
9	Hawaii	HI	180,196	179,478	0.40%
10	Orange County	FL	173,259	172,257	0.58%
11	Palm Beach	FL	172,897	170,757	1.25%
12	Fairfax County	VA	171,956	169,030	1.73%
13	Philadelphia	PA	165,694	159,867	3.64%
14	Gwinnett County	GA	159,296	157,219	1.32%
15	Dallas	TX	157,111	157,352	-0.15%
16	Montgomery County	MD	141,722	139,282	1.75%
17	Wake County	NC	140,558	138,443	1.53%
18	Charlotte-Mecklenburg County	NC	136,969	135,064	1.41%
19	San Diego Unified	CA	131,417	132,256	-0.63%
20	Prince George's County	MD	127,039	127,977	-0.73%
21	Duval County	FL	122,586	122,606	-0.02%
22	Memphis	TN	109,300	111,954	-2.37%
23	Cobb County	GA	107,245	106,747	0.47%
24	Pinellas County	FL	105,238	106,061	-0.78%
25	Cypress-Fairbanks	TX	104,231	100,685	3.52%
26	Baltimore County	MD	103,324	103,180	0.14%
27	DeKalb County	GA	99,406	99,775	-0.37%
28	Jefferson County	KY	98,808	98,774	0.03%
29	Albuquerque	NM	96,572	95,934	0.67%
30	Polk County	FL	94,530	94,657	-0.13%
31	Northside	TX	92,335	89,000	3.75%
32	Detroit	MI	90,499	97,577	-7.25%
33	Fulton County	GA	90,399	88,299	2.38%
34	Long Beach Unified	CA	86,283	87,509	-1.40%
35	Jefferson County	CO	86,282	85,946	0.39%
36	Austin	TX	84,676	83,483	1.43%
37	Baltimore City	MD	82,866	82,266	0.73%
38	Milwaukee	WI	82,096	85,381	-3.85%
39	Lee County	FL	80,484	79,434	1.32%
40	Fort Worth	TX	80,209	79,285	1.17%
41	Denver	CO	77,267	74,189	4.15%
42	Prince William County	VA	76,861	73,917	3.98%
43	Fresno Unified	CA	75,468	76,621	-1.50%
44	Nashville-Davidson County	TN	75,080	74,312	1.03%
45	Anne Arundel County	MD	74,776	73,653	1.52%
46	Guilford County	NC	72,758	72,951	-0.26%
47	Brevard County	FL	72,412	73,098	-0.94%
48	Virginia Beach	VA	71,182	71,554	-0.52%
49	Greenville	SC	70,969	70,441	0.75%
50	Granite	UT	70,595	70,166	0.61%
51	Davis	UT	69,689	66,614	4.62%
52	Fort Bend	TX	69,374	68,708	0.97%
53	Mesa Unified	AZ	67,471	70,346	-4.09%
54	Pasco County	FL	67,147	66,784	0.54%
55	Alpine	UT	65,918	62,281	5.84%
56	North East	TX	65,498	63,452	3.22%
57	Washoe County	NV	64,838	65,421	-0.89%
58	Seminole County	FL	64,457	64,927	-0.72%
59	Arlington	TX	63,487	63,045	0.70%
60	El Paso	TX	63,378	62,322	1.69%
61	Aldine	TX	62,792	61,526	2.06%
62	Mobile County	AL	62,767	62,531	0.38%
63	Elk Grove Unified	CA	62,483	62,172	0.50%
64	Volusia County	FL	62,306	63,018	-1.13%
65	Loudoun County	VA	60,003	56,894	5.46%
66	Douglas County	CO	59,932	58,723	2.06%
67	Chesterfield County	VA	59,509	59,080	0.73%
68	Katy	TX	59,078	56,862	3.90%
69	Garland	TX	57,861	57,510	0.61%
70	Santa Ana Unified	CA	56,937	57,439	-0.87%
71	Knox County	TN	56,758	55,535	2.20%
72	Boston	MA	55,371	55,923	-0.99%
73	Tucson Unified	AZ	55,369	57,391	-3.52%
74	San Antonio	TX	55,327	54,696	1.15%
75	San Francisco Unified	CA	55,140	55,183	-0.08%
76	Plano	TX	54,939	54,203	1.36%
77	San Bernardino Unified	CA	53,837	54,727	-1.63%
78	Capistrano Unified	CA	53,381	52,681	1.33%
79	Cumberland County	NC	53,035	54,288	-2.31%
80	Columbus	OH	52,810	53,536	-1.36%
81	Forsyth County	NC	52,795	52,906	-0.21%
82	Pasadena	TX	52,303	51,578	1.41%
83	Osceola County	FL	52,139	51,941	0.38%
84	Corona-Norco Unified	CA	52,052	52,138	-0.16%
85	Cherry Creek	CO	51,786	51,199	1.15%
86	Lewisville	TX	50,840	50,216	1.24%
87	Howard County	MD	50,641	49,905	1.47%
88	Clayton County	GA	50,204	49,508	1.41%
89	Conroe	TX	49,629	47,996	3.40%
90	Anchorage	AK	49,592	48,837	1.55%
91	Henrico County	VA	49,407	48,991	0.85%
92	Brownsville	TX	49,121	48,587	1.10%
93	Atlanta	GA	48,909	49,032	-0.25%
94	Jordan	UT	48,853	81,485	-40.05%
95	Omaha	NE	48,692	48,014	1.41%
96	Cleveland	OH	48,392	49,952	-3.12%
97	Wichita	KS	48,324	47,260	2.25%
98	Shelby County	TN	48,211	47,448	1.61%
99	Garden Grove Unified	CA	47,950	48,574	-1.28%
100	Sacramento City Unified	CA	47,890	48,155	-0.55%
101	San Juan Unified	CA	47,327	47,230	0.21%
102	Seattle	WA	46,522	45,968	1.21%
103	Oakland Unified	CA	46,099	46,516	-0.90%
104	Portland	OR	45,748	45,024	1.61%
105	Alief	TX	45,553	45,230	0.71%
106	Klein	TX	44,824	43,738	2.48%
107	Jefferson Parish	LA	44,713	43,682	2.36%
108	Ysleta	TX	44,620	44,592	0.06%
109	Washington, D.C.	DC	43,866	44,331	-1.05%
110	Charleston	SC	43,063	42,303	1.80%
111	Round Rock	TX	43,008	41,733	3.06%
112	Manatee County	FL	42,939	42,580	0.84%
113	Collier County	FL	42,714	42,534	0.42%
114	Riverside Unified	CA	42,696	43,336	-1.48%
115	Oklahoma City	OK	42,549	41,089	3.55%
116	East Baton Rouge Parish	LA	42,307	43,869	-3.56%
117	Sweetwater Union High	CA	42,209	42,804	-1.39%
118	Marion County	FL	42,005	42,625	-1.45%
119	Adams 12 Five Star	CO	41,949	40,818	2.77%
120	Hamilton County	TN	41,832	41,547	0.69%
121	Caddo Parish	LA	41,757	42,610	-2.00%
122	Tulsa	OK	41,493	41,195	0.72%
123	Elgin Unit-46	IL	41,446	41,162	0.69%
124	Socorro	TX	41,357	39,771	3.99%
125	Sarasota County	FL	41,281	41,070	0.51%
126	Lake County	FL	41,050	40,960	0.22%
127	Fontana Unified	CA	41,004	41,077	-0.18%
128	Henry County	GA	40,951	39,956	2.49%
129	United	TX	40,885	40,080	2.01%
130	Escambia County	FL	40,613	40,924	-0.76%
131	Salem-Keizer	OR	40,259	40,200	0.15%
132	Frederick County	MD	40,159	40,070	0.22%
133	Anoka-Hennepin	MN	39,904	40,218	-0.78%
134	Chesapeake	VA	39,883	39,901	-0.05%
135	Killeen	TX	39,603	38,550	2.73%
136	Newark	NJ	39,443	39,992	-1.37%
137	Union County	NC	39,395	38,439	2.49%
138	St. Lucie County	FL	39,013	38,839	0.45%
139	Gilbert Unified	AZ	38,800	38,796	0.01%
140	Harford County	MD	38,636	38,610	0.07%
141	St. Paul	MN	38,531	38,938	-1.05%
142	Cherokee County	GA	38,293	37,275	2.73%
143	Corpus Christi	TX	38,196	38,474	-0.72%
144	Chandler Unified	AZ	38,147	37,223	2.48%
145	Stockton Unified	CA	38,141	37,831	0.82%
146	Beaverton	OR	38,120	37,656	1.23%
147	Clovis Unified	CA	38,004	37,461	1.45%
148	Kern Union High	CA	37,928	37,783	0.38%
149	Horry	SC	37,790	37,948	-0.42%
150	Rutherford County	TN	37,679	37,271	1.09%
151	Clear Creek	TX	37,611	37,194	1.12%
152	Peoria Unified	AZ	37,500	38,162	-1.73%
153	Mesquite	TX	37,272	37,030	0.65%
154	Fayette County	KY	36,988	36,110	2.43%
155	Adams-Arapahoe	CO	36,967	35,523	4.06%
156	Moreno Valley Unified	CA	36,822	36,092	2.02%
157	Deer Valley Unified	AZ	36,241	36,870	-1.71%
158	Jefferson County	AL	36,058	36,174	-0.32%
159	St. Tammany Parish	LA	36,021	35,490	1.50%
160	Clay County	FL	35,956	35,949	0.02%
161	Spring	TX	35,350	33,980	4.03%
162	Minneapolis	MN	35,076	35,312	-0.67%
163	Humble	TX	34,923	33,883	3.07%
164	Lincoln	NE	34,915	34,061	2.51%
165	Richardson	TX	34,843	34,407	1.27%
166	Chatham County	GA	34,668	33,994	1.98%
167	Buffalo	NY	34,526	34,538	-0.03%
168	Mount Diablo	CA	34,316	34,953	-1.82%
169	Meridian	ID	34,233	34,441	-0.60%
170	Forsyth County	GA	34,208	32,374	5.67%
171	Norfolk	VA	34,011	34,431	-1.22%
172	Frisco	TX	33,973	30,797	10.31%
173	Poway	CA	33,797	33,305	1.48%
174	Irving	TX	33,679	33,131	1.65%
175	Canyons	UT	33,678	N/A	N/A
176	Cincinnati	OH	33,449	35,346	-5.37%
177	Indianapolis	IN	33,372	34,050	-1.99%
178	Anaheim Union High	CA	33,187	33,719	-1.58%
179	Paradise Valley Unified	AZ	33,146	33,942	-2.35%
180	Calcasieu Parish	LA	32,905	32,685	0.67%
181	Des Moines	IA	32,749	31,613	3.59%
182	Montebello Unified	CA	32,739	33,099	-1.09%
183	Leon County	FL	32,733	32,521	0.65%
184	Rochester	NY	32,516	32,973	-1.39%
185	Spring Branch	TX	32,502	32,409	0.29%
186	Durham	NC	32,470	32,900	-1.31%
187	Muscogee County	GA	32,458	32,585	-0.39%
188	Richmond County	GA	32,449	32,716	-0.82%
189	San Jose Unified	CA	32,423	31,918	1.58%
190	Saddleback Valley Unified	CA	32,387	32,936	-1.67%
191	Gaston County	NC	32,351	32,809	-1.40%
192	Fremont Unified	CA	32,304	32,135	0.53%
193	Edinburg	TX	32,011	30,749	4.10%
194	Chino Valley Unified	CA	31,992	32,428	-1.34%
195	Johnston County	NC	31,960	31,512	1.42%
196	Amarillo	TX	31,890	31,005	2.85%
197	Montgomery County	AL	31,764	31,307	1.46%
198	Mansfield	TX	31,662	30,759	2.94%
199	Keller	TX	31,569	30,299	4.19%
200	Fort Wayne	IN	31,549	31,419	0.41%

2011 AS&U 100: 1-Year Change in Enrollment at Largest School Districts

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